Tag: sustainable protein

Future Food-Tech San Francisco

March 11, 2021

Moonshot Solutions for a Food System Under Stress Our food system is undergoing a revolution. Covid-19 and the threat of climate change are driving

Future Food-Tech London

October 22, 2020

The Future Food-Tech Summit returns to London and brings together over 500 leaders, senior executives, pioneering innovators and VCs from around the globe. The

Portugal’s Oceano Fresco closes €2.7M Series A to feed Europe native, farmed clams

November 11, 2019

The round, led by Lisbon-based venture capital firm BlueCrow Capital, will be used to develop an off-shore farm to meet local clam demand in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.

Invest with us in the Protein Revolution!

October 22, 2019

AgFunder has just opened the New Carnivore Fund to investors. The $20M fund will invest in alternative protein startups including plant-based alternatives, cellular agriculture, and the picks-and-shovels that will enable the industry.

Foodvalley Summit The Protein Plan(et) Wageningen The Netherlands

October 17, 2019

A global “return” to balance in protein consumption; less animal and more vegetable. During the third international edition of the Foodvalley Summit: The Protein Plan(et)

Foodvalley Summit The Protein Plan(et) Wageningen The Netherlands

October 17, 2019

A global “return” to balance in protein consumption; less animal and more vegetable. During the third international edition of the Foodvalley Summit: The Protein Plan(et)

Foodvalley Summit The Protein Plan(et) Wageningen The Netherlands

October 17, 2019

A global “return” to balance in protein consumption; less animal and more vegetable. During the third international edition of the Foodvalley Summit: The Protein Plan(et)

Foodvalley Tours 16 October 2019 Wageningen The Netherlands

October 16, 2019

Prior to the Foodvalley Summit, Foodvalley organizes thematic business experience tours on Wednesday the 16th of October. The Foodvalley Tours are a full day of

UPDATE: Future Meat Technologies raises $14m Series A as Memphis Meats eyes jumbo Series B

October 10, 2019

This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A.

One small steak for man, one giant leap for space-grown meat!

October 7, 2019

Aleph Farms — a startup designing bio-reactor grown and 3D-printable beef steaks — has been busily turning the International Space Station into, well, an International ‘Space Steak’ Station.

Fitch says more Chinese are nihao-ing fake meat

October 3, 2019

China is hungry for fake meat. But it turns out – it always has been. Find out what’s causing the world’s largest pork consumers to drop steak for tofu.

From biz dev at Grubhub to Kraft Heinz’s VC arm, Steve Sanger is still selling hard

September 30, 2019

Evolv Ventures launched late last year as the venture arm of ketchup and mac-and-cheese behemoth Kraft Heinz with $100 million to invest in startups. We caught up with Steve Sanger, a partner at Evolv, to find out more about the fund’s strategy and his personal shift from startup to investor

Why technology could make animals obsolete

September 21, 2019

Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors. Cars replaced horses, petroleum replaced whales, tractors replaced oxen, telecommunications replaced carrier pigeons. Food may be next.

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.

Impossible Foods makes retail debut as Tim Hortons pulls Beyond Meat

September 18, 2019

The plant-based meat maker is launching at 27 Gelson’s locations in Southern California while Tim Hortons is backpedaling its Beyond Meat offerings.

Can alternative protein startups justify their climbing valuations?

September 11, 2019

It’s hard to miss the investor enthusiasm for alternative protein startups but valuations are creeping up as I heard at the Good Food Conference last week.

BRIEF: Kraft Heinz’s VC invests in New Culture $3.5m seed round for cell-grown cheese

September 10, 2019

New Culture is making dairy cheese without animals instead using fermentation, the addition plant-based fats, sugars and traditional cheesemaking process.

Cricket roaster Ento to take on Beyond Meat after seed round

September 8, 2019

Watch out, Beyond Meat. Edible cricket farmer and roaster, ENTO, is coming for you with a bug-based burger patty. And it’s probably healthier.

GFI India: Demand for “prestige foods” will drive alt meat industry in emerging markets

September 6, 2019

Asia and Africa are home to 80% of the world’s population and with rising incomes, they are craving and demanding more animal-sourced foods, GFI India’s head Varun Deshpande told AFN on the sidelines of the Good Food Conference in San Francisco today.