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| Oct 7, 2026 | 🎥 Where are foodtech investors looking next after the boom and bust? | Foodtech has been through boom, bust and reset, and investors are now looking well beyond alternative protein for the next big opportunities.
For Peakbridge founding general partner Erich Sieber, some of the most compelling areas now sit at... |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 🎥 Verley progresses towards 200,000-L tanks as precision fermentation enters its prove-it phase | French precision fermentation startup Verley is working towards production of dairy protein beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) in 200,000-liter fermentation tanks at a co-manufacturer as it prepares for commercial sales next year.
Rather than compete... |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 🎥 Meatly bets on 20,000-liter scale to prove cultivated meat economics | The last few years have been pretty brutal for cultivated meat, but can a leaner, meaner, pet food-focused approach prevail?
UK cultivated meat startup Meatly is commissioning a new production facility running 20,000-liter vessels as it see... |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 🎥 Eclipse Ingredients scales human lactoferrin platform: ‘We’re executing at a speed that is unheard of in this space’ | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Eclipse Ingredients]
Australian precision fermentation startup Eclipse Ingredients is gearing up for commercial launch of its human lactoferrin next year, starting in cosm... |
| Nov 14, 2025 | 🎥 Inside Tate & Lyle’s open innovation model: In conversation with Karen du Plessis | How does open innovation work at global ingredients giant Tate & Lyle? And why did it wind down its ventures arm?
AgFunderNews (AFN) caught up with Karen du Plessis (KDP), head of open innovation at the London-based firm, which sells sw... |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Solar Foods CEO on scaling up protein from thin air: ‘We have MOUs and LOIs for more than 50% of new factory already’ | Finnish startup Solar Foods says it has secured MOUs [memos of understanding] or LOIs [letters of intent] for more than half of the output of its planned commercial scale food production facility making protein from “thin air” via gas ferme... |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 🎥 The next frontier for animal-free dairy? ‘Slow-release’ mineral delivery, says Eden Brew | Melbourne-based precision fermentation startup Eden Brew—like many players in the emerging animal-free dairy space—has tweaked its strategy to focus on higher-value markets for its initial launch, with tech enabling it to “load” casein mice... |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 🎥 Inside Novonesis’ playbook for external innovation in biotech | From human milk oligosaccharides to enzymes that enable alt meat firms to replace methylcellulose, Danish firm Novonesis has a vast portfolio of biosolutions spanning food and ag, but is constantly scouting for new innovations.
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| Oct 7, 2025 | 🎥 Checkerspot teams up with Huvepharma to produce human milk fat analog at scale | Checkerspot—a startup making high-value lipids via fermentation of microalgae—has teamed up with Bulgarian biopharma co Huvepharma to produce the human milk fat analog OPO (Oleic-Palmitic-Oleic or sn-2 palmitate) at industrial scale.
The li... |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 🎥 Koppie’s secret weapon? A fermented ‘bean’ that roasts like coffee | It feels like a new alt-coffee startup launches every other month these days, so what will distinguish the winners from the losers in this emerging space?
It’s too early to say what products or companies will lead the pack, says Daan Raemdo... |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 🎥 SnackFutures Ventures: How Mondelēz fine-tuned its approach to startup collaboration | How should big food companies work with startups to accelerate innovation, and what approach ensures a win-win for both parties?
No one has nailed it quite yet, acknowledges Richie Gray, who leads the SnackFutures Ventures team at snacking ... |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Clean Food Group acquires 1M-liter fermentation facility to fast-track yeast oil production | UK-based Clean Food Group—a startup using oleaginous yeast to produce customized oils for food, cosmetics, petfood, and personal care—has acquired one million liters of fermentation capacity in Liverpool from Algal Omega 3 Ltd, which went i... |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Prozymi Biolabs explores how bakers could have their cake and eat it too with ‘gluten-safe’ products | [Editor’s Note: Dr. Stasinopoulos will be speaking at the Future Food-Tech event in London, Sept 24-25. Find out more about the event here.]
