# Good Startup

> Good Startup is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and Biotechnology. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Fund size: $34M
- Last fund: May 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodstartup/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/goodstartupvc
- Website: https://www.goodstartup.com

Good Startup is a venture firm focused on the alternative protein sector.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$12M |
| Series A | $6M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 9 | 47% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 37% |
| Food Processing | 5 | 26% |
| Alternative Protein | 4 | 21% |
| Dairy | 1 | 5% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 58% |
| Series A | 4 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 26% |
| Canada | 2 | 11% |
| Israel | 2 | 11% |
| Sweden | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gautam Godhwani | Founder & Managing Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gautam-godhwani |
| Cedric Brusselmans | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cedric-brusselmans |
| Jayesh Parekh | Founder & Managing Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jayesh-parekh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ns/tx industries | ns/tx industries is a food manufacturing and technology company that processes and sells fish and meat products. | $10.5M | Series A | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| StrainX Bioworks |  | $13M | Seed | May 24, 2026 |  |
| Standing Ovation | Standing Ovation develops food technology solutions using precision fermentation to produce animal-free dairy proteins for food manufacturing. The company creates casein proteins through engineered microorganisms, enabling the production of cheese and other dairy products without relying on traditional animal farming.Its core product, AdvancedCasein, is designed to replicate the functional, nutritional, and taste properties of conventional milk proteins while reducing dependence on livestock-based supply chains. The production process involves cultivating microorganisms, feeding them plant-based inputs, and extracting proteins that can be incorporated into standard dairy processing methods. Standing Ovation applies these proteins in the development of cheese alternatives that follow traditional cheesemaking techniques, allowing compatibility with existing manufacturing systems. The resulting products are lactose-free and aim to maintain similar texture and performance characteristics as conventional dairy ingredients in food applications. | $28.6M | Series B | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Evergreen | Omeat is a game-changing solution to the environmental, health, and animal welfare challenges posed by animal agriculture. They offer real meat grown from cells outside the animal that's every bit as delicious and nourishing as business-as-usual meat, but no sacrifice is required. | $6M | Series A | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| SMAQO | Driven by innovation and science, SMAQO creates next-generation fungi based foods that create superior taste, nutrition, and affordability while meeting the demand for clean and sustainable protein. Our mission is simple: Better food — for your health, your wallet and the planet. |  | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| New School Foods | New School Foods creates plant-based seafood with the same texture, flavor, nutritional benefits, and cooking experience as traditional seafood. The first product of the company is a plant-based filet that looks, cooks, and tastes like wild salmon. The company aims to accelerate the transition to a kinder, more sustainable food system. | $5.9M | Seed | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Xias Bio | Xias Bio is a biotechnology startup specializing in the production of recombinant proteins, offering formulators advanced soluble, active ingredients with improved attributes such as enhanced gel and film formation, as well as antioxidant properties. The company creates non-immunogenic natural motifs to produce a better delivery platform offunctionalities for research, beauty, and healthcare. | $4.8M | Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| BioRaptor | BioRaptor is building the operating system for biotech and biopharma firms. The platform enables scientists to leverage scientific data and deep insights to design better experiments, learn from experiments, and understand how to accelerate outcomes. |  | Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| Extracellular | Extracellular channels biology, digitalisation and biomanufacturing expertise to accelerate developments in biotech. We use our scale up experience and our deep insights into cellular behaviour to produce biomass for cultivated meat companies more efficiently. We're digitalising process development, pulling together huge quantities of data tomake better decisions faster and at scale. | $1.2M | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| New School Foods | New School Foods creates plant-based seafood with the same texture, flavor, nutritional benefits, and cooking experience as traditional seafood. The first product of the company is a plant-based filet that looks, cooks, and tastes like wild salmon. The company aims to accelerate the transition to a kinder, more sustainable food system. | $12M | Seed | Feb 02, 2023 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Big Idea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-idea-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lever VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lever-vc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [HackCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foodhack) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Astanor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astanor-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bel-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CPT Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cpt-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Good Startup invest in?

Good Startup invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Biotechnology and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Good Startup's check size?

Good Startup typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$12M at Seed and $6M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Good Startup participates in.

### How do I contact Good Startup?

Public channels for Good Startup include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Good Startup?

The team at Good Startup includes Gautam Godhwani (Founder & Managing Partner), Cedric Brusselmans (Investor) and Jayesh Parekh (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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