Funding News

French precision fermentation startup Standing Ovation has raised €30M ($34.2M) in Series B and non-dilutive funding to commercialise its cow-free casein protein, starting with the US. The French government and two of the country's…
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French dairy-free cheese startup Jay&Joy, which also owns Les Nouveaux Affineurs, has raised €2M ($2.3M) to expand its presence across the UK and Europe. From Camembert to Brie, cheese is one of France's most famed exports. One…
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Italian food tech startup Foreverland has bagged €6M ($7M) in funding to fuel the European expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate alternative, Choruba. At the start of the year, Foreverland announced product launches featuring its…
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Australian biomanufacturing specialist Cauldron Ferm has raised $13.25M in funding to expand its "hyper-fermentation" platform with retrofitted facilities and meet government and corporate demand. Scale and cost efficiency have always…
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Finnish startup Elea & Lili has emerged from stealth with a €2.5M ($2.9M) funding round to launch its cellulose alternative to fossil-based polymers for the hygiene and agriculture industries. Eco materials firm Elea & Lili has…
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Austrian startup Neoh, which has developed a sugar replacement solution with plant-based functional fibres, has bagged new funding from investors including Rewe Group. Could plant-based fibres be the solution to our sugar rush? …
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Swiss biomaterials firm Seprify has raised 12.25 million francs ($15.7M) to scale its cellulose-based alternatives to titanium dioxide for the food and cosmetics sectors. As the consumer goods industry reckons with the impact of…
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British sustainable packaging firm Shellworks has raised $15M in Series A funding for its plastic-free Vivomer material, which is produced via the microbial fermentation of waste. London-based Shellworks is eyeing an expansion of its…
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Brazilian food tech startup Cellva Ingredients has raised R$20M ($3.8M) in pre-Series A funding to scale up its chocolate alternative made from coffee husks. Cellva Ingredients, a startup producing cocoa-free chocolate from coffee…
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Dutch food tech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has raised €12.25M ($14.2M) in its latest investment round, following a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign for its animal-free casein. It took just 10 days for Those Vegan Cowboys to…
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Australian precision fermentation startup All G has received an A$1.1M ($775,000) grant from the New South Wales government to expand production of its human beta-casein protein. Amid calls for greater public investment in the…
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Belgian agtech firm Rainbow Crops has been awarded a $7M grant from the Gates Foundation to advance its AI-driven tech to create crops that are climate-resistant and high-yielding. Bill Gates may have ruffled some feathers with his…
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US plant-based protein bar maker Mezcla has closed a $9.5M Series B funding round to develop new products and expand its distribution. Protein's hold on the food industry shows no signs of stopping, and investors are taking note. New…
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French agtech startup Amatera has closed a €6M ($7M) seed funding round to expand its AI-powered plant cell biology platform for climate-resilient crops, starting with coffee and wine grapes. Two of the world's favourite beverages are…
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Californian seaweed tech startup Aqua Theon has secured $13M in a seed funding round, $5M of which is earmarked for the expansion of its OoMee line of functional marine beverages. Would you drink seaweed? One Japanese company is betting…
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Chinese biotech startup Guoke Xinglian has secured ¥100M ($14.6M) in Series A+ funding to scale up its precision-fermented human milk proteins, starting with lactoferrin. Beijing Guoke Xinglian Technology Co, a company working on…
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Superbrewed Food has begun commercial production of its fermented postbiotic protein at a facility owned by Döhler, whose venture arm has made a fresh investment in the startup. German manufacturing giant Döhler Group has made a…
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New Zealand cellular horticulture startup Forever Harvest has bagged NZ$1.2M ($715,000) in pre-seed funding to speed up the development of its lab-grown fruit and nut ingredients. By 2080, nearly two-thirds of the banana-growing areas…
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French precision fermentation startup Verley has raised €32M ($37.6M) in Series A funding to scale up and commercialise its cow-free, functional whey proteins in the US this year. Months after receiving approval from the US Food and…
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Copenhagen-based Reduced, which upcycles food processing waste into savoury flavour enhancers, has raised €4M ($4.7M) to expand production to industrial levels. Danish startup Reduced has closed a Series A funding round to bring its…
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Belgian food tech startup Koppie has secured additional funding and completed an industrial-scale production run of its beanless coffee products, ahead of a planned launch later this year. Would you drink "hybrid coffee"? This is a…
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