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| 11.11.2024 | Exclusive: Aspire Food Group cuts staff, temporarily scales back production at cricket farm | Insect ag pioneer Aspire Food Group has laid off 100 of its 150 employees and is temporarily scaling back production at its new cricket farming facility in London, Ontario, AgFunderNews has learned.
David Rosenberg, a board member at Aspire... |
| 03.01.2024 | Processing innovations could unlock human food market for edible insects, claims Hoppy Planet Foods | Patent-pending technology that eliminates the earthy color, flavor and aroma of edible insects could unlock new opportunities in higher-value human food markets, claims US-based startup Hoppy Planet Foods.
While high prices and the ‘ick’ fa... |
| 27.09.2023 | Surprisingly Large Sums Have Gone Into Bug Farming Startups | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Eat more bugs.
That is the last thing on most of our to-do lists. Startup investors, however, seem to think otherwise.
At least that’s the impression one gets looking at insect cultivation-related f... |
| 30.10.2021 | Edible insects in focus part II: Scale and automation… Aspire Food Group gears up to open world’s largest edible cricket processing facility | If crickets – which are hugely attractive both from a nutritional and sustainability perspective – are going to carve out a meaningful space in the alternative protein arena, two things need to happen before you even start a conversation ab... |
| 22.10.2021 | Edible insects in focus, part I: CPG 2nd wave focuses on benefits, not bugs... 'It’s like taking Jello and saying, ‘Hey! we've got a bunch of ground up cow bones and sugar. You want some?' | On paper, crickets tick all the boxes. They are low in fat, but high in complete protein (60-70%), packed with calcium, iron, vitamin B12 and long-chain omega-3s (which you won’t find in plant protein isolates), and super-efficient at conve... |
| 17.06.2019 | WATCH: Edible insect cos that survived 'ruthless winnowing' process, have made 'significant progress,' says Aspire Food Group | A pioneer in the US edible insects business, Austin, TX-based Aspire was created in 2012 by five MBA students from McGill University on a mission to drive efficiency in insect farming. Six years later, it acquired the Exo consumer brand, ... |
| 09.03.2018 | Ag Industry Brief: Insect M&A, Kraft Heinz Launches Incubator, Startup Makes Egg Protein from Fungi, more | Alltech president and founder Dr. Pearse Lyons dies at 73
Dr. Pearse Lyons founded Alltech in the 1970s after immigrating to America in the 1970s. The global company provides products related to animal feed, food safety, crop science, and a... |
| 17.10.2017 | Who are the Leading Insect Farming Startups? | You can tell that the public is captivated by a particular food, when its mere existence on a menu makes the news. Insects are one such ingredient. Cricket ice cream, cricket granola, cricket meatballs, cricket bars, cricket pasta, cricket ... |
| 05.10.2017 | Innovative Food: Startups Raise $206m to Meet Consumer Demand for Protein & Novel Ingredients | Consumer demands are changing at a faster pace than ever as our understanding of nutrition evolves.
Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovator... |
| 08.03.2017 | AccelFoods fund for food and beverage innovators reaches $35 million | AccelFoods, an accelerator and fund that backs innovative food and beverage companies, has added $15 million to its second fund, according to founding partners Jordan Gaspar and Lauren Jupiter.
AccelFoods has backed brands making products t... |
| 27.10.2016 | Does Gillette know your name? | Sophie Bakalar Contributor
Sophie invests in consumer products at Collaborative Fund in New York.
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| 29.04.2016 | Exo Receives Funding from Dentsu Ventures | Exo, Inc., a New York-based developer of food products using cricket protein, received new funding from Dentsu Ventures Global Fund I, the CVC arm of Dentsu, Inc.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Dentsu Ventures will support the ex... |
| 08.04.2016 | Food-X Picks 10 Food Tech Startups for Fourth Cohort and $500k of Investment | Food tech accelerator Food-X has announced its fourth cohort of startups. Tapping into the accelerator’s mentor network, business model development, and pitch prep, the 10 companies will spend the next several weeks ramping up for Demo Day ... |
| 10.03.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Advanced Animal Diagnostics Raises $1.7m, Farmland Partners Acquires $197m Property, more | Advanced Animal Diagnostics Raises $1.7m in Top-up Financing
Advanced Animal Diagnostics, a company developing tools to diagnose livestock disease on the farm, has raised a $1.7m equity top-up funding from existing investors. The investors ... |
| 07.03.2016 | Exo raises $4M Series A for cricket protein bars | Investors betting cricket-flour protein bars, which are surely delicious, will be the future of food
If we, the human species, are going to get serious about addressing the climate disaster unfolding all around us, one thing (among many) ha... |
| 07.03.2016 | Exo Closes $4M Series A Funding | Exo, a New York, NY-based developer of insect-based protein food, closed a $4M round of Series A funding.
