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| 17.05.2024 | Op Ed: Lobber Levin, Senior Strategic Writer, Everland, on Shifting Positioning from “Alternatives” to Mainstream | Lobber Levin is a senior strategic writer at Everland, a Scandinavian-based consumer brand and design agency. They have worked with many clients with a presence in the plant-based industry, including Danone, La Vie, Tindle, OLALA!, Lantmänn... |
| 16.05.2024 | The Vegetarian Butcher to Use The Every Company’s Animal-Free Egg Whites for Plant-Based Meat | 5 Mins Read Dutch plant-based meat startup The Vegetarian Butcher has teamed up with Californian precision fermentation pioneer The Every Company to use its animal-free egg whites in meat analogues.
Unilever-owned The Vegetarian Butcher wil... |
| 20.11.2023 | Methylcellulose: What Is It, Why It’s Used in Plant-Based Meat, and Startups Making Alternatives | 7 Mins Read As the meat industry continues to knock the long ingredient lists of certain plant-based meat alternatives, one element pops up more often in the discourse: methylcellulose. But what is this substance, and is it really unhealthy... |
| 28.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Paine Schwartz launches $1.7bn agrifood fund, Cricket One unveils new plant, Infarm ‘declared bankrupt’ | Agrifood’s biggest news this week is PE firm Paine Schwartz closing its $1.7 billion food- and agribusiness-focused fund. Fund VI is “exclusively focused on sustainable investments” in food and agribusiness, and the firm has already deploye... |
| 26.09.2023 | Made in The USA: TiNDLE Launches Vegan Breakfast Sausage For Restaurants, Eyes 2024 Retail Expansion | 5 Mins Read Singapore-headquartered TiNDLE Foods has launched a breakfast sausage in the US, its first domestically-made product. The rollout comes a day after it expanded its presence in the UK, appearing on menus at two restaurant chains ... |
| 28.08.2023 | TiNDLE Foods expands the reach of its flagship plant-based chicken throughout Europe | Image TiNDLE Foods
TiNDLE Foods is on a mission to make the global food system more sustainable by creating delicious foods from plants. In 2021, the company first launched TiNDLE Chicken in about a dozen restaurants in Singapore before ex... |
| 08.08.2023 | TiNDLE Launches Made in Singapore Vegan Chicken Pieces to Boost Local Food Security | 3 Mins Read A week after its rebranding and product expansion announcement, TiNDLE Foods has launched new vegan chicken pieces in Singapore and the Netherlands. It marks the brand’s first offering fully designed and manufactured in Singapor... |
| 08.08.2023 | TiNDLE Foods Announces Brand-New TiNDLE Chicken Pieces, the Company's First Innovation to be Developed, Produced and Exported from Singapore | The food tech company launches its latest product, TiNDLE Chicken Pieces, completely designed, manufactured, and exported out of Singapore
TiNDLE Chicken Pieces are rolling out at popular restaurant groups in two of the world's food tech hu... |
| 03.08.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Konscious Foods snags $26m for alt-seafood, Ocean 14 Capital reels in $33m | Top agrifoodtech news this week was all about the ocean. Plant-based seafood-maker Konscious Foods announced new funding, as did impact investor Ocean 14 Capital. Other funding rounds from the week included coffee tech, agribusiness marketp... |
| 02.08.2023 | Next Gen Foods Rebrands as TiNDLE Foods With Plans to Expand into Further Categories | Singapore’s Next Gen Foods announces its new identity as TiNDLE Foods as it expands into new categories with plans to launch further alternative meat and dairy products under the TiNDLE Foods umbrella.
The company intends to introduce its i... |
| 18.05.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: GoodLeaf Farms snags $78m, Prime Roots raises $30m, Miso Robotics gets new investment | This week, Prime Roots raised funding for its mycelium-based take on deli meats and GoodLeaf Farms raked in funding to expand across Canada. Elsewhere, restaurant-tech startup Incentivio scored new funding, a South African bank took a stake... |
| 20.04.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Canopy raises $60m to help forests, CropX nets $30m for farm management | This week, non-profit organization Canopy raised funds to help restore forests and farm management platform CropX landed $30 million. Restaurant tech platform Odeko secured $53 million, while a new CRISPR-based research project kicked off a... |
| 18.01.2023 | Top 10 alternative protein startups brought in $1.3bn in 2022 vs $2.3bn in 2021 | It’s been a tough few months for alternative protein startups, particularly those developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood alternatives (as opposed to those in the cellular agriculture space).
