Meet the founder: AgZen’s Vishnu Jayaprakash on spraying, praying, and sticky droplets…
Even when they are spraying on target, most farmers have no idea how much spray is staying on the plant and actually making a difference, says AgZen.
Even when they are spraying on target, most farmers have no idea how much spray is staying on the plant and actually making a difference, says AgZen.
Maia Farms’ fungi-fueled biomass fermentation platform, which uses mycelium from edible mushroom varieties, can deliver “significantly higher yields” than Fusarium-type products, claims the startup.
Shiru has also developed AI and ML-based models to predict protein expression in microbial systems, helping firms determine the most cost effective way to produce target proteins at scale.
Caladan Bio has developed a lower-cost benchtop bioreactor system designed to enhance data capture and increase experimentation throughput.
The Game Changers program offers Latin American startups the chance to join GLOCAL’s portfolio and grow their businesses.
The foodtech co—which had been told it was a winner weeks ago to give the team time to plan a trip to Portland for the awards ceremony—was told it had fallen foul of rules it claims had not previously been communicated.
“It’s difficult to find another company in the food space that has developed so fast in only two years,” says Nosh.bio cofounder Tim Fronzek.
“What we’re doing is taking out the sugar and replacing it with ketones, which are a better source of energy,” says cofounder Karishma Thawani.
Asparagopsis is one of the most promising tools in the enteric methane reduction toolkit, but there are challenges to growing it at scale and establishing tools to deliver a return on investment for farmers, says FutureFeed.
Atomo—a startup behind the ‘world’s first beanless espresso’—has opened a 33,547sq ft roastery in Seattle capable of producing four million pounds of ground ‘coffee’ a year from upcycled date pits.
Omeat is operating with a skeleton crew to conserve cash following a turbulent few months during which the founder stepped down as CEO after being accused of creating a hostile working environment.
“In 2016, I spoke to a lot of investors that said, ‘Why would anybody produce casein in plants when you can easily do it via precision fermentation?’ The same people are now coming back and saying, ‘Actually what you’re doing makes a lot of sense,'” says Alpine Bio founder Magi Richani.
While a fair amount of work has gone into research on salt tolerant rice, there are “not many valid commercial options on the wheat side,” claims OlsAro.
According to Olon, it is owed $112m in unpaid manufacturing fees, unreimbursed CapEx, raw materials costs and other costs, plus an estimated $32m in damages resulting from Perfect Day’s alleged fraud.
Robots are cool but there’s a time and a place, says Hyphen cofounder Stephen Klein. “Turns out you don’t actually need a 30-kg robotic arm to move a coffee cup.”
The Maia Farms & Ecoation growing system for mycelium and fresh produce can make 700kg of food a year in a device the size of a wardrobe.
Blue Tree Technologies has developed a patented process to selectively remove sugars from juice, milk, and beer.
Industrial-scale insect farming is not for the faint-hearted. So what business models make sense, and who is going to fund the next wave of facilities?
Dutch startup Rival Foods will start deploying shear cell technology—a novel approach to texturizing plant-based proteins that can create whole cuts—at a “commercially viable scale” this summer.
Gates Ag One will focus on crop innovations that benefit yields and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.