He said: “It helped us to understand why consumers rave about the flavour of Cooks Venture’s chickens and why a pasture-raised environment is a fitting place for these unique birds to roam and grow.”ĭan Phillips, managing director at Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, concurs.
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The Series A investment helps Cooks Venture further grow and commercialise on a national scale as well as strengthens its regenerative crop management programme.Īlan Kelley, managing director at SJF Ventures, commented: “We are very excited about the differences between the breed of chicken that Cooks Venture offers from the two breeds that constitute more than 90% of global chicken consumption and generate uniform taste.”įor Kelley, seeing Cooks Venture’s chickens exhibit unusually healthy, vibrant attributes at one of the company’s farms was a powerful moment. “Our innovations provide food security while supporting regional communities,” he said. Wadiak explained that Cooks Venture aims to drive the agricultural industry towards greater biodiversity, breed diversity, and true transparency for consumers. “As the structural flaws in the meat industry have recently become painfully clear, we know our vision could not come at a more important time,” said Wadiak The start-up claims to be the only vertically integrated chicken producer in the US that has an independent genetics operation (breeding through selection, not genetic engineering) without ties to the two globally consolidated genetics companies.Ĭooks Venture also claims that it creates a chicken that yields better taste for consumers, improved animal welfare for their birds, strong natural pathogenic resistance for food systems, new demand for regenerative agricultural crops and better economics for farmers and employees. New-to-market chickenĬooks Venture’s process is in stark contrast to the industrial-bred and factory-farmed chickens that dominate the broiler industry today.
SJF Ventures and Cultivian Sandbox led the investment with participation from Larry Schwartz, and John Roulac, the executive producer of the upcoming documentary on regenerative agriculture, Kiss the Ground.Ĭooks Venture breeds and raises a proprietary slow-growth heirloom chicken, taking into account the health of the animal and the health of the environment.įounded in 2018 by Matthew Wadiak, Cooks Venture has been invested in bringing a healthier chicken to market – it reimagined how selective breeding is conducted through more natural criteria and heritage lines. Investors have joined a $10 million Series A funding for the regenerative chicken breed start-up Photo as seen on Cooks Venture websiteĬooks Venture, a regenerative pasture-raised chicken breed start-up, has closed a $10 million Series A investment.
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