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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 ]. 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 media outlets including Bloomberg,<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 September 2019 |title=Nick Cooney Launches the Lever VC Fund |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-09-05/nick-cooney-launches-the-lever-vc-fund |access-date=2020-10-04 |newspaper=Bloomberg}}</ref> 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= |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> 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= |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 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> 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>

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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

Notes

  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.
  3. Gunther, Marc (2016-04-06). "New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  4. "Nick Cooney". good reads. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  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
  7. Cooney, Nick (2007-09-05). "Activist Profile: Nick Cooney". Vegan Outreach.
  8. "The Humane League Linkedin". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2017-01-07. The Humane League is a 501(c)3 and Certified Best In America by the Independent Charities of America... Nick Cooney, Founder.
  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. ^ "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. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  12. Cooney, Nick (2014-10-23). "Can vegetarianism help to solve NFL's problems with violence?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  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.
  17. "Nick Cooney Biography | Lever VC, Managing Partner | New York City". NickCooney.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  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 January 7, 2018.
  22. "Plant protein startups vie to tap China's hungry market". Reuters. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  23. "LeverVC | Investing in the future of protein". Retrieved 2019-04-08.

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