Why Impact Investor Bridges Ventures Invested in Vegetarian Express
October 12, 2016
This is Bridges Ventures’ second-ever food-related investment and the first targeting an environmental impact outcome.
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Category: Alternative protein
Beyond Meat Raises Series F Round from Tyson Foods and Humane Society of the US
October 11, 2016
Tyson’s investment comes just a couple of weeks after an investor coalition worth over $1.2 trillion put pressure on some leading food companies to incorporate more plant-based meat alternatives into their supply chains and consumer products.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Singapore State Fund Temasek Invests in Seed Tech Company, ClearPath Robotics Raises $30m, more
October 6, 2016
This is Temasek’s 3rd agtech investment in a year.
Connecting the Dots: Trends in Crop Protection and Animal Health
October 5, 2016
Kevin Zussman writes about the similarities of the crop protection and animal health industries, and how new technologies are disrupting these markets.
Alternative Protein Startups Receive Boost from Investor Coalition Worth $1.25tn
September 28, 2016
A 40-strong investor coalition including Swedish state pension funds is putting pressure on the world’s largest food companies to diversify their protein offerings into more plant-based alternatives.
Fundings-in-Brief: Startup Manufacturing Wine without Grapes Raises $2.7m, Ashton Kutcher Invests in Farm-2-Consumer Startup, Vestaron Raises $18m, lots more
August 11, 2016
A bumper edition of fundings-in-brief includes bioinsecticides, precision ag, cannabis, lots of food e-commerce, and biotech.
Powerplant Ventures Raises Largest Animal-Free Food Fund to-date with $42m Close
August 10, 2016
Why 2 veggie restaurant tycoons, the founder of ZICO coconut water, and a VC from Disney’s Steamboat Ventures are placing their bets on plant-based foods.
Hampton Creek CEO Hits Back at Bloomberg Over ‘Just Mayo’ Buyback Scheme
August 8, 2016
Bloomberg has accused plant-based alternative foods company Hampton Creek for engaging in a large-scale undercover operation to buy back products to boost sales figures, which CEO Josh Tetrick says was part of a quality assurance initiative.
3 Key Takeaways from Food Loves Tech in New York
July 27, 2016
Edible Manhattan and VaynerLive hosted the first ever Food Loves Tech Expo in New York last month to showcase technologies aiming to disrupt our food chain.
Fundings-in-Brief: Argentina’s S4 Closes $1.2m Seed Round, New Wave Foods Raises Funding for Shrimp Alternative, Indigo’s $100m, more
July 21, 2016
Cultivation Capital Leads $1.2m Round in Data Analytics Startup S4, New Wave Foods Closes Seed Round for Seafood Alternative, and Innit Raises $18m for Connected Food Platform in this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
New Wave Foods Breaks New Territory in Alternative Protein Space with Algae-based ‘Shrimp’
July 21, 2016
New Wave Foods CEO is confident about the potential for her shrimp alternative to sustainably disrupt the conventional shrimp market at affordable prices.
Fundings-in-Brief: Ripple Foods Raises $30m from Google, Khosla, S2G, Tao, Soil Disease Testing Kit Raises $4m, more
July 14, 2016
Dairy-free milk maker Ripple Foods raised its Series B funding round from a who’s who in venture capital, while a microbiome testing company Trace Genomics raised $4m.
A Closer Look at Cellular Agriculture and the Processes Defining It
July 5, 2016
Ahead of New Harvest’s conference on the emerging science next week, Erin Kim sheds light on some of the key production methods behind cellular agriculture.
Singapore State Fund Temasek Invests in Cellular Ag Startup Manufacturing Leather without Animals
June 30, 2016
Cellular agriculture is the process of cultivating meat, eggs, and leather in cell culture rather than raising and slaughtering livestock.
Kite Hill Raises $18m from General Mills’ VC for Plant-Based Dairy Products
June 8, 2016
The startup combines natural ingredients and patented biochemistry with traditional cheese- and dairy-making techniques to create dairy alternatives.
Whole Foods’ VP of Purchasing Reflects on Food Trends, Partnering with Instacart, and Embracing Technology
June 1, 2016
Whole Foods Market is embracing food technology and we caught up with Karen Christensen to find out more about how consumer preferences are informing how the business operates and uses technology.
Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat, and Hampton Creek Go to Market with Alternative Protein Products
May 26, 2016
Representatives from the three startups spoke at the Future Food-Tech conference in the same week that Beyond Meat released its new burger into Whole Foods and Hampton Creek revealed it’s raising $200m in new funding.
Insect Food Brand Exo Raises $4m Series A from Nas and Amelia Boone
March 7, 2016
The rapper and endurance athlete are likely to endorse Exo’s products along with their investment.
Tiny Farms Raises Seed Round from a Zuckerberg as Cricket Farming Heats Up – exclusive
February 18, 2016
The cricket farming startup is keeping its cards close to its chest when it comes to the technology it’s building but revealed an interesting line-up of investors.
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