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{{Short description|Investment fund manager}}
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{{Infobox person {{Infobox person
| name = Nick Cooney | name = Nick Cooney
| image = Nick Cooney - Hidden Heroes Gala 2016.jpg | image = Nick Cooney - Hidden Heroes Gala 2016.jpg
| occupation = Managing Partner at Lever VC | occupation = Managing Partner at Lever VC
| website = http://NickCooney.com | website = {{URL|https://nickcooney.com/}}
| alma_mater = Hofstra University (Non-Violence Studies) | alma_mater = Hofstra University (Non-Violence Studies)
| notable_works = How to be Great at Doing Good, Veganomics, Change Of Heart | notable_works = ''How to be Great at Doing Good'', ''Veganomics'', ''Change of Heart''
}} }}
'''Nick Cooney''' (born c. 1981) is a Managing Partner at Lever VC, an investment fund focused on alternative protein companies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-synthetic-protein-startups-idUSKCN1R10EZ|title=Plant protein startups vie to tap China’s hungry market|date=2019-03-21|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-04-08|language=en}}</ref> '''Nick Cooney''' (born c. 1981) is a managing partner at Lever VC, an investment fund focused on ] companies.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-synthetic-protein-startups-idUSKCN1R10EZ|title=Plant protein startups vie to tap China's hungry market|date=2019-03-21|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-04-08|language=en}}</ref>


He co-founded The ], and was co-founder and Managing Trustee of New Crop Capital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=331181288&privcapId=331178578&previousCapId=331178578&previousTitle=New%20Crop%20Capital|title=Bloomberg - Nick Cooney|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bloomberg.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/apr/06/new-crop-capital-vegetarianism-vegan-animal-rights-agriculture-usda-beyond-meat|title=New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights|last=Gunther|first=Marc|date=2016-04-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is the author of three books: ''Change of Heart'' (2010), ''Veganomics'' (2013), and ''How To Be Great At Doing Good'' (2015). He previously worked for non-profit organizations ] and Farm Sanctuary and was the founder of non-profit organization ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickcooney1|title=Nick Cooney - LinkedIn|last=|first=|date=4 April 2019|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref> He co-founded the ] and was co-founder and Managing Trustee of New Crop Capital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=331181288&privcapId=331178578&previousCapId=331178578&previousTitle=New%20Crop%20Capital|title=Bloomberg - Nick Cooney|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/apr/06/new-crop-capital-vegetarianism-vegan-animal-rights-agriculture-usda-beyond-meat|title=New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights|last=Gunther|first=Marc|date=2016-04-06|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is the author of three books: ''Change of Heart'' (2010), ''Veganomics'' (2013), and ''How To Be Great At Doing Good'' (2015).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick Cooney |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4252173.Nick_Cooney |access-date=2020-10-04 |website=good reads}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Cooney|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cl2UtQEACAAJ|title=Veganomics: The Surprising Science on What Motivates Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the Bedroom|date=2013|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1-9869-3649-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=How To Be Great At Doing Good by Nick Cooney, Narrated by James Fouhey|url=https://soundcloud.com/audible/how-to-be-great-at-doing-good|language=en|access-date=2020-10-04}}</ref> He previously worked for the non-profit organizations ] and ], and was the founder of the non-profit organization ].


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Nick Cooney was born and raised in ], ].<ref name=VOprofile>{{cite web|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Activist Profile: Nick Cooney |date= 2007-09-05 |website= ] |url= http://www.veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/cooney.html}}</ref> Cooney received a bachelor's degree in Non-Violence Studies from ] in 2003 with a major in Non-Violence Studies. He is a former intern of the Agape Community, a lay Catholic community dedicated to peace and non-violence.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} Nick Cooney was born and raised in ], ].<ref name=VOprofile>{{cite web|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Activist Profile: Nick Cooney |date= 2007-09-05 |website= ] |url= http://www.veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/cooney.html}}</ref> Cooney received a bachelor's degree in Non-Violence Studies from ] in 2003.


