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| Oct 7, 2026 | France’s Edonia Nets $16.8M to Ramp Up Production of Ground Spirulina Protein | 4 Mins Read French food tech startup Edonia has raised €15M ($16.8M) to open an industrial facility for its minimally processed spirulina protein mince, after securing €30M in pre-orders.
Paris-based microalgae innovator Edonia has closed a... |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Time-Travelling Milkman Becomes TTM Ingredients as It Targets New Product Categories | Dutch ingredients company Time-Travelling Milkman has rebranded to TTM Ingredients, retiring the branding it has used since its 2020 founding. The company has launched a redesigned website and reframed its positioning around a wider set of ... |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Neborak масштабирует аквафермы австралийских раков через франшизу с инвестициями от 2 млн грн | В Винницкой области ветеранский проект Neborak по выращиванию австралийских голубых раков переходит к масштабированию через франчайзинговую модель, ориентированную на ветеранов, с базовыми инвестициями от 2 млн грн на одну ферму. Инициаторо... |
| Mar 9, 2026 | California Cultured bets on $3k reusable plastic bioreactors to transform economics of cultured cocoa | California Cultured—a startup growing flavanol-rich cocoa via plant cell culture—has completed its first successful production run in a re-usable 2,000-L custom-built plastic bioreactor that it claims could transform the economics of the ap... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | AgriPass: $7.5 Million Seed Round Raised For AI-Powered Robotic Weed Control Platform | AgriPass, an AI and robotics company focused on adaptive agricultural field operations, announced that it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to accelerate the commercial-scale-up of its RHIC robotic weed-control platform across the Uni... |
| Feb 24, 2026 | European Carbon Farming Summit 2026 — From Pilots to Implementation | Europe’s carbon farming transition moves to implementation: High-level leaders gather in Padua for the 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit PADUA, ITALY, February 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- From 17–19 March 2026, Padua will host the 3rd E... |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Straight2Market: Your route from foodtech pilot to European retail shelf | European food retail is undergoing a structural reset — and it’s creating real pull for startups. AI is moving from experimentation to infrastructure, reshaping everything from demand forecasting and inventory optimisation to personalised o... |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Empowering Women in Agrifood 2025: Interview with Nina Bazela founder of Antyszpak | Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food.
On 25 November, the Demo Day of the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme took place in the PKO Rotunda in Warsaw, an initiative tha... |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Empowering Women in Agrifood 2025: Interview with Nadica Desanova Co-founder of MIMIC TECH | Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food.
On 20 November 2025 concluded the six-month Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme concluded with Demo Day in North Macedonia. The ev... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | How Alternative Protein Startups Can Access Funding and Strategic Support | The plant-based and alternative protein sector continues to offer immense opportunity, but turning a promising innovation into a scalable business takes more than passion and a great product. Access to funding, mentorship, and strategic net... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Empowering Women in Agrifood 2025: Interview with Anabel Millán Leiva, Co-founder of Cucare Diagnostics | Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration and with financial support from EIT Food.
On 11 November, the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) 2025 Demo Day programme took place in Seville, an initiative that supports women entrepre... |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Ready to expand? Join EIT Food’s Sales Booster and enter new European markets | The European agrifood entrepreneurial ecosystem is rapidly expanding: innovative agrifood startups are becoming increasingly numerous, particularly in sectors such as agtech, functional foods, biotech, and alternative proteins.
The European... |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Supporting agrifood innovation: How Sales Booster guides startups into new EU markets | Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food.
From smarter farming tools to next-generation food products, agrifood innovation is accelerating across Europe, and startups are playing a ... |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Lessons learned from 5 years of food tech investing | Listen to the article 7 min
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Yoni Glickman is managing partner of FoodSparks, an agri-food seed-stage fund at venture capital firm PeakBridge. Opinions are the author’s o... |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Empowering women to shape the future of food: inside EIT Food’s EWA programme | Women across Europe are building innovative solutions in agrifood — yet many still lack access to the support, visibility and networks needed to scale. The EWA — Empowering Women in Agrifood program from EIT Food was designed to change that... |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Opinion: COP30 Will Be the Opportunity of A Lifetime To Improve Our Food Systems | 6 Mins Read Aline Baroni, country director of ProVeg Brasil, makes a case for why COP30 could bring about a pivotal shift in the fight for a better agrifood system.
