Kinoko-Tech, an Israeli startup specializing in fungi-based fermentation, has struck a deal with Metaphor Foods, the innovation arm of Hela, to produce its minimally-processed fermented foods in APAC.
“The product is fantastic,” says Phil Graves, who took the helm in February. “But it was clear when I joined that the business needed to make some strategic shifts and needed to make them quickly.”
São Paulo-based startup Typcal is seeking to blaze a trail in the Latin American market with mycoprotein which it claims grows more rapidly, on a broader range of feedstocks, than competitive fungi strains.
The case mirrors a high-profile class action filed against Quorn Foods, which ultimately agreed to disclose that its fungi strain was a type of mold on product labels as part of a settlement.
The luxury EV convertible deploys MycoWorks’ biomaterials in the charging mats on the console, the door map pockets, and custom accessories.
The approval letter is the first to cover a meat-replacing mycoprotein strain outside of the Fusarium genus and the first to include an USDA evaluation of mycoprotein as a meat enhancer.
The judge handling a protracted IP dispute between fungi-fueled alt meat players Meati Foods and The Better Meat Co has thrown out Meati’s claims to BMC’s patents.
The startup has LOIs and offtake agreements from joint development agreement partners for 33 tons of dry mycoprotein per month (99 tons when hydrated), claims CEO Paul Shapiro.
While this is not the optimal time to raise capital, the fact that Enifer’s PEKILO strain has been grown at industrial scale before has de-risked the enterprise for investors, says its CEO.
“It’s difficult to find another company in the food space that has developed so fast in only two years,” says Nosh.bio cofounder Tim Fronzek.
Under new leadership, Meati Foods will “continue the work to right size the company’s workforce and accelerate the path to profitability” says the firm.
“My view of the market is that we had a bit of a hype cycle, but the underlying trends [driving alt protein] are there,” says ENOUGH CEO Jim Laird.
At a time when many alt protein companies are struggling to raise funds, Infinite Roots (formerly Mushlabs) has netted $58m from investors including German food retail giant (REWE) and the holding company behind Haribo (HRH).
A spinoff from VTT in Finland, Enifer is targeting human food, petfood, and aquaculture markets with its mycoprotein, produced from a fungal strain first commercialized in the 1970s.
A month into his new role as CEO at fungi-fueled startup MycoTechnology, Dr. Mike Leonard caught up with AgFunderNews to talk about his new role.
Alt meat startup Meati Foods has embarked on its second round of layoffs in three months but says its confidence in its long-term prospects remains ‘unwavering.’
Alt protein startup ENOUGH has raised $43.6 m in a series C round led by World Fund CPT Capital to expand its mycoprotein business.
An IT sales executive turned foodtech entrepreneur, MycoTechnology cofounder and CEO Alan Hahn got the call that dramatically his career trajectory just over a decade ago.
MyForest Foods—a New York-based startup making whole cuts of meat from mushroom mycelium—has raised $15 million in Series A-2 funding and hired Greg Shewchuk as its new CEO.
Chinova Bioworks, a Canadian startup producing natural preservatives and fining agents from upcycled mushroom stalks, is expanding its capacity four-fold this year to fuel international expansion and meet demand in fast-growing markets such as non-alcoholic beer.