==Policy and Non-Profit Work == ==Policy and non-profit work ==
In 2005, Nick Cooney founded ] in Philadelphia, a non-profit organization that works to reduce the suffering of farm animals.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Humane League Linkedin |accessdate= 2017-01-07 |website= ] |url= https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-humane-league |quote= The Humane League is a 501(c)3 and Certified Best In America by the Independent Charities of America... Nick Cooney, Founder.}}</ref> Cooney is one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book '']'' (2008) by ]. In 2005, Nick Cooney founded ] in Philadelphia, a non-profit organization that works to protect animal welfare.<ref>{{cite web|title= The Humane League Linkedin |accessdate= 2017-01-07 |website= ] |url= https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-humane-league |quote= The Humane League is a 501(c)3 and Certified Best In America by the Independent Charities of America... Nick Cooney, Founder.}}</ref> Cooney is one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book '']'' (2008) by ].


Since then, Nick Cooney's work promoting alternative proteins and animal protection has been featured in many media outlets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/04/plant-protein-startups-vie-to-tap-china-s-hungry-market/|title=This is how plant protein start-ups are tapping into China’s hungry market|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/23/violence-nfl-vegetarianism|title=Can vegetarianism help to solve NFL's problems with violence?|last=Cooney|first=Nick|date=2014-10-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He has lectured internationally at conferences and campuses including ],<ref>{{cite web|title= Legal Battles in the Food Industry: A Conversation with Nick Cooney from Farm Sanctuary |date=2013-11-04 |accessdate= 2017-01-10 |url= https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/saldf/past-events/ |quote= Nick Cooney, founder of the Humane League and then employed by Farm Sanctuary (now working for Mercy for Animals), spoke about his involvement with activism and farm animals.}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title= Ivy League Vegan Conference |date=2013-02-13 |accessdate= 2017-01-10 |url= http://yaleherald.com/news-and-features/fifty-shades-of-green/}}</ref> in Luxembourg,<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Cooney IARC Speaker Profile |date=2013-09-12 |accessdate= |url=https://ar-conference.org/2013/nick_cooney.php |quote=His work for animals has been featured in hundreds of media outlets around the United States}}</ref> and in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|title= Taking Action for Animals Conference Has Something for Everyone |date=2014-04-30 |accessdate=2017-01-10 |url=http://www.ecorazzi.com/2014/04/30/taking-action-for-animals-conference-has-something-for-everyone/ |quote=Their impressive lineup of speakers this year includes Gene Baur, President of Farm Sanctuary; Nick Cooney, Director of Education for Mercy for Animals...}}</ref> Since then, Nick Cooney's work promoting alternative proteins and animal protection has been featured in media outlets including CNBC,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-11 |title=Investor: I wouldn't bet against the plant-based meat space |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/06/11/investor-i-wouldnt-bet-against-the-plant-based-meat-space.html |access-date=2020-10-04 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> Yahoo Finance,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick Cooney and Lever VC Invest In The Good Spoon Foods |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nick-cooney-lever-vc-invest-130000541.html |access-date=2020-10-04 |website=finance.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Food Navigator,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Elaine |date=2020-08-18 |title=Lever VC launches new fund targeting alternative protein: deploys first $5m in 10 startups spanning plant-based eggs to cell-cultured breastmilk |url=https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2020/08/18/Lever-VC-launches-new-fund-targeting-alternative-protein-deploys-first-5m-in-10-startups-spanning-plant-based-eggs-to-cell-cultured-breastmilk |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Food Navigator USA |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Guardian,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooney |first=Nick |date=2014-10-23 |title=Can vegetarianism help to solve NFL's problems with violence? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/23/violence-nfl-vegetarianism |access-date=2019-04-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and the ''Wall Street Journal''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yang|first=Stephanie|date=2019-12-05|title=American Companies Are Hungry for a Cut of China's Fake-Meat Market|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-companies-are-hungry-for-a-cut-of-chinas-fake-meat-market-11575455402|access-date=2020-10-04|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> He has also delivered lectures at international conferences and on university campuses.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-11-04 |title=Legal Battles in the Food Industry: A Conversation with Nick Cooney from Farm Sanctuary |url=https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/saldf/past-events/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20171018183539/https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/saldf/past-events/ |archive-date=2017-10-18 |accessdate=2017-01-10 |quote=Nick Cooney, founder of the Humane League and then employed by Farm Sanctuary (now working for Mercy for Animals), spoke about his involvement with activism and farm animals.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2013-02-13 |title=Ivy League Vegan Conference |url=http://yaleherald.com/news-and-features/fifty-shades-of-green/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170113041530/http://yaleherald.com/news-and-features/fifty-shades-of-green/ |archive-date=2017-01-13 |accessdate=2017-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2013-09-12 |title=Nick Cooney IARC Speaker Profile |url=https://ar-conference.org/2013/nick_cooney.php |accessdate= |website=ar-conference.org}}</ref>