Brazil’s ecosystems are a kaleidoscope of life.
According to UNEP, the coun... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Zurich-based Trilliome awarded €50’000 |
Established in 2023 by Patrick Guye (Co-Founder & CEO) and Tim Mak (Co-Founder & CBO), Trilliome is developing a proprietary AI and human gut model platform capable of identifying molecular combinations that reprogram the microbiom... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | EU Project Sustain-a-bite Launches Campaign Encouraging Consumers to Choose Plant-Based Foods | EU-funded project Sustain-a-bite has launched its first consumer campaign, Behind Every Bite, across Europe. The campaign aims to communicate that sustainable, plant-based foods can be healthy, affordable, and delicious.
Behind Every Bite w... |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Report: 35% of European Consumers Are Open to Consuming Cultivated Meat | A new report by EIT Food’s Consumer Observatory has assessed the attitudes of European consumers to food products made using biotechnology.
The results indicate that 35% of people are open to consuming cultivated meat, while almost 43% are ... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | StartLife Surpasses €10M in Pre-Seed Funding for Dutch Startups, Announces Partnership With EIT Food | At its 15th anniversary event in Ede on October 15, Wageningen-based agrifood accelerator StartLife made two major announcements. Firstly, the program has surpassed €10 million in pre-seed funding for Dutch agrifood startups; secondly, it h... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | EIT Food Awards €600,000 to 18 AgriFoodTech Startups at Next Bite 2025 | EIT Food has announced the winners of its 2025 Tech Validation Funding, providing a total of €600,000 to 18 innovative AgriFoodTech startups across Europe. The funding, awarded at the Next Bite 2025 event in Brussels, is designed to acceler... |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Celleste Bio Develops First Chocolate-Grade Cocoa Butter with Plant Cell Technology | Celleste Bio, a cocoa technology company, has announced the successful production of the first chocolate-grade cocoa butter made through plant cell culture technology, supporting its effort to build a more resilient and sustainable cocoa su... |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Perfat Technologies Fuels Fat Revolution with €2.5M for Healthy Oleogel Innovation | Perfat Technologies, a Finnish food deep-tech pioneer, has secured €2.5 million in Series A funding. The company leverages proprietary oleogel technology to create healthy, functional fat alternatives. Their fiber-reinforced gelled vegetabl... |
| Oct 3, 2025 | EIT governing board approves €978M for European innovation and skills | The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announced that its Governing Board has approved €978 million for 2026–2028 to strengthen innovation, entrepreneurship, and skills development across Europe.
The EIT’s largest funding... |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Free Nine-Week Course on Alternative Proteins Now Accepting Applications | The Alternative Proteins Fundamentals Programme (APFP), a nine-week educational course focused on the alternative protein sector, is now accepting applications. This program, run by The Protein Diversification Academy, is offered free of ch... |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Perfat Technologies Raises €2.5M to Replace Saturated Fats With Healthy & Functional Alternatives | Perfat Technologies, a Finnish food deep-tech company developing healthy and functional fat alternatives, has secured €2.5 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Newtree Impact and Beyond Impact, with continued participation f... |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly BaristaMatic, Frozen Tofu & Evolving Vegan | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly’s new barista milk, Mena Massoud’s Evolving Vegan series, and Meatable’s leadership change. New products an... |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Consortium to Launch “World’s First” Cultivated Meat Farm in the Netherlands, Helping Farmers Diversify Their Businesses | A new international consortium has announced a pioneering project that aims to establish what is claimed to be the world’s first cultivated meat farm in the Netherlands.
The CRAFT Consortium comprises RespectFarms, Wageningen University &am... |
| Sep 3, 2025 | New €2.2M European Project Aims to Accelerate Adoption & Consumption of Plant-Based Foods | A new European project called ISAAP (Innovative Strategies to Accelerate Adoption and Consumption of Plant-Based Food) has been launched with the support of the food innovation network EIT Food.
