Tag: alternative protein

Here’s how Eat Just’s GOOD Meat will spend its latest $170m funding

May 24, 2021

Ramping up production capacity is the top priority for GOOD Meat as Eat Just CEO says regulatory approval is less of a hurdle.

Ÿnsect acquires Protifarm to raise insects for human consumption

April 13, 2021

Ÿnsect will initially target the sports nutrition segment following the EU’s approval of mealworms as safe for humans to eat.

Future Food News Review Podcast: Is cultured meat delicious? Should hydroponically-grown food be organic?

April 8, 2021

A couple of weeks ago we hosted our second Future Food News Review on Clubhouse with leading journalists in foodtech, agtech and food systems globally, including Pultizer prize-winner Kim Severson. Listen to the in-depth and nuanced discussion about the week’s top news here.

Mosa Meat CEO on choosing non-GMO, differentiation & pricing the novelty factor

April 1, 2021

The Netherlands startup is now eight years old. We catch up with CEO Maarten Bosch to find out about its next steps.

CoverCress nets $8m from Bunge, REG; touts ‘buy-in from entire supply chain’

April 1, 2021

St Louis-based CoverCress is gearing up for its first harvest and a soft launch this year, and is aiming to have 250,000 acres of its ‘cash cover crop’ planted in 2022.

Podcast: JUST how this startup became the first to serve cell-cultured meat in a restaurant

March 23, 2021

After getting historic regulatory approval in Singapore, it was about time AFN caught up with Eat Just founder and CEO Josh Tetrick.

Benson Hill launches Ingredients & Fresh business segments

March 18, 2021

Benson Hill is targeting the booming plant-based protein segment and emerging ‘food as medicine’ segment with its vertically integrated offerings.

Agtech CVC: ADM Ventures on the many ways corporations can invest in innovators

February 25, 2021

ADM Ventures’ Victoria de la Huerga talks with AFN working for a company that was acquired by ADM–then helping the corporation build its venture investing strategy.

Brief: Singapore’s Next Gen breaks plant-based seed round record with $10m raise

February 25, 2021

Next Gen will use the funds to launch its first brand, plant-based chicken substitute TiNDLE, in Singapore and other Asian cities.

Brief: Aleph Farms unveils ribeye steak produced using 3D bio-printing

February 9, 2021

Aleph Farms claims the new technology will allow it to create any type of ‘muscle-cut’ steak and hopes to rapidly expand its product portfolio in the area.

Meat & dairy industries holding back global progress on climate change, FAIRR report says

November 11, 2020

Investor network FAIRR concludes that 86% of major meat, egg, and dairy suppliers are failing to declare greenhouse gas emissions or set meaningful reduction targets.

Pushing for US & Middle East to eat organic, Saudi prince joins Back To The Roots round

November 4, 2020

“There’s an abundance of need for what they do,” Prince Khaled, Saudi royal and new investor in the Oakland-based startup, told AFN.

Where are the world’s first ‘lab burger’ growers now? Enlarging their Series B raise

October 14, 2020

Dutch startup Mosa Meat is expecting a second close of its Series B round in “the next few months” following a $55 million first tranche.

Ÿnsect extends Series C to $372m, targets pet food & aims for carbon-negative status

October 6, 2020

The French startup – which farms mealworms to produce ingredients for fish feed, pet food, and crop fertilizers – claims it’s the biggest insect protein round ever.

Fermentation sees foodtech investors bubbling up in 2020

October 5, 2020

Microbes such as mycoprotein and microalgae can be used to produce biomass, improve plant-based products, and create paradigm-changing functional ingredients.

Why we invested in SIMULATE

July 30, 2020

Mail order, frozen, plant-based chicken nuggets… Before we met Ben Pasternak, the founder of SIMULATE (formerly NUGGS), this would have sounded like the worst idea ever.

SavorEat gets funding for 3D printer that builds and broils plant-based patties

July 29, 2020

Is there a case to be made for distributed, hyper-local food processing models? SavorEat CEO Racheli Vizman thinks so.

Geltor brews up $91.3m Series B to offer collagen ingredients-as-a-service model

July 27, 2020

The off-the-shelf animal-free ingredients provider is stepping into bespoke formulations as it eyes a food & bev debut in 2021.

Canada’s largest pension fund makes alt-dairy bet in Perfect Day’s $300m Series C

July 8, 2020

Perfect Day, a Californian startup using plants and fermentation techniques to manufacture animal-free dairy products, has expanded its Series C round to $300 million. Hawk

Here’s a list of the top 100 alternative protein disruptors in Asia

June 22, 2020

The Good Food Institute Asia-Pacific has also named who it believes to be the top 35 alt-protein investors in the region, and calls for more upstream focus on areas like raw materials.