Gluten-free products have improved significantly, but they can come with a hefty price tag and stil... |
| Oct 18, 2024 | 🎥 Heura CEO: ‘We can transform ultra-processed foods into highly nutritious options’ | Barcelona-based Heura made its name selling alt meat but has since developed novel texturizing technology that can be applied to everything from cold cuts and cheese to pasta and snacks, enabling more protein, less saturated fat, and fewer ... |
| Oct 8, 2024 | 🎥Cultivated meat: ‘There’s a valley of death we’re not going to cross without a massive infusion of public investment’ | The nascent cultivated meat industry will struggle to survive unless there is a “massive infusion” of capital from governments that see strategic value in making ‘real’ meat without animals, delegates were told at the Future Food-Tech innov... |
| Oct 7, 2024 | 🎥Foodtech investing: ‘You can’t escape the fundamentals. You have to produce something that adds significant value’ | It’s been a grim couple of years for foodtech investment, with the whole segment, fairly or unfairly, often judged by the performance of some high-profile alt protein players that have burned through huge amounts of money with little to sho... |
| Oct 7, 2024 | BioMush Unveils Plug-and-Play Fermentation Tech to Turn Industry Sidestreams into Umami Ingredients | Finnish food tech company BioMush has developed solid-state fermentation technology using fungi to transform edible side streams and food waste into umami-flavored ingredients. The innovation targets food industry operators to help them add... |
| Oct 3, 2024 | The Future of Food: Cultivated Meat and Microbial Casein on the Rise | The landscape of food production is shifting. Two companies, Meatable and Those Vegan Cowboys, are at the forefront of this transformation. They are redefining what we eat and how we produce it. Their innovations promise to reshape the meat... |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Those Vegan Cowboys to Enter US Market with Microbial Casein That Outperforms Dairy | Belgian biotech company Those Vegan Cowboys announces it has developed a product using a new type of microbial casein. The startup will reveal the kind of cheese and its market entry at tomorrow’s Future Food-Tech summit in London.
Casein p... |
| Oct 2, 2023 | Entrepreneur’s egos, European poo culture, CRISPR supermarket: What we heard at London’s agrifoodtech summits | People say the darndest things. Or do they?
After four days of panels, meetings and coffee breaks in London at the World Agri-Tech and Future Food Tech shows, AgFunderNews has compiled a list of quotes we heard from attendees on the state o... |
| Sep 26, 2023 | European agrifoodtech innovators are more likely to be developing startups in these 3 categories | What do the following agrifoodtech categories have in common? Plant-based ingredients Pollination and bee-tech Methane reduction tools
They’re all strengths of the European agrifoodtech ecosystem, according to new research from AgFunder and... |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Future Food-Tech Summit Showcases 23 Game-Changing Start-Ups Working Towards Sustainable Nutrition | As consumer awareness of the source, nutritional content, and environmental impact of their diet grows, food-tech innovators are creating new solutions to meet the new paradigm. The Future Food-Tech summit will present 23 such pioneering in... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Future Food-Tech To Bring Industry Heavyweights To Table On Sustainable Nutrition | 12 1
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Bringing together more than 700 senior executives and stakeholders across the food industry, the upcoming Future Food-Tech Summit is set to showcase the latest in sustainable nutrition. Taking place between Septem... |
| Apr 27, 2021 | Cannibble Food-Tech Ltd. is raising up to CAD$2.5M through a Canadian crowdfunding platform
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| Jan 18, 2021 | Food-Tech Company CookUnity Raises $15.5 Million in Series A Funding | CookUnity — a Brooklyn-based food-tech company that launched the first direct Chef-to-Consumer meal subscription platform — recently announced the closing of a $15.5 million Series A investment round. These are the details.
CookUnity — a Br... |
| Sep 18, 2019 | A startup cheat-sheet for London’s Future Food-Tech summit next month | Beware, food tech dilettantes: Do not go charging headlong into London’s Future Food-Tech event this October without a good game plan.
In past years, you might have gotten away with aimless roving; that was back when these events were all a... |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Table Talk: The scramble for plant-based eggs is JUST about to reach Europe | You learn a fair bit about someone by just asking how they take their eggs. And it’s a pretty hot question to fire up AFN’s new “Table Talk” series when across the table this time is a veteran food industry egg-spert like David Wagstaff. Qu... |
| Oct 9, 2018 | Soylent Takes Meal Replacement Drink to UK Replacing 7 GMO Ingredients | Meal replacement drink maker Soylent is hopping across the pond to bring three of its beverage flavors to the UK in a move that requires the drink maker to re-think its sourcing. The vegan and nut-free drink uses plant-based protein to crea... |
| Oct 2, 2018 | World’s first chocolate patent for weight and cholesterol management granted in Europe | World’s first chocolate patent for weight and cholesterol management granted in Europe
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Game-changer Lycotec's invention for the chocolate industry will remove the stigma of health harm from the most enjoyed treat. Cambridge-... |
| Mar 14, 2018 | YourNest-backed food-tech aggregator SmartQ secures $1 mn | Bengaluru-based Bottle Lab Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs food-tech startup SmartQ, has raised $1 million (Rs 6.5 crore) from a consortium of investors from Dubai.
The company said existing investor YourNest has also participated in the ... |