The €2.2 million project brings together a co... |
| Aug 18, 2025 | EIT Food Challenge Labs 2025 invites to create innovations from pea processing | From September 4 to 6, during the Riga Food
exhibition at Ķīpsala, Riga, the EIT Food Challenge Labs 2025 – Beyond the Pea – will take place.
A three-day creative innovation sprint where, using a design thinking approach, participants will ... |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Study: What Factors Influence Consumer Acceptance of Cultivated Meat in Italy? | A new study published in the journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management has examined the factors influencing consumer acceptance of cultivated meat in Italy.
As part of the empirical research, 18 in-depth interview... |
| Jul 30, 2025 | New Studies Say Alt Protein Manufacturers Must Consider “Cultural Landscape of Meat” to Find Success in Europe | Two new studies conducted by the EIT Food Consumer Observatory have highlighted the actions the food industry must take to achieve widespread adoption of cultivated meat and other alternative proteins in Europe.
The studies are called Reima... |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Biotech Breakthrough: Proteine Resources Revolutionizes Sustainable Pet Nutrition with Insect Protein | Proteine Resources, a Polish biotech innovator, secured €9.5 million from the EIC Accelerator. This funding propels their mission. They convert vast mushroom waste into premium, insect-derived proteins. These serve as highly functional, sus... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Polish startup Proteine Resources raises €9.5 million to build autonomous insect protein factory and launch beef alternative for pets | Masłomiąca-based Proteine Resources, a BioTech startup developing next-generation functional proteins from insects, has secured €9.5 million in blended financing from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator.
Selected from thousand... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Proteine Resources secures €9.5M from EIC Accelerator to scale insect-derived functional proteins | Biotech startup Proteine Resources, developing next-generation functional proteins from insects, has secured €9.5 million in blended financing from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator.
Proteine aims to create functional, high-... |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Join Over 1,000 Industry Professionals at Amsterdam’s 2025 Future of Protein Production Conference | The Future of Protein Production conference is scheduled to take place in Amsterdam on October 29-30, 2025, and is expected to attract around 1,000 attendees, including industry leaders, investors, and startups. The event will feature more ... |
| Jun 3, 2025 | “World’s Largest” Farmer-Led Study Validates Plant-Based Regenerative Farming’s Potential | A major pan-European study led by the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) has found that regenerative farming systems, many of which are entirely plant-based, can produce similar or better yields than conventional agricult... |
| May 21, 2025 | Bridging the Gap: The Future of Food Innovation and Drug Pricing in America | In the heart of America, two critical sectors are at a crossroads: food innovation and pharmaceutical pricing. Both face challenges that could reshape their futures. The agrifood sector is grappling with a skills gap, while the pharmaceutic... |
| May 17, 2025 | The Future of Food: Innovation and Growth in Agrifoodtech | The food industry is undergoing a seismic shift. It’s not just about what’s on our plates anymore; it’s about how it gets there. Two recent reports shine a light on this transformation: Raisio plc’s financial performance and the EIT Food Ac... |
| May 16, 2025 | Op Ed: Mario Roccaro & Maarten vander Kamp – How AI Can Power the Next Generation of Food Innovators | Dr. Maarten van der Kamp is the Director of Education at EIT Food and the President of Ecotrophelia Europe, with a strong focus on fostering innovation and sustainability in the agrifood sector. His expertise lies in developing entrepreneur... |
| May 16, 2025 | EIT Food Accelerator Network Reveals Cohort of 65 Innovative Agrifoodtech Startups | EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN) has revealed the 65 agrifoodtech startups chosen for its 2025 cohort.
