Foodtech incubator and investor The Kitchen Hub is raising a $70m fund and launching The Kitchen Labs, an innovation center for startups.
French fermentation giant Lesaffre has acquired a 10% stake in Yeap, an Israeli startup developing proteins from upcycled yeast.
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Singapore-based Fattastic Technologies uses encapsulation to make designer fats that mimic the texture, mouthfeel and flavor of animal fat.
Alt protein startup ENOUGH has raised $43.6 m in a series C round led by World Fund CPT Capital to expand its mycoprotein business.
New Culture says it is on track to produce ‘animal-free’ mozzarella at cost parity with its conventional counterpart within three years.
While many alt meat startups are struggling to raise cash, plant-based seafood brand Konscious Foods has just raised a cool $26m.
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown faced a grilling from analysts after posting a grim set of second quarter results and a reduced forecast for the full year.
San Francisco-based plant-based chicken startup Nowadays has ceased operations due to an inability to raise ventures funds in this market,” AgFunderNews has learned.
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New York based LIVEKINDLY Collective (LKC) has expanded its plant-based portfolio with the acquisition of Glendale, California-based Alpha Foods.
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Impossible Foods has added Ginkgo Bioworks as a defendant in its patent infringement lawsuit against foodtech rival Motif Foodworks over meaty-tasting heme proteins.
Plantible Foods—a startup extracting a highly functional protein from the aquatic plant lemna—has opened a 140-acre lemna farm in Texas and launched its first product: a plant-based egg replacer it claims can “outperform eggs.”
Plant protein tech company Burcon NutraScience is still “actively seeking partnerships” to acquire the assets of distressed plant protein processor Merit Functional Foods, which went into receivership on March 1.
Cultivated meat startup Omeat has emerged from stealth armed with $40m to fund a novel approach to making meat from animal cells.
UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat will be the first to launch cultivated meat in the US after clearing the final hurdles required by regulators.
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.
