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Exclusive: UPSIDE Foods submits $50m stalking horse bid for Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat facility

Other bidders have until July 20 to submit competing bids for the Believer Meats cultivated meat facility in North Carolina.

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Believer Meats' North Carolina site is “the first and only large-scale cultivated meat production site in the world" according to CEO Gustavo Burger. Image credit: Believer Meats

From Taxol to cocoa: Can plant cell culture make the leap from drugs to food?

Could plant cell culture unlock a new category of “precision botanicals” or is it a “capital intensive money pit?” AgFunderNews caught up with a handful of key players.

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Biomanufacturing & biologicals

Exclusive: UPSIDE Foods submits $50m stalking horse bid for Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat facility

From Taxol to cocoa: Can plant cell culture make the leap from drugs to food?

Guest article: What the obituaries for plant-based meat miss

Ekonoke harnesses indoor hops farming to safeguard beer brewers’ supply chains

Apeel founder on MAHA, misinformation, layoffs, and a second act in post-harvest tech

Sixteen44 prepares farm demo for plasma-based methane abatement tech

Innovafeed raises $59m, scales production, cuts R&D headcount as insect ag hits “industrialization phase”

AgriFood Signals: $30m for meatpacking tech, Rabobank sells Foodbytes, job cuts at Aleph Farms

India’s Tractor Junction shares upside with staff after 62% revenue jump

What investors should know before backing AI tools for food waste management: report

GERBER-RAUTH exits dairy commodities to double down on ‘future of dairy’

Ayana Bio and Brevel net $1.25m grant to see if ‘illuminated fermentation’ can turbocharge plant cell culture

Nestlé taps Helaina to explore bioactive proteins in infant nutrition

Purdue’s DIAL Ventures says it’s a ‘defining moment’ for AI in agriculture after first close of Fund II

‘Please reverse this decision!’ DJI users urge FCC to rethink foreign drone ban

FlyBox founder: Insect farming can work in Europe, but not as a VC-backed protein play

Reservoir’s Danny Bernstein says we’re ‘entering the golden age of robotics’ in agriculture

Food brands prepare to follow GLP-1 users on and off the drugs

AgriFood Signals: Elbit acquires Bluewhite, more funding for virtual fencing, Anheuser-Busch awards $80k grant

Mid-tier food brands face toughest test in next inflation cycle, warns Rabobank

Pacifico Biolabs nets $8m, targets alt-meat cost parity with brewery retrofit model

Exclusive: Waste methane to fertilizer startup Windfall Bio auctions off assets

Amyris CEO on the post-bankruptcy re-boot: ‘We’re a drastically different company’

Can plant cell culture escape the biopharma cost trap? Rheaplant nets new funds

How to sell the next wave of gene-edited crops? Let the little guys do it

StrainX Bioworks nets $13m to scale biomanufacturing platform: ‘India is going to be the fermentation capital of the world’

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