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| '''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 |
'''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> | ||
| 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|last=|first=|date=|title=Amazon Author Central: |
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|last=|first=|date=|title=Amazon Author Central: Nick Cooney|url=https://www.amazon.com/Nick-Cooney/e/B004CTYG1Y%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Amazon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4252173.Nick_Cooney|access-date=2020-10-04|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/author/Nick-Cooney/B004CTYG1Y|title=Nick Cooney – Audio Books, Best Sellers, Author Bio {{!}} Audible.com|language=en}}</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>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney Books on Apple Books|url=https://books.apple.com/us/author/nick-cooney/id394842530|access-date=2020-10-04|website=iTunes|language=en-us}}</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 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|date=4 April 2019|access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney|url=https://www.facebook.com/nick.cooney1|access-date=2020-10-04|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Twitter: Nick Cooney|url=https://twitter.com/nickcooney2?lang=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Twitter}}</ref> | ||
| ==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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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, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Quartz, Upside, Food Navigator, Just-Food, and the Wall Street Journal.<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><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-20|title=CC052: Nick Cooney of Lever VC // investing in alternative protein startups|url=https://upside.fm/nick-cooney-lever-vc/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=upside.fm|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney|url=https://qz.com/author/nickcooney/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Quartz|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot?|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/ |
Since then, Nick Cooney's work promoting alternative proteins and animal protection has been featured in media outlets including Bloomberg, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Quartz, Upside, Food Navigator, Just-Food, and the Wall Street Journal.<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><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-20|title=CC052: Nick Cooney of Lever VC // investing in alternative protein startups|url=https://upside.fm/nick-cooney-lever-vc/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=upside.fm|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney|url=https://qz.com/author/nickcooney/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Quartz|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot?|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-09-05/nick-cooney-launches-the-lever-vc-fund|access-date=2020-10-04|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-08|title="Covid just adds yet another tailwind" – investor Nick Cooney on the opportunities for alternative-protein fund Lever VC|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|access-date=2020-10-04|website=www.just-food.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=foodnavigator-usa.com|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=2020-10-04|website=foodnavigator-usa.com|language=en-GB}}</ref><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><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><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 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><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney |url=https://ar-conference.org/2013/nick_cooney.php|access-date=2020-10-04|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 ]. He is currently a director with the non-profit Lever Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Research Gate: |
Cooney previously worked as campaign coordinator at the non-profit Farm Sanctuary and as executive vice president at non-profit ]. He is currently a director with the non-profit Lever Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Research Gate: Nick Cooney|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nick_Cooney|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-02|website=}}</ref><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 == | ==Work with 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><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney Biography {{!}} Lever VC, Managing Partner {{!}} New York City|url=http://www.nickcooney.org/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=NickCooney.org|language=en-US}}</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><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cooney|first=Nick|date=2019-04-09|title= |
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><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Cooney Biography {{!}} Lever VC, Managing Partner {{!}} New York City|url=http://www.nickcooney.org/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=NickCooney.org|language=en-US}}</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><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=January 7, 2018}}</ref> | ||
| ==Work with Lever VC == | ==Work with 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 |
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><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Crunchbase: Nick Cooney|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nick-cooney|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Crunchbase}}</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 |
*{{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 |
*{{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 |
*{{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== | ||
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| *{{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 |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Yahoo Finance}} | *{{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 |url-status= live |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 |publisher= Quartz |url= https://qz.com/author/nickcooney/ |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Quartz}} | *{{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 |publisher= Quartz |url= https://qz.com/author/nickcooney/ |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Quartz}} | ||
| *{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Book Review: Nick |
*{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Book Review: Nick Cooney's Change of Heart |date= |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |publisher= |url= https://www.vegan.com/book-review-nick-cooneys-change-of-heart/ |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Vegan.com}} | ||
| *{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Farm Sanctuary's Nick Cooney: How to Effectively Advocate for Farm Animals |date= 2013-05-19 |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |publisher= |url= https://www.meetup.com/sacvegansociety-org/events/107676062/ |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Meetup.com}} | *{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Farm Sanctuary's Nick Cooney: How to Effectively Advocate for Farm Animals |date= 2013-05-19 |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |publisher= |url= https://www.meetup.com/sacvegansociety-org/events/107676062/ |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=Meetup.com}} | ||
| *{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Nick Cooney Launches the Lever VC Fund |date= 2019-09-05 |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |publisher= |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-09-05/nick-cooney-launches-the-lever-vc-fund |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=}} | *{{cite web |last= |first= |authorlink= Nick Cooney |title= Nick Cooney Launches the Lever VC Fund |date= 2019-09-05 |accessdate= 2020-10-02 |publisher= |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-09-05/nick-cooney-launches-the-lever-vc-fund |url-status= live |archiveurl= |archivedate= |website=}} | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 5 October 2020
For the Irish sports shooter, see Nick Cooney (sport shooter).| Nick Cooney | |
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| Alma mater | Hofstra University (Non-Violence Studies) |
| Occupation | Managing Partner at Lever VC |
| Notable work | How to be Great at Doing Good, Veganomics, Change Of Heart |
| Website | http://NickCooney.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 non-profit organizations Mercy for Animals and Farm Sanctuary and was the founder of 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 Bloomberg, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Quartz, Upside, Food Navigator, Just-Food, and the Wall Street Journal. He has lectured internationally at conferences and campuses including Harvard, Yale, in Luxembourg, and in Washington, D.C.