Cooney previously worked as campaign coordinator at the non-profit Farm Sanctuary and as executive vice president at non-profit ]. Cooney previously worked as campaign coordinator at the non-profit Farm Sanctuary, and as executive vice president at the non-profit ]. He is currently a director with the non-profit Lever Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney Biography {{!}} Lever VC, Managing Partner {{!}} New York City|url=https://nickcooney.com/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=NickCooney.com|language=en-US}}</ref>


==Work with The Good Food Institute and New Crop Capital == === The Good Food Institute and New Crop Capital ===
Nick Cooney is former board chairman and co-founder of ].<ref>{{cite web|title= Sentience Conference |accessdate= 2017-01-10 |url= http://sentience-conference.org/portfolio/speakers |quote= ...founder and Board Chair of The Humane League, Board Chair of The Good Food Institute, and Managing Trustee at New Crop Capital}}</ref><ref name="GFI Review">{{cite web |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/research/charity-review/the-good-food-institute/ |title=The Good Food Institute Review |author=Animal Charity Evaluators |date=November 2017 |accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref> He is also co-founder and former managing trustee of New Crop Capital, a private venture capital trust that invests in plant-based and cultured meat, dairy, and egg companies.<ref>{{cite news|last= Gunther |first= Marc |title= New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights |date= 2016-04-06 |accessdate= 2017-01-10 |website= ] |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/apr/06/new-crop-capital-vegetarianism-vegan-animal-rights-agriculture-usda-beyond-meat |quote= Besides funding, Friedrich, Cooney and Kerr provide their portfolio companies with access to like-minded investors and to consumers who want to avoid meat}}</ref> These two organizations collaborate to support the plant-based and cultured food companies.<ref name="Byrd">{{cite web |last= Byrd |first= Emily |url=http://www.gfi.org/plant-based-power-couple |title=Plant-Based Power Couple |date=March 6, 2017 |accessdate=January 7, 2018}}</ref> Nick Cooney is former board chairman and co-founder of ].<ref>{{cite web|title= Sentience Conference |accessdate= 2017-01-10 |url= http://sentience-conference.org/portfolio/speakers |quote= ...founder and Board Chair of The Humane League, Board Chair of The Good Food Institute, and Managing Trustee at New Crop Capital}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He is also co-founder and former managing trustee of New Crop Capital, a private ] trust that invests in plant-based and cultured meat, dairy, and egg companies.<ref>{{cite news|last= Gunther |first= Marc |title= New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights |date= 2016-04-06 |accessdate= 2017-01-10 |website= ] |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/apr/06/new-crop-capital-vegetarianism-vegan-animal-rights-agriculture-usda-beyond-meat |quote= Besides funding, Friedrich, Cooney and Kerr provide their portfolio companies with access to like-minded investors and to consumers who want to avoid meat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cooney|first=Nick|date=2019-04-09|title=What's In A Bio? The New Nick Cooney Biography|url=https://medium.com/@NickCooney/whats-in-a-bio-the-new-nick-cooney-biography-3ce8daffb003|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> These two organizations collaborate to support the plant-based and cultured food companies.<ref name="Byrd">{{cite web |last= Byrd |first= Emily |url=http://www.gfi.org/plant-based-power-couple |title=Plant-Based Power Couple |date=March 6, 2017 |accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref>


