| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.10.2024 | Pizza Hut's Personal Pan Pizza Hut: A Slice of Innovation | In a world where dining experiences are evolving faster than ever, Pizza Hut is stepping up to the plate with its latest innovation: the Personal Pan Pizza Hut kiosk. This new concept is not just about serving pizza; it’s about redefining h... |
| 22.10.2024 | Ahead of Singapore Approval, French Startup Hosts Tasting for Cultivated Chicken | 5 Mins Read French cultivated chicken startup Vital Meat showcased its ingredient in a public tasting in Singapore, where it expects regulatory approval “very soon”.
With a market launch on the horizon, Vital Meat organised a cultivated mea... |
| 16.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Chicken Tasting, Oat Milk Liqueur & Alt-Protein Awards | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Vital Meat’s cultivated chicken tasting in Singapore, Oatly’s... |
| 01.10.2024 | The Gender Gap in Australia’s Startup Scene: A Persistent Challenge | Australia's startup ecosystem is a vibrant tapestry of innovation and ambition. Yet, a glaring thread remains frayed: gender disparity. LinkedIn's 2024 Top Startups list reveals a stark reality. Out of 42 founders, only one woman stands amo... |
| 01.10.2024 | LinkedIn reveals Australia’s top startups for 2024 | LinkedIn has released the 2024 LinkedIn Top Startups Australia list, an annual ranking highlighting emerging companies where professionals aspire to work. This year's top startups are making significant strides in various fields, including ... |
| 25.09.2024 | A year on: LinkedIn’s 2024 top startups list still features only one woman, but 41 men | Constantinople co-founders Macgregor Duncan and Dianne Challenor. Source: Square Peg Capital article-article-body
Medicinal cannabis startup Montu has topped LinkedIn Australia’s top startups for 2024 list, which represents some of the nati... |
| 17.09.2024 | New Zealand Government Invests $5.95M to Develop Cultivated Seafood | 4 Mins Read In New Zealand, the government has poured NZ$9.6M ($5.95M) into a five-year programme to develop cultivated fish products.
A five-year, government-backed scheme is aiming to develop new fish cell production systems for cultivate... |
| 02.09.2024 | Think Tank Lays Out Policy Recommendations for Australia’s Precision Fermentation Sector | 5 Mins Read Australia has a young but burgeoning precision fermentation sector, but to meet its potential, it needs a big helping hand from the government.
It may only be home to six companies, but Australia’s precision fermentation ecosyst... |
| 07.08.2024 | Why Australia Is Ideally Positioned to Play A Leading Role in the Global Smart Protein Industry’s Success | 7 Mins Read Australia has unique advantages when it comes to pushing the future of protein technology forward, argues independent alternative protein think tank Food Frontier CEO Dr Simon Eassom.
Food systems transformation is increasingly ... |
| 30.07.2024 | Alt-Protein Policy Scorecard: Singapore, Canada Most Supportive Governments | 5 Mins Read Singapore, Canada, the US and Israel are the most supportive governments when it comes to alternative protein policies, while Australia ranks bottom on the 10-country list.
Australian think tank Food Frontier has compared the po... |
| 27.07.2024 | The Rise of Alternative Proteins: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Europe | The landscape of food production is shifting. Alternative proteins are at the forefront of this transformation. As concerns about climate change and animal welfare grow, the demand for sustainable food sources rises. Europe, particularly th... |
| 26.07.2024 | French Cultivated Foie Gras Maker Gourmey Files for Regulatory Approval in EU | 7 Mins Read French cultivated foie gras startup Gourmey has become the first cultivated meat company to apply for regulatory approval in the EU, with dossiers also filed in four other markets.
Gourmey has applied for regulatory approval of ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Cultivated Meat: A Culinary Revolution or a Political Battlefield?** ** | ** In the heart of Europe, a culinary revolution is simmering. Cultivated meat, a product of modern science, is making waves. But this innovation is not just about taste; it’s a battleground of politics, consumer choice, and tradition.
Rece... |
| 25.07.2024 | Dutch Startup Mosa Meat Hosts First Cultivated Beef Tasting in the EU | 6 Mins Read Dutch food tech startup Mosa Meat conducted the first public tasting of cultivated beef in the EU, another milestone for novel foods amid fierce debate in Europe.
Mosa Meat, the Dutch startup that produced the world’s first cult... |
| 02.07.2024 | Tufts professor has ‘zero worries’ about long-term viability of cultivated meat | While the nascent cultivated meat industry is undoubtedly in a downcycle right now, one leading academic in the field says he has “zero worries” about the long-term commercial viability of the technology.