Hundreds of companies from across Europe and Horizon Europe-associated countries applied for the programme, which aims to connect i... |
| May 2, 2025 | Extra boost for water, food and construction solutions |
Thirty-six outstanding startups and scale-ups have been selected to present their solutions at Tech Tour Water Tech 2025 in Copenhagen on June 11–12, including three startups from Switzerland. The selected companies are at the forefront of... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | French Mycelium Startup MYCFOODS Launches First Fundraising Round | MYCFOODS, a French startup specializing in mycelium-based foods, has launched its first fundraising round to support the industrial scaling of its innovative food products. The brand, under the company Mycelium Technologies, has a goal of r... |
| Apr 15, 2025 | PeakBridge FoodSparks closes four seed investments, from botanicals for gut health to functional mushroom extracts | Foodtech VC firm PeakBridge has announced four new seed-stage investments through its FoodSparks fund: plant-based ice cream maker GanEden; functional mushroom extract co KÄÄPÄ Biotech; culinary digitization platform SOUS; and gut-friendly ... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | EIT Food Initiative Announces €875,000 in Funding for Startups Including Hooked & BettaF!sh | EIT Food, a food innovation community supported by the EU’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), has announced the winners of its Fast Track to Market Initiative.
A total of €874,503 will be awarded to four mature agrifood... |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Al via la quarta edizione di EWA - Empowering Women in Agrifood | EWA 2025 new
EIT Food apre la call per le imprenditrici nel settore agroalimentare in Italia
Con la quarta edizione di EWA, mettiamo al centro le donne che stanno guidando la rigenerazione del settore agroalimentare, portando innovazione, s... |
| Mar 24, 2025 | Hooked Foods CEO: Underwhelming Sales of Plant-Based Leaders Has ‘Scared Investors’ | 4 Mins Read Tom Johansson, co-founder and CEO of Swedish vegan meat maker Hooked Foods, says3 underperforming big players have “scared” investors interested in the plant-based sector.
The slow sales progress of leading plant-based companies... |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Chia Seed Milk, Healthy Ham & Vegan Calcium | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Benexia’s new chia seed milk, Violife’s campaign with Chrishell Stause, and Holy Carrot’s upcoming restaurant in ... |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Mars Petcare, EIT Food announce winners of innovation challenge | BRUSSELS and LEUVEN, BELGIUM — Mars Petcare and EIT Food have announced the winners of the Fiber Valorisation for Pet Food Challenge, an open innovation challenge designed to identify innovative solutions to transform agricultural processin... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Bridging the Divide: The Case for a Unified European Stock Market | The European financial landscape resembles a patchwork quilt, each square representing a national stock exchange. While colorful, this fragmentation stifles growth and innovation. A unified pan-European stock market is not just a dream; it’... |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Beyond Polarisation: Why the EU Must Prioritise Protein Diversification | 5 Mins Read Marin Vandamme, a fellow at the School for Moral Ambition in Amsterdam, argues why the EU’s food strategy must emphasise protein diversification.
Let me take you to a familiar scene: a family dinner where everything is going smo... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 100+ investors who already secured their tickets for this year’s EU-Startups Summit 2025 in Malta! | On April 24-25, the EU-Startups Summit will celebrate its 2025 edition at the iconic Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Malta. As one of Europe’s premier startup events, this gathering promises two days of networking and inspirati... |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Plant-Based Lidl, House of Lords & Powdered Oat Milk | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Lidl’s new plant-based range, a vegan workplace canteen, and the UK House of Lords’s nod to cultivated meat. New ... |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Rethinking Agriculture: A Call for Sustainable Practices in the EU | The landscape of agriculture is changing. The call for sustainable practices is louder than ever. ProVeg International has stepped into the spotlight, urging the European Union to rethink its agricultural subsidies. The message is clear: pr... |
| Jan 13, 2025 | ProVeg Calls for Restructuring of EU Agriculture Subsidies to Prioritise Sustainable Crops | In a new policy brief, ProVeg International has called for the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) subsidies to be restructured to prioritise sustainable crop production.
According to the policy brief, subsidies should incentivise farming... |
| Dec 27, 2024 | The Future of Food: EU Farmers at the Heart of Sustainable Transition | The European Union stands at a crossroads. The food system is ripe for change. The call for a shift towards sustainable practices is loud and clear. Farmers must be the backbone of this transformation. They are not just participants; they a... |
| Dec 26, 2024 | How Can the EU Ensure Its Farmers Win in the Sustainable Food Transition? | 5 Mins Read The EU is in dire need of a food system shift towards alternative proteins – but all stakeholders agree that farmers need to be at the centre of the transition.
