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Vevolution is an investment platform providing data and intelligence for the bioeconomy, connecting startups and innovators across Food Tech, AgriFoodTech, Climate Tech, Biotech, and Next-Gen Materials. It links these emerging companies with impact investors and corporate partners. The platform facilitates innovation scouting, strategic investments, and open innovation to accelerate critical solutions.
Damien Clarkson and Judy Nadel co-founded Vevolution in 2016. Their initial insight was to advance innovation within the plant-based sector, recognizing the need for a dedicated ecosystem. This led to a platform designed to connect sustainable technology solutions with relevant investors and industry players.
Vevolution serves founders, impact investors, and corporate partners driving global change. Its mission is to cultivate innovation ecosystems worldwide, enabling collaboration and local impact. The company envisions leading the global bioeconomy by accelerating sustainable transformation across food, climate, biotech, and materials.
Vevolution has raised $330K across 1 funding round.
Vevolution has raised $330K in total across 1 funding round.
Vevolution is a digital investment platform that connects early-stage startups in the bioeconomy—spanning AgriFoodTech, Climate Tech, Biotech, Next-Gen Materials, and Sustainable AI—with impact investors and corporate partners.[1][3][4] Originally focused on plant-based businesses, it pivots to provide data intelligence, deal flow curation, and funding facilitation, having supported over 2,200 startups in raising more than $60 million, including companies like MeliBio, Fermify, and Opalia.[1][4] With over 8,000 registered users, Vevolution serves innovators seeking capital and investors targeting high-impact opportunities in food tech and sustainability, now integrated into Big Idea Ventures (BIV) to expand its global reach.[1][3]
As a platform rather than a traditional VC firm, Vevolution's core value lies in democratizing access to funding through tools like investor matching, data rooms, and filtered deal discovery, leveling the playing field for mission-aligned ventures.[3][4][5]
Vevolution was founded in 2017 (with some sources citing 2016) by UK entrepreneurs Damien Clarkson and Judy Nadel as an events and media company centered on plant-based business opportunities.[1][2][5] Backed by tech entrepreneur and alternative protein investor Michiel van Deursen, the company pivoted during the 2020 pandemic from in-person events to a digital fintech platform for plant-based and cell-based startups.[1][5] This shift created a comprehensive hub for funding, networking, and due diligence, officially launching to connect startups with impact investors.[5]
Early traction came from facilitating meaningful investor conversations and capital raises, evolving under CEO Erik Amundson and CTO Tristan Hartman into a robust data-driven infrastructure.[1] A pivotal moment arrived with its acquisition by Big Idea Ventures, marking a new chapter for scaled global operations.[1][3]
Vevolution rides the surging bioeconomy wave, addressing global challenges in sustainable food systems, climate resilience, and animal-free supply chains amid rising demand for alternative proteins and materials.[1][3][4] Its timing aligns with post-pandemic acceleration in impact investing, where platforms bridge fragmented startup-investor gaps in underserved regions.[1][5] Market forces like corporate sustainability mandates and venture interest in ESG (e.g., BIV's focus on food/agri tech) favor its growth, influencing the ecosystem by funding breakthroughs like cell-based milk (Opalia) and plant-based seafood (Loki Foods).[1][4]
By enabling $60M+ in raises and fostering collaborations, Vevolution amplifies innovation pipelines, helping scale solutions from local labs to global markets.[1][3]
Vevolution's BIV integration positions it for explosive growth, potentially onboarding thousands more users and channeling capital into emerging areas like Sustainable AI and advanced biotech.[1][3] Trends such as AI-driven diligence, regional expansion (e.g., Asia via BIV partners), and heightened climate funding will propel its trajectory, evolving it into a cornerstone bioeconomy infrastructure.[1][3][4] As investor appetite for verifiable impact grows, Vevolution could redefine how bioeconomy ventures secure scale, tying back to its roots in empowering plant-based pioneers to reshape planetary supply chains.[1][5]
Vevolution has raised $330K in total across 1 funding round.
Vevolution's investors include Capital V, Next Wave Impact.
Vevolution has raised $330K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $330K Seed in March 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2022 | $330K Seed | — | Capital V, Next Wave Impact | Announced |
