Gathered Foods

What Gathered Foods does

Gathered Foods is a US-based plant-based food company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Heath, Ohio, that develops and markets seafood alternatives under its consumer-facing Good Catch brand. The product line spans plant-based crab cakes, Thai cakes, and tuna melts positioned for consumers seeking sustainable alternatives to conventional seafood. The company operates a dedicated 6,700 square foot R&D and pilot plant facility, Cultivated Food Labs, in Vancouver, Canada (opened 2021), which houses analytical labs, a high moisture extrusion line, and a granted patent on machine learning and instrumentation design used to optimize formulations and scale production from pilot to commercial volumes.

The business operates a consumer packaged goods model, selling Good Catch products through mainstream supermarket channels globally and through foodservice partnerships with restaurant chains such as Bareburger and Veggie Grill. End customers are fragmented health- and environmentally-conscious consumers, with secondary foodservice operator relationships. The company has raised approximately $74 million across five funding rounds (2017–2021) from investors including Big Idea Ventures, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC Innovations), Unovis Asset Management, Greenleaf Foods, CPT Capital, New Crop Capital, and Stray Dog Capital. Brand and marketing efforts lean on celebrity investors Woody Harrelson and Shailene Woodley, a strategic ocean-health partnership with Bumble Bee Foods (announced 2021), and a sustainability campaign developed with Seaspiracy filmmaker Ali Tabrizi. Leadership comprises CEO Christine Mei, with co-founders Chad Sarno (Chief Culinary Officer) and Derek Sarno anchoring the culinary and brand identity.

Name

Gathered Foods

Website

https://gatheredfoods.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gathered Foods produces plant-based seafood alternatives under its Good Catch brand, selling crab cakes, Thai cakes, and tuna melts through retail and foodservice channels to health- and environmentally-conscious consumers, with R&D operations in Vancouver, Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plant-based Seafood Alternatives

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Plant-Based Seafood Alternatives (Analog Fish & Shellfish) (AFANAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Prepared Meat & Seafood Entrées with Sides (Complete Meals) (AFANAFAI), Frozen Seafood Meals & Value-Added Seafood (CRADADAG)

Keywords

• Plant-based seafood
• Plant-based foods
• Seafood alternatives
• Vegan food products
• Sustainable protein

Headquarters

HQ city

Heath

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Plant-Based Food Products: Gathered Foods generates revenue through the sale of its plant-based food products, primarily through the Good Catch brand of plant-based seafood alternatives. Products include plant-based crab cakes, Thai cakes, and other seafood-style products sold through retail and foodservice channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Gathered Foods manufactures and sells plant-based seafood alternatives under its Good Catch brand. The portfolio includes plant-based crab cakes, Thai cakes, and tuna melts designed to deliver the flavor, texture, and culinary experience of traditional seafood without animal ingredients. Products are distributed through mainstream supermarket retail channels and foodservice partners.

Product overview

Gathered Foods is a plant-based food company operating as a unified product portfolio centered around its Good Catch brand. Good Catch specializes in plant-based seafood alternatives including crab cakes, Thai cakes, and tuna melts, representing the company's primary consumer-facing offering. The company develops these products through its R&D facility Cultivated Food Labs in Vancouver, Canada, using novel ingredients and leading-edge technology to create Future-Friendly Foods™.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Good Catch Plant-Based Seafood Product Line

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bumble Bee FoodscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Strategic partnership for ocean health initiatives. Bumble Bee Foods partners with Good Catch to provide great-tasting alternative seafood options. Jan Tharp, President and CEO of Bumble Bee Foods, emphasized the importance of innovative solutions to decouple growth with environmental impact.
• Ali TabriziminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFilmmaker and creator of Netflix documentary Seaspiracy collaborated with Good Catch on the OurWay campaign to educate the public about harm caused by the fishing industry and pressure fast-food companies to go fish-free.
• BareburgerminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBareburger partnered with Good Catch to showcase plant-based seafood innovation to guests looking for something different. Jonathan Lemon, Bareburger Culinary Director, emphasized their commitment to culinary innovation.
• Veggie GrillminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVeggie Grill collaborated with Good Catch to bring plant-based tuna melts to their menu as a comfort food favorite alternative. Kajsa Alger, VP Food and Beverage at Veggie Grill, noted this satisfies consumer cravings while supporting their mission.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Beyond Meat: Largest pure-play plant-based protein company in the US, with a frozen and refrigerated portfolio that includes plant-based meat analogs. Comparable as a direct competitor in the broader plant-based protein CPG category where retail buyers and foodservice operators allocate shelf and menu space.
• New Wave Foods: Plant-based shrimp company using plant proteins and seaweed. Direct competitor in the seafood-analog niche, particularly in foodservice channels where shrimp applications overlap with Gathered Foods' seafood-format portfolio.
• Impossible Foods: Plant-based protein company with deep R&D and patented heme technology, sold through retail and foodservice. Comparable on technology-driven ingredient innovation and foodservice partnerships (e.g., Burger King), mirroring Gathered Foods' strategy of building credibility through major chain adoption.
• Sophie's Kitchen: Plant-based seafood brand offering vegan shrimp, fish fillets, crab cakes, and tuna. Most direct SKU-level competitor to Good Catch in the plant-based seafood niche across retail and foodservice.
• Ocean Hugger Foods: Plant-based raw tuna analog (Ahimi) targeted at sushi and foodservice applications. Direct peer in plant-based tuna, the same format Gathered Foods uses for its plant-based tuna melt offering at Veggie Grill.

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods (Raised & Rooted): Major legacy protein incumbent with a plant-based line (Raised & Rooted) including plant-based seafood-style products. Comparable as an incumbent entering the plant-based seafood space with unmatched manufacturing scale and grocery relationships.
• Gardein (Conagra Brands): Established plant-based brand owned by Conagra with broad frozen and refrigerated portfolio including fishless fillets. Comparable as a scaled plant-based CPG competitor with deeper retail distribution and parent-company manufacturing leverage.
• Nestlé (Garden Gourmet / Wunda): Global CPG incumbent with multiple plant-based product lines including seafood-analog initiatives in Europe. Comparable as a scaled food manufacturer that could leverage global distribution to compete in plant-based seafood where Gathered Foods currently operates.

Emerging players

• Aqua Cultured Foods: Fermentation-based seafood analogs producing plant-free whole-muscle cut seafood alternatives. Emerging peer targeting the same seafood-substitution opportunity via a different technical path that could pressure plant-based players over time.
• BlueNalu: Cell-cultured seafood company producing bluefin tuna, mahi-mahi, and other finfish directly from fish cells. Adjacent competitor attacking the same end-consumer demand for alternative seafood, potentially with higher authenticity once commercialized.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gathered-foods

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors21 records

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M&A

Investments

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