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26.08.2020	Shell is expanding its beverage range with mineral water from share	At nearly 1,200 Shell gas stations throughout Germany, customers can now make a contribution to social and sustainable consumption with their purchases.
18.08.2020	We are thrilled to announce the closing of Mushlabs $10M Series A funding	We live in highly unpredictable times with a very fragile food system. Mushlabs is bringing about a real change to food production and consumption, backed by science and technology. Mushlabs is very excited to begin our next chapter in stro...
10.07.2020	Our portfolio company Mitte offers a tap water testing service	Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to our health. To ensure that your tap water is free of pollutants, you can now order the easy-to-use test kit home. In cooperation with accredited laboratories, Mitte will then test your water on the mo...
05.07.2020	Podcast Partnership: Red to Green Solutions x AFL	We are excited to announce our partnership with Red to Green Solutions, Germany's first podcast about food innovations that are good for the planet and for us. Feel free to listen in on the episode about the future of dairy with Dr. Britta ...
26.06.2020	Our Managing Director Mario shared his thoughts with Gründerszene on the future of food startups in times of crisis	According to him, concepts such as alternative protein, regional supply chains, agri-tech, sustainability, and CO2 reduction have significantly gained in interest in 2020. Another topic he is eager to tackle with AFL is the rising obesity i...
15.04.2020	Traditional canteen meets remote work: heycater! has just launched their heykarantine!	After the recent start of the home office delivery service EAT, we are proud to introduce heycater!'s next taste revolution: heykarantine! - the first mobile canteen for companies in Berlin with teams in the home office! With heykarantine.d...
12.02.2020	Thrilled for our portfolio company Sanity Group as they announced €20.1M in new funding!	We are very excited to be partnering with such an amazing team on their journey to become the leading medical cannabis and wellness brand in Europe. The round was led by Calyx Capital Partners and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. Among the particip...
03.02.2020	Deutsche Bahn expands cooperation with share – buying mineral water on the train supports aid project and reduces plastics	Congratulations to share, who is now the exclusive water supplier of DB! From now on, Deutsche Bahn will be purchasing 2.3M share water bottles every year, thus building at least one drinking water fountain per month.
07.01.2020	We are delighted to be a member of the Principles for Responsible Investment	By this we commit to zero greenhouse gas emissions from our portfolio companies by 2050. The United Nations-backed PRI is a network of international investors working together to integrate ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors ...
07.01.2020	Legendairy Foods closes a $4.7M seed round, led by Agronomics and M Ventures	The team around Raffael Wohlgensinger and Britta Winterberg is taking clean dairy production to the next level by combining cutting edge technology with traditional European cheese manufacturing processes. The fresh capital will now be used...
06.12.2019	Meatable raises $10M to develop cultivated pork prototype	Congrats to Meatable raising a stellar $10M seed round! The new capital will help them to expand their scaling and cost reduction teams and to accelerate development of the pork prototype, that should be ready to launch by next summer. We a...
05.12.2019	Water tasting Berlin – register your interest	Beginning of next year, mitte® will hold a water tasting for all water lovers out there! The tasting will help you to find out what waters you really like and introduce you to the minerals and nutritional physiology of water. Moreover, you ...
22.11.2019	Top 40under40 – Entrepreneurs	Congratulations to the Top 40 under 40 entrepreneurs who got honered by the Capital Magazin as the most important talents that shape our country. We are particularly proud of the outstanding founders Erez Galonska from INFARM, Finn Age Häns...
19.11.2019	$8M funding for hundred (former Made For_)	We are thrilled to announce our participation in the $8M round of our portfolio company hundred, investing alongside Insight Partners among others. hundred (former Made For_ ) is a modern wellness company on a mission to democratize access ...
24.10.2019	Beginning the journey to sustainable packaging	Our portfolio company Wildcorn and Innovia Films have worked together to produce a fully recyclable and sustainable pack for their Wildcorn organic popcorn range. "As a consumer goods company, we are responsible to look at the complete...
12.09.2019	Anxious about the climate? Mushlabs thoughts on feeding people without putting more pressure on land	Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures. At the same time, keeping global warming to well below 2ºC can be achieved only by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors including la...
22.05.2019	Proud to share our latest investment into SanityGroup	Proud to share our latest investment into SanityGroup – helping people living a healthier life with medical cannabis. The company founded by Finn Age Hänsel and Fabian Friede will develop new cannabis-based pharmaceuticals & wellbeing p...
27.03.2019	HeyCater raised a seven-digit amount to promote further growth and expand into new regions	Great news for heycater! With the beginning of the year, HeyCater raised a seven-digit amount to promote further growth and expand into new regions. Investors are the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Hevella Capital and the Trivago founder...
27.03.2019	share will be the new water supplier for Eurowings with a yearly estimated purchase volume of 500,000 bottles	As a continuously growing airline, Eurowings constantly assumes responsibility for the society, the climate and environment. The switch to share water (instead of former Nestlé water) will be a significant part of the airline's sustainabili...
27.03.2019	Our portfolio company Keatz raises further €12M to further expand their “cloud kitchen” network	As the first investor, Atlantic Food Labs is part of Keatz already since 2016. We are more than happy to see the company growing! Next to AFL, backing this round are existing investors Project A Ventures, UStart, K Fund and JME Ventures, wh...
19.12.2018	Is the egg toast? With its price up and its image down, the industrial egg is starting to crack.	The chicken egg industry is in decline, such that The New Food Economy (NFE) has denounced, “The industrial egg is an unloved, $8-billion utility ingredient with a serious PR problem.” Credit goes in large part to animal welfare reform and ...
