Growthwell Foods’ new CEO on joining an alt-protein family business as an outsider
Group CEO Manuel Bossi talks Asia plant-based opportunities, economic headwinds, and the pros and cons of family business setups.
Group CEO Manuel Bossi talks Asia plant-based opportunities, economic headwinds, and the pros and cons of family business setups.
Evolved Meats’ co-founders share how their startup makes whole-cut cultivated meat without scaffolding or binders.
Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado raised $700 million from the public markets.
Insect protein and bio-textiles increasing in importance as alternative proteins become a bigger priority for climate-forward investors.
The Canadian startup is producing a natural shelf-life extender from mushroom stems that’d otherwise be thrown away.
The Seattle startup also launched its first beanless coffee products to consumers.
France’s HappyVore secured nearly $40 million to open a facility for plant-based meat while cereal giant Kellogg split into three independent companies.
Upstream and downstream investment in Europe agrifoodtech were almost on par with one another last year, though upstream closed more deals.
Startups can apply until July 1 for the chance of winning the $1M top prize that Grow-NY will award in November.
Plus: alt-cheesemakers raise new funds, delivery ‘bots head to college campuses, and IKEA strikes a deal with indoor ag startup Infarm.
The newly launched blended finance platform will connect investors and startups with the long-term capital needs required for many food waste solutions.
Food producer costs were 1.4% higher than consumer costs in the US as of March 2022, according to new research from pricing software company Vendavo.
General Mills invested $3 million more into regen ag, Lunchbox acquired another restaurant ordering platform, and Cox delved deeper into indoor farming.
Seed funding will enable the US- and India-based company to further develop its milk alternative made with mammalian cell cultured technology.
Radar Agtech Brasil extensively maps startups operating in the Brazilian agrifoodtech value chain to support decision-making across the ecosystem.
“Countries are betting heavily on emerging solutions – which is another way of saying silver bullets.”
Alternative protein and eGrocery grabbed the bulk of the top 15 deals in 2021, but midway through 2022, the future for one of them is far less certain.
Climate-impactful categories were left behind in agrifoodtech investment in Europe in 2021 with over 40% of the total going to the eGrocery category, reveals a new report from AgFunder, F&A Next and Invest-NL.
Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round, which will enable SCiFi to continue R&D on its blend of plant-based and cultivated beef burgers.
Norichukin Bank recently joined the first close of AgFunder’s $100m Fund IV as a limited partner to advance Japan’s agriculture, fisheries, and forestry industries.
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