Investors Favor Alternative Dairy/Protein Startups

Food and beverage startups in the United States procured about $1.45 billion in investments on 200 disclosed deals, according to the “2018 U.S. Food & Beverage Startup Investment Report” by Food+Tech Connect in partnership with Ryan Williams. The research found that Impossible Foods (a leading marketer of alternative proteins) captured the largest funding at $114 million while the median investment was $2.4 million and the average investment was $7.3 million.

Following Impossible Foods, the l…