The round was led by AccelFoods, with participation from existing and new investors Collaborative Fund, Tim Ferriss, Start Garden, mus... |
| 07.03.2016 | Cricket Bars Are the Next Trendy Food—And You Might Start Seeing Them In Rap Videos | Crickets are the new kale, and rapper Nas just invested in them. (Photo: Exo)
You may have heard your especially environmental and health-conscious hipster friend talking about how crickets are a totally efficient way to get protein. The nu... |
| 07.03.2016 | This startup just got $4 million to get you to eat more bugs | Silicon Valley produces some of the weirdest food concepts – lab-grown hamburgers, something called Soylent, and protein powder made out of crickets. That last one comes from Exo, a startup selling protein bars made out of crickets.
Gross? ... |
| 07.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 7, 2016 | Property Partner closed $22.5M; Culture Amp recieved $10M investment; AreaMetrics raised $2M funding
Exo, developer of insect-based protein bars, raised $4 million in Series A funding led by AccelFoods. As its name suggests, AccelFoods back... |
| 07.03.2016 | Legendary rapper Nas just invested in a company that makes protein bars out of crickets | Nas Theo Wargo/Getty Images
Nas, one of the greatest rappers of all time, has invested in a company that makes protein bars out of crickets.
Exo is a Brooklyn-based startup that is trying to change the way we think about eating bugs. The co... |
| 05.08.2015 | Investors are Starting to See How a Little Bug May Help Solve the Big Sustainable Protein Problem | Jarrod Goldin starts each morning by making a protein shake. Unlike many shakes, however, Goldin’s contains a unique ingredient: cricket protein powder. Already popular in many countries around the world, crickets are hopping their way into... |
| 28.05.2015 | 6 Global Health Food Trends You Need To Know About From Sea Spaghetti To Cricket Flour | 6 Mins Read
The Rise Of Insect Protein
Food supply is a controversial topic these days on the global world stage with pundits worried about how we are going to feed what some experts say will be 20 billion people by the year 2050. Humans ca... |
| 14.10.2014 | Understanding Exo’s cricket cookies | This may sound a little bit off our beat but we’re lumping Exo Protein into our tech coverage because, well, they are definitely hackers. They are hacking food. By taking the familiar snack bar and making it out of crickets, it’s hard to ar... |
| 25.09.2014 | Exo Secures $1.2M in Seed Funding | Exo, a New York-based cricket protein bar startup, secured $1.2m in seed funding.
Backers included Collaborative Fund, Start Garden, and Tim Ferriss.
The company intends to use the funds to scale production, make key hires, and expand its p... |
| 24.09.2014 | Exo raises $1.2M for their Cricket fueled protein bar | It’s a good day for Insectivores! Exo, a foodtech company developing insects as an alternative protein source, announced the close of a $1.2 million seed round. Investors include Collaborative Fund, Start Garden, and Silicon Valley heavywei... |
| 24.09.2014 | Startup that makes protein bars out of crickets just raised $1.7M [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money?
Exo Protein has raised $1.7 million in equity-only funding on an indefinite offering, according to an SEC filing. The company produces protein bars from crickets. Its cofounders, Gregory Sewitz and Gabi Lewis, hatched t... |
| 23.09.2014 | Funding Daily: Cricket cookie edition | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Investors fund the darnedest things.
Cricket cook... |
| 23.09.2014 | Funding Daily: Cricket cookie edition | Investors fund the darnedest things.
Cricket cookies? Yup. Read on for detail on funding for Exo, which includes cricket protein in its cookies.
IronSource nabs $85M
IronSource today announced an $85 million funding round led by “strategic ... |
| - | This NYC Startup Was Inspired by the Dalai Lama, Funded by Nas, and Involves Crickets… | 486SHARES
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Trying to reach your daily protein intake can be annoying. Milk irritates your stomach, you feel bad eating meat every meal, and almonds just aren’t cutting it. Where else can you turn? The Cricket industr... |
| - | This NYC Startup That Makes Protein Bars from Crickets Just Raised $1.2M | 455SHARES
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Exo makes protein bars made from…crickets. And they’ve just raised a $1.2 million seed round to help get the protein-filled product out there.
For the record, crickets need a lot less feed than cattle, she... |
