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Stray Dog Capital

Leawood, Kansas · Invests in US; Europe · Website

Thesis

Explicitly structured to eliminate animals from food supply chain. Invests in innovative early-stage companies across food, beverage, and biotech driving healthier, humane, sustainable future. Optimizes for impact on animal numbers alongside commercial success.

Likely not a fit for

Pure commodity plays without product differentiation, late-stage investments lacking product-market fit, companies without mission alignment to animal welfare or sustainability

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

5 contacts on file

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Lisa Feria

General PartnerCEO and Managing Partner · Primary contact

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Chuck Laue

General PartnerCo-Founder

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Jennifer Laue

General PartnerCo-Founder

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Andrés Manzanares

PrincipalPrincipal

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Kelsie Rudolph

Platform & OpsExecutive Assistant

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Portfolio

Beyond MeatFood Beverage

Beyond Meat produces vegan meat and plant-based meat substitutes, focusing on creating products that nourish and protect health while promoting sustainability.

Aleph FarmsFood Beverage

Aleph Farms is a cellular agriculture company that designs new ways to grow quality animal products, focusing on sustainability, food security, and animal welfare in food systems.

BlueNaluFood Beverage

BlueNalu is reimagining the future of food with cell-cultured seafood that provides a consistent, high-quality alternative to conventional seafood products, supporting sustainability and ocean health.

Good Catch
EmulateBiotech Life Sciences

Emulate leverages human biology and technology to create Organ-Chips, which are advanced models for drug development and safety testing, aiming to replace animal testing with human-relevant alternatives.

GeltorBiotech Life Sciences

Geltor is transforming biodesign into a new paradigm for sustainable, ethically sourced, and effective protein ingredients, focusing on beauty, wellness, and nutrition.

Meatless FarmFood Beverage

Meatless Farm is here to make your plant-based journey as simple as possible, with high quality, plant powered protein staples that don’t cost the earth. Easy-cooking, delicious, nutritious swaps for your meaty favourites, so you can cut down... without giving up.

Kite HillFood Beverage

Kite Hill offers a range of dairy-free products made from almond milk, including yogurt, cream cheese alternatives, and filled pasta, focusing on providing delicious plant-based foods.

Purple Carrot
Daring FoodsFood Beverage

Daring Foods offers plant-based chicken products that aim to replace traditional chicken in the diet, focusing on taste, nutrition, and sustainability.

Mosa MeatFood Beverage

Mosa Meat is a food technology company pioneering a cleaner, kinder way of making beef through cultivated meat processes, allowing for real beef production without harming animals.

SuperMeatFood Beverage

SuperMeat is a Tel Aviv-based food tech company working to supply the world with high-quality chicken meat grown directly from chicken cells in a sustainable and animal-friendly way.

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Stray Dog Capital: Mission-Driven Alternative Protein Investment Investment Thesis Stray Dog Capital is a mission-driven venture capital fund explicitly structured to eliminate animals from the food supply chain. Founded and backed by long-time animal advocates, the firm invests in innovative, early-stage companies across the food, beverage, and biotechnology sectors that are driving a healthier,

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