Tag: UK

Happy McVeganuary: McDonald’s to offer first fully vegan meal in UK in Q1 2020

December 11, 2019

In the UK, the practice of Veganuary — being vegan for the month of January — is starting to catch the attention of the fast-food giants.

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.

Bayer CropScience COO: acquisition is exception to rule in startup interactions

November 14, 2019

We caught up with Brett Begemann in London recently to talk glyphosate, Bayer's venture activities, digital ag, gene editing and smallholder farmers.

EXCLUSIVE: Let there be Lemna! UK’s DryGro secures £1.4m Series A to build out duckweed production

November 7, 2019

A European family office led the round, which requested anonymity, with investment advisors Fonte Capital and EthicalFin both helping to bring in the latest tranche.

Is climate modeling-as-a-service the next frontier of risk management? UK startup Cervest says yes.

November 6, 2019

The UK startup just raised a £3.7 million ($4.77m) venture round for its climate modeling service aimed at decision-makers in business and government.

BRIEF: Commercial kitchen food waste startup Winnow raises $12m Series B

October 17, 2019

The UK startup has developed a smart kitchen tool that helps restaurants account for their food waste to see where they can improve.

Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo

October 17, 2019

Trigo’s technology uses computer vision and AI to see what shoppers put in their carts, charging their accounts when they walk out the door. Tesco invested just after its Series A round.

CORRECTION: Hummingbird Tech closes Series B on $10m with BASF, Telus joining SALIC-led round

October 15, 2019

UK startup Hummingbird Technologies tells us it plans to expand into North America with its fresh injection of funds from BASF VC and TELUS Ventures.

UK wants agriculture to be carbon neutral by 2040. But £20m here and there won’t do the trick

October 14, 2019

Prodded by rising public concerns about climate change, the UK government wants its agricultural sector to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. This is a bold target and there isn't enough heft in the right places, British investors have warned AFN.

Roboscientific triumphs at Tesco Agri-T Jam

October 14, 2019

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the Tesco's Finest of them all? Ten agri-tech start-ups have been flinging 7-minute pitches at UK supermarket giant Tesco and its supply chain partners for most of Monday.

Farewell foot and mouth? UK’s Pirbright grants license for ‘Holy Grail’ vaccine

September 22, 2019

Britain’s leading vaccinology center, the Pirbright Institute, is on the global front lines of preventing the spread of all manner of livestock diseases including FMDV and African swine flu.

A startup cheat-sheet for London’s Future Food-Tech summit next month

September 18, 2019

Beware, food tech dilettantes: Do not go charging headlong into London’s Future Food Tech event this October without a good game plan.

The Modern Acre podcast: leveraging tech to disrupt outdated processes with ImpactVision

September 17, 2019

ImpactVision uses machine learning and hyperspectral imaging to detect the quality and composition of food products to a degree that has not been possible before.

UK’s Cannaray raises £7.8m Series A in major European CBD gambit

September 9, 2019

Cannaray plans to hit the European market with medical marijuana and CBD products in the next few months with various “novel formulations” such as CBD-infused pet food.

KisanHub Nets £3.4m Series A For UK, India Expansion

July 25, 2019

KisanHub specializes in squeezing out actionable insights from raw, complex and unwieldy food supply chain data sets

FAIRR: Companies Have a Long Way to go to Meet Alternative Protein Demand

July 24, 2019

Major multinational food companies aren’t being proactive enough in offering more alternative protein options, according to investor network FAIRR, but plenty of challenges still lie ahead in alternative protein’s mission to disrupt meat.

Are Food Delivery Apps the Death Knell of Home Cooking? Gousto Says No with Extra £30m Funding

July 18, 2019

Gousto is a bet on people still finding enough joy and value in cooking their own meals at home — even those in big cities starved for time or charged a king’s ransom for every inch of rental space, writes Richard Martyn-Hemphill.

A $500m Question: What’s William the Conqueror’s Cousin Got to do with FoodTech?

July 18, 2019

A household name in the UK, the Grosvenor family can trace its ancestry back to William the Conqueror’s cousin and today Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, is godfather to Prince George. No big deal then. But what's the link to foodtech?

Intelligent Growth Solutions Raises £5.4m Series A with S2G, AgFunder, SIB for Breakthrough Vertical Farm Tech

June 18, 2019

We’re excited to announce that Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), a Scottish vertical farming tech provider, has raised £5.4 million in Series A funding. The round was led by leading agri-foodtech investor S2G Ventures as well as AgFunder and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB).