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Exo is an American company that manufactures protein bars using cricket flour. Their product was a protein nutrition bar created from insects that aimed to be a good source of nutrition. Using Kickstarter, the company's founders raised $55,000, exceeding the initial target of $20,000. As of March 2016, the company has raised a total of $5.6 million through the funding.
History
The company was founded by Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz in 2013, during their graduate program at the Brown University campus. 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. The bars were gluten-free and marketed as protein rich bars.
Exo sells its bars from its website and other marketplaces.