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3 Mins Read Harvest Road has invested a rumoured $5 million in return for a minority stake in ProForm Foods. The Agri-food enterprise has been increasing its portfolio of sustainable protein interests throughout 2021. Global demand for plant-based products inspired the investment into ProForm Foods. An Australian plant-based protein success story, ProForm Foods has been expanding over the […]
3 Mins Read Australian startup Provectus Algae has secured funding to commercialise its high-value marine ingredients. The pre-Series A round was led by Hitachi Ventures and Vectr Ventures. Supplementary support came from Possible Ventures, Acequia Capital, amongst others. Previous seed funding totalled $3.25 million, also led by Vectr. New funds will be used to complete a larger production […]
3 Mins Read Stuart Cook, former CEO of Australian Mexican fast food chain Zambrero, has launched a 100 percent plant-based venue. Flave will be the first of 1,000 planned locations to be opened over the next 10 years. Stuart Cook and his wife Samantha, who is part of the management team, converted to plant-based eating after a health […]
3 Mins Read Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt and/or vegan foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments in the alt-protein and food tech space we decided to create a weekly […]
3 Mins Read Australia’s Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) announced it has raised $20 million to support a move to domestic plant-based production for its low carbon oat milk. Funding was raised through share purchases, both institutional and individual, and will be used to construct a new manufacturing facility focussed on oat milk. Additional funds will be diverted to […]
4 Mins Read Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt and/or vegan foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments in the alt-protein and food tech space we decided to create a weekly […]
4 Mins Read Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt and/or vegan foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments in the alt-protein and food tech space we decided to create a weekly […]
4 Mins Read This week, in food tech news: TiNDLE partners with a football star, the Raging Pig Co. announces a spin on vegan bacon, and more.
4 Mins Read This week, Ashton Kutcher invests in 3D meat, Hormel Foods partners with The Better Meat Co. and Oatly’s new vegan ice cream.
4 Mins Read This week in food tech news, a new plant-based player raises Series A, MILKLAB launches oat milk, and a vegan tradeshow comes to the UK.
4 Mins Read Australian startup All G Foods just bagged $16 million in seed funding ahead of its vegan meat launch. Now, it’s developing animal-free dairy.
4 Mins Read Aussie food techs Vow and Nourish are teaming up to merge cell-based meat and precision fermentation fat—a new type of hybrid alt-protein.
5 Mins Read A new meat industry-funded survey claims that Australian consumers are being “duped” by plant-based meat products. How true is this?
3 Mins Read Australian mushroom meat startup Fable Food Co has announced an AU$6.5 million (US$4.8 million) seed funding round led by Australian VC Blackbird Ventures, who famously backed no-code design sensation Canva as well as alt protein pioneers Sunfed Meats (plant-based chicken) and Vow (cell-based exotic meats). The young company, which was founded in 2019, has ambitious […]
4 Mins Read Grill’d has added four new plant-based burgers to its menu, one of them the Heston Fable Burger made by celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal.
4 Mins Read Australian plant-based food tech v2food will now accelerate its global expansion, after closing AU$72 million (US$54 million) in a Series B Plus round. The round, led by European VC Astanor Ventures, attracted a number of Asian investors, as the company gears up to enter the lucrative mainland Chinese market. Sydney-based v2food has announced today (August […]
4 Mins Read UNESCO has decided to keep Australia’s Great Barrier Reef off the “in danger” list, despite environmentalists and scientists urging otherwise.
3 Mins Read Hello Fresh, one of the largest meal-kit brands in Australia has added carbon-neutral vegan ‘Veef’ mince from homegrown company Fenn Foods.
4 Mins Read Australian startup Harvest B has raised $4.5 million to scale its “smart ingredient system” for healthy vegan meat alternatives.
4 Mins Read Australian vegan protein startup Harvest B secured US$3.5 million, along with a US$1 million grant from the government.
5 Mins Read An Australian court stated that the government has a duty of care for young people and protect them from climate change.