==Work with Lever VC == === Lever VC ===
Nick Cooney is founder and currently Managing Partner at Lever VC, a U.S.-Asian venture capital fund investing in early stage alternative protein companies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-synthetic-protein-startups-idUSKCN1R10EZ|title=Plant protein startups vie to tap China’s hungry market|date=2019-03-21|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-04-08|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.levervc.com/|title=LeverVC {{!}} Investing in the future of protein|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> Nick Cooney is founder and currently Managing Partner at Lever VC, a U.S.-Asian venture capital fund investing in early stage ] companies.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Investing in the future of protein |url=http://www.levervc.com/ |access-date=2019-04-08 |website=Lever VC |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Books== ==Books==
*{{cite book|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change |publisher= ] |date= 2010-09-20 |url= https://www.amazon.com/Change-Heart-Psychology-Spreading-Social/dp/159056233X#reader_159056233X |isbn= 9781590562451}} *{{cite book|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change |publisher= ] |date= 2010-09-20 |isbn= 9781590562451}}
*{{cite book|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Veganomics: The Surprising Science on Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the Bedroom |publisher= ] |date= 2013-11-22 |url= https://www.amazon.com/Veganomics-Surprising-Motivates-Vegetarians-Breakfast/dp/1590564286/ref=la_B004CTYG1Y_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433573368&sr=1-3#reader_B00EVYZNVW |isbn= 9781590564288}} *{{cite book|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Veganomics: The Surprising Science on Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the Bedroom |publisher= ] |date= 2013-11-22 |isbn= 9781590564288}}
*{{cite book|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= How To Be Great At Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World |publisher= ] |date= 2015-04-27 |url= https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Great-Doing-Good/dp/1119041716/ref=la_B004CTYG1Y_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433573368&sr=1-1#reader_1119041716 |isbn= 9781119041719}} *{{cite book|last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= How To Be Great At Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World |publisher= ] |date= 2015-04-27 |isbn= 9781119041719}}


==See also== ==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Ethics|Agriculture and Agronomy}} {{Portal|Biography|Agriculture and Agronomy}}


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==Notes== ==References==
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==Interviews== ==Interviews==
*{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subjectlink= Nick Cooney |interviewer= Lindsay Wolf |title= Interview Series #18: Nick Cooney |url= http://kissmyvegan.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-series-18-nick-cooney.html |website= Kiss Me, I'm Vegan! |date= 2010-12-10 |accessdate= 2015-06-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829065927/http://kissmyvegan.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-series-18-nick-cooney.html|archivedate=2011-08-29|deadurl= yes}} *{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subject-link= Nick Cooney |interviewer= Lindsay Wolf |title= Interview Series #18: Nick Cooney |url= http://kissmyvegan.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-series-18-nick-cooney.html |website= Kiss Me, I'm Vegan! |date= 2010-12-10 |accessdate= 2015-06-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829065927/http://kissmyvegan.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-series-18-nick-cooney.html|archivedate=2011-08-29|url-status= dead}}
*{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subjectlink= Nick Cooney |interviewer= ] |title= Interview with Nick Cooney |url= http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/cooneyinterview.html |website= ] |date= 2011-03-31 |accessdate= 2015-06-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504021411/http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/cooneyinterview.html|archivedate=2011-05-04|deadurl= yes}} *{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subject-link= Nick Cooney |interviewer= ] |title= Interview with Nick Cooney |url= http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/cooneyinterview.html |website= ] |date= 2011-03-31 |accessdate= 2015-06-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504021411/http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/cooneyinterview.html|archivedate=2011-05-04|url-status= dead}}
*{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subjectlink= Nick Cooney |url= http://arzone.ning.com/profiles/blogs/transcript-of-nick-cooney-s-live-arzone-guest-chat |title= ARZone interview with Nick Cooney |date= 2011-08-20 |website= Animal Rights Zone Transcripts |accessdate= 2015-06-06 |quote= }} *{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subject-link= Nick Cooney |url= http://arzone.ning.com/profiles/blogs/transcript-of-nick-cooney-s-live-arzone-guest-chat |title= ARZone interview with Nick Cooney |date= 2011-08-20 |website= Animal Rights Zone Transcripts |accessdate= 2015-06-06 |quote= }}
*{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subject-link= Nick Cooney |url= https://upside.fm/nick-cooney-lever-vc/ |title= Nick Cooney of Lever VC // investing in alternative protein startups |date= 2020-05-20 |website= Upside |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |quote= |interviewer=Jay Clouse}}
*{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subject-link= Nick Cooney |url= https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/06/11/investor-i-wouldnt-bet-against-the-plant-based-meat-space.html |title= Investor: I wouldn’t bet against the plant-based meat space |date= 2019-06-11 |website= CNBC Squawk Alley |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |quote= |interviewer=}}
*{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subject-link= Nick Cooney |url= https://www.just-food.com/interview/covid-just-adds-yet-another-tailwind-investor-nick-cooney-on-the-opportunities-for-alternative-protein-fund-lever-vc_id144343.aspx |title= "Covid Adds Yet Another Tailwind - Investor Nick Cooney on Opportunities for Alternative Protein Fund Lever VC |date= 2020-08-17 |website= Just Food |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |quote= |interviewer=Dean Best}}
*{{cite interview |last= Cooney |first= Nick |subject-link= Nick Cooney |url= https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2020/08/18/Lever-VC-launches-new-fund-targeting-alternative-protein-deploys-first-5m-in-10-startups-spanning-plant-based-eggs-to-cell-cultured-breastmilk |title= Lever VC launches new fund targeting alternative protein: deploys first $5m in 10 startups spanning plant-based eggs to cell-cultured breastmilk |date= 2020-08-18 |website= Food Navigator |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |quote= |interviewer=Elaine Watson}}
*{{cite interview |last= |first= |subject-link= Nick Cooney |url= https://animalcharityevaluators.org/charity-reviews/charity-conversations/2016-conversation-with-nick-cooney/ |title= Conversation with Nick Cooney, Executive Vice President of Mercy For Animals |date= |website= ACE |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |quote= |interviewer=}}


==Other Articles== ==Other articles==
*{{cite web |last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Changing Vegan Advocacy from an Art to a Science |date= 2013-08-06 |accessdate= 2015-06-07 |publisher= ] |url= http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/changing-vegan-advocacy-art-science |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150416192931/http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/changing-vegan-advocacy-art-science |archivedate= 2015-04-16 |df= }} *{{cite web |last= Cooney |first= Nick |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Changing Vegan Advocacy from an Art to a Science |date= 2013-08-06 |accessdate= 2015-06-07 |publisher= ] |url= http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/changing-vegan-advocacy-art-science |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150416192931/http://spot.humaneresearch.org/content/changing-vegan-advocacy-art-science |archivedate= 2015-04-16 }}
*{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink=Nick Cooney |title=Nick Cooney and Lever VC Invest In The Good Spoon Foods |date=2019-11-01 |accessdate=2020-10-02 |publisher= |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nick-cooney-lever-vc-invest-130000541.html |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Yahoo Finance}}
*{{cite web |last= Nick |first= Cooney |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Self-interest can make the world a better place—for animals, at least |date= 2013-06-06 |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |url= https://qz.com/author/nickcooney/ |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Quartz}}
*{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Book Review: Nick Cooney's Change of Heart |date= 12 January 2011|accessdate= 2020-10-02 |publisher= |url= https://www.vegan.com/book-review-nick-cooneys-change-of-heart/ |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Vegan.com}}


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Investment fund manager For the Irish sports shooter, see Nick Cooney (sport shooter).
Nick Cooney
Alma materHofstra University (Non-Violence Studies)
OccupationManaging Partner at Lever VC
Notable workHow to be Great at Doing Good, Veganomics, Change of Heart
Websitenickcooney.com

Nick Cooney (born c. 1981) is a managing partner at Lever VC, an investment fund focused on alternative protein companies.

