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Informa Markets·Nov 29, 2023

Winners of 2023 Fi Innovation Awards and Startup Innovation Challenge Revealed

Informa Markets, organiser of the Fi events portfolio, announced the winners of this year’s Fi Innovation Awards last night at a glittering ceremony held at the Panorama Hall, Messe Frankfurt. Finalists waited with bated breath for the judging panel’s verdict on which nominations were worthy of the top accolades. Earlier in the day, the Startup Innovation Challenge winners were revealed after a gripping round of live pitches at the Innovation Hub.

Plant-BasedMicrobialBusiness

Gelatex·Nov 28, 2023

Profuse and Gelatex Announce Significant Advances in Cultivated Meat Production

Profuse Technology Ltd. and Gelatex Technologies announce substantial progress in cultivated meat production resulting from their collaborative efforts. This partnership has yielded significant improvements in the growth of chicken muscle tissue, facilitated by the utilization of Profuse's media supplement and Gelatex's edible scaffolds.

Cell-BasedSci-Tech

Givaudan·Nov 28, 2023

Givaudan and Berkeley unveil transformative new research on redefining efficiency in alternative protein

In their fifth annual collaboration, Givaudan and the University of California Berkeley have released transformative research paving the way for enhanced efficiency in alternative protein. The latest white paper entitled ‘10 Alternative Protein Pathways: Opportunities for Greater Efficiency’ outlines key challenges and opportunities on the journey to co-create delicious and nutritious alt-protein experiences that delight consumers.

Plant-BasedCell-BasedBusiness

MicroHarvest·Nov 17, 2023

MicroHarvest launches pilot plant, accelerating path to commercialization of single-cell protein ingredients

MicroHarvest, a leading industrial biotechnology company dedicated to advancing sustainable protein production, has just launched its cutting-edge pilot plant in Lisbon – enabling the company to produce single-cell protein samples.

MicrobialBusiness

Eatable Adventures·Nov 14, 2023

FoodSeed Accelerator: Unveiling Seven 'Made in Italy' Startups Ready to Revolutionize the Italian Agri-Foodtech Sector

FoodSeed was launched in March 2023 to promote excellence and innovation in the Italian agri-food industry, with the support of promoting partners and co-investors such as Fondazione Cariverona, UniCredit and Eatable Adventures, among the main foodtech accelerators on a global scale, with the contribution of corporate partners Amadori, Cattolica Business Unit of Generali Italia, Axxelera, Veronafiere and the scientific partner University of Verona.

MicrobialAlgaeBusiness

Animal Industry Data Korea·Nov 13, 2023

Animal Industry Data Korea to Solve Antibiotic Resistance with the World Organization for Animal Health as a Project Pilot Organization

Animal Industry Data Korea (AIDKOREA) announced its participation as a validating institution in the 'Economic Impact Study of Antibiotic Resistance' project conducted by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), aiming to represent data on antibiotic resistance issues that affect both livestock and humans in livestock farms.

AlgaeHealth

Tupu·Oct 31, 2023

Revolutionizing Food Production: AgTech startup Tupu Raises $3.2M Seed Round to Redefine Mushroom Cultivation

Tupu, a Berlin-based AgTech company, has secured a $3.2M Seed round to revolutionize food production through its decentralized farming system. The round was co-led by FoodLabs and Zubi Capital, alongside Clear Current Capital, FoodHack, IT-Farm, Coast Cap, and prominent business angels in the food & tech industry such as Roger Hassan and Gil Horsky.

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ScaleUp Bio·Oct 31, 2023

ScaleUp Bio Announces Initial Customers from USA, Australia and Asia, Supporting Global Food Innovations

Nourish Ingredients, C16 Biosciences, Ultimeat, and Allium Bio – amongst other prospective customers – each leverage submerged microbial and precision fermentation to develop sustainably produced ingredients for novel foods. ScaleUp Bio is playing a vital role in providing these innovators in the food tech space with a bench-to-market pipeline, aiding them in scaling up to pilot-scale commercial production, breaking into Asian markets and beyond.

