Less than 3%
Today, the two largest plant-based protein startups in the world are run by men. In fact, the majority of the alt-protein startups are run by men, alongside most of the investment groups that fund them.
By 2027, the global plant-based foods industry will be worth $74 billion dollars. Yet less than 3% of all capital in the world is invested into female founders. All in a time when 93% of household food purchases are made by women.
AKUA is a proudly female founded company. And out of the nine people we have working on AKUA right now, seven are female. And over 50% of our investors in our first fundraising round were women too.
Today, in honor of International Women’s Day, we are asking you to share our Republic campaign with your networks letting them know that AKUA is women-owned and that we’re working tirelessly to bring healthy, sustainable, and delicious foods to the world!
If you backed us already, thank you for joining the journey! And if you haven't yet, we hope today is the day! 🌿🌊