Brief: ADM, Tyson back cultivated meat company Future Meat in record-breaking $347m round
December 20, 2021
It’s the largest single funding round yet for a cell-cultured meat startup, according to AgFunder data.
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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.
UPDATE: ‘Depressing’ report reveals meat & dairy company failings on methane, deforestation
December 1, 2021
The FAIRR Protein Producer Index has just been published for the fourth time; and many of the world’s major meat and dairy companies still have a lot to do.
Brief: JBS to acquire cultivated meat company in $100m investment
November 18, 2021
The world’s largest meat processor plans to acquire a majority stake in Spanish cultivated meat company BioTech Foods.
Chinese cellular pork producer Joes Future raises $11m Series A funding
October 22, 2021
It aims to “get cell-cultured meat onto the tables of Chinese consumers, providing them with healthier, safer, and lower-carbon meat products,” according to co-founder Ding Shijie.
Data Snapshot: Alt-protein, functional foods raise record $1.4bn in H1 2021
September 30, 2021
The category includes cell-cultured meat, plant-based analogs, fermented and fungi-based proteins, functional foods, and other novel ingredients.
Meat the future: Unpacking Australia’s protein potential
September 27, 2021
Protein has become a bit of a battleground in Australia of late; but the economics suggest there’s plenty of room for all players – traditional and alternative.
Brief: Eat Just nets $97m funding for cultivated meat unit, adds agrifood veterans to leadership
September 21, 2021
GOOD Meat, the cell-cultured meat business of US alt-protein startup Eat Just, has secured $97 million in funding as a continuation of the $170 million
Brief: Qatar plans $200m+ cell-cultured meat hub in partnership with Eat Just
August 31, 2021
Qatar and US-based Eat Just will build what they say is “the MENA region’s first-ever facility for cultivated meat” in the Middle Eastern country.
AgFunder raises $21m for New Carnivore alt-protein fund from ADM, Alexandria & others
August 26, 2021
New Carnivore has made seven deals to date, co-investing with leading VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and DCVC.
1 in 5 ‘eager to try’ cell-cultured protein – but most prefer animal meat ‘in the long run’
August 19, 2021
However, the survey’s choice of terminology may be problematic.
Cultivated crustacea pioneer Shiok Meats acquires Gaia Foods to expand into red meat
August 10, 2021
The deal “sets an example for a novel way of building and growing a company as part of the accelerating [alt-protein] industry,” said Shiok Meats CEO Sandhya Sriram.
Don’t blame business for cultivated meat’s cell line shortage. Public funding is the problem
July 23, 2021
Cell lines for cultivated meat R&D are proving hard to come by. But don’t point the finger of blame at startups, as a major UK newspaper appeared to do this week.
The answer to cell-cultured meat’s biggest conundrum? Fruit flies, says Future Fields
July 15, 2021
As is the case with a lot of great Canadian ideas, the founders of Future Fields came up with theirs while waiting in line at Tim Hortons.
Brief: Nestlé to enter cell-cultured meat market in partnership with Israeli startup
July 13, 2021
Nestlé is said to be planning a range of products which blend cultivated meat with plant-based protein.
Midweek Digest: Big-money B rounds for alt-protein as Aleph Farms nets $105m, Meati raises $50m
July 7, 2021
The Israeli company secured the mega-funding from L Catteron and agrifood corporates BRF, Cargill, CJ CheilJedang, and Thai Union.
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.
Is a whopping $161m Series B enough cash for Memphis Meats?
January 23, 2020
Japan’s SoftBank which co-led the round along with Palo Alto-based private equity firm Norwest and Singapore’s state-owned investment company Temasek.
2019 was a breakout year for alternative protein startups. What’s in store for 2020?
January 16, 2020
Alternative proteins had a big year in 2019. But are they alternative or additional to traditional protein sources, ask F&A Next partners ahead of the conference in May?
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