Right now, a handful of microbial workhorses do the bulk of the work in biomanufacturing. But do we need to domesticate a new generation of hosts for the next generation of bioproducts?
Plus: Rize raises new capital to decarbonize rice, Uber scoops up Delivery Hero’s Taiwan business.
From setting investor expectations to communicating the realities of R&D, here’s what biomaterials startups should be considering.
The race is on to develop ‘designer’ fats for the next generation of food products. But will fats & oils produced by microbes in fermentation tanks ever be a scalable proposition?
Like many players in the space, The Vegetarian Butcher has been exploring clean label binders that can serve as alternatives to egg white and methylcellulose in meat alternatives.
Agrifoodtech investor PeakBridge has closed its Growth Fund II at $187m in partnership with Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity, bringing its total AUM (assets under management) to more than $250m.
This year saw Singapore-based agrifoodtech ecosystem builder GROW attract the highest-quality applicant pool in the accelerator’s history.
The partnership gives New Culture access to “some of the largest and most sophisticated fermentation facilities on the planet.”
Nestlé, Danone and others signed the Hope Farm Statement calling for the UK government to enact “a bold national food and farming strategy”
“Meat alternatives don’t taste good enough, and it’s the key reason consumers don’t repeat purchase,” claims cultivated fat co Hoxton Farms.
A metabolite of caffeine, paraxanthine (Px) delivers what most people want from coffee, without the jitters, sleeplessness, and anxiety, claims Rarebird.
Plus: alt-protein investor Big Idea Ventures enters the biologicals sector.
Beyond Meat posted a net loss of $54.4m on revenues down 18% to $75.6m in Q1, 2024. However, gross margins moved back into positive territory.
Green Plains will be able to produce dextrose with significantly lower capital and carbon intensity vs the standard wet milling process, claims the ethanol producer.
Fungi-fueled startup Meati Foods has raised $100m+ in a C-1 round led by Grosvenor Food & AgTech and rolled out its mycelium-based steaks and cutlets into 2,000 Kroger stores, taking its store count up to 6,000.
The latest in the ugly legal dispute between bioreactor supplier ABEC and foodtech co Eat Just and its GOOD Meat cultivated meat subsidiary…
MICs have “an outsized role to play” when it comes to climate mitigation, says a new report from World Bank.
What is holding back the plant-based meat market? Poor taste and texture? The hefty price tag? Poor branding and positioning?
New consumer research from Mattson into users of GLP-1 drugs indicates they want more protein, smaller portion sizes, and foods that soothe nausea and digestive discomfort.
Plus: Delivery platform Pipedream raises $13 million and Florida signs a ban on cultivated meat.
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