In September, farmer groups, agricultural lobbies, and climate orga... |
| Dec 24, 2024 | The Future of Food: Innovations in Plant-Based Proteins and Egg Alternatives | The landscape of food production is shifting. As consumers demand healthier, sustainable options, companies are stepping up to the plate. Two notable players are Onego Bio and the Sustain-a-bite project. They are pioneering the future of fo... |
| Dec 23, 2024 | EU-Funded Project to Create Upcycled, Whole-Food Plant-Based Meat to Take on UPFs | 4 Mins Read Sustain-a-bite, a project funded by the EU and Switzerland, aims to develop minimally processed plant-based products from whole grains and food waste.
As ultra-processed food (UPF) takes over people’s apprehension about the way ... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Women Leading the Charge in Sustainable Agrifood Innovation | In the world of agrifood, women are not just participants; they are pioneers. The Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme, backed by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), serves as a launchpad for female entreprene... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Cultivating Change: Women Leading the Way in Agrifood Innovation | In the fertile fields of agrifood innovation, women are sowing seeds of change. The Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme, backed by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), is a powerful catalyst for female entrepr... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | New Wave Biotech: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Food Production | In a world grappling with climate change and food insecurity, innovation is the lifeline. New Wave Biotech, a London-based startup, is at the forefront of this revolution. With a recent funding boost of €1.2 million, the company is set to t... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | New Wave Biotech Secures €1.2 Million in Latest Funding Round to Expand AI Bioprocess Simulation Platform | New Wave Biotech, a company specializing in AI-driven bioprocess simulation software, has raised €1.2 million in a new funding round. The investment, which includes contributions from Innovate UK and EIT Food, will support the company’s eff... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Empowering Women in Agrifood: Interview with Ekaterina Šprajc, founder of Edible Thread | Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food.
The Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme by EIT Food provides an unparalleled platform for female entrepreneurs to drive innovation... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Empowering Women in Agrifood: Interview with Yulia Logvinovska, Co-founder at LUCA | Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food.
The Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme by EIT Food provides an unparalleled platform for female entrepreneurs to drive innovation... |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Empowering Women in Agrifood: Interview with Greta Budreikė, Co-founder of Tastik | Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food.
The Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme by EIT Food provides an unparalleled platform for female entrepreneurs to drive innovation... |
| Dec 19, 2024 | New Wave Biotech raises €1.2 million to transform R&D in synbio and alt protein production | London-based AI bioprocess simulation software startup New Wave Biotech has raised €1.2 million in its latest funding round through a mix of equity and grant funding to expand its existing team and explore new markets and customers.
Investo... |
| Dec 16, 2024 | BettaF!sh and Kern Tec Among the Winners of EIT Food’s Marketed Innovation Prize 2024 | EU-supported food innovation community EIT Food has announced the winners of its Marketed Innovation Prize, which recognises food startups that have successfully brought products or services to market.
The prize grants €10,000 to the best-m... |
| Dec 16, 2024 | EIT Jumpstarter 2024 Awards the Most Promising Startups in 9 Verticals | EIT Jumpstarter 2024 awarded 22 winners in 9 categories This is a pre-acceleration program for idea-stage startups from Europe’s outermost regions The winners collectively received EUR 150K of non-equity prize The pre-registration for EIT J... |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Gavan: $8 Million (Series A) Raised To Commercialize Plant-Based Fat | Food technology company Gavan Technologies has raised an $8 million Series A. This new funding round will enable Gavan to enter the European food market with its plant protein-based fat solution, Fatrix. MoreVC led the round, which also inc... |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Gavan's $8 Million Leap: A Game-Changer in Sustainable Food Tech | In a world increasingly aware of its environmental footprint, Gavan Technologies is stepping up to the plate. The Israeli food tech startup has just secured $8 million in Series A funding, a financial boost that promises to shake up the Eur... |
| Dec 10, 2024 | Gavan Raises $8M to Introduce Clean Label “One-to-One” Butter Alternative in Europe | Israel’s Gavan, a food tech company focused on replacing animal fat with sustainable alternatives, announces it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round.
