Natalie Portman
Co-founder @ MakingOf
San Francisco, United States
Natalie Portman is a seed investor at MakingOf in San Francisco focused on Food and Beverage and Nutrition. Natalie Portman received her second Academy Award® nomination and first Best Actress win for her performance in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed film, BLACK SWAN. For her role, Portman also received a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award.On screen, Portman has starred in over forty films. Shemade her debut in Luc Besson's 1994 film, THE PROFESSIONAL, and went on to star in HEAT, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU, MARS ATTACKS!, ANYWHERE BUT HERE (Golden Globe nomination), WHERE THE HEART IS, COLD MOUNTAIN, GARDEN STATE, CLOSER (Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe Award), FREE ZONE, V FOR VENDETTA, PARIS JE T’AIME, GOYA’S GHOSTS, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS, MR. MAGORIUM’S WONDER EMPORIUM, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU, THE OTHER WOMAN, BROTHERS, NO STRINGS ATTACHED, YOUR HIGHNESS, HESHER, THOR and its sequel THOR: THE DARK WORLD, KNIGHT OF CUPS, JANE GOT A GUN, and Terrence Malick’s SONG TO SONG. Additionally, she starred in George Lucas' STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 THE PHANTOM MENACE, STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES, and STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH. The prequels to the wildly popular STAR WARS trilogy of the 70's and 80's rank among the top-grossing films ever produced worldwide. She has recently completed work on a few films including Alex Garland’s highly anticipated second feature, ANNIHILATION, for Paramount, and Xavier Dolan’s next film, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN F. DONOVAN.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Natalie Portman invests in
Stages Natalie Portman invests in
Countries Natalie Portman invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 3 (27%)
- Nutrition 2 (18%)
- Health Care 2 (18%)
- Fruit 1 (9%)
- Family 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (18%)
- Series C 2 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (9%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 6 (55%)
- France 1 (9%)
- Sweden 1 (9%)
- United Kingdom 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Lasso
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Tender Food is a plant-based and cultured meat company in the Greater Boston Area, a hub for biotech research and innovation. It specializes in creating alternative meats with authentic textures. | $12M / Seed / Feb 15, 2022 | |
Jack & Bry
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Jack and Bry to create a jackfruit food tech company delivering into multiple markets with a carbon-negative supply chain, resulting in a sustainable ecosystem where we can live life to the full. Providing the tastiest, meatiest, meat-free meats on the planet made from jackfruit. Jack and Bry is producing tasty, tender and nutritious alternativesfor the meat and fish markets. Meeting global demand for flexitarians and meat-eaters, looking to reduce their intake. Jack & Bry is founded by Bryony Tinn-Disbury and Jennifer Pardoe in 2019and is located in London, England, United Kingdom. | Convertible Note / Jan 21, 2022 | |
La Vie
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La Vie is developing a 100% vegetable edible fat with the ambition of offering different types of vegetable meats. | $28.4M / Series A / Jan 19, 2022 | |
Ark Biotech
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With an intelligent bioprocess platform, Ark helps today’s innovators make better decisions and accelerate development timelines dramatically — to bring transformational science to those who need it most. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Dec 14, 2021 | |
Bowery Farming
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Bowery is the modern farming company growing the purest produce imaginable. It is on a mission to grow food for a better future by revolutionizing agriculture. By combining the benefits of the best local farms with advances made possible by technology, their indoor farms create the ideal conditions to grow post-organic produce you can feel goodabout eating.BoweryOS, its proprietary software system, uses vision systems, automation technology, and machine learning to monitor plants and all the variables that drive their growth 24/7. Because they control the entire process from seed to store, Bowery farms use zero pesticides, 95% less water, and are 100+ times more productive on the same footprint of land than traditional agriculture. Its produce is currently available at select Whole Foods and Foragers stores in the Tristate area and featured on the menus of Tom Colicchio’s New York restaurants Craft and Fowler & Wells. | $300M / Series C / May 25, 2021 | |
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Bowery Farming
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Bowery is the modern farming company growing the purest produce imaginable. It is on a mission to grow food for a better future by revolutionizing agriculture. By combining the benefits of the best local farms with advances made possible by technology, their indoor farms create the ideal conditions to grow post-organic produce you can feel goodabout eating.BoweryOS, its proprietary software system, uses vision systems, automation technology, and machine learning to monitor plants and all the variables that drive their growth 24/7. Because they control the entire process from seed to store, Bowery farms use zero pesticides, 95% less water, and are 100+ times more productive on the same footprint of land than traditional agriculture. Its produce is currently available at select Whole Foods and Foragers stores in the Tristate area and featured on the menus of Tom Colicchio’s New York restaurants Craft and Fowler & Wells. | $300M / Series C / May 25, 2021 | |
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Namic Group Inc.
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Technology Consulting | $1M / Seed / Mar 04, 2021 | |
MycoWorks
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MycoWorks is engaged in the creation of sustainable design solutions with advanced biomaterials. The company’s proprietary custom-engineered material is sustainable, versatile, and animal-free, and feels and performs like leather. Their first product, Reishi, and the proprietary platform to make it, Fine Mycelium, are a groundbreaking approach tobiomaterials that delivers unparalleled versatility and unmatched performance in strength, durability, and hand feel. The perfect intersection of art and science, Reishi is the only natural material that performs like cowhide leather and is engineered to meet the highest quality standards.MycoWorks was founded by Sophia Wang and Philip Ross in 2013 and is based in Emeryville, California. | $45M / Series B / Oct 13, 2020 | |
Oatly
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Oatly delivers products that have maximum nutritional value and minimal environmental impact. The company's sole purpose is to make it easy for people to turn what they eat and drink into personal moments of healthy joy without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process. | $200M / Private Equity / Jul 15, 2020 | |
Maven Clinic
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Maven Clinic operates an on-demand digital care clinic that assists mothers and families during conception, throughout pregnancy, and postpartum. It offers video appointments and private messaging with its proprietary women's and family health practitioner network, as well as a family benefits platform. Maven Clinic offers its services forIVF and egg-freezing tracks, pregnancy, postpartum, partner, adoption, surrogacy, and loss tracks, and career coaching and support, and customized manager training for HR. It serves individuals, employers, and healthcare professionals. It was founded in 2014 by Katherine Ryder and is headquartered in New York City. | $52M / Series C / Feb 19, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About MakingOf
MakingOf is your inside look at how entertainment is created. It's the first and only place to find the latest behind-the-scenes movie content - both original and studio produced. Our offering includes exclusive interviews with established and emerging filmmakers (actors, directors, writers, producers and more!), on-set footage, trailers,behind-the-scenes clips, photo galleries and a community of filmmakers and film lovers.We started MakingOf because we realized so much of what goes into making of movie is unseen by the people who love movies the most. Our goal is to bring you behind-the-scenes and engage you in the process. We feature our exclusive interviews and filmmaker blogs alongside studio content including trailers and clips to make it easy for you to enjoy the latest information on how movies are made and the films that are currently in theaters.To bring our audience interviews with the most talented filmmakers we travel throughout the country to provide coverage of key events and film festivals. Whether it's interviewing director Kathryn Bigelow at the Gotham Awards or actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman at the Sundance Film Festival, MakingOf is there to ask the questions you want answered.We currently feature more than 500 exclusive interviews with established and emerging filmmakers. In the Insider Interviews section you'll find exclusive interviews with Ron Howard, Ben Stiller, Terry Gilliam, Michelle Williams & Ryan Gosling, Aaron Sorkin and many more. In total we are home to more than 2000 videos that include exclusive interviews, trailers, clips, photos and first looks from the most buzzed about movies.
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FAQ
What does Natalie Portman invest in?
Natalie Portman invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Nutrition and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Natalie Portman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Natalie Portman closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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