Meet the founder: NitroVolt cofounder talks sustainability and farmer self sufficiency through green ammonia
Fresh off a fundraise, Denmark-based NitroVolt CEO and cofounder discusses the path from PhD student to CEO of a climate tech startup.
Fresh off a fundraise, Denmark-based NitroVolt CEO and cofounder discusses the path from PhD student to CEO of a climate tech startup.
“It is more likely than not that a CRISPR-enabled cell line will ultimately be necessary [for profitable production at scale],” says Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick.
Umaro Foods’ seaweed-fueled bacon will make its retail debut on the west coast with a leading food retailer.
The Zurich-based startup’s ‘yeast cream’ can dramatically improve the mouthfeel and performance of alt dairy products, claims CCO Lucie Rein.
Ai Palette has developed an end-to-end platform enabling clients to identify trends, generate new product concepts and screen them at the click of a button, aided by a new conversational chatbot called FoodGPT.
Bayer CEO Bill Anderson called the ongoing litigation “a huge burden” on company financials during a recent investor call.
The zero-cholesterol, low-saturated fat eggs are made from a base of soy and chickpea protein plus sunflower oil, with ‘runny’ yolks sealed from the whites by an alginate film.
According to one industry source, Gro received “some money with a lot of conditions.”
“In the first six years, we had more failures than successes,” says insect ag pioneer Kees Aarts.
Farmers aged 18-60 may represent a much larger share of the agricultural market in 10-plus years, says grain-trading platform Bushel.
Extensive field trials in Spain with leading commercial tomato varieties grown in open fields have delivered 10-17% increases in yield, claims SaliCrop.
Spanish plant-based meat startup Heura posted a 22% increase in sales to €38.3m ($41.5m) in 2023 and says it’s on course to turn a profit next year.
For the second year in a row, the sector saw an increase in VC investment despite an overall decline in agrifoodtech funding.
Beyond Meat Jerky, the first product to emerge from the firm’s JV with PepsiCo, is being discontinued less than two years after launch.
ThriveAgric has a target to provide $500 million in credit to 10 million smallholder farmers by 2027 and $1 billion to 20 million by 2050.
Despite weak evidence for its efficacy, routine ‘preventative’ livestock antibiotic dosing is still common in many countries, says animal health co Genics.
According to the new definition, precision fermentation combines the process of traditional fermentation with the latest advances in biotechnology.
CTO James Cariello has been named as the new CEO at the firm, which recently laid off 10% of its staff and has been trying to raise fresh capital through a convertible bond.
“Our first farm was profitable within a few months of opening, so we realized we might be onto something big,” says Gotham Greens founder and CEO.
The Breyers launch comes hot on the heels of Nestlé’s ‘Better Whey’ product from Orgain, which features whey protein made by microbes in fermentation tanks instead of cows.
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