Cooney previously worked as campaign coordinator at the non-profit Farm Sanctuary and as executive vice president at non-profit Mercy for Animals. He is currently a director with the non-profit Lever Foundation.
Work with 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.
Work with 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
- Cooney, Nick (2010-09-20). Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change. Lantern Books. ISBN 9781590562451.
- Cooney, Nick (2013-11-22). Veganomics: The Surprising Science on Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the Bedroom. Lantern Books. ISBN 9781590564288.
- Cooney, Nick (2015-04-27). How To Be Great At Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119041719.
See also
Notes
- "Plant protein startups vie to tap China's hungry market". Reuters. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- "Bloomberg - Nick Cooney". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- Gunther, Marc (2016-04-06). "New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- "Amazon Author Central: Nick Cooney". Amazon. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Nick Cooney". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- Nick Cooney – Audio Books, Best Sellers, Author Bio | Audible.com.
- 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.
- "Nick Cooney Books on Apple Books". iTunes. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- How To Be Great At Doing Good by Nick Cooney, Narrated by James Fouhey, retrieved 2020-10-04
- "Nick Cooney - LinkedIn". 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- "Nick Cooney". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "Twitter: Nick Cooney". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Cooney, Nick (2007-09-05). "Activist Profile: Nick Cooney". Vegan Outreach.
- "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.
- "Nick Cooney and Lever VC Invest In The Good Spoon Foods". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "CC052: Nick Cooney of Lever VC // investing in alternative protein startups". upside.fm. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "Nick Cooney". Quartz. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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- foodnavigator-usa.com. "Lever VC launches new fund targeting alternative protein: deploys first $5m in 10 startups spanning plant-based eggs to cell-cultured breastmilk". foodnavigator-usa.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "Investor: I wouldn't bet against the plant-based meat space". CNBC. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "This is how plant protein start-ups are tapping into China's hungry market". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- Cooney, Nick (2014-10-23). "Can vegetarianism help to solve NFL's problems with violence?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- 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.
- "Legal Battles in the Food Industry: A Conversation with Nick Cooney from Farm Sanctuary". 2013-11-04. 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.
- "Ivy League Vegan Conference". 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- "Nick Cooney IARC Speaker Profile". 2013-09-12.
His work for animals has been featured in hundreds of media outlets around the United States
- "Taking Action for Animals Conference Has Something for Everyone". 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
Their impressive lineup of speakers this year includes Gene Baur, President of Farm Sanctuary; Nick Cooney, Director of Education for Mercy for Animals...
- "Nick Cooney [International Animal Rights Conference: 12.-15.9.2013 - Luxembourg]". ar-conference.org. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "Research Gate: Nick Cooney". Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Nick Cooney Biography | Lever VC, Managing Partner | New York City". NickCooney.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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...founder and Board Chair of The Humane League, Board Chair of The Good Food Institute, and Managing Trustee at New Crop Capital
- Animal Charity Evaluators (November 2017). "The Good Food Institute Review". Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- "Nick Cooney Biography | Lever VC, Managing Partner | New York City". NickCooney.org. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- 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
- Cooney, Nick (2019-04-09). "What's In A Bio? The New Nick Cooney Biography". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- Byrd, Emily (March 6, 2017). "Plant-Based Power Couple". Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- "Plant protein startups vie to tap China's hungry market". Reuters. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
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- "Crunchbase: Nick Cooney". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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Interviews
- Cooney, Nick (2010-12-10). "Interview Series #18: Nick Cooney". Kiss Me, I'm Vegan! (Interview). Interviewed by Lindsay Wolf. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (2011-03-31). "Interview with Nick Cooney". Vegan Outreach (Interview). Interviewed by Matt Ball. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (2011-08-20). "ARZone interview with Nick Cooney". Animal Rights Zone Transcripts (Interview). Retrieved 2015-06-06.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (2020-05-20). "Nick Cooney of Lever VC // investing in alternative protein startups". Upside (Interview). Interviewed by Jay Clouse. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (2015-08-16). "Interview Series: Nick Cooney". ChicVegan (Interview). Interviewed by Dianne. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick. "Effective Activism with Nick Cooney". World of Vegan (Interview). Interviewed by Michelle Cehn. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (2019-07-17). "Nick Cooney: Founder and Managing Partner at Lever VC, Based in New York". Inspirery (Interview). Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (2019-06-11). "Investor: I wouldn't bet against the plant-based meat space". CNBC Squawk Alley (Interview). Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (2020-08-17). ""Covid Adds Yet Another Tailwind - Investor Nick Cooney on Opportunities for Alternative Protein Fund Lever VC". Just Food (Interview). Interviewed by Dean Best. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - Cooney, Nick (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 (Interview). Interviewed by Elaine Watson. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter|subjectlink=ignored (|subject-link=suggested) (help) - "Conversation with Nick Cooney, Executive Vice President of Mercy For Animals". ACE (Interview). Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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Other Articles
- Cooney, Nick (2013-08-06). "Changing Vegan Advocacy from an Art to a Science". Humane Research Council. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
- "Nick Cooney". AR-Conference.org. AR-Conference. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Nick Cooney and Lever VC Invest In The Good Spoon Foods". Yahoo Finance. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Nick, Cooney (2013-06-06). "Self-interest can make the world a better place—for animals, at least". Quartz. Quartz. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Book Review: Nick Cooney's Change of Heart". Vegan.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Farm Sanctuary's Nick Cooney: How to Effectively Advocate for Farm Animals". Meetup.com. 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Nick Cooney Launches the Lever VC Fund". 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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