The funds will be used to establish a new European pilot production facility ... |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Phytolon: A Colorful Leap into Sustainable Food Innovation | In a world where food is often a canvas, color plays a vital role. It attracts, entices, and enhances our culinary experiences. Enter Phytolon, an Israeli biotech company that is revolutionizing the way we think about food coloring. With a ... |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Phytolon: Natural Colors Company Raises Funding From Rich Products Ventures | Phytolon, an Israeli-based biotechnology and food tech company that produces natural food colors using precision fermentation, recently secured an investment from Rich Products Ventures (RPV), which is the corporate venture capital fund of ... |
| Oct 28, 2024 | The Future of Food: Innovations Shaping Tomorrow's Plate | The food industry is on the brink of a revolution. Innovations are sprouting like wildflowers in spring. From generative AI to precision fermentation, the landscape is changing rapidly. EIT Food, a pan-European organization, is at the foref... |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Future of Foods Podcast: Marie Brueser of EIT Food on Exciting Technologies and Innovation in the Space | Alex Crisp, writer and host of Future of Foods Interviews speaks to Marie Brueser from EIT Food on this latest podcast episode.
EIT Food is charged with accelerating and driving innovation in the EU by using all the means at its disposal – ... |
| Oct 21, 2024 | How a rooftop food garden is helping people with Alzheimer’s | In The News 21 Oct 2024
Curious to learn more about Gardens4Good? Listen to our podcast episode with Christophe Gadenne and Marianne Lemberger, Programme Manager at EIT Food.
In the heart of Paris, a unique initiative is growing on the roof... |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Notpla's Seaweed Revolution: A Bold Step Towards Plastic-Free Packaging | In a world drowning in plastic, Notpla emerges as a beacon of hope. This London-based startup has secured £20 million (over $25 million) in a Series A+ funding round, aiming to replace single-use plastics with innovative seaweed-based packa... |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Seaweed Packaging: Notpla Closes £20M Series A Extension to Fuel US Expansion & Sell 100 Million Plastic-Free Units | 5 Mins Read UK seaweed packaging startup Notpla has closed a £20M ($26.8M) Series A extension to expand to the US and replace 100 million single-use plastic items by 2026.
Notpla, the London-based maker of sustainable packaging, has snapped... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | The Future of Food: Navigating Sustainability and Innovation | The food industry stands at a crossroads. On one side, the pressing need for sustainability. On the other, the promise of innovation. As the world grapples with climate change, the food sector is under scrutiny. Consumers demand transparenc... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | How Could We? transform cities – Episode 2 with Marianne Lemberger and Christophe Gadenne | EIT Climate-KIC launches Season 5 of the “How Could We?” podcast, which explores cities’ transformation and why cities play such a key role in tackling climate change.
The How Could We? podcast explores solutions and nurtures hope for a cli... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | EIT Food, Mars Petcare introduce Open Innovation Challenge | LEUVEN, BELGIUM — EIT Food and Mars Petcare have partnered to launch an Open Innovation Challenge, which seeks to identify innovative solutions to transform fiber into protein and sugar. The goal of this is to work with organizations to dev... |
| Sep 5, 2024 | New Alliance to Develop Internationally Accepted Standards for Environmental Scoring of Food | Food innovation community EIT Food has announced a partnership with non-profit organisation Foundation Earth to develop internationally adopted and accepted standards for the environmental scoring of food and drink.
Foundation Earth already... |
| Aug 22, 2024 | The Future of Health and Agriculture: Innovations in Mitochondrial Therapeutics and Soil Carbon Sequestration | In a world grappling with aging populations and climate change, two startups are carving paths toward solutions. Vandria and CinSOIL are not just companies; they are harbingers of hope. Each is tackling monumental challenges: one in health,... |
| Aug 21, 2024 | CinSOIL pioneers soil carbon sequestration for a greener agrifood sector | In the face of climate change, the agrifood sector is under increasing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint. CinSOIL, a deeptech startup, is offering a solution to help companies achieve this goal by accurately monitoring and quantifying... |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Scientific Discovery in the UK Unlocks World of Possibilities for Vegan Brie & Camembert | UK’s Myconeos Limited, a biotech company developing new strains of fungi for food applications, announces a breakthrough that could lead to tastier vegan Brie, Camembert, and other cheeses as well as fermented meat products.
