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Xavier Niel, new support for the vegetable food revolution

2021-07-10T03:11:46.767Z


The telecoms billionaire invests in companies that manufacture products without animal proteins. After the digital sector, the press and real estate, agriculture 2.0 is Xavier Niel's new playground. The telecoms billionaire, founder of the Iliad (Free) group, contributed last year to the launch of the first plant in France for plant-based meat substitutes, initiated by Les Nouveaux Fermiers in a location still kept secret. To read also: Vegetable “meat” interferes in our dishes This start-u


After the digital sector, the press and real estate, agriculture 2.0 is Xavier Niel's new playground.

The telecoms billionaire, founder of the Iliad (Free) group, contributed last year to

the

launch of the first plant in France for plant-based meat substitutes, initiated by Les Nouveaux Fermiers in a location still kept secret.

To read also:

Vegetable “meat” interferes in our dishes

This start-up, supported by the Public Investment Bank (BPI), had raised, in early 2020, 3 million euros from the investment fund of the businessman, Kima Ventures, the former co-founder of Sushi Shop, Adrien de Schompré, and the former director of Innocent, Philippe Cantet.

From now on, its vegetable steaks and nuggets are on the shelves of a large number of Monoprix, Carrefour Market or at the Grande Épicerie du Bon Marché in Paris.

And on the menus of more than 150 restaurants, including burger chains.

“The videos of the L214 association acted as a trigger and my children opened my eyes.

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Xavier Niel

A few months earlier, Xavier Niel had already been seduced by the French start-up 77 Foods, specialist

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Source: lefigaro

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