Leonardo DiCaprio expands green portfolio with investment in Wildtype startup creating salmon

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Leonardo DiCaprio has expanded his green portfolio with an investment in the startup company Wildtype that creates cell-cultivated sushi-grade salmon.The San Francisco-based company announced Wednesday that DiCaprio, 47, joined as an investor in Wildtype's $100 million Series B round.The Oscar-winning actor and environmentalist also took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce his investment.

Green portfolio:Leonardo DiCaprio, shown last December in New York City, has expanded his green portfolio with an investment in the startup company Wildtype that creates cell-cultivated sushi-grade salmon'Wild fish populations are threatened more than ever before.

I'm pleased to be an investor in @wildtypefoods, the clear leader in cultivated seafood, which will give us the chance to protect our oceans while creating the cleanest seafood on the planet,' DiCaprio tweeted for his roughly 19.5 million followers.The Series B round also included investments from Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition, Bezos Expeditions, Singaporean state holding company Temasek and the Minnesota-based family-owned food giant Cargill. 'Wildtype will surely transform our food system with its incredible salmon,' DiCaprio added in a statement announcing the Series B funding.Wildtype creates sushi-grade salmon using cultivated Pacific salmon cells that are grown in cultivators similar to those used in breweries.

The salmon cells grow within a plant-based scaffolding structure that helps to create its shape and protein fibrosity. Sushi grade: A Wildtype salmon nigiri is shown Clear leader:'Wild fish populations are threatened more than ever before.