The Week in Agrifoodtech: E-grocer BigBasket bags $131m, Choco lands $111m to fight food waste April 14, 2022 Choco became a unicorn with its latest fundraise, Leaft is making protein from leaves, and Alt Farm is 3D-printing waygu beef alternatives.
Vietnam’s biggest fish exporter launches venture unit, invests in cultured seafood startup Avant January 26, 2021 Vinh Hoan’s new Vinh Technology division will “access strategic opportunities in agritech, foodtech, and biotech” as well as alt-protein, it said.
Maw & more: Avant nets $3m funding to expand cultured seafood range December 11, 2020 Hong Kong’s Avant will expand its focus beyond traditional Chinese cuisine with new products tailored to Western markets.
Impossible Foods enters Asia’s supermarkets to take on Beyond Meat, regional upstarts October 27, 2020 The US company’s plant-based products had already made it onto restaurant menus in Asia, but now Hong Kongers and Singaporeans can cook them at home too.
Hong Kong ‘plant-based platform’ Green Monday raises $70m September 22, 2020 The round was led by The Rise Fund – a unit of US private equity giant TPG Capital – and Swire Pacific, an arm of Hong Kong trading house Swire.
Alibaba invests $6m in Hong Kong plant packaging startup Ecoinno May 8, 2020 Ecoinno wants to offer a ‘third way’ between traditional, petroleum-based plastics, and bioplastics produced from non-naturally occurring polymers.
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