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.

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