Exo Inc.
Exo is an American company that manufactures protein bars using cricket flour.[1][2] Their product was a protein nutrition bar created from insects that aimed to be a good source of nutrition.[3] Using Kickstarter, the company's founders raised $55,000, exceeding the initial target of $20,000.[4] As of March 2016, the company has raised a total of $5.6 million through the funding.[5][6]
History
The company was founded by Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz in 2013, during their graduate program at the Brown University campus.[7] They first ordered 2000 crickets and worked on some of the prototype recipes from them. They later shifted to New York and worked with Kyle Connaughton, an R&D expert at the Fat Duck Restaurant, to make a nutritious protein bar that was also appealing to the palate.[8] The bars were gluten-free and marketed as protein rich bars.[9][10][11]
Exo sells its bars from its website and other marketplaces.
References
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- ^ "Mmmm, Crickets: How Exo Protein Bars Found Its Wings". Entrepreneur. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Cricket Bars Are the Next Trendy Food—And You Might Start Seeing Them In Rap Videos". Observer.com. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Exo: Protein Bars Made from Cricket Flour". Kickstarter. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Exo, protein bar made from crickets, raises $4M". New York Business Journal. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Legendary rapper Nas just invested in a company that makes protein bars out of crickets". Business Insider. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Exo Raises Another $4 Million for Cricket Flour Protein Bars". SnapMunk. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Cricket Protein Bar Company Exo Rakes in Another $4 Million in Funding". Eater. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Three Lessons For Entrepreneurs On Getting People To Eat Insects (Or Try Anything New)". Forbes. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Review: Exo, A Cricket-Based Protein Bar That Won't Destroy Your Productivity". Techcrunch. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Become an Insectivore for $10". Time.com. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.