Brief: Regulatory constraints are driving the world’s ‘looming seafood shortage,’ says McKinsey
Projections show a 14% growth in seafood demand by 2030 versus 2020 levels.
Projections show a 14% growth in seafood demand by 2030 versus 2020 levels.
San Diego-based cellular aquaculture startup BlueNalu has raised $33.5m in a series B round from “new and existing investors.”
While the unit economics of cultivated chicken nuggets will likely be challenging for some time, making a high-value product such as Bluefin tuna in a bioreactor makes more sense, claims San Diego-based startup BlueNalu.
From low pressure hydroponics to customized enzymes, 30 agrifoodtech startups will showcase their wares at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit in Singapore, Oct 31-Nov 2.
Tikehau Capital invested in a biologicals startup and agrifoodtech layoffs continued.
What is Eat Just? A foodtech pioneer attempting to disrupt not one, but two huge addressable markets, or a “house of cards built on one individual’s ability to separate people from their money?”
Gas fermentation startup Solar Foods is gearing up to open a new plant to demonstrate its technology at larger scale.
After a pretty dry spell, agrifood investors were throwing around the big bucks this week, with the launch of two sizeable funds from Astanor Ventures and Humble Growth. There was also big news from MycoWorks…
Entrepreneurship is a “bit like manic depression, without the pills,” say the founders of Israel’s Fresh Start incubator. “You go up and you go down, so you have to have a certain ability to move on through the challenges and frustrations.”
Two or three years ago, investors were throwing bucketloads of cash at foodtech companies, particularly those in alt proteins. Not any more. So what’s changed?
Artificial intelligence is transforming everything from drug discovery to customer service. But what does it mean for the food industry? Peakbridge takes a deep dive…
Like many startups, TurtleTree has made a strategic pivot, shifting from cell-cultured milk to producing high-value dairy bioactives via precision fermentation.
Plus, new funds for climate tech and Africa smallholders, and an indoor farming startup goes public.
Foodtech incubator and investor The Kitchen Hub is raising a $70m fund and launching The Kitchen Labs, an innovation center for startups.
Meanwhile, Perfect Day finds a buyer for its consumer-facing brands and the USDA will invest in underserved forest landowners.
Singapore-based Fattastic Technologies uses encapsulation to make designer fats that mimic the texture, mouthfeel and flavor of animal fat.
Plus, CPG product-testing startup Highlight raises $18 million and Jimi Biotech debuts cultivated deer antler.
Elsewhere, food robots and restaurant tech saw new funding rounds but also hefty fines for some.
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).
CPG giant Campbell made a new acquisition, as did irrigation management company Lindsay, and a new cultivated meat facility is ready for production in China.
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