Pawsible Foods

🎉 Update 🎉 Glad to announce that Pawsible Foods is 1/5 startups selected for The Next Generation Pet Food Program by Mars Petcare and Big Idea Ventures, in collaboration with AAK and Bühler Group. Mars operates pet food companies such as Royal Canin, Pedigree and Whiskas, with 94 factories worldwide, serving over 450 million pets. Royal Canin alone does >1.2 million tonnes of product every year. The program partners with companies focused on developing new and innovative ingredients that are safe, low-carbon, accessible, nutrient-dense, and delicious, all while prioritising animal welfare, safety, and quality. Mars is exploring novel ingredients due to: - Scarcity: Animal protein production is growing at only 1.5-2%, but a sixfold increase is needed to meet future demand. - Sustainability: Animal protein will still account for >40% of the carbon footprint in 2030. - Consumer Concerns: 63% of pet owners are worried about the environmental impact of pet ownership. Startups were selected on the basis of: - Innovation - Collaboration Openness - Carbon Reduction Pathways - Production Volume Capability The 4 other startups include: - String Bio Private Limited (Ezhil) - MiAlgae (Christopher) - BiomeMega (Gustavo) - KIDEMIS (Constantin) Looking forward to pitch at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit at the Singapore International Agri-Week (SIAW) on 19th November. Only the start :) Samyak

Proud to announce Pawsible Foods as one of the first 9 startups funded by WTFund! 🐾 Pawsible Foods is tackling the future of protein by developing an innovative fermentation process that transforms food side streams into Kavaka™ Mycoprotein—a sustainable, high-protein, and high-fiber alternative to traditional animal proteins. By addressing the global challenge of food security, Pawsible Foods is initially focused on pet nutrition but plans to extend its innovation to livestock feed and eventually human food. This breakthrough approach offers a scalable solution to meet the rising demand for protein as the world’s population grows and climate deteriorates. With strategic B2B partnerships and unmatched agility, they are positioned to make a significant impact as they expand over the next two years. We’re excited to support Samyak Baid, Armaan Dhanda, and the Pawsible Foods team as they continue to innovate and create a more resilient global food supply! 🌍🚀 #WTFund #WTFunded

We are WTFunded! Excited to announce that Pawsible Foods has received a US$25,000 non-dilutive grant from Nikhil Kamath’s WTFund. Nikhil Kamath is the co-founder of Zerodha, True Beacon, and Gruhas and has pledged to donate 50% of his wealth to charitable causes such as climate change, education, and healthcare by signing Bill Gates and Warren Buffet’s The Giving Pledge. With ~1M followers on YouTube, Nikhil’s podcast is a treat to watch. WTFund is India’s premiere non-dilutive grant fund for emerging entrepreneurs, bringing together high-potential founders, creators, makers, and dreamers under 25 and offering them a structured growth opportunity. It is inspired by the $100,000 Thiel Fellowship. The selection process was insightful and engaging with a <1% acceptance rate. A Special thanks to Harnidh Kaur (孔知韵), Suchet Kumar,Vivek Kamath and Arshia Mal for their patience and help. Meeting Nikhil in-person was exactly like being a part of his podcast; loved the energy. The future of all our food is Pawsible 🥳🌎 Armaan Dhanda

Off to Hong Kong!! Fully funded :) Glad to announce that Pawsible Foods is in final round of the HKUST-SINO One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2024 set to be held in October. Samyak and I will be receiving HK$20k to cover flights and accommodation for the event. We'll be staying on campus. International teams are eligible for HK$100k, HK$50k and HK$25k and there's an additional HK$30k Elevator Pitch Award. We have the chance to be fast-tracked to incubation at the HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and would be eligible to receive an additional HK$100k in non-dilutive capital through their Ideation Programme. Additionally, we'd be part of a short highlight video and will have a booth on the day of the pitch to showcase our innovation. Some learnings about grants: - the lowest stake capital to test and validate your idea. - its never to early to apply; never self reject. - storytelling and clarity on vision trumps everything. - be as concise and simple as pawsible. - pitch with energy and clarity. Honoured to be representing the National University of Singapore at the international level. PS - Samyak is the grant 🐐; can't do it w/o him.

Off to Bangkok for the Hult Prize! Glad to announce that Pawsible Foods was chosen as 1/360 startups from 10,000+ teams across 100+ countries to advance to the Summit stage. The Hult Prize challenges young people around the world to solve the planet's most pressing issues through social entrepreneurship. More information on the Hult Prize: - divided into 4 rounds: Qualifiers —> Summits —> Global Accelerator —> Global Finals. - The 360 teams are divided into 7 city-centric Summits. - Top 12 teams proceed to the 2-week in-person Global Accelerator in London. - Top 6 pitch at the Global Finals to compete for a $1 million prize. - Banofi Leather from Yale University was last year’s winner. Looking forward to the experience :)

We're off to Princeton University! Yes, you read that right. Glad to announce that Pawsible Foods was chosen as the Grand Champion of the Asia round for TigerLaunch, the world's largest student-run pitch competition. Besides a fully-funded trip to Princeton to pitch for the global round, we were awarded $3000 sponsored by Mapletree. Humbled and honoured to say the least. If you're an entrepreneur (or anyone working on something unconventional) at or around Princeton, do drop a message - it'd be great to meet up :) ****** We're hiring for 2 remote paid roles: Graphic Designer, Social Media Creator. Send in your best work at [email protected] and you'll hear from us shortly.

19-year-old National University of Singapore scholars launch mycelium-based pet nutrition company in APAC! 🚀👏 Armaan Dhanda and Samyak Baid joined forces to launch Pawsible Foods—using innovative strain development and unique fermentation processes to create smart pet nutrition that is cleaner and healthier than conventional products. 🦠 Armaan was introduced to the world of alternative proteins during his time at the University of Delhi through the 2021 Indian Smart Protein Innovation Challenge, organised by our friends at The Good Food Institute India. Samyak’s background is in working with top Indian startups and government bodies to optimise rural Indian agriculture. Both are currently part of GFI’s global Alt Protein Project. They plan to soft launch their first product within the next 12 months to gather customer feedback. 📌 Keep an eye out for updates: https://lnkd.in/gYcGj-Yz

Excited to announce that Pawsible Foods has been selected as a Top 10 team in Asia for TigerLaunch! It’s a huge opportunity! TigerLaunch, hosted by Princeton University, is a renowned global startup competition that focusses on identifying and supporting top student-led startups from across the world. Other information: - The world’s largest student-run entrepreneurship competition. - Regional winners are flown to the Princeton campus to pitch to the jury. - Winning teams receive equity-free cash prizes worth $60,000. - Regional events will be hosted in NYC, SF, Houston, Singapore, London and Paris. - Associated companies have raised over $1.4 billion in funding since TL’s inception in 2014 - Startups have gained entry into prestigious accelerators such as Y Combinator, Techstars and 500 Startups amongst others. - Global partners include National University of Singapore, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Rice University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay! The TigerLaunch regional round for Asia will be held in Singapore on 26th January 2024 as part of NES UNICON 2024, Asia’s largest student-led entrepreneurship and tech conference. Honoured that it is on home turf :) An exciting opportunity and a great start to 2024 :) PS - We applied last year too and were rejected. Never give up!