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4 Mins Read Founded in 2020, Trellis Road is a micro venture capital fund focused on investing in the high-impact foodtech sector. The brain child of Anna Ottosson and Erik Byrenius, both previous founders who exited startups, the fund was born out of a desire to support early stage food tech startups that are looking to transform the […]
3 Mins Read The VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF has been unveiled. Launching on the New York Stock Exchange, it features a portfolio of 37 publicly-traded companies. Each is immersed in plant-based innovations including ingredient development and animal-free product design. Companies included in the ETF have been selected for their commitments to addressing issues such as the […]
4 Mins Read BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says the next big tech investments will be climate-focused in green hydrogen, agriculture, steel and green cement.
3 Mins Read Nordic FoodTech, the region’s first dedicated fund investing sustainable food startups, has closed its first fund with €42 million.
3 Mins Read Food tech investment in Europe is heating up, with two new funds dedicated to the sector launched by Eatable Adventures and Five Seasons VC.
4 Mins Read Hong Kong-headquartered investor and accelerator Brinc has just partnered with Halo Impact to launch a new Circular Economy Accelerator Program. Dedicated to tech-forward circular economy solutions across a number of industries, the new program will accelerate much-needed solutions for everything from renewables to sustainable packaging with startups receiving up to $100,000 in funding and access […]
3 Mins Read Lever VC’s alternative protein focused fund has raised $80 million in a round backed by global food conglomerates and big meat firms.
2 Mins Read Launched by Hong Kong-based Sonic Capital and Tavis Digital in Zurich, Sphere wants to support the emerging ecological blockchain sector.
4 Mins Read Swiss vegan meat startup Planted has secured CHF 19 million (approx. US$21 million) in a pre-Series B financing round. The company will use this capital to drive the growth of its existing plant-based meat portfolio and launch new products, including vegan schnitzel and whole cut meats, all created from plant proteins such as oats, peas, […]
4 Mins Read The healthy fast-casual restaurant chain Just Salad will use new capital to scale its reusable bowl program and double its restaurants.
3 Mins Read BMW invested in Natural Fiber Welding to scale its plastic-free and vegan leather and textiles for commercial roll-to-roll production.
4 Mins Read Plant-based and cell-based startups are looking to raise $130 million through the Vevolution platform to fuel their expansion plans.
3 Mins Read Following Kam Davis’s appearance on the Dragons’ Den, her vegan haircare brand Nylah’s Naturals received approx.US$68,000 funding.
3 Mins Read Agtech VC Omnivore is aiming to raise US$150 million to support tech innovations and solutions for Indian farmers.
3 Mins Read After recently closing its CHF 17 million (approx. US$18.1 million) Series A funding, in the latest announcement plant-based meat startup Planted has received an investment from food-tech investor Gullspång Re:food. Zürich-based Planted recently closed it Series A funding round with support from Blue Horizon Ventures and consumer-focused investment arm of German conglomerate Vorwerk Ventures. Family-owned Gullspång Invest […]
4 Mins Read Asia venture accelerator firm Brinc and European FoodTech venture fund, Blue Horizon Ventures will invest over US$3 million into global foodtech startups through Brinc’s new scaleup program, which aims to help growth-stage companies enter markets throughout Southeast Asia and Greater China, an investment remit that the two parties describe as the “largest cheque size for foodtech accelerator […]
4 Mins Read KBW Ventures, founded by Saudi royal and chief executive officer Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, made its first investment in French startup Furahaa Group, which focuses on addressing France’s market needs for plant-based foods and alternative meat. U.A.E-based KBW Ventures recently invested in a Paris-based company for the first time. Furahaa Group, founded by entrepreneur Arthur […]
5 Mins Read Razer, a billion-dollar global lifestyle brand for gamers, recently launched a new US$50 million Razer Green Fund and its very first green investment is in Bambooloo, a Singapore-based zero waste home goods brand focused on greening toilet paper. As part of its plan to support sustainable startups, Singaporean-American tech firm Razer has launched a green […]
3 Mins Read New York and Singapore-based accelerator and venture capital firm Big Idea Ventures (BIV) has raised US$50 million in its final close of its debut fund dedicated to alternative protein innovators. The New Protein Fund I, which was completed earlier in March, saw Japanese food giant Meiji join as a new investor alongside existing big-name backers […]
3 Mins Read Tech Startup EcoCart recently raised US$3M for its free-to-use browser extension that helps shoppers offset their carbon emissions at select merchant shops. San Francisco-based EcoCart can be downloaded for free on the Google browser Chrome and helps users calculates the carbon footprint of their orders. In its recent funding round, the company received support from […]
3 Mins Read Malmö-based venture capital firm Pale Blue Dot has raised €87 million (approx. US$104 million) after a final close of its debut fund dedicated to investing in climate tech startups. The impressive capital close comes just 18 months since the firm began fundraising, testament to the strong interest in sustainability and climate-focused investments in Europe and […]