{"id":862,"date":"2023-11-22T05:07:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T05:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/?p=862"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:52:15","slug":"happy-hour-talk-with-big-idea-ventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/happy-hour-talk-with-big-idea-ventures\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY HOUR TALK WITH BIG IDEA VENTURES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Alternative Proteins - GREEN Hospitality Happy Hour Talk with Big Idea Ventures\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_drcspH7ueg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/greenhospitalityhappyhourtalk\">#GREENHospitalityHappyHourTalk<\/a>, Dr. Mathew Zhao &amp; Dr Dalal Alghawas from Big Idea Ventures talk about the future of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/alternativeprotein\">#AlternativeProtein<\/a>&nbsp;ecosystems. Alternative protein products have been on the rise this year as we pay more attention to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/sustainability\">#sustainability<\/a>&nbsp;and our food choices. This market has attracted more investment opportunities as startups innovate and develop new options. Big Idea Ventures is a new venture capital company that invests and guides startup companies that focus on new innovative alternative protein ecosystems. We first talked about what alternative protein products are, and how Big Idea Ventures aids plant-based and cell-based protein alternative startups. Dr. Alghawas and Dr. Zhao spoke about how alternative protein products can be considered as processed meats, and how new research for innovative products are being discovered to ensure they are better for the environment and more sustainable. Watch to find out more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_drcspH7ueg\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Original Source<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this&nbsp;#GREENHospitalityHappyHourTalk, Dr. Mathew Zhao &amp; Dr Dalal Alghawas from Big Idea Ventures talk about the future of&nbsp;#AlternativeProtein&nbsp;ecosystems. Alternative protein products have been on the rise this year as we pay more attention to&nbsp;#sustainability&nbsp;and our food choices. This market has attracted more investment opportunities as startups innovate and develop new options. Big Idea Ventures is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[122,139,83],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curriculum","tag-curriculum","tag-happy-hour-talk-with-big-idea-ventures","tag-the-university-of-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25280,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions\/25280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}