Sure, it’s been tough for startups acros... |
| 15.11.2022 | Vegan Chicken: Why It’s Better For The Environment, The Animals, And For Us Too | 13 Mins Read
Whether it’s fried, roasted, boiled, or barbecued, in many countries around the world, chicken is a big deal. It’s the most-loved meat in the US, where, on average, Americans eat more than 200 pounds of it every year. In Europe... |
| 08.11.2022 | These Vegan Protein Sources Are Better for You and the Planet | 9 Mins Read
“But where do you get your protein?” is a familiar question for most people who follow a vegan or plant-focused diet. And it’s understandable. Around the world, many are taught from a young age that meat from animals is essentia... |
| 28.09.2022 | ‘Adoption Will Take Decades But Macro Fundamentals Won’t Change’ – TiNDLE’s CEO Talks Future Of Plant-Based Meat | 9 Mins Read
Beyond Meat’s nosedive, lukewarm growth, mediocre products? We unpack the plant-based meat industry with the CEO of global alt meat startup TiNDLE.
Just a little over two years old, vegan chicken maker TiNDLE is often held up as... |
| 09.09.2022 | Startup Wire | Verbal Intercourse | Hi everyone. Taro here.
I used to really dislike networking events due to lack of experience and thinking it was pointless to meet strangers. But they really are great ways to meet new people and potentially make new friends. With the incom... |
| 20.07.2022 | TiNDLE NOW AVAILABLE AS A BRAND-NEW MENU SPECIAL AT SCHMATZ IN TOKYO | In a city widely recognized for its concentration of high-caliber restaurants and dining, Tokyo residents are now able to taste TiNDLE, the 'ridiculously good' chicken made from plants, as the TiNDLE Karaage and TiNDLE Hamburg Steak at Schm... |
| 13.06.2022 | Temasek-backed alternative protein firm sets foot in Germany | NewsStartups
Jenina Ibañez · 4h ago · 2 min readTemasek-backed alternative protein firm sets foot in Germany
Singapore-based foodtech startup Next Gen Foods is launching its plant-based chicken substitute in Germany.
Next Gen Foods COO Alex... |
| 08.06.2022 | Data Snapshot: eGrocery & alt-protein ruled seed deals in 2021. Times have changed. | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 21.04.2022 | TiNDLE Arrives in the UK, Launching Into Aqua Shard, BrewDog, Unity Diner and More | Next Gen Foods is launching TiNDLE in restaurants across the UK as of this month. The Singapore-based food tech is rolling out its flagship alt chicken product TiNDLE in over 50 locations nationwide including a pop-up shop in London.
“Since... |
| 15.04.2022 | Q&A: Tindle’s Rohit Bhattacharya on the trials & tribulations of being an alt-protein CFO | Singapore-based Next Gen Foods is the startup behind Tindle — a chicken analog made from soy, wheat, and coconut, among other things, that it produces using an asset-light model inspired by software development.
Earlier this year, Next Gen ... |
| 24.02.2022 | Asia became the ‘world’s factory’ for manufacturing. It’ll do the same for alt-protein, says Better Bite VC | Over the past several decades, Asia has developed a well-worn reputation as the ‘factory of the world,’ churning out manufactured goods for the increasingly voracious global market at a pace and a price that can’t be beaten by anywhere else... |
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| 17.02.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Equip gets $58m to help manage eating disorders; Bowery acquires Traptic | This week, US telehealth startup Equip raised funds for its eating disorder management platform, while Danish agtech company Agreena secured $22.5 million to help farmers participate in carbon markets.
In Asia, Next Gen Foods, the company b... |
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| 15.02.2022 | Singapore-based alternative protein startup Next Gen Foods gets $100M Series A for US growth | Alternative protein startups have attracted a lot of investor attention over the past couple of years, and the trend looks set to continue. The latest startup with funding news is Next Gen Foods, the creator of plant-based chicken alternati... |
| 15.02.2022 | Beatle backs Tindle in record-breaking $100m Series A round | Next Gen Foods, the company behind alt-chicken brand Tindle, has raised $100 million in the plant-based protein segment’s largest Series A round to date, according to AgFunder data [disclosure: AgFunder is AFN‘s parent company.]
