Guest article: How extreme weather is shaping the future of coffee
January 14, 2025
As shifting weather patterns continue to wreak havoc on the global coffee market, adaptation strategies will be essential.
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🎥Coffee with a kick… but no caffeine? Rarebird spills the beans on paraxanthine
May 10, 2024
A metabolite of caffeine, paraxanthine (Px) delivers what most people want from coffee, without the jitters, sleeplessness, and anxiety, claims Rarebird.
Futureproofing your Morning Joe? Atomo opens ‘beanless’ coffee roastery in Seattle
April 22, 2024
Atomo—a startup behind the ‘world’s first beanless espresso’—has opened a 33,547sq ft roastery in Seattle capable of producing four million pounds of ground ‘coffee’ a year from upcycled date pits.
Real coffee… without the beans? Pluri deploys plant cell culture to futureproof coffee supply chain
January 31, 2024
But does it make sense to grow a commodity ingredient such as coffee in a bioreactor, or does plant cell culture only make sense for ultra-high-value botanicals such as saffron?
Meet the founder: Rarebird’s Jeffrey Dietrich taps into PX to deliver coffee with a kick, minus the caffeine
October 27, 2023
While many coffee drinkers love the instant boost they get from caffeine, they don’t like the jitters that often come with it, says Rarebird founder Dr. Jeffrey Dietrich.
Amatera raises $1.6m to expand climate smart crop breeding platform, starting with coffee
October 26, 2023
French startup Amatera is developing a coffee variety with the resilience and yields of Robusta and the taste of Arabica.
Atomo Coffee introduces ‘world’s first beanless espresso,’ fields calls from leading coffee brands
October 11, 2023
While the world’s coffee giants know that by 2050, 50% less arable land may be suited to growing Arabica, most coffee drinkers are blissfully unaware that their cup of Morning Joe is under threat. So how is Atomo getting consumers excited about ‘beanless’ alternatives?
Meet the founder: STEM’s Tom Clark on futureproofing the Arabica supply chain, and making real coffee… without beans
June 30, 2023
Plant cell culture startup STEM is making real coffee, without beans. But is this a scalable approach to producing a commodity product?
Rarebird serves up coffee with a splash of mental wellness in new Kickstarter campaign
January 30, 2023
The Rarebird version of coffee could increase alertness in individuals without the anxiety often associated with caffeine.
Moooving on up and out: Plant-based staff dismissals, JBS’s first ESG chief, Starbucks’ new CEO, more people moves
October 7, 2022
Plus, Starbucks names a new CEO and a longtime veteran of consumer goods corporate Unilever calls it quits after 35 years.
Cargill joins list of agrifood corporate investors in food grading startup ProfilePrint
August 23, 2022
Cargill joins Sucafina, Olam International and other corporates investing in ProfilePrint’s AI-based tech platform that accelerates the food grading process.
Crop gene editor Tropic Biosciences banks $35m in fresh funding
July 6, 2022
The UK startup is applying gene-editing tech to develop high-performance varieties of three crucial commodity crops: banana, coffee, and rice.
BREAKING: AgFunder, S2G Ventures & Horizon Ventures invest $40m into ‘beanless’ coffee startup Atomo
June 28, 2022
The Seattle startup also launched its first beanless coffee products to consumers.
Cellular agriculture & emerging markets: Just because we can, does it mean we should?
December 6, 2021
Cellular agriculture startups aim to solve agrifood’s biggest sustainability problems. But smallholders must be part of the solution, writes Saron Berhane.
‘Wine-ification of coffee’ startup Demetria comes out of stealth with $3m seed funding
March 2, 2021
Demetria is replacing the antiquated coffee quality assessment process by using AI and near-infrared technology to scan beans before they’re brewed.
Kaffe Bueno brews up $1.3m funding to upcycle coffee grounds into functional ingredients
October 27, 2020
Less than 1% of coffee’s beneficial compounds are extracted when you make a cup of coffee, according to Denmark’s Kaffe Bueno.
Why we invested in Atomo!
September 17, 2020
Atomo! co-founder Jarret Stopforth happens to have a DIY food science lab in his garage. While some people build cars on their weekends, Jarret builds food.
Upcycled molecular coffee startup Atomo raises $9m seed funding from S2G, AgFunder
August 11, 2020
S2G Ventures and Horizons Ventures co-led the seed round, with AgFunder and Bessemer Venture Partners also participating.
Tropic Biosciences banks $28.5m in Temasek-led Series B for gene-editing, RNAi approach
June 3, 2020
Tropic plans to use the funding to commercialize its tech and to add rice to the roster of tropical crop cultivars it has in development.
Olam CFO explains how agribusiness is going digital to beat Covid-19
May 19, 2020
Olam set up a “war room” of top execs to tackle Covid-19’s immediate impact on its business. But it’s counting on digitization as a longer term fix.
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