# Those Vegan Cowboys - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Those Vegan Cowboys for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-04-22

## Company Profile
- Name: Those Vegan Cowboys
- Sector: food-tech, biotech
- Stage: startup
- Status: active
- Total funding: 6250000
- Location: Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/those-vegan-cowboys-grassroots-bandits/
- Founders: Jaap Korteweg

## Overview
Those Vegan Cowboys is headquartered in Ghent (https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt), Flanders (https://techwiki.ai/cities/flanders/llms.txt), and uses precision fermentation to produce dairy proteins without cows. The company was founded by the entrepreneurs behind The Vegetarian Butcher, a Dutch plant-based meat brand later acquired by Unilever, giving the founding team a strong track record in alternative protein commercialization.

The company raised EUR 6.25M in December 2025 and has established a partnership with Hochland, a major European cheese manufacturer. The Hochland partnership signals interest from established dairy industry players in exploring precision fermentation as a future production pathway.

## Funding History
- EUR 6.25M (December 2025)

## Key People
- Jaap Korteweg (https://techwiki.ai/people/jaap-korteweg/llms.txt) - Founder

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [city] Ghent: https://techwiki.ai/cities/ghent/llms.txt
- [city] Flanders: https://techwiki.ai/cities/flanders/llms.txt
- [person] Jaap Korteweg: https://techwiki.ai/people/jaap-korteweg/llms.txt
- [sector] Food Tech: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/food-tech/llms.txt
- [sector] BioTech & Life Sciences: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/biotech/llms.txt

## Recent News
- [2026-04-23] JOB OPPORTUNITIES 💪 Protein wranglin' research folks: this might be your lucky day. At Those Vegan Cowboys, we’re building the cheese of the future with the help of microbes. To support our mission,  (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/those-vegan-cowboys-grassroots-bandits_wanted-at-those-vegan-cowboys-activity-7453020049809973249-06bv)

## Links
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/those-vegan-cowboys-grassroots-bandits/
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/those-vegan-cowboys/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/companies/those-vegan-cowboys/llms-full.txt

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