Alicia Robb of Next Wave Impact and Elysabeth Alfano get into it: should plant-based businesses sell to big meat and dairy corporations? It’s a bitter pill – should we take it? They also discuss the dearth of female and minority investors and how Alicia is building a platform to grow a new and diverse crop of investors and entrepreneurs.
To a Forward-Looking Future: 67% of Blue Horizon’s Investment Team is Now Female
Blue Horizon today announces the appointment of a new female Partner and two female Directors to its investment team. In five years, Blue Horizon has grown to 28 employees, including nine in the investment team which is now 67% female. In this time, the company has raised more than $850 million and invested in over 50 companies spanning agriculture, biology and technology. As we reported last year, research done by Jenny Stojkovic, founder of the Vegan Women Summit, found that female-led companies performed 63% better than all-male founding teams, and businesses founded by women deliver twice as much per dollar invested than those founded by men. The company states that the three new female leaders join “at a time of increasing interest in sustainable food …