Speaking to AgFunderNews after anno... |
| 24.05.2024 | Cultivated Meat: Approvals and Prohibitions Since Singapore’s Pioneering Step in 2020
Singapore | Since Singapore became the first country to approve cultivated meat in 2020, a favorable regulatory environment has been growing in some nations while others have opted to ban the technology.
Currently, worldwide, 174 companies are developi... |
| 20.05.2024 | Icelandic Ministers Taste Ivy Farm’s Cultivated Beef During Iceland Innovation Week | The UK-based cultivated meat company Ivy Farm Technologies and the Icelandic biotechnology company ORF Genetics held a cultivated meat tasting and panel discussions at an event last week during Iceland Innovation Week.
The tasting featured ... |
| 16.05.2024 | Eat Just Debuts Cultivated Meat in Retail at Singapore’s Huber’s Butchery | 7 Mins Read Californian cultivated meat pioneer Eat Just has hit a major milestone in the sector, debuting Good Meat chicken in the freezers of Huber’s Butchery in Singapore – the first time these proteins are available in retail.
You can n... |
| 01.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Quail, MasterChef Pros & A Cheese Debacle | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Vow’s Tippling Club collab, US bans on cultivated meat, and a... |
| 12.04.2024 | Bluu Seafood Opens Europe’s First Cultivated Seafood Facility, Eyes Singapore Launch in 2025 | 5 Mins Read German cultivated fish startup Bluu Seafood relocated to Hamburg with the opening of a large-scale pilot plant to produce its salmon and rainbow trout, ahead of an expected launch in Singapore early next year.
Bluu Seafood has o... |
| 10.04.2024 | Exclusive: Australia’s Harvest B Unveils Blended Meat Range Ahead of US Expansion & Series A | 8 Mins Read Australian alternative protein startup Harvest B is entering the blended meat space with 50/50 slow-cooked beef and lamb SKUs, as it prepares for a US expansion and its Series A funding round.
Known for its range of plant protei... |
| 04.04.2024 | Heard of Quailia? Adventurous diners can soon try dishes made with cultivated meat from Japanese quail cells | Listen to this article
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| 03.04.2024 | Vow Receives Regulatory Approval to Launch “World-First” Cultivated Quail Product in Singapore | Australian cultivated meat company Vow announces that it has secured regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) to produce and sell the world’s first cultivated quail product.
Vow’s product originates from cells of the rare Ja... |
| 29.03.2024 | Миф о «Парке Юрского периода»: почему воскрешение динозавров остаётся недостижимой мечтой | Первый «Парк Юрского периода» вышел в 1993 году. В фильме Стивена Спилберга был показан мир, в котором ученые нашли ДНК динозавров в доисторическом янтаре и клонировали их в лаборатории. В результате древние существа оказались на Земле рядо... |
| 20.03.2024 | India Working on Regulatory Framework for Cultivated Meat & Seafood: Report | 6 Mins Read India is joining the ranks of other southeast Asian companies to establish a regulatory framework for cultivated meat and seafood companies, who can then file a dossier to receive approval from its food safety authority to sell ... |
| 12.03.2024 | Singaporean Cultivated Seafood Startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats Announce Merger | 6 Mins Read In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats... |
| 04.03.2024 | Eat Just Pauses Singapore Operations – But Plans to Resume Production & Foodservice Presence ‘Very Soon’ | 6 Mins Read Californian cultivated meat producer Eat Just has paused its Singapore operations, three months after Huber’s Bistro stopped selling its Good Meat chicken. But the company says this is a temporary phase, with production and serv... |
| 14.02.2024 | Icelandic Prime Minister Tries Vow’s Cultivated Quail at Europe’s First Official Cultivated Meat Tasting | Australian cultivated meat firm Vow and the Icelandic biotech company ORF Genetics recently held what they claim was Europe’s first official cultivated meat tasting featuring gourmet dishes crafted with Vow’s cultivated quail.
