Meet the Founder: Why Nowadays’ Max Elder picked healthy plant-based nuggets over cultivated meat
“We don’t have 15 years to figure this problem out,” the Nowadays co-founder and CEO says of animal agriculture’s role in the climate crisis.
“We don’t have 15 years to figure this problem out,” the Nowadays co-founder and CEO says of animal agriculture’s role in the climate crisis.
Mzansi Meat’s Brett Thompson and Tasneem Karodia discuss how their company and South Africa’s cultivated meat industry could evolve in the near future.
The longtime entrepreneur describes the realities of founding a cultivated meat company, and offers insights for other founders and CEOs in the space.
Two Boston startups welcomed new executives and McDonalds got a new chief impact officer.
Co-founder and CEO Rachel Yarcony discusses the personal nature of stress, the role of tech in managing it, and why she left Big Pharma to create myAir.
The Italian startup uses sensors to monitor the health of honeybee hives and provide apiculturalists with rapid and effective decision support.
MYCL took tempeh as inspiration for its mycelium-based leather alternative, which uses two-thirds less water than the conventional cow-derived material.
Ghana’s Wangara Green Ventures is an impact and climate focused fund supporting small and growing climate-friendly businesses.
The Australian startup has developed an AI-powered platform that can identify, pick, and pack different types of fresh fruits and vegetables.
The Nigerian startup is working to solve Africa’s protein shortfall by developing plant-based products that seamlessly substitute animal meat in local dishes.
The Estonian startup is producing edible and compostable food-grade packaging materials from plant-derived polysaccharides.
Marica Quarsingh calls her cell-cultured seafood startup, Sea-Stematic, the “Tesla of seafood” to communicate how seafood should be produced: sustainably and with the right market insights.
Chief innovation officer Ethan Soloviev shares how his other day job – running a regenerative farm – informs his work at the impact intelligence platform.
Natasha Dhayagude, co-founder and CEO of Chinova Bioworks reveals to Agfunder her journey and maneuvering the bio-foodtech space
Co-founder Roozbeh Ravansari says the startup’s ‘point-and-shoot’ system can help facilitate emerging ag carbon markets and optimize fertilizer use.
Group CEO Manuel Bossi talks Asia plant-based opportunities, economic headwinds, and the pros and cons of family business setups.
Hailing from Mali, Oumar Barou Togola wanted to give back to his home country in a way that empowered and subsequently increased incomes for the project’s benefactors – female smallholders. Thus the journey of Hello Savanna began.
Carbon Collective hopes to give individual sustainable investment portfolios more power and in doing so force corporations to decarbonize faster.
IFG and other fruit breeders are racing against time to create new, climate-resilient varieties, the company’s CEO tells AFN.
The Cargill-MacMillan family, which owns about 87% of Cargill, has seen its fortunes soar as global commodity prices hit all-time highs against a backdrop of pandemic, war, and economic uncertainty.