“It’s not just about plant-based, it’s about coming up with elevated products in every category,” says CTO Dr. Karim Pichara.
Germany-based Klim will introduce a financial services layer to its insetting platform to aid in the transition to regenerative agriculture.
Shiru is “building a comprehensive platform that will revolutionize ingredient discovery across multiple molecular classes,” claims founder and CEO Dr. Jasmin Hume.
Aspire has “signed a term sheet” and is “working to close our financing at the end of the month,” says CEO David Rosenberg. “Demand still remains strong, but we have to scale up and produce consistently.”
Nourish Ingredients, an Australian startup creating novel fats via fermentation, has struck a deal with Chinese biomanufacturing co CABIO Biotech in which CABIO will manufacture Nourish’s first product Tastilux at commercial scale.
Project will “provide capital to farmers in one of the poorest parts of the world through carbon credits,” says Uganda-based agtech partner NileOrbital Aerospace.
Rich’s will also explore using Phytolon’s colors in several of its products pending regulatory approvals, says Phytolon, which genetically engineers yeast to express pigments found in beets and prickly pears.
“Our new report provides proof that with the right technology there is a commercially viable path to market” for cultivated meat, claims SuperMeat CEO Ido Savir.
Loopworm is ramping up production at a facility in Bangalore capable of churning out 6,000t of silkworm and black soldier fly protein a year.
The startup aims to be fully scaled up at a 108,000sq ft facility next year, with production capacity of 3,500t of dry black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) protein and 9,000t of frass.
Brands and retailers submitted $200 million of manufacturing projects on Keychain in the last month alone, says cofounder Oisin Hanrahan.
Phytoform utilizes gene editing to accelerate changes that might naturally occur through traditional breeding methods.
In an interview with AgFunder News YoLa Fresh co-founders explain how their company is addressing key challenges like food waste, inefficiencies in fresh produce distribution, and limited market access for smallholder farmers.
Winners of the GLOCAL challenge highlight the role of AI, data science and fintech in kickstarting change across Latin America agrifoodtech.
“We’re at the precipice of a mass startup extinction,” warn the founders of now-defunct cultivated meat firm SCiFi Foods. But you can plan for a “graceful exit.”
“Our basic focus is making full use of the whole hemp plant: seed for feed and stalks for construction,” says cofounder Suneet Shivaprasad.
Metablify officially launched this week out of the Danforth Technology Company, a subsidiary of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
QarboTech’s tiny carbon dots integrate with chloroplasts, the tiny factories in plants that turn sunlight into energy, optimizing light absorption and electron transfer.
Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category have taken the top spot for funding in recent months, bringing in $65 million, or 41% total investment on the continent so far in 2024
The Israeli startup is launching its plant-based whole cuts in the US retail market at independent retailers in Los Angeles and New York City and eyeing an e-commerce launch before the end of the year.
