Informa Markets·Oct 25, 2023Future of Nutrition Summit Speaker Line-up UnveiledPart 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.Plant-BasedCell-BasedBusiness
Improved Nature·Oct 24, 2023Improved Nature Announces New Products Through Exclusive Partnership with RMS FoodsThrough the partnership with RMS Foods, Improved Nature is introducing its new heat and serve meals for food service and retail brands. The heat and serve meals include a variety of flavors, shapes and sizes such as Beefless Korean Bulgogi, Beefless Steak Tips, Plant-based Sausage Patties and Links, Plant-based Nuggets and Falafel.Plant-BasedBusiness
Cultivate Tomorrow·Oct 19, 2023Student-Run Nonprofit Nucleate Cultivate Gears Up for Third Cultivate Tomorrow HackathonAfter two incredibly successful Cultivate Tomorrow Hackathon events, applications for the third cohort are now open to students from around the globe.Cell-BasedMicrobialBusiness
Givaudan·Oct 19, 2023Givaudan, Bühler, Cargill, Ital and the Foodtech Hub Latam Open Tropical Food Innovation Lab in BrazilGivaudan, Bühler, Cargill, Ital and The Foodtech Hub Latam today jointly announced the opening of Tropical Food Innovation Lab, an innovation ecosystem for the development of sustainable food and beverages focused on the Brazilian biodiversity. Equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure, the innovation center is located in a 1,300 square meter area within the Institute of Food Technology (Ital) and is the result of a consortium formed by the founding companies in collaboration with the Food Tech Hub LATAM and the Food Technology Institute (Ital).Plant-BasedBusiness
BioCraft Pet Nutrition·Oct 10, 2023BioCraft Pioneers Use of AI in Cultivated Meat DevelopmentBioCraft Pet Nutrition, the first biotech company to develop cultivated meat for the pet food market, today unveiled its new Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning tool that accelerates R&D to achieve optimal cell proliferation and nutrient production.Cell-BasedBusiness
Wide Open Agriculture·Oct 10, 2023WOA Enters Agreement to Acquire Assets of Prolupin Gmbh, Providing Scaled Capacity for Buntine ProteinWide Open Agriculture has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Prolupin GmbH, a leading European lupin protein producer, for €2.5m, granting WOA immediate commercial scale manufacturing capabilities to bring Buntine Protein to market.Plant-BasedBusiness
Nutrition from Water (NXW)·Oct 5, 2023Katapult Ocean Fund Invests in NewFish as Biotechnology Venture Develops Marine Whey Protein 80 PrototypeNewFish, a leading New Zealand biotechnology nutrition venture, has been selected to receive investment from Oslo-based Katapult. Days prior to receiving investment, NewFish announced a world-first Marine Whey Protein 80% concentrate prototype suitable for sports and active nutrition.AlgaeBusiness
Roslin Technologies·Oct 3, 2023Roslin Tech Announce Dr Deepika Rajesh as Chief Science OfficerRoslin Technologies, a life science company in Edinburgh focused on cultivated meat, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Deepika Rajesh to the role of Chief Scientific Officer. Deepika brings a wealth of stem cell experience to the company. Her appointment reflects Roslin Technologies’ commitment to advancing its animal stem cell platform for the emerging cultivated meat sector and ensures that robust science is at the heart of the company.Cell-BasedBusiness
ORF Genetics·Oct 2, 2023ORF Genetics and Seawith Enter into Partnership for Growth Factors and Cultivated Meat ProductionThe 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. Cell-BasedMolecular FarmingBusiness
Eatable Adventures·Sep 27, 2023Four Spanish Startups at Forefront of the New Food RevolutionSpain Foodtech Startups’ Program, an acceleration program promoted by Eatable Adventures and supported by ICEX and CNTA, presents its 2023 cohort. The program will be backed by an investment of 10 million euros to support the selected startups over the next three years.AlgaeBusiness
Aliga Microalgae·Sep 25, 2023Aliga Microalgae Wins World Plant-Based Innovation Award 2023 for White Chlorella IngredientIn a highly competitive final featuring eight exceptional candidates, Aliga Microalgae emerged as the winner of "The World Plant Based Innovation Award 2023" in the coveted category of "Ingredient Innovation."AlgaeBusiness
Eatable Adventures·Sep 20, 2023New Opportunity for Sustainability in the Food Industry—Mylkcubator: More than MylkPascual Innoventures, the Corporate Venture unit of the leading Spanish manufacturer of dairy products and beverages, Pascual, is proud to announce, in collaboration with the leading Foodtech accelerator Eatable Adventures, the launch of Mylkcubator: More Than Mylk.Cell-BasedMicrobialBusiness
