Bpacks combines bark from timber production, used coffee grounds and other bio-based materials to create pellets that can be used by packaging manufacturers to create a variety of materials from produce packaging to meat trays.
DisSolves has developed clean-label edible films that dissolve rapidly in hot or cold water, milk, and juice, without leaving any residue.
Fund III will address “problems that transcend time and generation such as water scarcity, the food supply chain, sustainable manufacturing, mobility and energy, and under-represented healthcare.”
Areas of interest include sustainable packaging, fermentation, agriculture biologicals, crop disease resistance, soil health and regenerative agriculture.
Under a JDA, Mi Terro will develop edible dissolvable packaging materials, while Lipton will provide tea powders, facilities, and equipment for testing.
LanzaTech converts carbon emissions from industrial processes into high-value products via microbial fermentation, creating a more circular economy, says chief sustainability officer Freya Burton.
Mi Terro taps waste streams from potato peelings to brewers’ spent grains to create what it claims are cost-effective replacements for polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).
TerraSafe Materials, the first startup to secure funding from Big Idea Ventures’ Generation Food Rural Partners fund, will license IP from multiple universities to develop novel materials to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the environment.
Coca-Cola and eight bottling partners have closed a $137.7m VC fund focusing on sustainability investments that will be managed by Greycroft.
A 20,000-acre pilot project for regeneratively grown wheat as well as several other initiatives are in place to help King Arthur reach its goal.
The Australian company offers consumer and industrial versions of its compostable wrap that can replace petroleum-based plastic versions.
Bolt Threads leads the category, followed by several other startups developing biomaterials to replace animal- and petroleum-based fabrics.
Circular economy startups addressing food waste, plastic alternatives and upcycling in Europe’s agrifood sector raised just 2.6% of VC funding last year.
Benson Hill aims to scale its Ultra-High Protein soy by incorporating it into Kellogg’s MorningStar Farms alt-meat range.
More than half of survey respondents said grocery stores must improve their sustainability claims and avoid greenwashing.