The funding... |
| 15.02.2022 | Faux Chicken Brand TiNDLE’s Parent Raises $100 Million In Largest Series A Plant-Based Meat Deal Ever | Next Gen Foods, the maker of plant-based chicken brand TiNDLE, has officially entered North America ... [+] upon record-breaking fundraise. Next Gen Foods |
| 15.02.2022 | Next Gen Foods Raises “Biggest Ever” $100M Series A From Investors Including Paul McCartney | Next Gen Foods, makers of TiNDLE vegan chicken, has announced a $100 million Series A round claiming it to be the largest Series A to date for a plant-based meat company, with new investors in the round including Sir Paul McCartney. The new... |
| 15.02.2022 | TiNDLE Raises Record $100M Series For Plant-Based Chicken Ahead Of US Nationwide Launch | 4 Mins Read
Singaporean plant based meat startup Next Gen Foods has secured a record breaking $100 million, the largest single Series A investment in the sector to date, following its two-part $30M seed last July. The company’s vegan chicke... |
| 26.11.2021 | Agrifoodtech innovation doesn’t happen in the boardroom, but in the field: Thai Wah CEO | One of the world’s leading manufacturers of noodles — and a major supplier of starches to the wider food industry — is launching a VC fund to advance agrifoodtech innovation in Southeast Asia.
Ho Ren Hua, CEO at Thai Wah, announced the laun... |
| 16.11.2021 | Chinese VC Bits x Bites hits $100m final close with capital from Syngenta, Wilbur-Ellis | Chinese agrifoodtech VC firm Bits x Bites has closed its latest fund on $100 million with a string of food and ag corporates as well as investment players signing up as LPs.
Among those participating in the fund’s final close were Syngenta ... |
| 16.11.2021 | BREAKING: Chinese VC Bits x Bites hits $100m final close with capital from Syngenta, Wilbur-Ellis | Chinese agrifoodtech VC firm Bits x Bites has closed its latest fund on $100 million with a string of food and ag corporates as well as investment players signing up as LPs.
Among those participating in the fund’s final close were Syngenta ... |
| 13.11.2021 | Amsterdam Diners Can Now Taste TiNDLE Vegan Chicken In Restaurants | 1
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Diners in Amsterdam are now able to grab their first bite of the vegan chicken alternative TiNDLE in six restaurants across the city. The product is developed by Singapore food tech Next Gen, and has already gained a f... |
| 13.10.2021 | 'It's malleable when handled, but firm when cooked, chefs love that...' Next Gen Foods plans 2022 US market entry with TiNDLE plant-based chicken | While the plant-based meat category is not short of startups promising to fix the broken food system, this is not the first rodeo for Andre Menezes and Timo Recker, who founded Next Gen Foods in April 2020 and have already launched produ... |
| 13.10.2021 | Next Gen Foods Provides US with a Sneak Peek of TiNDLE(TM) - The "Chefs' Plant-Based Chicken" As It Accelerates Global Growth | The company's flagship product, TiNDLE will be previewed for a limited-time only during The New York City Wine & Food Festival to showcase its next-level versatility
Superstar Chef Rocco DiSpirito has joined as a key culinary advisor an... |
| 31.08.2021 | Singapore Vegan Chicken Brand TiNDLE Gears Up For Middle East and US | 4 Mins Read
TiNDLE, the plant-based chicken brand developed by Singapore’s Next Gen Foods, has named Dubai and Abu Dhabi as its next destination in its ongoing global expansion. It also announced several industry veterans joining its team, ... |
| 15.07.2021 | Foodtech de frango à base de plantas recebe aporte de mais de US$ 20 milhões | A marca TiNDLE, de frango à base de plantas da Next Gen, foodtech sediada em Singapura, anunciou um seed extension de US$ 20 milhões, elevando o montante do seu seed round para US$ 30 milhões.
Os novos investidores incluem o GGV Capital, fa... |
| 14.07.2021 | Next Gen Foods’ tech-inspired, asset-light model just closed plant protein’s biggest-ever seed round | Even before Next Gen Foods secured an additional $20 million in funding this week, it had already raised the largest seed round on record for a plant-based protein startup.