IntegriCulture·Sep 19, 2023IntegriCulture and JT Group: Successful development of I-MEM 2.0, a bulk raw material-based basal medium that minimizes use of highly processed raw materialsIntegriCulture Inc., a cellular agriculture infrastructure company, in a joint effort with JT Group under the scheme of CulNet Consortium, has developed “I-MEM 2.0”, a food grade basal medium that minimizes the use of highly refined materials.Cell-BasedSci-Tech
Scala·Sep 11, 2023Scala Biodesign exits stealth with Seed funding to engineer proteins of the futureScala Biodesign exited stealth today, revealing $5.5M of funding for their solution to dramatically improve and speed up the development of proteins into biotech products.Cell-BasedMicrobialBusiness
Lever VC·Sep 5, 2023Lever VC shares insights and guidelines for evaluating the scientific progress of precision fermentation startupsTo aid fellow investors in making informed decisions, sector specialist investment firm Lever VC has released its internal playbook for assessing the scientific progress, novelty, and approach of precision fermentation startups.MicrobialBusiness
PluriCells·Aug 21, 2023PluriCells launches much-sought-after cell linesNottingham-based bio-technology organisation, PluriCells, is pleased to announce the official launch of their high-quality, fully traceable, pluripotent animal stem cell lines available under research and commercial licence from the University of Nottingham. Cell-BasedBusiness
Brevel·Jul 25, 2023Brevel Completes $18.5m Seed Financing Round, Bringing to Market the Most Sustainable Protein on the PlanetBrevel, the leading microalgae-based alternative protein company, announced today it has completed its seed funding round of $18.5m.AlgaeBusiness
ProFuture·Jul 17, 2023ProFuture Announces Final Conference: Microalgae for the Foods and Feeds of the FutureProFuture, an EU-funded project belonging to the Horizon 2020 program, focused on advancing the potential of microalgae proteins in Europe, is delighted to announce its final conference titled "Microalgae for the Foods and Feeds of the Future."AlgaeSci-Tech
Arkeon Biotechnologies·Jul 6, 2023Arkeon Sets Up Pilot Production Facility and Plans Demo Facility for ScaleupBiotech startup Arkeon transforms CO2 into functional protein ingredients using gas fermentation. The commissioning of a 150L pilot production plant marks an important step forward and paves the way for the company's future scaling.MicrobialBusiness
Synonym·Jun 28, 2023Synonym Launches Scaler, first-of-its-kind techno-economic analysis solutionSynonym, a New York-based developer of biomanufacturing infrastructure, today publicly launched ScalerTM, the first fully interactive, free, online tool enabling synthetic biology companies to project their costs of production and operations at commercial scale.MicrobialBusiness
BioCraft Pet Nutrition·Jun 28, 2023BioCraft Expands Options for Pet Food Manufacturers with new Proprietary Chicken Cell LineBioCraft Pet Nutrition, the first biotech company to develop cultured meat for the pet food market, announced today it has derived and characterized a chicken cell line for both cat and dog food, adding another meat ingredient to its portfolio that already includes cultured mouse meat.Cell-BasedBusiness
Bluu Seafood·Jun 28, 2023BLUU Seafood raises EUR 16 million in Series A funding to bring cultivated fish to marketBLUU Seafood, the leading European food biotech company to produce cultivated fish, continues its growth path and successfully closes its Series A. By raising EUR 16 million, the German start-up secures the necessary capital to further advance the work on their groundbreaking technology and the market launch of first products.Cell-BasedBusiness
CellX·Jun 25, 2023CellX Raises $6.5M Series A+ to Build China's First Cultivated Meat Pilot FacilityChinese leading cellular agriculture company CellX raised $6.5M in its Series A+ fundingCell-BasedBusiness
Roslin Technologies·Jun 16, 2023Roslin Tech Announces New Investment from Kickstart VenturesEdinburgh-based food tech company, Roslin Technologies welcomes Philippine-based Kickstart Ventures, through the Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture (ACTIVE) Fund, as an investor in the Company to support its mission to become the leading provider of animal cell lines to the global cultivated meat industry.Cell-BasedBusiness
