Tyson Ventures

Tyson Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, one of the world's largest food companies, established in December 2016 and based at the company's headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas. Operating through the legal entity Tyson New Ventures LLC, the fund was seeded with $150 million from Tyson Foods to back startups changing the food industry through food technology, emerging sources of protein and sustainable nutrition, and has since deployed more than $100 million across emerging proteins, food and worker-safety technologies and sustainable food production. The fund concentrates on three priority pillars, emerging and alternative proteins, technology enablers and sustainability, with managing director Reese Schroeder citing key innovation themes spanning alternative proteins, environmental impact, digital platforms, shelf-life extension, animal well-being, consumer-driven platforms, and AI, machine learning and automation, typically as a strategic co-investor. As a strategic investor, Tyson Ventures has made roughly 42 investments and built one of the more closely watched alternative-protein portfolios in corporate venturing. Those include early stakes in cell-based meat companies Memphis Meats, now UPSIDE Foods, and Future Meat Technologies, and an early position in plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat that it exited in 2019 ahead of Beyond's IPO. More recent activity includes investments in JLE Truckwash in 2024 and Athian in late 2025, and the firm runs an annual Tyson Demo Day pitch event to source promising food-system innovators. By pairing capital with the scale and supply chain of a global food company, Tyson Ventures backs the technologies reshaping protein, food and sustainability.