The pioneerin... |
| 12.12.2023 | Cultivated meat: UMAMI Bioworks, Cell AgriTech announce plant in Malaysia; SCiFi Foods opens pilot plant; Vow gets initial nod from regulators | It’s been a busy week in cultivated meat, with Singapore-based UMAMI Bioworks and Malaysia-based Cell AgriTech announcing a large-scale facility in Malaysia; SCiFi Foods opening a pilot plant in San Leandro, California; and Vow receiving a ... |
| 16.11.2023 | Data snapshot: APAC alt protein investment trends… Transitioning from CPG to picks and shovels | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts ab... |
| 22.08.2023 | Vow and FSANZ to speak at Food Frontier's AltProteins 23 during decisive time for cultivated meat | Key highlights:
Conference to foster crucial dialogue as the standards setter and public decide future of cultivated meat in Vow's recent industry-first application
Vow and FSANZ will explore safe yet timely paths to market from business an... |
| 30.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Local Bounti lands $145m, Momofuku Goods bags $17.5m, Vow’s ‘mammoth’ meatball | This week, indoor farming startup Local Bounti raised additional funding, as did the Momofuku restaurant group’s spinoff company, Momofuku Goods. Indoor mushroom startup Smallhold expanded thanks to a retail partnership, and cultivated meat... |
| 28.03.2023 | Cultured meat firm resurrects woolly mammoth in lab-grown meatball | Truth, as the saying goes, is often stranger than fiction. The very notion of resurrecting the long-extinct woolly mammoth was the stuff of fantasy not that long ago, but scientists are already working on ways to achieve something close to ... |
| 28.03.2023 | Scientists create woolly mammoth meatball — but are too scared to eat it | More On: meat
Meat ‘riddled’ with E. coli causes half a million UTIs in US annually: study FDA approves lab-grown ‘GOOD Meat’ chicken product, second such authorization in US 6 ways your sandwich is trying to kill you, according to docs Eri... |
| 09.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Chromologics raises $7.5m, Next Gen Foods dabbles in alt-dairy, Amazon shutters Go stores | This week in foodtech, natural food color company Chromologics raised seed funding and Singapore’s Next Gen Foods acquired an alt-dairy startup. Agtech funding was all about ecosystem restoration projects, while down in Australia, a cultiva... |
| 20.01.2023 | Meet the Founder: (cultivated) tortoise vs. chicken with Vow’s George Peppou | “If you want to make the food system more sustainable, it’s not going to be through fixing the incumbent industry,” George Peppou of Vow tells AFN.
While that mindset could apply to many agrifood sectors, he’s specifically talking about cul... |
| 18.11.2022 | Vow founder: First wave of cultivated meat should delight and intrigue consumers, so why launch with chicken nuggets? | Startups in the nascent space are adopting a variety of approaches, with GOOD MEAT launching in Singapore last year with cultivated chicken “the world’s most-consumed and fastest-growing meat”; UPSIDE Foods planning to debut with chicken... |
| 17.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Muncher grabs $27m for ghost kitchens, Freight Farms lands $17.5m | Besides a major milestone for cultivated meat, this week’s news also includes new fundraising for Colombian ghost kitchen startup Muncher and a Series B round for vertical farming startup Freight Farms. Meanwhile, it’s more bad news for foo... |
| 16.11.2022 | Vow raised $49.2 M Series A funding from Blackbird, Prosperity7 Ventures | Vow, an Australian cultured meat company, has raised US $49.2 million in a series A round that was co-founded by Blackbird and Prosperity7 Ventures. In the history of the cultured meat industry, according to Vow, it was the largest series A... |
| 14.11.2022 | Brief: Vow lands $49.2m ahead of its cultivated quail launch in Singapore restaurants | Australian cultivated meat company Vow has secured $49.2 million in Series A funding to bring cultivated quail to Singapore.
PeakBridge participated in the round alongside Blackbird, Prosperity7 Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Square Peg, Grok V... |
| 14.11.2022 | Vow’s first cultured meat product close to Singapore unveiling after $49.2M Series A | Another cell-based meat company is poised to have its meat products introduced in restaurants.
Vow’s first product brand, Morsel, which was created from its cultured meat technology, will go into Singapore restaurants by the end of this yea... |
| 24.10.2022 | Budget 2022: Startup founders seeking support for women, STEM careers and tax cuts | Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas
The federal government will be coming in hot with a fresh budget on Tuesday, which means there’s a lot of opinions floating around regarding what should be in there.
Now we know a few things a... |
| 06.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: The Rounds bags $38m for waste-free e-grocery, Jay-Z invests in pizza robot startup Stellar | This week brought a win for more sustainable grocery delivery with The Rounds’ Series A fundraise. Meanwhile, investment in restaurant robots increased with Jay-Z’s funding for pizza robot truck Stellar and new capital for Hyper Food Roboti... |
| 04.10.2022 | Vow unveils southern hemisphere’s ‘largest’ cultivated meat facility, plans Singapore launch | Australian alternative protein company Vow has opened what it says is the largest cultivated meat facility in the southern hemisphere, in Alexandria in Sydney. The Vow Factory 1 will produce “as much as 30 tonnes” of cultivated meat annuall... |
| 27.01.2022 | Plant-based lamb pioneer Black Sheep Foods bags $5.3m funding from AgFunder, others | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Black Sheep Foods.
