2022 was a record-breaking year for Branchfood. We set big goals for our industry impact and work intending to build on our global connectivity, grow our industry collaborations and social impact, and support our scaling portfolio investments. While there were peaks, valleys, challenges, and opportunities presented along the way, we wanted to provide a year-end review. 

Grew Connections Within Global Food & Agriculture Ecosystem

• Built our community of food innovators to 18k+ connections across the globe

• Expanded our work into two new geographies: Asia and the Middle East

• Launched our community development work in Rhode Island to support scaling food businesses

Amplified Industry Engagement and Social Impact 

• Hosted 25 networking and educational events that welcomed over 1,600 attendees

• Quadrupled the number of corporations that we provided innovation support to

• Grew our Mentorship-in-Residence program to 38 experts from across the industry

• Supported over 500 food startup founders through our industry-focused programming

Demonstrated Investment Success

• Our portfolio company Cultured Decadence was acquired by Upside Foods, one of the largest manufacturers of cultivated protein in the world and the first to receive FDA ‘green light’ for cultivated chicken

• Built a portfolio of 15 early-stage investments 

• Over $100MM raised by Branch Venture Group portfolio companies in 2022 alone, with 3 portfolio companies now valued at $100MM+

As we reflect on the year before and look to the year ahead, we're grateful for the abundant interest on behalf of stakeholders across the global food supply chain to join our community, and the brilliant and fearless innovators bringing new products, technologies, and services to life with the mission of supporting greater food system sustainability. For those of you who we haven't spoken with, we invite you to join us this year and connect at info@branchfood.com to learn more about our work accelerating world changing companies that are shaping the future of food.