I-Vegan ice cream maker i-Eclipse Foods inyusa u-$40M ukwethula olunye ubisi kubika i-TechCrunch.
Le nkampani izosebenzisa izimali eziqoqiwe ukukhulisa ibhizinisi layo lokudayisa nokudla, icwaninge futhi ithuthukise inkundla yayo yobisi esekelwe ezitshalweni.
Ekukhiqizeni u-ayisikhilimu we-vegan, inkampani isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obunelungelo lobunikazi isebenzisa izinhlayiya ezincane - ama-micelles. Izinhlayiya ezinjalo zikhona egobolondweni lamaprotheni obisi, kodwa inkampani ifunde ukulingisa ngokusebenzisa amazambane, i-cassava kanye nommbila.
Naphezu kokusetshenziswa kwezinto zokusetshenziswa zemifino, ukunambitheka nokuthungwa kwe-ayisikhilimu akufani nokujwayelekile. Le nkampani iphawula ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bungasetshenziswa ukwenza ukhilimu ushizi, ibhotela, ubisi neminye imikhiqizo.
U-Eilon Steinhart, umsunguli wenkampani kanye nochwepheshe ohlukile wamaprotheni, uyaphawula ukuthi okwamanje ayikho indawo yangempela yemikhiqizo yobisi embonini yobisi, kuphela okuthatha indawo. Ngakho-ke, i-Eclipse Foods izoqhudelana nengxenye yemakethe, inani layo elilinganiselwa ku-$ 500 billion.
I-Eclipse Foods yasungulwa ngo-2019 ngumpheki uThomas Bowman kanye nochwepheshe ohlukile wamaprotheni u-Eilon Steinhart. Eminyakeni emithathu, inkampani ikwazile ukwandisa ubukhona bayo ekuhwebeni okudayisa ngo-2100%. Ngu inikezwe by Cision, imakethe yomhlaba wonke yezinye izindlela zobisi izofinyelela ku-$2028 billion ngo-50.