Nature’s night lights: Light Bio’s bioluminescent plants show ‘magic’ of biotech, says CEO February 1, 2024 50,000 petunia plants that glow in the dark are being made available direct to consumers in the US via Light Bio’s website at $29/plant.
Elo Life Systems raises $20.5m in series A2, aims to launch natural sweetener in 2026: ‘Everyone is trying to reduce sugar’ January 24, 2024 The capital injection will also help advance work to develop Cavendish bananas engineered to resist the devastating fungal disease Fusarium wilt.
Meet the founder: ZBiotics’ Zack Abbott on designer probiotics, being ‘proudly GMO’ and why making the protein factory, not the protein, is a no brainer October 6, 2023 Spoiler alert: Hangover ‘cures’ don’t work, says Dr. Zack Abbott. If you overindulged last night, Gatorade won’t stop you feeling like death this morning. But a shot of ZBiotics just might…
Clearing the air: Neoplants disrupts air purification market with bioengineered houseplants August 8, 2023 French biotech startup Neoplants has come up with a novel approach to tackle a class of indoor air pollutants called volatile organic compounds.
Brief: Antioxidant-packed GM purple tomatoes clear final regulatory hurdle to enter US market July 10, 2023 Norfolk Plant Sciences has completed a pre-market consultation process with the FDA for its antioxidant-packed GM purple tomatoes.
Sponsored BREAKING: Apps are open for 2024 GLOCAL Game Changers Latin America agrifoodtech accelerator!
Data snapshot: From ‘lightning in a box’ to microbial carbon capture, agrifoodtech investment moves upstream in Australia as investors focus on climate mitigation
🎥 Germin8 Ventures on a ‘bruising’ year in venture capital, and new opportunities in ‘frontier science and computation’
New AgFunder, ISF report highlights gaps and opportunities to invest in climate adaptation for smallholder farmers