Today there are multiple startups making dairy proteins without cows. But back in 2014, Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi were in a field of one…
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.
Elsewhere, food robots and restaurant tech saw new funding rounds but also hefty fines for some.
New Culture says it is on track to produce ‘animal-free’ mozzarella at cost parity with its conventional counterpart within three years.
Canadian startup Terra Bioindustries extracts fermentable sugars and protein concentrates from brewers’ spent grains.
What’s the most efficient production platform for growth factors, pricey proteins used to stimulate cell growth and differentiation in cultivated meat?
Israeli startups and investors unveil a flurry of new deals, plus more bad news for Getir.
Biotech startup Allonnia raises $30 million, Nestlé says it’s “moving away” from carbon offsets.
Israeli startup ReaGenics is developing plant cell culture techniques to grow everything from saffron to cannabinoids, peyote, resveratrol, and anthocyanins from purple maize.
Brinc launches a new climate tech accelerator in Asia, and Syngenta opens a new R&D center for seed products and services.
Impossible Foods has added Ginkgo Bioworks as a defendant in its patent infringement lawsuit against foodtech rival Motif Foodworks over meaty-tasting heme proteins.
US dairy farmers have urged the FDA to crack down on ‘animal free dairy milk’ labels “before this situation spins out of control.”
Cultivated meat startup Omeat has emerged from stealth armed with $40m to fund a novel approach to making meat from animal cells.
The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has agreed to review a patent granted to Impossible Foods following a petition by Motif FoodWorks, which is being sued by Impossible for patent infringement.
Bond Pet Food is carving a distinct path in the alt protein space by engineering yeast to produce animal proteins for pet food.
Australian synthetic biology startup Number 8 Bio has raised A$1.8m ($1.2m) in a pre-seed round to fund a novel approach to cutting methane emissions from animal agriculture.
Impossible Foods’ lawyers did not violate rules of professional conduct by hiring private investigators to pose as potential customers in order to obtain product information and samples from Motif FoodWorks as the companies clashed over IP, a court has ruled.
Used in everything from lipsticks to alt meat, tropical oils come with environmental costs. But can microbes give them a run for their money?
Agrifoodtech investment in France surged 39% to $1.3 billion in 2022 against the backdrop of a 46% decline in Europe and a 44% slump in global agrifoodtech funding over the same period.
Motif FoodWorks has accused Impossible Foods of hiring private investigators to pose as potential customers to “covertly” obtain information about Motif’s business that could influence ongoing litigation between the warring foodtech companies and “circumvent the discovery process.”