The extension announced yesterday comes on top of the $10 million t... |
| 13.07.2021 | Next Gen Foods : Announces $20 Million Extended Seed Round as it Brings 'TiNDLE' Plant-Based Chicken to the U.S. | SINGAPORE and SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Gen Foods, makers of the plant-based chicken brand 'TiNDLE' today announced a $20 million extension of their seed round, taking the entire round to $30 million, the largest eve... |
| 13.07.2021 | Singapore-Based Vegan Chicken Startup Bags Additional $20M to Launch in U.S. | 6 Mins Read
Singapore food tech Next Gen, maker of plant-based chicken brand TiNDLE, has secured US$20 million in its extended seed round in order to launch in the U.S. market. This takes the startup’s total seed round to US$30 million, and... |
| 23.06.2021 | TiNDLE Vegan Chicken Launches In 16 Hong Kong Restaurants Including Michelin Starred Bo Innovation | 5 Mins Read
TiNDLE, the new plant-based chicken brand developed by Singapore food tech Next Gen, is making its debut in Hong Kong and Macau for the first time. Launching on Thursday (June 24), plant-based dishes featuring TiNDLE will be ser... |
| 18.03.2021 | Singapore’s Next Gen Launches ‘Tindle’ Plant-Based Chicken At Restaurants Islandwide | 4 Mins Read
Singapore-based startup Next Gen Foods has officially launched its plant-based chicken brand Tindle, debuting at 11 restaurants across the city. The foodservice roll out will include establishments run by Michelin-starred chefs,... |
| 25.02.2021 | Metro : NX-Food invests in Next Gen | 25 February 2021 NX-Food invests in food tech startup Next Gen
Share Link NX-Food invests in Next Gen, a Singapore based food tech start-up, pioneering plant-based foods. They have closed a $10 million seed round, the largest ever for a pla... |
| 25.02.2021 | Temasek-backed startup Next Gen raises USD 10 million for plant-based chicken | Singapore is quickly becoming a bustling hub for the foodtech industry, with many startups cropping up across the island. Next Gen, a startup that develops and produces plant-based food, launched in October last year with a capitalization o... |
| 25.02.2021 | Next Gen Secures $10M in Highest Ever Plant-Based Seed Round | Following its recent regulatory approval for cultured meat, Singapore has rapidly become a leading centre of innovation for food-tech startups. One such company is Next Gen, which reveals today it has closed what it says is the largest seed... |
| 25.02.2021 | Alt Chicken Startup Next Gen Raises US$10M For Tindle Launch In Record-Breaking Seed Round | 5 Mins Read
Singapore-based food tech Next Gen has closed US$10 million in a funding round, setting a global record for the largest seed financing to date within the plant-based startup industry. The startup says that the financing will go ... |
| 25.02.2021 | Singapore’s Next Gen breaks plant-based seed round record with $10m raise | Next Gen, a plant-based foods company has raised $10 million in seed funding.
The deal breaks global records for the largest seed round by a plant-based company ever. It also surpassed the startup’s $7 million initial target.
Some big-name ... |
| 25.02.2021 | Brief: Singapore’s Next Gen breaks plant-based seed round record with $10m raise | Singapore plant-based protein company Next Gen Foods has raised $10 million in seed funding.
The deal breaks global records for the largest seed round by a plant-based startup.
Big-name investors including Singapore state fund Temasek, K3 V... |
| 24.02.2021 | Plant-based food startup Next Gen lands $10M seed round from investors including Temasek | Singapore is quickly turning into a hub for food-tech startups, partly because of government initiatives supporting the development of meat alternatives. One of the newest entrants is Next Gen, which will launch its plant-based “chicken” br... |
| - | Foodtech de frango à base de plantas recebe aporte de mais de US$ 20 milhões | A marca TiNDLE, de frango à base de plantas da Next Gen, foodtech sediada em Singapura, anunciou um seed extension de US$ 20 milhões, elevando o montante do seu seed round para US$ 30 milhões.
Os novos investidores incluem o GGV Capital, fa... |
| - | Winging it: 5 chicken alternatives that taste just like the real thing (sort of) | Malaysia's chicken export ban has ruffled some feathers across Singapore. And understandably so, seeing as how chicken is a mainstay favourite of pretty much everyone on the island.
Between buying out fresh stock at markets and fretting abo... |
