A Look Back at Dao Foods' Ecosystem Building Efforts in 2022
The alternative protein market in China is growing, but it remains nascent, especially when compared to the more developed international...
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Dao Foods
- Oct 24
- 3 min
The State of Chinese Alt Protein: Fall 2022
Shanghai-based 70/30 is set to launch the first mycelium-based meat products in China later this year Mycelium—the root structure of...
Dao Foods
- Oct 14
- 2 min
Mycelium-Based Products Highlight Innovation in Chinese Alt Proteins
China is home to a growing number of consumers looking to adopt a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle, including many who want to...
Tao Zhang
- Jul 5
- 4 min
How Dao Foods is Expanding the Market for Plant-Based Food in China
In my more than 10 years of experience in the field of sustainable investing, one essential truth has become abundantly clear: that while...
Dao Foods
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Announcing Dao Foods' Sixth China Next-Gen Good Food Bootcamp
Dao Foods is thrilled to announce that our Sixth China Next-Gen Good Food Bootcamp will be held on July 8 with a focus on China's Big Bay...
Dao Foods
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Talking Alternative Protein with Green Queen: A Chinese Perspective
Chris Kerr is the founder and chief investment officer of Unovis Asset Management, the shareholder and co-founding institution of Dao...
Dao Foods
- May 31
- 3 min
A Look Back at Dao Foods' Demo Day 2022
The Dao Foods name originates from a sentence in the Chinese masterpiece, The Analytics of Confucius: “Confucius’ way is loyalty and...
Dao Foods
- May 16
- 1 min
Starfield Promotes Alternative Protein’s Role in China’s “Double Carbon” Goals
Starfield Food & Science Technology, a plant-based venture from the Dao Foods portfolio, recently teamed up with China’s Xinhua News...
Dao Foods
- May 1
- 5 min
Dao Foods Announces Investment in Six Alternative Protein Ventures
Dao Foods International today welcomes its third cohort of China-focused alternative protein ventures under its Dao Foods Incubator...
Dao Foods
- Mar 8
- 1 min
In Chinese President’s Remarks, More Encouraging Signs for New Protein Development
On March 6, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited with members of the agricultural, social welfare and social security sectors during the...
Dao Foods
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Dao Foods co-founder Tao Zhang Addresses Starfield Fundraise in Vegconomist
Three years ago, if I had asked any of my international contacts to invest in a few Shenzhen-based entrepreneurs who do not speak much...
Tao Zhang
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Let’s Curb Our Enthusiasm Around Cultivated Meat in China
Last week, Time reported on the release of China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs five-year agricultural plan, highlighting...
Dao Foods
- Jan 24
- 5 min
Bringing the Plant-Based Manufacturing Chain In-House
A Conversation with Fresh Foods Founder Meijun Qiu Plant-based milk is an alternative protein drink that can be a substitute for dairy...
Dao Foods
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Starfield Closes US$100M in Series B, Announces First Self-Built Factory in Xiaogan, Hubei
Chinese plant-based protein food technology company Starfield this Tuesday announced the completion of a US$100 million Series B...
Dao Foods
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Dao Foods on the Vegan Startup Podcast
Co-hosted by Simon Newstead and Kat Kaverzine, the Vegan Startup Podcast is dedicated to featuring the founders that are changing...
Dao Foods
- Jan 7
- 6 min
Children's Education Goes Plant-Based: An Interview with WOW Kids founder Anna Yang
35 Dou covers the future of agriculture in China, with a focus on new, technology-driven food systems and how they can be used to support...
Dao Foods
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
36kr Features Dao Foods' Tao Zhang
替代蛋白市场风起云涌，践行影响力投资的「道夫子」如何将“食物革命”进行到底？ 在工业革命两百多年后，对地球生态环境的超负荷利用最终反弹回人类自身，人类开始寻求与自然的和解。“碳中和”“新能源”等概念愈来愈受重视，在恢复地球生态平衡的同时，人类也开始解救自己。而在投资界，商...
Dao Foods
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Alternative Proteins are Having Their Time in the Sustainability Movement
Dao Food's Albert Tseng was recently featured as part of a panel discussion on DealStreetAsia around the prospects for alternative...
Tao Zhang
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
Should Investors be Worried About Backing Companies in China?
Tutoring is a big business in China. Or, at least it was. As recently as earlier this year, as many as 92% of families with school-aged...
Dao Foods
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
Leading the charge – the companies at the cutting edge of cell-based protein product development
The race is on to get cell-based protein products – meat, seafood and dairy – onto supermarket shelves and into the hands of consumers....