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Category: Alt Meat/Protein

Cultured Meat Startup Aleph Farms Raises $12m Series A from VisVires New Protein and Cargill

May 14, 2019

Aleph Farms claimed in December 2018 that it was the first company to demonstrate that it can grow steak directly from bovine cells without harming the cow.

Future Food: How Whole Foods’ Walter Robb Thinks About Food Tech and The Future of Grocery

May 1, 2019

In this second edition of Future Food, I chat to Robb about his food preferences, his contrarian views of the plant-based meat trend, the role of big data in food, and how the Amazon deal came about.

FDA and USDA Create Framework for Cell-Cultured Meat Regulation, But Labeling, Social License Still Uncertain

March 11, 2019

The US Department of Agriculture and the US Food and Drug Administration have established an inter-agency framework for regulating food items produced using cellular agriculture methods of meat and poultry production.

Legal Cannabis, Alternative Protein or Pre-Seed Stage Deals? Vote on AgFunder’s First Focus Fund

February 11, 2019

Since we started offering our Co-Investment Funds to investors last year, we’ve been getting requests for funds with more specific investment themes.

Geltor Raises $18.2m for Animal-Free “Designer Collagen”

October 25, 2018

The startup, which has focused on the cosmetics industry for its first product line is set to develop products for the nutraceutical, food and beverage industries too, such as gelatin, a form of collagen often found in sweets.

EXCLUSIVE: Improved Nature Raises $3m to Launch Plant-Based Protein Company

September 18, 2018

The company's products include the Improved Meat portfolio, that "mimics meat in all cooking methods and forms of distribution," according to the website.

It Shouldn’t Be Called ‘Clean Meat’ But It Will be Clean, says Cultured Meat’s Founder

July 18, 2018

The term clean meat "unnecessarily criminalizes the meat industry and there’s no need for that," said Mark Post, cofounder of Mosa Meat and father of the cultured meat movement, after raising a $7.5m Series A round of funding.

FDA Addresses Cultured Meat in Crucial First Step for New Industry

July 13, 2018

While it was a positive first step that the FDA addressing the space, how it will play out is still uncertain as participants debated who should regulate the products, what it should be called, and how its safety will be determined.

Finless Foods Raises $3.5m Seed Round to Culture Bluefin Tuna

June 20, 2018

Finless is focused on culturing higher-end species of fish like salmon and bluefin tuna and expects to be able to sell their product below market price of $100-$200 per pound for bluefin by the end of 2019.

Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

June 4, 2018

Tom Mastrobuoni, CFO of Tyson Ventures, speaks in-depth about the company's targeted investment areas and the rationale for investing in Beyond Meat, Memphis Meat, Future Meat, Tovala and FoodLoqiQ.

New Food Index Reveals ‘High Risk’ Meat & Fish Stocks Worth $152bn inc McDonalds, KFC Suppliers

May 30, 2018

A new food index has labeled 36 meat and fish suppliers as "high risk" for public market investors because they fail to manage critical business risks such as greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics risk.

4 Reasons Why Israel is Now a Developed AgriFood Tech Hub

May 23, 2018

Two weeks ago, our CEO Rob Leclerc went to Israel to attend Food and Ag Week and here's what he discovered.

The AgriFood News Aggregator: Soft Robotics, Nutreco, Wilbur-Ellis, Walmart, Funding Opps, Climate Corp, more

May 3, 2018

The AgriFood News Aggregator features headlines from around the globe collected on AgFunder's news sharing platform #feedit each week. Have news to share? Post it on #feedit to engage, share, and debate with your peers.

Tyson Invests in Israeli Cultured Meat Startup Future Meat Technologies

May 2, 2018

Future Meat Technologies, an Israeli startup manufacturing meat from animal cells in a laboratory, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding, in a round led by Tyson Ventures, the venture arm of the meat giant.

Five Cultured Meat Startups Raise Funding as Fledgling Industry Comes into Focus

April 23, 2018

So far in 2018, at least five startups using cellular agriculture, the science behind cultured meat that can be used to manufacture many animal products in a lab setting, have raised funds as this fledgling industry diversifies and grows.

UPDATE: Impossible Foods Adds $114m in New Financing, Bringing Total to Nearly $400m

April 4, 2018

The startup has now raised $396 million in debt and equity in total, making it the best funded alternative protein startup to date.

Ag Industry Brief: More Exec Churn at Chipotle, EU Changes Protocol on GMOs, TechAccel Funds New Grants, more

March 16, 2018

Chipotle loses a controversial executive, cultured leather comes to New York, TechAccel commits to innovation at UC Davis, and more in this week's brief.

Memphis Meats Adds Tyson to Investor List With Cargill, Gates, Branson, Musk, more

January 29, 2018

Cargill and other unspecified “food industry giants” joined the round, bringing the cultured meat company’s all time fundraising total to $22 million.

The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

January 29, 2018

With its irresistible market size and a growing appetite for healthier food options, a fertile ground for global startups is forming for meat alternatives in China.