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Nick Cooney

Managing Partner, Lever VC

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

2018

  • Founder, Managing Partner

    2018

    Nick Cooney is Founder and Managing Partner at Lever VC, whose $80 million USD Fund and target $150 million Fund II (raise in progress) invest broadly across sustainable Food and AgTech, spanning seed and animal genetics, functional ingredients and inputs, machinery, plant-based foods, pet, cultivated and fermentation-derived animal proteins, disease detection, software, feed inputs, service providers, and more.

  • Founder, Board Director

    2018

    Lever Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity working to advance a humane and sustainable protein supply chain in Asia and beyond.

2015 - 2018

  • Co-Founder, Investment Committee Member

    2015 - 2018

    New Crop Capital is a private family office venture capital vehicle focused on the plant-based and alternative protein category.

  • Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board

    2015 - 2017

    The Good Food Institute is the largest non-profit working to advance the plant-based and alternative protein sectors.

2005 - 2011

  • Founder, Executive Director

    2005 - 2011

  • Food Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator

    2003 - 2005