Prefer (Accelerator)

Company Description: We make coffee without coffee beans. Climate change is affecting coffee’s supply and quality; coffee farming is carbon intensive, creating a negative flywheel. Coffee retailers pay a premium for an inconsistent supply and poor quality. We make bean-free coffee by fermenting surplus food, creating a product that replicates the coffee bean. This process is more consistent, affordable, and sustainable than coffee farming. Zooming out, Prefer is a sustainable bioflavours company leveraging fermention as a platform technology. Our goal is to create a portfolio of crops threatened by climate change, such as cacao and vanilla, derived from sustainable feedstock.