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Bio-input startup Pivot Bio blazes past $100m revenue mark, appoints a new CEO

August 29, 2023

US farmers now use the Pivot Bio microbe-based, nitrogen-fixing product in place of synthetic nitrogen on 5 million acres of corn.

🎥 AgFunderNews round table: Do the economics of precision fermentation stack up for animal-free dairy?

August 29, 2023

Is there a market for ‘animal-free’ dairy? Is making it via precision fermentation commercially viable, and how do you talk to consumers about it?

Our oceans are in a state of emergency. Aqua-Spark’s CEO explains how startups can help restore their health

August 28, 2023

Lissy Smit explains how the Aqua-Spark portfolio is addressing some of the greatest challenges right now for ocean and marine life.

Satnam Singh, founder, Fattastic Technologies

Meet the founder: Chewing the designer fat with Satnam Singh at Fattastic Technologies

August 25, 2023

Singapore-based Fattastic Technologies uses encapsulation to make designer fats that mimic the texture, mouthfeel and flavor of animal fat.

Data snapshot: Indoor farming & insect meal top India’s Novel Farming systems investment category

August 23, 2023

Novel farming systems present opportunities for India to bolster its food supply in the midst of climate change.

What makes a good food & agriculture leader? 6 questions with INSEAD’s Shekshnia

August 23, 2023

We caught up with senior professor of entrepreneurship at Europe’s leading business school ahead of the Future Food & Ag leadership program at INSEAD to discuss the key attributes of a food and agriculture leader.

Indoor ag has hit ‘a bump on the S curve,’ not the trough of disillusionment – EY agrifood leader

August 22, 2023

EY’s Rob Dongoski dives into the macro factors impacting controlled environment agriculture — and what startups should do.

Healthy cows can supply a cost-effective alternative to fetal bovine serum, claims Omeat

Cultivated beef co Omeat begins generating revenues… but not from meat

August 21, 2023

Omeat—which is scaling up a novel approach to cultivated meat production—is selling an affordable and ‘highly effective’ alternative to FBS.

Alt protein isn’t dead yet says ENOUGH as it raises $43.6m to scale up mycoprotein production

August 20, 2023

Alt protein startup ENOUGH has raised $43.6 m in a series C round led by World Fund CPT Capital to expand its mycoprotein business.

Meet the founder: UPP’s David Whitewood mines broccoli waste for new source of plant protein

August 18, 2023

UPP enables farmers to harvest broccoli mechanically without damaging the crop, and upcycle stalks and leaves to extract proteins and fibers.

Morphine from microbes? Fermelanta wins Japan agrifoodtech pitch

August 17, 2023

Fermelanta—a Japanese startup engineering bacteria to produce alkaloids from morphine to berberine—wowed judges at last month’s Japan agrifoodtech meetup organized by AgFunder, JETRO Startup and SDG Impact Japan.

LanzaTech chief sustainability officer Freya Burton

LanzaTech chief sustainability officer: ‘There’s no need to take carbon out of the ground; there’s enough above ground to make everything we need’

August 17, 2023

LanzaTech converts carbon emissions from industrial processes into high-value products via microbial fermentation, creating a more circular economy, says chief sustainability officer Freya Burton.

Laundry pods without petrochemicals? Mi Terro upcycles ag waste to create PVA replacement

August 16, 2023

Mi Terro taps waste streams from potato peelings to brewers’ spent grains to create what it claims are cost-effective replacements for polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).

Data snapshot: 5 years of agrifoodtech investment in India

August 16, 2023

Despite seesawing dollar amounts over the last few years, India agrifoodtech investment is back on par with 2018 levels.

US retail sales of oat milk decline in latest quarter after years of explosive growth

August 15, 2023

US retail sales of oat milk, which have been driving most of the growth in plant-based milk in recent years, have started to decline.

New Culture pizza with animal-free mozzarella

New Culture targets cost parity for animal-free mozzarella in three years: ‘We’ve achieved technical metrics unheard of for animal-free casein’

August 15, 2023

New Culture says it is on track to produce ‘animal-free’ mozzarella at cost parity with its conventional counterpart within three years.

Oishii’s newest executive says she’s ‘never been more confident about the future of vertical farming’

August 15, 2023

The vertical farming company’s newly appointed chief commercial officer Rita Hudetz says one of her goals is to make Oishii a household name.

Brief: Burcon shareholders voice frustration with no update on buyer for Merit Functional Foods

August 14, 2023

There is still no news regarding a buyer for the assets of plant protein co Merit Functional Foods, more than 5 months after it went into receivership.

Yves Potvin, founder and president Konscious Foods

Meet the founder: Konscious Foods president Yves Potvin talks plant-based meat. ‘You can’t keep losing money and expect to stay in business’

August 11, 2023

While many alt meat startups are struggling to raise cash, plant-based seafood brand Konscious Foods has just raised a cool $26m.

Miyoko’s new CEO talks plant-based dairy: ‘There’s significant untapped potential’

August 10, 2023

Six months after the board’s ugly spat with its namesake founder became public, plant-based dairy co Miyoko’s Creamery has a new CEO. We caught up with Stuart Kronauge —who takes the helm next week—to discuss what’s next for the brand.