The company, wh... |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Benefits of regen ag still unclear, says EIT: ‘Consumers do not pay attention to soil health when buying food’ | “Regenerative agriculture” may be quite a buzzword these days, but the agrifood industry still has a lot of work to do when it comes to generating consumer demand, says a new study from EIT Food Consumer Observatory. Critically, more consum... |
| Jul 4, 2024 | Kokomodo Creates Cultivated Cacao, Preserving Climate-Proof Supplies for the Future of Confectionery | Climate change poses a significant threat to the future supply of cacao (the unprocessed version of cocoa), with the majority of farmland predicted to become unfit for production by 2050.
Recent severe weather events have negatively impacte... |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Fabumin Attracts Attention from Grupo Bimbo and Haagen Dazs for its Unique Upcycled Aquafaba in Powder Form | Israel’s Fabumin has developed a functional and multipurpose egg replacer for the food industry by upcycling legume water waste, otherwise known as aquafaba, an ingredient known for its unique emulsifying, foaming, and thickening properties... |
| Jun 12, 2024 | RisingFoodStars Reveals Cohort of 14 Scaleups Addressing European Food Sustainability | EIT Food RisingFoodStars, a non-profit organisation funded by the EU and the agri-food tech community, has revealed the 14 scaleups selected for the latest cohort of its three-year program.
RisingFoodStars aims to solve environmental and so... |
| May 15, 2024 | Europeans Are Less Trusting of Their Food Now, and Care Less About Sustainability Too | 6 Mins Read Fewer people in Europe have trust in their food system and are taking sustainability into account, and the lack of progress in improving their diets is “worrying”, according to a new report.
European consumer confidence in the h... |
| May 7, 2024 | VivaTech 2024 Calls Top Tech People of Europe and the World | Viva Technology calls tech people and investors from Europe and all over the world to its 2024 Edition The event will take place on May 22-25th at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles An unprecedented set of global tech thought leaders and key de... |
| May 2, 2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oishii bags another $15m, BTG launches Betagro Ventures, HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine | This week, Thailand-based food company Betagro (“BTG”) launched its own venture arm to invest in early-stage agtech and foodtech startups. Oishii, which grows high-end berries via vertical farming, nabbed $15 million to build out a new sola... |
| May 1, 2024 | Jooules Secures NZ$1M to Transform CO2 into Complete Protein Ingredients | Jooules, a New Zealand startup that turns greenhouse gas emissions into protein ingredients, has secured NZ$1 million in a pre-seed round led by early-stage investor Sprout Agritech LP.
David McLellan, a participant in the Sprout Accelerato... |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Onego Bio Revolutionizes Food Industry with Animal-Free Egg Protein | Onego Bio, a US-Finnish biotech company, has secured a groundbreaking $40 million in Series A funding to propel the commercialization of its innovative animal-free egg protein. The company's Bioalbumen® is a game-changer in the food industr... |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Onego Bio Secures $40M Series A for animal-free egg protein | Onego Bio has completed its $40 million Series A funding round to drive the commercialisation and manufacturing of egg protein via precision fermentation. Onego's Series A funding is one of the largest A-rounds in the Nordics, bringing the ... |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Helsinki-based Onego Bio gets €37M to develop animal-free egg protein | Read this article in:
Helsinki-based Onego Bio, a food-biotech company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $40M (approximately €37M) in a Series A funding round led by NordicNinja, marking one of the largest A-rounds in the Nordics.
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| Apr 2, 2024 | Onego Bio Poaches $40M Series A to Launch Precision-Fermented Egg Protein in North America | 5 Mins Read Finnish precision fermentation startup Onego Bio has closed a $40M Series A funding round to commercialise its animal-free egg protein, Bioalbumen. It expects to obtain self-affirmed GRAS status in the US soon, paving the way fo... |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is one step closer to cracking the traditional egg market | In 2023, higher egg prices provided an opportunity for alternative protein companies to show they could compete with traditional egg manufacturers.
A year later, prices have calmed down, but the flurry of activity in creating more sustainab... |
