Denmark’s Plant Jammer scoops $4.7m from Dr Oetker, Miele to develop its ‘digital chef’
The foodtech startup is using AI to build a “digital chef” that creates sustainable, personalized recipes for home cooks.
The foodtech startup is using AI to build a “digital chef” that creates sustainable, personalized recipes for home cooks.
Singapore’s VisVires New Protein and Switzerland’s Redalpine co-led the Series A funding, which will assist Mushlabs with scaling up its mycelium growing operations.
Pat Brown’s strategy to replace animal protein by focusing on taste has forced the meat industry to be reactive; now it needs to get proactive.
It may be smaller than previous rounds; but with another big-name backer on board and demand rising, the plant-based protein maker still has plenty to be happy about.
The Korean chemical giant’s Singapore agribiz hub will “pioneer solutions for the world food supply chain through innovation, not just plain food trading,” its CEO tells AFN.
Will this new chicken run spur a similar craze for backyard Black Soldier Flies — a tasty and nutritious snack for these trusty lockdown companions?
It offers a white-label solution to food manufacturers who want to make their meat go further with healthier, more sustainable plant-based protein.
Oatly’s new celebrity backers are becoming seasoned agrifood investors, with the Swedish alt-milk maker just the latest bet they’ve made in the space.
We catch up with Ward and Presser about agrifood tech investing as Presser joins NY-based law firm MoFo’s M&A and PE practices.
The Singapore-based startup has developed an “essentially 100% mechanical” process to improve upon traditional jackfruit-based meat substitutes.
Two of Asia’s highest-funded alt-protein startups have joined forces to bring cultured, cellular ag-grown seafood to the masses.
For the first time, home cooks in China will be able to purchase Beyond Meat’s plant-based products off the shelf, starting with Alibaba’s ‘new retail’ supermarket chain Freshippo.
Shiok Meats has just raised another $3 million in bridge funding as it sets its sights on commercialization of its cultured seafood products.
TurtleTree Labs has managed to reduce the price of its bioreactor cultured milk from $180 per liter last December to $30 per liter today.
In every conversation I have with the FoodShot team, I learn something new. Now they’re turning their attention to the protein debate with a unique approach.
The Good Food Institute Asia-Pacific has also named who it believes to be the top 35 alt-protein investors in the region, and calls for more upstream focus on areas like raw materials.
CEO Leonardo Álvarez said there were near-term gains to be made by zeroing in on replacing unhealthy and ineffective ‘E-number’ chemical preservatives.
Singapore Food Bowl is the new online program from GROW, the Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech accelerator by AgFunder. Applications close in 4 days – so hurry!
Poor meat hygiene is suspected of causing Covid-19. Forty-four major animal protein firms pose a high risk of starting the next pandemic, new research says.
Bjorn Oste started working with his oat milk-inventing brother Rickard in the 1990s to build Oatly, Sweden’s widely-recognized plant-based milk company.