MicrobialPlant-BasedBusiness

Informa Markets·Oct 25, 2023

Future of Nutrition Summit Speaker Line-up Unveiled

Part 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, 2023

Improved Nature Announces New Products Through Exclusive Partnership with RMS Foods

Through 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, 2023

Student-Run Nonprofit Nucleate Cultivate Gears Up for Third Cultivate Tomorrow Hackathon

After 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, 2023

Givaudan, Bühler, Cargill, Ital and the Foodtech Hub Latam Open Tropical Food Innovation Lab in Brazil

Givaudan, 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, 2023

BioCraft Pioneers Use of AI in Cultivated Meat Development

BioCraft 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, 2023

WOA Enters Agreement to Acquire Assets of Prolupin Gmbh, Providing Scaled Capacity for Buntine Protein

Wide 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, 2023

Katapult Ocean Fund Invests in NewFish as Biotechnology Venture Develops Marine Whey Protein 80 Prototype

NewFish, 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, 2023

Roslin Tech Announce Dr Deepika Rajesh as Chief Science Officer

Roslin 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, 2023

ORF Genetics and Seawith Enter into Partnership for Growth Factors and Cultivated Meat Production

The 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, 2023

Four Spanish Startups at Forefront of the New Food Revolution

Spain 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, 2023

Aliga Microalgae Wins World Plant-Based Innovation Award 2023 for White Chlorella Ingredient

In 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, 2023

New Opportunity for Sustainability in the Food Industry—Mylkcubator: More than Mylk

Pascual 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, 2023

IntegriCulture and JT Group: Successful development of I-MEM 2.0, a bulk raw material-based basal medium that minimizes use of highly processed raw materials

IntegriCulture 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, 2023

Scala Biodesign exits stealth with Seed funding to engineer proteins of the future

Scala 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, 2023

Lever VC shares insights and guidelines for evaluating the scientific progress of precision fermentation startups

To 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, 2023

PluriCells launches much-sought-after cell lines

Nottingham-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

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Latest Releases

Winners of 2023 Fi Innovation Awards and Startup Innovation Challenge Revealed

Profuse and Gelatex Announce Significant Advances in Cultivated Meat Production

Givaudan and Berkeley unveil transformative new research on redefining efficiency in alternative protein

MicroHarvest launches pilot plant, accelerating path to commercialization of single-cell protein ingredients

FoodSeed Accelerator: Unveiling Seven 'Made in Italy' Startups Ready to Revolutionize the Italian Agri-Foodtech Sector

Animal Industry Data Korea to Solve Antibiotic Resistance with the World Organization for Animal Health as a Project Pilot Organization

Revolutionizing Food Production: AgTech startup Tupu Raises $3.2M Seed Round to Redefine Mushroom Cultivation

ScaleUp Bio Announces Initial Customers from USA, Australia and Asia, Supporting Global Food Innovations

Future of Nutrition Summit Speaker Line-up Unveiled

Improved Nature Announces New Products Through Exclusive Partnership with RMS Foods

Student-Run Nonprofit Nucleate Cultivate Gears Up for Third Cultivate Tomorrow Hackathon

Givaudan, Bühler, Cargill, Ital and the Foodtech Hub Latam Open Tropical Food Innovation Lab in Brazil

BioCraft Pioneers Use of AI in Cultivated Meat Development

WOA Enters Agreement to Acquire Assets of Prolupin Gmbh, Providing Scaled Capacity for Buntine Protein

Katapult Ocean Fund Invests in NewFish as Biotechnology Venture Develops Marine Whey Protein 80 Prototype

Roslin Tech Announce Dr Deepika Rajesh as Chief Science Officer

ORF Genetics and Seawith Enter into Partnership for Growth Factors and Cultivated Meat Production

Four Spanish Startups at Forefront of the New Food Revolution

Aliga Microalgae Wins World Plant-Based Innovation Award 2023 for White Chlorella Ingredient

New Opportunity for Sustainability in the Food Industry—Mylkcubator: More than Mylk

IntegriCulture and JT Group: Successful development of I-MEM 2.0, a bulk raw material-based basal medium that minimizes use of highly processed raw materials

Scala Biodesign exits stealth with Seed funding to engineer proteins of the future

Lever VC shares insights and guidelines for evaluating the scientific progress of precision fermentation startups

PluriCells launches much-sought-after cell lines

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