Milo Runkle (born April 13, 1984 as Nathan) is a founding partner o
Joyful Ventures
He is the co-founder of

The Good Food Institute The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes plant- and cell-based alternatives to animal products, particularly meat, dairy, and eggs. It was created in 2016 by the nonprofit organization Mercy For Anima ...

and founder and former president of

Mercy For Animals Mercy For Animals (MFA) is an international nonprofit animal protection organization founded in 1999 by Milo Runkle. MFA's mission is to "prevent cruelty to farmed animals and promote compassionate food choices and policies." MFA has conducted mo ...

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Milo Runkle is a founding partner o
Joyful Ventures
��a social-impact venture capital fund investing in the future of animal-free, sustainable proteins. He is one of the most accomplished and well-known figures in the movement to replace animals in our food system. He founded

, raising over $130 million to help expand farm animal protection work across the globe. In 2015, Milo helped launch New Crop Capital, a $40 million venture fund that invested in the most impactful alternative protein companies. New Crop Capital was an early investor in

Beyond Meat Beyond Meat, Inc. is a Los Angeles–based producer of plant-based meat substitutes founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown. The company's initial products were launched in the United States in 2012. History Founding Ethan Brown founded the company in ...

, Miyoko’s,

UPSIDE Foods Upside Foods (formerly known as Memphis Meats) is a food technology company headquartered in Berkeley, California, aiming to grow sustainable cultured meat. The company was founded in 2015 by Uma Valeti (CEO), Nicholas Genovese ( CSO), and Will ...

, BluNalu, Good Catch, and over 40 other companies in the space. Milo co-founded

—an international nonprofit making animal-free foods the mainstream choice. The Good Food Institute now boasts over 100 team members and five international offices. The Good Food Institute is known as the singularly most impactful organization in the alternative protein space. Milo is a best-selling author o
''Mercy For Animals: One Man's Quest to Inspire Compassion and Improve the Lives of Farm Animals''
has spoken at the headquarters of tech giants like Google, and his work has been featured in every major media outlet in the United States, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. His work has attracted the support of such notable figures as

Jack Welch John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) between 1981 and 2001. When Welch retired from GE, he receive ...

(GE),

Dustin Moskovitz Dustin Aaron Moskovitz (; born May 22, 1984) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook, Inc. (now known as Meta) with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. In 2008, he left Facebook to co-found ...

(Facebook),

Joe Gebbia Joseph Gebbia Jr. (born August 21, 1981) is an American billionaire designer and Internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Airbnb and Samara, an accessory dwelling unit startup that was formerly Airbnb's design studio, and of Airbnb.org, the ...

(Airbnb),

Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (; né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent films. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academ ...

Greta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...

, and Dr. Jane Goodall. He has worked with the world’s largest food companies—including

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

, Nestle, and

McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...

to successfully modernize their purchasing practices in ways that improve the lives of over 2 billion animals annually. Milo has worked directly with entrepreneurs in the food tech start-up space. He served as a board member of Mozza Foods, where he helped the company secure $6.5 million in Seed funding–accelerating the company’s science of growing real dairy proteins in plants. Milo appeared alongside Miley Cyrus in The Advocate magazine’
'“Top 40 Under 40”'
list of LGBT people changing the world.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Runkle, Nathan 1984 births American animal rights activists Living people American veganism activists

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