Meet the 10 startups chosen to pitch at GLOCAL’s Game Changers 2023
November 7, 2023
At its recent Game Changers LatAm Series 2023, GLOCAL unveiled the 10 companies that won awards for their agrifoodtech innovations.
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ADM ‘re-scopes’ Decatur plant protein investment amid weak market demand for alt meat
October 25, 2023
The plant-based protein market has been experiencing “destocking and consumer demand softness,” says ADM.
Upcycled food & ag side streams: the key to unlocking the potential of alternative proteins?
October 24, 2023
Could the sustainability credentials—and the unit economics— of alt proteins be improved by tapping into ag industry side streams?
Plantible teams up with ICL to create Rubisco-powered clean label binder that ‘outperforms methylcellulose by a mile’
October 23, 2023
The binder will be available in the US in 2024 as part of a multi-year agreement between Plantible and ICL.
Meet the founder – IntegriCulture’s Yuki Hanyu: ‘We’re a cellular ag infrastructure company, not just a cultivated meat company’
October 20, 2023
Everyone agrees that the cost of cell culture media has got to come down dramatically if cultivated meat is going to gain market traction. But what’s the most efficient way to do it?
Meat proteins… in plants? Moolec Science raises $30m to expand molecular farming operation
October 19, 2023
Moolec Science – a startup developing a molecular farming platform to produce plants that express animal proteins – has raised $30m from strategic investors via convertible notes.
Meet the founder – Juicy Marbles CEO Tilen Travnik: ‘We don’t have deep pockets, so our execution has to be flawless’
October 13, 2023
When you’re on a tight budget, your execution must be “flawless,” says Juicy Marbles CEO Tilen Travnik. “If something is not as tight as it should be, it keeps me up at night because it immediately translates into cash flow.”
Q&A: These are the food system’s 3 biggest challenges today, according to Givaudan’s head of startup innovation
October 11, 2023
Ahead of the ftalks Food Summit in Spain, Givaudan exec Alexandre Bastos explains why he’s so optimistic about our food system.
Entrepreneur’s egos, European poo culture, CRISPR supermarket: What we heard at London’s agrifoodtech summits
October 2, 2023
“When it comes to soil carbon, there are more questions than answers in terms of whether it’s investable.” and other quotes from the sidelines of the World Agri-Tech and Future Food-Tech conferences in London last week.
Meet the founder: GreenProtein AI’s Noa Weiss shines a light into the ‘black box’ of extrusion
September 29, 2023
Counterintuitively, perhaps, for a technology that’s been around for decades, the extrusion process for transforming plant proteins into meat analogs remains something of a mystery, says Noa Weiss.
10 years in foodtech with ‘remarkable’ and ‘polarizing’ alt protein pioneer Josh Tetrick
September 28, 2023
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?”
The future of the US pea protein industry in ‘grave peril,’ says PURIS as US investigates flood of cheap imports from China
September 27, 2023
The ITC says there is “a reasonable indication” that Chinese companies are dumping subsidized pea protein in the US ‘at less than fair value.’
Foodtech VC funding declined for 6th consecutive quarter, but deal count is up, says PitchBook
September 21, 2023
Foodtech VC funding declined for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q2, 2023, dropping 13.9% vs Q1 and by more than 70% year-over-year, according to PitchBook data.
Hoxton Farms opens cultivated fat pilot facility, targets alt meat: ‘If you can’t get the fat right, it’s impossible to recreate the experience meat eaters crave’
September 20, 2023
London-based startup Hoxton Farms has opened a pilot facility to make cultivated fat, the ‘magic ingredient that makes meat smell, brown, sizzle, and taste incredible…’
Meet the founders: Israel’s Fresh Start incubator on what makes a great pitch, red flags, and ‘coachable’ entrepreneurs
September 15, 2023
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.”
🎥 AgFunderNews round table: Foodtech investing in focus, from ‘tourist capital’ to a ‘return to fundamentals’
September 13, 2023
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?
Meati Foods lays off more staff: ‘We must be nimble and focus on near-term profitability’
September 13, 2023
Alt meat startup Meati Foods has embarked on its second round of layoffs in three months but says its confidence in its long-term prospects remains ‘unwavering.’
Data snapshot: 5 years of agrifoodtech investment in Latin America
September 13, 2023
eGrocery and Cloud Retail Infrastructure continue to lead Latin America agrifoodtech investment, despite the global macro-trends elsewhere.
Eat Just/GOOD Meat sued by 2nd engineering firm (CRB) for failing to pay its bills on time
September 8, 2023
Eat Just’s GOOD Meat cultivated meat division has been sued by a second engineering firm (CRB) over alleged non-payment of bills.
Eat Just’s GOOD Meat division hasn’t paid its bills, says bioreactor co; parties in arbitration
September 6, 2023
Eat Just’s GOOD Meat cultivated meat division has not paid its bills on time, according to court filings from bioreactor specialist ABEC, which is suing for breach of contract.
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