
Meet the Founder: (cultivated) tortoise vs. chicken with Vow’s George Peppou
Creating sustainable meat means developing more than just the same old chicken and beef analogues, says Vow’s CEO and cofounder.
Creating sustainable meat means developing more than just the same old chicken and beef analogues, says Vow’s CEO and cofounder.
The Kitchen expects “at least half” of new investments to result from venture studio activities rather than from direct investments into existing ventures.
Over 60% of the global population lives in Asia with just 20% of farmland, and a growing middle class demanding high-status animal protein. We need to create better alternative protein products for the Asian consumer, writes Sonalie Figueiras.
News roundups from 2022 shed light on the rise and fall of eGrocery, the downturn’s impact on agrifoodtech and what to watch for 2023.
Roughly 94% of agrifood corporates’ total emissions lie in their supply chain; 33% of those are linked to animal agriculture.
Israel’s overall culture shows how the country has built its agrifoodtech with collaboration, support and a sense of belonging you may not find elsewhere.
The letter grants GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status to Upside’s cultivated chicken product, paving the way for a market launch in the US.
USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack also announced new funds, partners and innovators for the AIM for Climate global initiative.
PeakBridge and others participated in the Series A round, which Vow says will enable it to bring its cultivated quail to Singapore soon.
Synonym connects precision fermentation startups with production infrastructure to help them unlock the promise of synthetic biology.
Innovative Food startups garnered $356 million in 2021; much of that went to Singapore alt-protein companies as well as those in China and India.
BioBetter says it can bring down the cost of growth factors from the normal range of $50,000 – $500,000 per gram to a mere one dollar per gram.
The Factory 1 cultivated meat facility will handle commercial production for Vow’s “extremely delicious” first product it aims to launch this year.
“We don’t have 15 years to figure this problem out,” the Nowadays co-founder and CEO says of animal agriculture’s role in the climate crisis.
The longtime entrepreneur describes the realities of founding a cultivated meat company, and offers insights for other founders and CEOs in the space.
The San Francisco startup says it has found a way to bring down the cost of cultivated meat manufacturing with biotechnology and machine learning.
Alt meat, seafood, dairy, and egg companies can use the reporting frameworks to standardize their ESG impact for investors and consumers.
Both plant-based and cultivated meats are marked as areas for R&D in China’s Five-Year Plan that sets economic goals for the country.
Eat Just secured world-first regulatory approval in Singapore for its GOOD Meat cultivated chicken back in December 2020.
Evolved Meats’ co-founders share how their startup makes whole-cut cultivated meat without scaffolding or binders.
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