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Christie Lagally, founder and CEO, Rebellyous Foods

Guest article: Beyond the hype cycle… why alt-meat won’t follow Silicon Valley’s playbook

February 19, 2025
Elaine Watson

“In my 7+ years of building a startup,” says Rebellyous Foods CEO Christie Lagally, “I’ve never seen a situation where hype, trends, prevailing winds, or models helped to predict or guide our actions.”

David Henstrom, CEO, Unibio. Image credit: Unibio

Unibio CEO: ‘We have the most efficient reactor design for gas fermentation’

Infected birds can shed avian flu viruses in their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Image credit: istock/arlutz73

Agtech startup predicts waterfowl movements to help farmers fight avian flu

MOA Foodtech cofounders Bosco Emparanza, Dr. Susana Sánchez, and José María Elorza. Image credit: MOA Foodtech

Biomass fermentation startup MOA Foodtech secures $15.4m investment commitment from EIC

Ransomware attacks on food and ag expected to rise, possible ‘cascading impacts’ on the sector

Hylio drones

Ag spray drone co Hylio raises $2m to expand production capacity, builds on ‘Made in America’ positioning

Ag biologicals growth could match chemicals within 20 years. Here’s what growers should be asking

Progress report: Where are vertical farming’s biggest leafy green growers now?

The Week in AgriFoodTech:Tidal Vision completes $140m B round, Oobli raises $18m, Agteria bags $6.2m

FOOD TECH

Eat Just GOOD MEAT chicken satay

Eat Just and ABEC reach ‘agreement in principle’ to settle legal dispute

Ricardo Radwanski, CFO and cofounder, Earth First Food Venture

New player on lactoferrin block plans precision fermentation site in the Midwest

Finally Foods cofounders Dr Basia Vinocur (left) and Dafna Gabbay (right).

Molecular farming startup Finally Foods announces field trial of potatoes containing casein

MeliBio plant-based honey Image credit MeliBio

MeliBio aims for profitability by year end as it ramps up bee-free honey business in US

STARTUP FUNDING

Image credit: Rantizo

From fertilizer to machinery, how might tariffs impact the agtech sector?

Exclusive: IBI Ag clinches $6.1m round led by Corteva to scale up ‘cost-effective’ bioinsecticides

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Avisomo secures $5.2m, BiocSol snaps $4.6m, PlantBaby raises $4m

Canadian flag. Image credit: iStock/Captured by Keeleigh

Canada needs ‘larger and more engaged’ investor base for agrifoodtech: report

AGTECH

With $115m in new funding, 80 Acres Farms tackles ‘the next big unlock for vertical farming’: plant genetics

Alexia Akbay, founder and CEO, Symbrosia

Symbrosia submits data to FDA, plans 15-acre seaweed production site for methane-reducing feed

Image credit: iStock/Marut Khobtakhob

More pain to come? Agrifoodtech investors brace for a tumultuous 2025

A Kenyan scientist/entrepreneur shares her journey through Deep Science Ventures’ alt-PhD program

@AGFUNDER

Modern Synthesis cofounders Ben Reeve and Jen Keane. Image credit: Modern Synthesis

Bags… from bacteria? Modern Synthesis raises $5.5m to expand biomaterials platform

CH4 Global CEO Dr. Steve Meller. Image credit: CH4 Global

CH4 Global begins production at first commercial-scale Asparagopsis growing facility

Atomo cofounder and CEO Andy Kleitsch Image credit Atomo

Atomo beanless coffee makes UK debut, but firm will ‘not be profitable on the back of small coffee shops’

What were the top 15 agtech deals of 2024?

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Guest article: Agtech poised for a rebound in 2025?

Rajat Bhageria, founder and CEO, Chef Robotics

Chef Robotics CEO: ‘A lot of robotics companies have made grandiose promises, but they haven’t really shipped any robots. We’re much more practical’

Brief: NVIDIA’s venture arm invests in autonomous weeding startup Carbon Robotics

ALT MEAT/PROTEIN

Canola protein. Image credit: Burcon Nutrascience

Burcon investor leads facility acquisition to scale up plant protein production in Illinois

Project Eaden cofounders Dr David Schmelzeisen (left) and Jan Wilmking (right). Image credit: Project Eaden

Project Eaden raises $15.6m Series A to launch ‘ultra-realistic’ plant-based meat using fiber spinning tech

Dr. Mohammad Ghosheh (left) and Prof. Yaakov Nahmias (right) work on injection molding for alt meat. Image credit: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Could injection molding with metamaterials solve the scalability challenge for whole cuts of alt meat?

NOVEL FARMING SYSTEMS

Renewable energy now a ‘top priority’ for indoor agriculture: report

Inside the Dream Harvest vertical farm in Houston, Texas. Image credit: Dream Harvest

Brief: Vertical farmer Dream Harvest auctions off $8m of un-used kit purchased new in 2022

Here are the top 15 foodtech deals of 2024

2024 was ‘a year of reckoning for agtech’

REGENERATIVE AG

Image credit: Edacious

Edacious raises $8.1m to ‘break the cycle of commoditization’ by measuring nutrient density in whole foods

New FBN pilot offers land loan rewards to farmers switching to regen ag practices

Kokomodo CEO Tal Govrin (left) and CTO Dr. Dario Breitel (right).

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Liberation Labs raises $50.5m, OCELL nabs $10m, Pluri to make lab-grown cocoa acquisition

WOMEN

Alexia Akbay, founder and CEO, Symbrosia

Symbrosia submits data to FDA, plans 15-acre seaweed production site for methane-reducing feed

Vanilla Vida harvest 2025

Exclusive: Vanilla Vida celebrates “world’s first’ large-scale indoor vanilla harvest

Dr Shannon Nangle, cofounder and CEO at gas fermentation startup Circe Bioscience. Image credit: Circe Bioscience

Aerobic gas fermentation: the final frontier in novel fats?

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Insect ag pioneer Ÿnsect ‘exploring all possible options, including a 3rd-party takeover,’ Agronutris files safeguard plan with court

Frankly Speaking

Josh Gackle, chairman, American Soybean Association, warns Senators about the detrimental impact of tariffs on soybean farmers

Farmers sound alarm on anti-seed oil rhetoric and escalating trade tensions

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From novelty to necessity? The evolution of insect farming

Investor Insight

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More pain to come? Agrifoodtech investors brace for a tumultuous 2025

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A Kenyan scientist/entrepreneur shares her journey through Deep Science Ventures’ alt-PhD program

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Progress report: Where are vertical farming’s biggest leafy green growers now?

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