15.12.2018	Plant based protein market worth $10,892.3M by 2022	The global plant based protein market will grow at a CAGR of 6.7% from 2017 to 2022 to reach USD 10,892.3 million by 2022, according to the latest publication from Meticulous Research®.
10.12.2018	The tomorrow of growing and eating food	Daan Luining, CTO of Meatable, has been invited to speak at Slush 2018 in Helsinki. Daan talks about what cultured meat can mean for the climate and how the future development of the field might look like.
02.12.2018	The ultimate comparison of different water purification systems	Did you already know how mitte®'s purification system differentiates from other ones? Inspired by the natural water cycle, it works in two steps: First, it purifies water with a proprietary distillation-based method and an added layer of GA...
30.11.2018	Infarm expands its ‘in-store farming’ to Paris	INFARM just launched their operations in France! Once again, Infarm is partnering with Metro due to the installation of a 80 square meters vertical farm in the retailer's flagship store in Paris, leading to a production of approximately 4 t...
18.11.2018	Lisa Mosconi at Techfestival 2018: Brain food & the Alzheimer’s epidemic	In a time of an ageing population, the world will see the exponential spread of Alzheimer's and other dementia brain diseases. Adding to that, recent advancements in technology have allowed scientists to reveal that a typical Western diet m...
05.11.2018	Plant-based ‘dairy’ products aren’t new. Neither is the U.S. dairy industry’s hostility.	Plant-based milks are booming as consumers seek to eliminate dairy from their cereal bowls and coffee cups, mostly for health, welfare or environmental reasons. The demand for milks and cheeses from soy, almonds, coconuts, cashews and even ...
29.10.2018	Cannabis grown from yeast: Does the future of pot lie in a lab?	Two of marijuana's most sought-after compounds are THC, the compound in marijuana that gets you high, and CBD, another cannabis compound used for its medicinal effects, such as controlling pain or the seizures of epilepsy. Multiple companie...
23.10.2018	Share Launches 100% Recycled Plastic Mineral Water Bottle	We are incredibly proud of share, who is the first German manufacturer that introduced mineral water bottles made of 100% recycled plastic. The material does not differ in appearance from commercially available bottles and offers consumers ...
18.10.2018	We are happy to share our latest investment: Meatable	Recent technology advancements have enabled the unbundling of meat production from animals. The team behind Daan Luining and Krijn De Nood at Meatable solves crucial technological and ethical barriers on the way to produce lab-grown meat at...
18.10.2018	Gene Editing for a Sustainable Agriculture?	Silencing or editing genes with the CRISPR technology could improve the quality and availability of wide range food, from cabbage to chocolate. In contrast to the typical GMO technology, with CRISPR, scientists can tweak only the genes with...
29.08.2018	Nestle Wants to Tell You How to Live a Healthier Life	Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, has joined the trend for personalized nutrition with a blend of artificial intelligence, DNA testing and the modern obsession with Instagramming food.

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14.06.2024	European Climate FoodTech Raised Over $2Bn in 2023, Surpassing the US for First Time	The annual Food for Climate Report by FoodLabs and Dealroom.co has analysed over 1200 VC-backed, climate-focused food startups across 40 segments, determining the state of the sustainable food and ag-tech ecosystem in Europe. The results sh...
26.05.2023	Food for Climate Report: 2022 was the most active year ever for European Foodtech & Agritech startups	Today’s environment is affected by a number of impacts that we have to face including political and financial instability and climate change and its impact on sustainability, to name just a few. These impacts have a significant influence on...
13.07.2021	Turkey’s food surplus startup Fazla Gıda closes €2.5 million funding round	I don’t know about you, but as a child, if I didn’t finish my dinner plate, there was certainly no pudding on the menu for me. And while the same principle might not apply exactly here, Istanbul’s Fazla Gida (or Whole Surplus) is out to acc...
26.03.2021	Berlin-based on-demand delivery service Gorillas scores $290 million in series B round, becomes fastest European unicorn ever	Berlin-based ultra fast delivery service Gorillas has raised $290 million and become Europe’s fastest unicorn to date. The round was led by Coatue Management, DST Global and Tencent, with participation from Fifth Wall, Greenoaks and previou...
17.10.2020	TOP 10 FoodTech Startups of Europe	Founders: Greg Orlowski and William Shu
07.11.2019	The 10 most active investors in food tech in Europe in 2019	At a time when technology has touched almost everything in our day to day lives, the food industry is one that remains untapped in many markets. However, it has gradually picked up pace just like the other sectors. Several companies have fo...
18.06.2019	A Guide to Germany’s Agtech Ecosystem: Government Support Belies Limited Investor Pool	Europe’s share of global agri-foodtech venture capital is slim. But with growing pressure on food systems to produce more and more sustainably, Europe’s larger economies are ramping up efforts to cultivate a supportive startup scene. German...
-	Berlin’s culinary creator platform The Plate raises $1.3 million in pre-seed funding	Time for some real talk here folks: over the past 17 months, we’ve all learned a thing or two about cooking. And the creator economy. But now that the world is slowly emerging back to some sense of normal, does that mean that those skills a...
-	Turkey’s food surplus startup Fazla Gıda closes €2.5 million funding round	I don’t know about you, but as a child, if I didn’t finish my dinner plate, there was certainly no pudding on the menu for me. And while the same principle might not apply exactly here, Istanbul's Fazla Gida (or Whole Surplus) is out to acc...

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