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ORF Genetics has successfully secured €5 million in a new financing round, with participation from both existing and new shareholders. The capital will enable the company to significantly scale up production capacity of its specialized proteins, which are key components in cultivated meat production. Arctica Finance served as financial advisor for the capital raise.
Read ReleaseSpain takes a major step toward shaping the future of global food systems with the launch of the Agrifoodtech Sandbox, a pioneering initiative designed to accelerate innovation in the agrifood sector. Managed by EATEX Food Innovation Hub by CNTA (National Centre for Food Technology and Safety), the sandbox offers companies a controlled, forward-looking environment to test breakthrough technologies, products, and services operating at the edge of regulatory frameworks.
Read ReleasePoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today, announced final plans for a pilot-scale production plant to process its transgenic high-protein potatoes and manufacture its protein powders following a five-ton successful harvest. PoLoPo is the first company in the world to grow such a crop at scale.
Read ReleaseThe Modern Agriculture Foundation (MAF) proudly launches the third annual "Leading Women in Foodtech 2025" recognition program – an esteemed international honor awarded to inspiring women making a tangible impact on the future of the global food industry.
Read ReleasePoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today announced it has increased its capacity to produce samples for food industry partners with new, larger-scale lab equipment following its first successful outdoor field cultivation of protein-packed potatoes.
Read ReleasePoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today announced it has moved beyond greenhouse scale and begun planting its genetically modified potatoes in fields, the first wide cultivation of plants derived from PoLoPo’s proprietary metabolic engineering techniques. PoLoPo’s potato plants manufacture and store high levels of protein in their tubers, which will be extracted and dried to produce functional protein powder.
Read ReleaseAs the global alternative protein sector continues its rapid growth, one crucial issue demands attention: the gender gap. The Women Leading FoodTech Leadership Program, backed by the Israel Innovation Authority, is stepping up to address this disparity by empowering women with the skills, networks, and leadership training needed to shape the future of FoodTech.
Read ReleasePoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CSM Ingredients, a global player in food ingredient research, innovation and production, to help bring PoLoPo’s egg-free egg protein grown in potatoes to the commercial baking market.
Read ReleaseNew report reveals the technological innovations and the pivotal role of Open Innovation in reshaping the global dairy industry.
Read ReleasePoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today announced it will begin supplying patatin, the native protein in potatoes, to commercial clients following regulatory approval.
Read ReleasePoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today announced it has submitted its application for Regulatory Status Review (RSR) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the first step towards regulatory approval for its SuperAA platform, turning the potato plant into a micro-biofactory derived from proprietary metabolic engineering techniques
Read ReleasePoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, today announced its SuperAA platform, the first step to producing proteins in common plant crops. The platform is currently deployed in potatoes at greenhouse scale to generate both a native protein (patatin) as well as egg protein (ovalbumin) through proprietary metabolic engineering techniques.
Read ReleaseIcelandic biotechnology company, ORF Genetics, and Australian novel food innovators, Vow, are proud to announce the success of its first of a kind cultured meat tasting in Europe on February 12th, 2024, featuring gourmet dishes created from the cells of Japanese quail. Among those attending was the Prime Minister and acting Minister of Food, Fisheries and Agriculture of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who had her first taste of cultivated meat at the event, which she enjoyed.
Read ReleasePart of the carefully curated Fi Europe content programme, the Future of Nutrition Summit offers a packed agenda covering vertical and molecular farming, cellular agriculture, precision fermentation and the challenges and opportunities they present. Alternative proteins, seaweed as an untapped resource and the roles of AI, data science and neuroscience in future product development will also feature.
Read ReleaseThe Icelandic ORF Genetics and the South Korean company SeaWith have announced a pioneering partnership to boost the production of cultivated meat using ORF's MESOkine animal-free growth factors made from barley.
Read ReleaseIsraeli molecular farming company PoLoPo has closed a $1.75m funding round to double down on developing its proprietary technology to grow egg proteins in potatoes
Read ReleaseBiotechnology startup Tiamat Sciences today announced its $2 million seed-extension financing round led by 8090 Industries with participation from new and existing investors.
Read ReleaseMolecular farming start-up Bright Biotech has closed a $3.2 million funding round. The oversubscribed Seed funding round was led by FoodLabs and includes world-class impact investors Big Idea Ventures, CPT Capital, the FoodHack syndicate and business angels.
Read ReleasePascual Innoventures announces investments in two startups of the first cohort of Mylkcubator, De Novo Dairy and Zero Cow Factory, while welcoming five new startups for the new cohort, Maolac, Miruku, ERGO Bioscience, Nutropy and PFx Biotech.
Read ReleaseThe Modern Agriculture Foundation, an Israeli non-profit which promotes entrepreneurship and innovation in the alternative protein industry in Israel and globally, celebrates the sweeping success of its Better Plate alternative protein track within MassChallenge Israel’s 2022 Accelerator program.
Read ReleaseThe incubator will help the selected startups in their business and R&D advancement strategies, preparing them for growth and investment rounds
Read ReleaseNewlab, the center for applied innovation bringing together experts, industry, and civic leaders to solve systemic challenges with transformative technologies, today announced the launch of their new cellular agriculture venture studio
Read ReleaseGene-recombinant biotechnologies aim to produce key animal proteins at a fraction of the cost of conventional animal husbandry. The implications for research, medicine, food systems, and the climate could be huge. But can these emergent technologies scale quickly enough to spur system-wide change?
Read ArticleFood-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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