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Africa’s first cultivated chicken produced in South Africa
newswireMogale Meat Company|

Africa’s first cultivated chicken produced in South Africa

Mogale Meat, a South-African cellular food-tech company, and their team showcased Africa’s first cultivated chicken on March 30th, 2022. This action not only represents a first for Africa, but also the birth of a major new technological drive to produce more essential animal protein for people. Cultivated meat is a potential game-changer for the planet, and more specifically for Africa’s biodiversity and wildlife conservation.

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Plant Genetics Company NuCicer Closes Oversubscribed $4.5M Series Seed Round to Bring Ultra-High Protein Chickpeas to Market
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Plant Genetics Company NuCicer Closes Oversubscribed $4.5M Series Seed Round to Bring Ultra-High Protein Chickpeas to Market

NuCicer, a crop genetics company pioneering ultra-high protein varieties of chickpea, today announced the closing of a $4.5 million Series Seed financing round. Lever VC, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on innovative technologies and brands in the alternative protein space, led NuCicer’s round. Other participants included The House Fund, a fund backed by the University of California Endowment, as well as Trellis Road and Lifely VC.

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55 Start-Ups You Will Want to Meet at Future Food-Tech
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55 Start-Ups You Will Want to Meet at Future Food-Tech

Food-tech start-ups are trailblazing the future of food. As talented innovators leverage new technologies to bring novel foods to consumers on a global scale, there has never been a more exciting time to touch, taste and smell the breakthrough novel foods.Future Food-Tech reveals 55 start-ups for your innovation radar, as they take the global summit spotlight in San Francisco on March 24-25.

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Unprecedented Collaboration between Industry and Academia to Explore the Future of Cell Ag
newswireCultivate Tomorrow|

Unprecedented Collaboration between Industry and Academia to Explore the Future of Cell Ag

The Cultivate Tomorrow initiative aims to help bridge the gap between industry and academia, organizing students from all disciplines to tackle key challenges through a cellular agriculture-focused hackathon. To conclude the hackathon, the organization will host a virtual pitch day on February 12, 2022 open to everyone interested in the cultivated food industry, biotechnology applications, and sustainable food and agriculture sectors.

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IntegriCulture Raises 7 Million USD to Build a Sustainable and Universally Accessible Cellular Agriculture Infrastructure
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IntegriCulture Raises 7 Million USD to Build a Sustainable and Universally Accessible Cellular Agriculture Infrastructure

IntegriCulture, with a species-agnostic, large-scale cell culture technology CulNet System, is one step closer to building a universally accessible cellular agriculture platform after raising a total of 7 million USD from 12 investors in a Series A round. The company also aims for the world’s first commercial launch of cell-cultured foie gras in 2022.

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Tiba Tempeh, Founded by Kraft Heinz Veterans, Closes £500k Seed Round to Take Tempeh Mainstream
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Tiba Tempeh, Founded by Kraft Heinz Veterans, Closes £500k Seed Round to Take Tempeh Mainstream

UK plant-based start-up Tiba Tempeh announced today it has closed a £500k seed round to accelerate its growth as it prepares for listings with major UK supermarkets and international expansion. The funding will be used to launch new product innovation, grow the team, and support marketing efforts to drive consumer awareness and trial of tempeh. The investment round was taken by Lever VC, a leading global investor in the alternative protein category whose partners are investors in Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, THIS, and many other category leaders.  

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Start-Ups Lypid and Connecting Food Crowned the Winners of the CPF and Cargill Innovation Challenges at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit 2021
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Start-Ups Lypid and Connecting Food Crowned the Winners of the CPF and Cargill Innovation Challenges at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit 2021

More than 100 entries were received from start-ups around the world, answering CPF’s call for innovative alternative-protein enhancements and Cargill’s search for digital production chain solutions. After an in-depth review and judging process, the teams at CPF and Cargill each selected three finalists to pitch their technologies to their judging panel and the global Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit audience of more than 900 agri-food leaders.

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