Alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds for meat and dairy alternatives, while two more countries approved the sale of GMO wheat.
Choco became a unicorn with its latest fundraise, Leaft is making protein from leaves, and Alt Farm is 3D-printing waygu beef alternatives.
Equip scored $58 million while Tindle parent company Next Gen Foods raised the largest Series A round to date for plant-based protein.
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Catering startup ezCater kicked its valuation over $1 billion, alt-protein funding proliferated, and José Andrés started championing cultivated meat.
Novel Farming Systems ventures raised a total of $911 million in funding during the first six months of the year, according to AgFunder data.
Foods from the lab, such as cultivated meat, drove a greater amount of early-stage investment in upstream technologies and business models in the first half of 2021.
Chew’s Plant-Based Burger Report Card found the Beyond Burger to smell like “pet food,” while Impossible’s effort is “more reminiscent of liver.”
Marine bioproducts derived from resources like algae could add $3 billion to the Australian economy by 2035 – while also building a more resilient food system.
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Novel Farming Systems – which includes CEA, aquaculture, and insect production – was the second best-funded agtech category last year, according to AgFunder.
Carbon Accreditation Lead Blue Ocean Barns, Inc. (BOB) is on a mission to solve the climate impact of cattle digestion! We are seeking an expert
The Netherlands startup is using CRISPR to perform non-transgenic genome edits on plant varieties – in addition to developing nanotech-enabled delivery of crop inputs.
Upstream categories – that is, technologies and business models nearer the farm or lab – outstripped downstream funding in 2020 for the first time in seven years.
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Purissima is a bioengineering company developing ultra-high impact medicines. We use advanced biology, experimental science, and computational design to create diverse biotherapeutics inspired by nature.
Morsels of the past week’s other agrifoodtech news from around the web, for your delectation.
The Chicago-based VC has unveiled the first round of investments out of its new $100 million fund targeting ocean health and aquaculture.
It’s aiming to build “the world’s largest algae factory” to supply raw material for a feed supplement that can reduce livestock methane emissions by up to 80%.
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