Meet the Founder: (cultivated) tortoise vs. chicken with Vow’s George Peppou
January 20, 2023
Creating sustainable meat means developing more than just the same old chicken and beef analogues, says Vow’s CEO and cofounder.
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Israeli incubator The Kitchen plans to ‘intensify’ its venture studio model for foodtech startups in 2023
January 18, 2023
The Kitchen expects “at least half” of new investments to result from venture studio activities rather than from direct investments into existing ventures.
Asia is too often overlooked in the alt protein conversation. It’s time to change that
January 10, 2023
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.
The year in agrifoodtech: Observations from writing a year’s worth of news roundups
December 29, 2022
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.
FAIRR Q&A: Agrifood corporates must ‘play much stronger role’ in advancing alt-protein and tackling supply chain emissions
November 29, 2022
Roughly 94% of agrifood corporates’ total emissions lie in their supply chain; 33% of those are linked to animal agriculture.
A letter from Israel: Ecosystem-defining culture and the positive role of government
November 18, 2022
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.
Brief: Upside Foods gets world’s first FDA approval for cultivated meat in the US
November 16, 2022
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.
COP27: US Secretary of Ag Vilsack calls out carbon science, agtech VC investment as lacking
November 15, 2022
USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack also announced new funds, partners and innovators for the AIM for Climate global initiative.
Brief: Vow lands $49.2m ahead of its cultivated quail launch in Singapore restaurants
November 14, 2022
PeakBridge and others participated in the Series A round, which Vow says will enable it to bring its cultivated quail to Singapore soon.
Meet the Founder: How Synonym’s Joshua Lachter finds inspiration in ‘the power of biology’
November 11, 2022
Synonym connects precision fermentation startups with production infrastructure to help them unlock the promise of synthetic biology.
Data snapshot: Singapore alt-protein startups rule Innovative Foods in Asia-Pacific
November 9, 2022
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.
Foodtech in focus: BioBetter bets on tobacco to bring down cultivated meat costs
October 6, 2022
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.
Vow unveils southern hemisphere’s ‘largest’ cultivated meat facility, plans Singapore launch
October 4, 2022
The Factory 1 cultivated meat facility will handle commercial production for Vow’s “extremely delicious” first product it aims to launch this year.
Meet the Founder: Why Nowadays’ Max Elder picked healthy plant-based nuggets over cultivated meat
September 30, 2022
“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.
Meet the Founder: How SCiFi Foods’ Joshua March went from sci-fi novels to cultivated meat CEO
September 16, 2022
The longtime entrepreneur describes the realities of founding a cultivated meat company, and offers insights for other founders and CEOs in the space.
Brief: Prolific Machines raises $42m from Breakthrough, Mayfield to slash cultivated meat costs
September 14, 2022
The San Francisco startup says it has found a way to bring down the cost of cultivated meat manufacturing with biotechnology and machine learning.
BREAKING: FAIRR & Good Food Institute launch sustainability reporting frameworks for alternative protein
September 8, 2022
Alt meat, seafood, dairy, and egg companies can use the reporting frameworks to standardize their ESG impact for investors and consumers.
Brief: Eat Just lands $25m investment from Chinese PE firm to scale alt meats in China
August 17, 2022
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.
We taste-tested GOOD Meat’s cultivated chicken. Here’s our verdict
August 8, 2022
Eat Just secured world-first regulatory approval in Singapore for its GOOD Meat cultivated chicken back in December 2020.
Meet the Founders: How Evolved Meats’ novel cell-based meat bypasses need for scaffolding
July 1, 2022
Evolved Meats’ co-founders share how their startup makes whole-cut cultivated meat without scaffolding or binders.
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