UC Davis spinoff One Bio raises $27m Series A to bridge the fiber gap December 12, 2024 Elaine Watson One Bio has patented technology to chop up polysaccharides from agricultural waste into “odorless, colorless, and tasteless” oligosaccharides to bridge the fiber gap.
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NEW REPORT: Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech funding recovers with 38% YoY increase to $4.2bn so far in 2024
Brief: Oishii raises additional funding to close Series B at $150m, preps first international expansion
Keychain raises $15m to expand CPG manufacturing platform; firm will ‘change how the CPG industry works,’ says General Mills
Forestry is more about people than it is about trees, says Xilva after assessing 288 nature-based projects
Seafood ‘one of the most illegally produced commodities’ worldwide. Investors play a big role in changing that
Voltiris leverages spectral filtering to ‘transform the greenhouse into a solar field’ and cut costs for growers
Asia dominates global aquaculture production but Europe still holds most of the VC investment: report
‘A huge milestone…’ Alpine Bio harvests first large-scale crop of soybeans containing casein proteins
BioDefense seeks to disrupt seafood market with ‘tasteless, odorless, and invisible’ coating that can boost shelf life 2-3x
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’
Meet the founder: Hyphen’s Stephen Klein on ‘humbling’ startup experiences, pandemic pivots, and why you don’t need a robotic sledgehammer to crack a nut
🎥Biomass fermentation in focus at MISTA growth hack: ‘The food of the future is going to be manufactured in a tank’
Kelp Blue unpacks the benefits of turning seaweed into biostimulants: ‘What we sell works better for a farmer’
A ‘glimpse into the future’ of insect ag? Agroloop partners with FreezeM to open BSFL farm with fully outsourced breeding
Innovafeed secures $11.8m USDA grant for insect-based fertilizer, fine tunes process at Decatur pilot plant
For Nzatu, regenerative agriculture is about building ‘a sustainable, long-term economy’ for Africa’s farmers
Klim raises ‘massively oversubscribed’ Series A, adds financial services layer to its insetting platform
Ag Marketplaces & Fintech startups are the most popular category of African agrifoodtech investment in 2024
Meet the founder: Werewool’s Chui-Lian Lee harnesses microbes to create colorful fabrics… without dyes
🎥Hyfé looks to waste streams to power the next generation of sustainable feedstocks for biomanufacturing
Sponsored From next gen functional beverages to turbocharged biomanufacturing: unlocking the potential of ultrafine bubbles
Trump’s tariffs won’t help US agrifood industry, says ex-Congressman Charlie Dent: ‘There are no winners’
🎥Foodtech investing: ‘You can’t escape the fundamentals. You have to produce something that adds significant value’
BioDefense seeks to disrupt seafood market with ‘tasteless, odorless, and invisible’ coating that can boost shelf life 2-3x
Guest article: When minimum isn’t viable – the case against MVP in foodtech and beyond