San Francisco-based Black Sheep Foods has raised $5.25 million in seed funding to grow its business focused on “lesser-known, bold tasting” plant-based meats, ... |
| 01.09.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Toast files for IPO, Pinduoduo commits $1.5bn to ag | In news from the world of foodtech and agtech over the past seven days, restaurant payments platform Toast filed for an IPO in the US; while VC firm AgFunder closed its latest alt-protein fund, New Carnivore, on $21 million [disclosure: AgF... |
| 27.08.2021 | Hybrid Cell-Based and Precision Fermentation Alt-Protein Is Happening | 4 Mins Read
Consumers may soon be able to feast on alternative protein developed using both cellular agriculture and precision fermentation. In what is the first-ever partnership between a cell-based and precision fermentation startup, Auss... |
| 25.08.2021 | Cell-Cultured Meat Meets Animal-Free Fermented Fat In First-Of-A-Kind Collaboration | Nourish Ingredient and Vow are working on the first lab-grown meat fillet with animal-free fermented ... [+] fat.getty |
| 04.06.2021 | After closing $27m maiden fund, Tenacious Ventures seeks to scale-up Australian agrifoodtech | Australia-based agrifoodtech investor Tenacious Ventures announced the final close of its first VC fund this week, raising A$35 million ($26.8 million) from a diverse group of limited partners to target Seed and Series A rounds.
The fund’s ... |
| 12.01.2021 | Starting with cultured kangaroo dumplings, Vow is on a mission to diversify the world’s protein sources | Most of the meat consumed in modern society comes from a relatively narrow set of animal species: cattle, chickens, pigs, and sheep, for the most part. These four account for an estimated 97% of our protein intake, but represent just 0.02% ... |
| 08.01.2021 | Vow Foods, Producer of Cultivated Exotic Meats Such as Kangaroo, Secures $6M | ©Vow Foods
Australian cultured meat startup Vow Foods, producer of traditional meats as well as more obscure meats like kangaroo, alpaca and water buffalo, recently announced the closing of an oversubscribed $6 million seed, to further rese... |
| 08.01.2021 | Cell-based meat startup Vow raises $7.7 million from big-name investors | Neil Perry [left] with Vow co-founders Tim Noakesmith and George Peppou. Source: supplied.
Sydney-based startup Vow has secured US$6 million ($7.7 million) in new funding as it continues to grow its suite of cell-based, cultured meat produc... |
| 08.01.2021 | Vow Foods, Producer of Cultivated Exotic Meats Such as Kangaroo, Secures $6M | Australian cultured meat startup Vow Foods, producer of traditional meats as well as more obscure meats like kangaroo, alpaca and water buffalo, recently announced the closing of an oversubscribed $6 million seed, to further research and de... |
| 07.01.2021 | Cultured meat startup Vow raises $7.7 million in seed round | Cell-based meat production startup Vow Foods has raised $7.7m (US$6m) in a seed round led by Square Peg Capital, alongside Blackbird Ventures, Grok Ventures and new investor Tenacious Ventures.
James Tynan from Square Peg will join Vow’s bo... |
| 07.01.2021 | Aussie lab-based meat company Vow Foods makes pork, kangaroo and even water buffalo from animal cells — and it just secured US$6 million in seed funding | Neil Perry’s dishes made from the cells of 6 different animals. Image: Supplied
Australian cell-based meat company Vow Foods has secured US$6 million in seed funding.
The company makes its meat in a lab using cells from animals.
It makes bo... |
| 22.12.2020 | Cultured Protein: A Guide To Every Cell-Based Meat Startup In The World Right Now | 3 1
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The alternative protein market is on fire right now, estimated to be worth approximately $2.2Bn, and cultivated meat is expected to play an important role in the shift from traditional meat products. Experienced sc... |
| 24.11.2020 | Australia’s Alt Protein Sector Poised For Exceptional Growth Thanks To Homegrown Superstars | 8 1
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Australia is no exception to the global plant-based trend in recent years, with the movement only picking up pace since the coronavirus pandemic with consumers increasingly shifting away from conventional meat amid ... |
| 10.09.2020 | Australian Startup Vow Creates ‘Unusual Species’ Meat Including Kangaroo & Alpaca | Vow, a Sydney-based innovative food startup developing unconventional meat products directly from animal cells, just announced the world-first culinary demonstration of its multi-species meat platform with top Australian chefs Neil Perry an... |
| 25.08.2020 | Kangaroo & Zebra Meat? This Australian Food Tech Is Developing Cell-Cultured Exotic Animal Meats | 9 1
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Sydney-based food tech Vow is ramping up innovation in the cell-based meat industry by developing cultured versions of unconventional exotic animal meats. Unlike many other cultivated meat startups that are working... |
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