The Chilean startup said the round – which also saw participation from sports stars Roger Federer and Lewis Hamilton – values it at $1.5 billion.
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Cell lines for cultivated meat R&D are proving hard to come by. But don’t point the finger of blame at startups, as a major UK newspaper appeared to do this week.
It’s using soybeans to produce casein, the protein found in cows’ milk which gives cheese its characteristic “melt, stretch, and mouthfeel.”
Shiok Meats is planning to open a production facility in its native Singapore by 2023 to cultivate cell-based shrimp, lobster, crab, and crayfish at commercial scale.
After a limited release of its alt-protein sausage patties and ice cream, Nature’s Fynd is preparing for a full-scale commercial launch.
As is the case with a lot of great Canadian ideas, the founders of Future Fields came up with theirs while waiting in line at Tim Hortons.
The Singapore-based startup has scored $30 million in seed funding from the likes of Temasek, GGV Capital, and England soccer star Dele Alli.
Nestlé is said to be planning a range of products which blend cultivated meat with plant-based protein.
The Israeli company secured the mega-funding from L Catteron and agrifood corporates BRF, Cargill, CJ CheilJedang, and Thai Union.
Having overtaken e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on the active buyers front, Pinduoduo’s looking upstream at alt-protein and logistics tech, its sustainability head tells AFN.
Eat Just raised $200 million in private funding back in March, with its GOOD Meat cell-culturing unit separately scoring $170 million in May.
CEO Sriram on why she made the leap from full-time scientist to founder – and how she reconciles vegetarianism with being a cultured meat eater.
“We have absolutely no aversion to doing that, we just haven’t had the bandwidth,” he said.
In this roundtable article, AFN hears from team members at three GROW startups which are playing their part in the plant-based protein revolution.
The Israeli startup combines AI-driven technology with exotic and ancient crop types to breed seeds with superior nutritional qualities.
NTU students will learn the science behind cell-cultured, plant-based, and fermented proteins, as well as the market opportunities and regulatory issues they present.
It’s building a “first of its kind” protein factory in the Netherlands with the aim of producing 1 million tonnes of mycoprotein annually by 2032.
The hip hop mogul has invested in a number of agrifoodtech ventures, including Impossible Foods and Oatly.
The Ginkgo Bioworks spinout will use the proceeds from the BlackRock and Ontario Teachers’-led Series B round for R&D, commercialization, and hiring.
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