WWF leads $1.5m investment in seaweed startup Ocean Rainforest
August 17, 2020
The Faroese company wants to make sea-bound macroalgae farming less labor intensive, and more able to withstand the elements.
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Swedish startup woos investors with “algae tech” for aquaculture
March 31, 2020
The women-led startup is tackling wastewater in aquaculture while selling a valuable silica extract with applications in multiple industries.
From whisky barrels to microalgae-based pet foods: MiAlgae raises £1m
January 20, 2020
The biotech business uses co-products from the whisky distillation process to produce microalgae, which are high in omega3 and other nutrients.
Booming, blooming micro-algae
November 25, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of species of micro-algae float through the world’s waterways. Just a fraction have been categorised or studied. It leaves an imaginarium of
The Quest For Sustainable Seaweed
July 2, 2019
Seaweed is an exciting source of energy, proteins, biodegradable plastics, fertilizers, clothes or pharmaceuticals, but can its production keep up with growing demand?
Algaia Raises €4m to Expand Algae Product Portfolio and Extraction Technology
May 22, 2018
Algaia is a French company manufacturing algae-based products for the agriculture feed, personal care & nutraceutical industries.
Algae is Poised to Become a Mainstream Food Ingredient if Supply Can Keep Up With Demand
December 12, 2017
Algae in various forms can be integrated into a wide array of foods and beverages, ranging from veggie shakes and smoothies to meal replacements and the growth potential is limited only by the capacity to establish a robust, ever-expanding supply chain.
SafeTraces Raises $6.5m Series A for Traceability Tech Led By Omidyar
October 18, 2017
SafeTraces technology allows users to place an invisible, seaweed-based DNA tag on individual food items so that their provenance and qualities can be traced and verified throughout the supply chain.
The State of AgriFood Tech Startups in Europe
September 28, 2017
There are a number of key areas of opportunity for agrifood tech startups in Europe as the support and resources available
to entrepreneurs increases slowly, write Thomas van den Boezem and Louisa Burwood-Taylor.
What Are Novel Farming Systems?
August 29, 2017
Novel farming systems are new methods of farming living ingredients for food and other applications, many of which are traditionally grown outdoors.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Gene-editing, Food Waste, Insects, Algae, Impact, Biotech, Farmland, more
November 17, 2016
Catch up on a diversified week of fundings in the food and agtech market as things start to heat up as we approach the end of the year.
Horizons Ventures Leads Algama Round as Uses for Algae Diversify
November 15, 2016
French startup Algama raised a $3.76 million venture round led by Hong Kong billionaire Li-Ka Shing’s venture arm Horizons Ventures as algae continues to make new waves with diversified uses.
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