He co-founded the Good Food Institute and was co-founder and Managing Trustee of New Crop Capital. He is the author of three books: Change of Heart (2010), Veganomics (2013), and How To Be Great At Doing Good (2015). He previously worked for the non-profit organizations Mercy for Animals and Farm Sanctuary, and was the founder of the non-profit organization The Humane League.

Early life and education

Nick Cooney was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cooney received a bachelor's degree in Non-Violence Studies from Hofstra University in 2003.

Policy and non-profit work

In 2005, Nick Cooney founded The Humane League in Philadelphia, a non-profit organization that works to protect animal welfare. Cooney is one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne.

Since then, Nick Cooney's work promoting alternative proteins and animal protection has been featured in media outlets including CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Food Navigator, The Guardian, and the Wall Street Journal. He has also delivered lectures at international conferences and on university campuses.

Cooney previously worked as campaign coordinator at the non-profit Farm Sanctuary, and as executive vice president at the non-profit Mercy for Animals. He is currently a director with the non-profit Lever Foundation.

The Good Food Institute and New Crop Capital

Nick Cooney is former board chairman and co-founder of The Good Food Institute. He is also co-founder and former managing trustee of New Crop Capital, a private venture capital trust that invests in plant-based and cultured meat, dairy, and egg companies. These two organizations collaborate to support the plant-based and cultured food companies.

Lever VC

Nick Cooney is founder and currently Managing Partner at Lever VC, a U.S.-Asian venture capital fund investing in early stage alternative protein companies.

Books

See also

References

  1. ^ "Plant protein startups vie to tap China's hungry market". Reuters. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. "Bloomberg - Nick Cooney". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
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  5. Cooney, Nick (2013). Veganomics: The Surprising Science on What Motivates Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the Bedroom. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-9869-3649-1.
  6. How To Be Great At Doing Good by Nick Cooney, Narrated by James Fouhey, retrieved 2020-10-04
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  9. "Investor: I wouldn't bet against the plant-based meat space". CNBC. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  10. "Nick Cooney and Lever VC Invest In The Good Spoon Foods". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  11. ^ Watson, Elaine (2020-08-18). "Lever VC launches new fund targeting alternative protein: deploys first $5m in 10 startups spanning plant-based eggs to cell-cultured breastmilk". Food Navigator USA. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
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  13. Yang, Stephanie (2019-12-05). "American Companies Are Hungry for a Cut of China's Fake-Meat Market". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  14. "Legal Battles in the Food Industry: A Conversation with Nick Cooney from Farm Sanctuary". 2013-11-04. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-01-10. Nick Cooney, founder of the Humane League and then employed by Farm Sanctuary (now working for Mercy for Animals), spoke about his involvement with activism and farm animals.
  15. "Ivy League Vegan Conference". 2013-02-13. Archived from the original on 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  16. "Nick Cooney IARC Speaker Profile". ar-conference.org. 2013-09-12.
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  18. "Sentience Conference". Retrieved 2017-01-10. ...founder and Board Chair of The Humane League, Board Chair of The Good Food Institute, and Managing Trustee at New Crop Capital
  19. Gunther, Marc (2016-04-06). "New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-01-10. Besides funding, Friedrich, Cooney and Kerr provide their portfolio companies with access to like-minded investors and to consumers who want to avoid meat
  20. Cooney, Nick (2019-04-09). "What's In A Bio? The New Nick Cooney Biography". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  21. Byrd, Emily (March 6, 2017). "Plant-Based Power Couple". Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  22. "Investing in the future of protein". Lever VC. Retrieved 2019-04-08.

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