Tomorrow Farms lands $8.5m to develop next-gen pantry staples
May 6, 2022
The company is recreating classic refrigerator and pantry staples using novel ingredients and will launch its first product in Spring 2022.
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Data Snapshot: Alt-protein drove Innovative Food’s $4.8b in funding in 2021
April 27, 2022
Innovative Food was 2021’s most active agrifoodtech investment category, driven by mega-deals for the likes of Impossible Foods and Perfect Day.
Data Snapshot: Alt-protein is now in China’s 5-year plan. Here’s how much funding it raised in 2020
February 9, 2022
Cultivated meat and other “future foods” startups raised a total of $127 million in China during 2020.
Agtech CVC: ADM Ventures on the many ways corporations can invest in innovators
February 25, 2021
ADM Ventures’ Victoria de la Huerga talks with AFN working for a company that was acquired by ADM–then helping the corporation build its venture investing strategy.
Fermentation sees foodtech investors bubbling up in 2020
October 5, 2020
Microbes such as mycoprotein and microalgae can be used to produce biomass, improve plant-based products, and create paradigm-changing functional ingredients.
A mini guide to Latin American agrifoodtech in 2020
July 22, 2020
The year 2019 was a breakout year for Latin American agrifoodtech and 2020 is already shaping up to beat those records, in spite of the global pandemic. Here’s a look at the key categories pushing the industry forward.
Precision – the new era of protein
May 21, 2020
FoodShot Global explains the four pillars of its Precision Protein Innovation Map that will provide a roadmap for addressing the world’s protein needs. Applications and nominations are now open for this new FoodShot.
The top 20 innovative food deals of 2019
April 1, 2020
Alternative protein had a blockbuster year in 2019, doubling its 2018 funding dollars to $1 billion.
EXCLUSIVE: How Google got a taste for banana ketchup
March 12, 2020
Thought For Food (TFF) and Food Lab Accelerator at Google (FLAG) have unveiled a Brazilian banana peel-inspired winner of this year’s TFF x FLAG Circular Economy of Food Prize.
Best of 2019: AFN’s 10 best read
December 19, 2019
There was a clear winner when it comes to the most read about topic in 2019. Read on to find out.
What the fork? I tasted the menu of the future in Singapore
December 18, 2019
Agri-food tech events all too often fall victim to an extremely irritating shortcoming — the food served is bland and unimaginative. Thankfully, that stodgy fate did not await delegates at this year’s Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Week in Singapore.
Exploiting Intellectual Property rights in the UK’s food and drink sector
December 11, 2019
This article is intended to demystify IP in the food and drink industry and shed light on the full extent of the opportunities available to companies to protect and benefit from their IP, with a particular focus on the role patent protection can play.
Food & agtech investors are most excited about the future in Asia
November 19, 2019
With Idea2Scale, we conducted a survey of 50 global venture capital firms that invest in foodtech and agtech and asked them about the categories and geographies they were most excited about as well as the key challenges to investing in the sector.
DuPont introduces lactose-free enzyme ingredient to lower sugar content in dairy products
November 4, 2019
Consumers are keeping a careful eye on sugar intake and DuPont is hoping to help the dairy industry meet rising demand for low-sugar products.
What the Fork? A review of Good Day’s CBD cold brew & UbU’s hemp tonic
October 9, 2019
What’s this? A product review? On AFN? I know; we’re moving out of our comfort zone and spreading our wings – or rather our tastebuds – to sample the cutting edge of consumer food products with a new series.
Kuli Kuli launches moringa products into 2,500 Walmarts
September 19, 2019
Kuli Kuli is driving the moringa products market in the US with over 50% of a segment that’s now in 3% of US households.
5 Rice Tech startups in Asia you should know
August 21, 2019
From giving farmers access to their padi on their iPads, to taking the carb out of rice. Here’s five rice tech startups in Asia you need to know.
Rebranded Ginkgo-spinout & ingredients innovator Motif FoodWorks raises $27.5m, hones in on animal-free
August 15, 2019
Ginkgo Bioworks spin-off company has also added key hires including a head of regulatory compliance as the protein alternatives spaces begins to tackle new challenges.
Impossible Foods eyes Asia, Europe after $300m celebrity whopper
May 16, 2019
A glitzy red carpet’s worth of celebrity investors contributed to Impossible Foods’ latest round as well as Singapore state fund Temasek as the company plans to scale in a big way.
Clara Foods Raises Series B Inking Commercial Deal with Ingredion for Animal-Free Protein Ingredients
April 25, 2019
While the final size of the Series B has yet to be disclosed — there are still some more potential investors coming into the round, according to CEO Arturo Elizondo — sources close to the deal say it was raising $40 million.
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