Seed funding will enable the US- and India-based company to further develop its milk alternative made with mammalian cell cultured technology.
Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round, which will enable SCiFi to continue R&D on its blend of plant-based and cultivated beef burgers.
Impossible says its patent on a beef substitute containing synthesized heme – which gives the effect of blood – is being infringed by Motif.
Hemp hulls are normally discarded. But Brightseed says they contain compounds that could help treat metabolic diseases.
Startups developing biological crop inputs secured a total of $892 million in funding last year.
The biological inputs market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 11.9% over the next five years, compared to chemicals’ 3.7%, according to recent market research.
Cellular agriculture startups aim to solve agrifood’s biggest sustainability problems. But smallholders must be part of the solution, writes Saron Berhane.
It seems counterintuitive that shorter crops can result in enhanced yields; but they are more resistant to high winds and other extreme weather events, writes Bayer’s Richard Lawrence.
The Series B funds will be used to scale up the Irish company’s platform, which aims to unlock additional health benefits for food and beverage products.
The Australian startup inoculates crops with symbiotic microbial fungi that boost plants’ natural ability to sequester carbon in the soil they grow in.
It’ll use the Series A capital to hire talent and build an in-house facility to create larger quantities of its ingredients for food manufacturers.
It’s using soybeans to produce casein, the protein found in cows’ milk which gives cheese its characteristic “melt, stretch, and mouthfeel.”
The Ginkgo Bioworks spinout will use the proceeds from the BlackRock and Ontario Teachers’-led Series B round for R&D, commercialization, and hiring.
Quantum hardware’s depth of analysis would likely advance our understanding of the genetic code of plants – and humans – far beyond what we know today.
Fund VII takes Flagship’s total assets under management to $14.1 billion.
With origins in the beauty and wellness space, Geltor is entering the food and beverage industy with its first vegan collagen ingredient.
“We’re looking forward to combining [Ginkgo’s] genome editing and fermentation capabilities with our chemical technologies and industry insights in health and crop sciences,” said Sumitomo Chemical CTO Hiroshi Ueda.
AquaBounty has encountered a number of challenges in its mission to commercialize its GE salmon including a labeling disclosure controversy.
Biometric tech has become part of our everyday lives, whether we’re opening a bank account, crossing a border, or unlocking a phone – and it’s coming to our food, too.
The US Congress has issued a report on dangerous levels of heavy metals in baby food. But these substances can’t simply be regulated away, a molecular biologist writes.
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?