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| Jul 2, 2026 | Biotech and Food companies strengthen management teams on the business side |
Basel-based pharma company Idorsia has appointed Roland Wandeler as CEO, effective October 1, 2026. He will succeed Jean-Paul Clozel, who has been serving as ad interim CEO since March 2026 and will continue as Chairman of the Board of Dir... |
| Jun 10, 2026 | UndoAge and Novonesis Forge Strategic Partnership to Drive High-Quality Development of China's Probiotic Industry | Beijing, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UndoAge and Novonesis, a global biosolutions company backed by Novo Holdings, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Beijing on June 9. The partnership will deepen collaboration in probiotics an... |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Fermentation is faster: How next generation technologies accelerate alternative protein production | Fermented foods continue to gain momentum as consumers seek natural gut-friendly and immunity-supporting ingredients across a wide range of categories. With the global fermented foods market valued at 585 million USD in 2024 and projected t... |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Lio Secures $30 Million, Revolutionizing Enterprise Procurement with Agentic AI | Lio, an NYC-based AI firm, secured $30 million in Series A funding. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, pushing total capital to $33 million. Funds fuel product development and US expansion. Lio's agentic AI platform automates enterprise pro... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Lio: $30 Million Raised For Agentic AI Enterprise Procurement Platform | Lio, an AI-native company building an agentic AI platform for enterprise procurement, announced that it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from SV Angels, Harry Ste... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Lio Raises $30M in Series A Funding | Lio (fka askLio), a NYC-based company building an agentic AI platform for enterprise procurement, raised $30M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from SV Angels, Harry Stebbings and Y Com... |
| Jan 25, 2026 | Octarine Bio Secures €12.8M Series A for Sustainable Pigment Revolution | Octarine Bio, a Danish biotech innovator, secured an additional €5 million, pushing its total Series A funding to €12.8 million. This significant investment fuels the industrial scaling and commercial rollout of its PurePalette platform. Pu... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Octarine Bio: €5 Million Raised To Scale Precision-Fermented Natural Pigments | Octarine Bio has secured €5 million in new funding, bringing its total Series A financing to €12.8 million, including earlier pre-Series A capital, as the Danish biotech pushes to scale a new platform for sustainable, bio-based pigments.
Ba... |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Copenhagen’s Octarine Bio adds €5 million to Series A to advance sustainable colour platform | Octarine Bio, a Danish BioTech company developing a new generation of sustainable pigments through precision fermentation, has successfully secured €5 million to accelerate the industrial-scale validation and commercial rollout of PurePalet... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | HotHouse Therapeutics: £2.9 Million Raised To Launch AI-Driven Plant-Based Drug Discovery Platform | HotHouse Therapeutics has emerged from stealth with £2.9 million in pre-seed funding to advance an AI-enabled plant bioengineering platform that aims to transform how modern medicines are discovered and manufactured. The Norwich-based start... |
| May 26, 2025 | Novonesis Launches Enzymatic Solution for Better Foam and Protein Solubility in Plant-Based Beverages | Novonesis, a biosolutions company formed through the merger of Novozymes and Chr. Hansen, has introduced Vertera® Velvet, a new enzyme-based ingredient designed to enhance the quality of plant-based beverages. The product targets longstandi... |
| Apr 9, 2025 | A New Era in Dairy: The Arla-DMK Merger and Its Implications for Plant-Based Innovation | In a bold move that could reshape the European dairy landscape, Arla Foods and DMK Group have announced plans to merge, creating a powerhouse with pro forma sales of €19 billion. This merger is not just about dairy; it’s a strategic play th... |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Europe’s Largest Dairy Cooperative Merger Could Open New Opportunities for Plant-Based Innovation | The DMK Group and Arla Foods have announced their intention to merge, creating Europe’s largest dairy-focused cooperative. The merger, which is subject to approval from both cooperatives’ representative assembly and regulatory authorities, ... |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Newleos Therapeutics: A New Dawn in Neuropsychiatric Treatment | In the world of mental health, the need for innovation is as urgent as a fire alarm. Newleos Therapeutics has stepped into this arena with a bold vision and a hefty $93.5 million in Series A funding. This clinical-stage neuroscience company... |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Newleos Therapeutics Debuts with $93.5 Million Oversubscribed Series A Financing to Transform the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders through the Advancement of Novel Medicines | -Newleos aims to develop first-in-class and best-in-class therapies to address the need for safer and more efficacious treatment options for major mental health conditions-
-Multiple clinical-stage programs licensed from Roche, ready for pr... |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Oterra's New COO: A Strategic Move Towards Sustainability | Oterra, a titan in the natural colors industry, has made a significant move by appointing Mia Kjersner as its new Chief Operating Officer. This decision, effective February 1, 2025, signals a bold step into a future where sustainability and... |
| Jan 9, 2025 | Oterra names new COO | HØRSHOLM, DENMARK — Oterra, a leading supplier of natural colors, announced the appointment of Mia Kjersner to chief operating officer, effective Feb. 1. According to the company, Kjersner will be a “critical” addition to its team.
“Oterra ... |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Oterra appoints Mia Kjersner as Chief Operating Officer | Oterra appoints Mia Kjersner as Chief Operating Officer
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Oterra, a leading producer of natural colors for the food and beverage industry, has appointed Mia Kjersner as its new Chief Operating O... |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Kerry Group acquires lactose testing technology | Listen to the article 2 min
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Kerry Group acquired DirectSens’ LactoSens technology, a lactose detection test for dairy products. Financial details were not di... |
| Jul 16, 2024 | Synamics Therapeutics, AI-Driven Drug Discovery Startup, Attracts Former Novozymes Executives as Lead Investors | Synamics Therapeutics, AI-Driven Drug Discovery Startup, Attracts Former Novozymes Executives as Lead Investors
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Copenhagen, Denmark – July 16, 2024 – Synamics Therapeutics, a groundbreaking AI... |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Novo Holdings Invests in MATR Foods’ Fungi-Powered Fermented Meat Alternatives | Life science investor Novo Holdings has announced an initial investment in MATR Foods, a Danish food tech startup leveraging the power of mycelium, traditional fermentation, and upcycled vegetables to make sustainable meat alternative produ... |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Biomanufacturing game-changer? Enduro Genetics unveils elegant solution to declining cell productivity | In any bioreactor, over time, only a certain percentage of cells actually produce what they have been engineered to express, says Enduro Genetics CEO Christian Munch. The rest are essentially freeloaders, consuming valuable feedstocks witho... |
| May 21, 2024 | Danish industrial biotech startup Cellugy raises €4.9 million to replace petrochemicals in personal care products | |
| Mar 17, 2024 | Sweetener Market vs. Fermentation Chemicals Market: A Battle of Sweet Success | The global sweetener market is projected to reach approximately USD 130.6 billion by 2031, while the fermentation chemicals market is expected to hit USD 130.6 billion by 2032. Let's dive into the sweet success of these two booming markets.... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | [Latest] Global Fermentation Chemicals Market Size/Share Worth USD 130.6 Billion by 2032 at a 7.1% CAGR: Custom Market Insights (Analysis, Outlook, Leaders, Report, Trends, Forecast, Segmentation, Growth, Growth Rate, Value) | [220+ Pages Latest Report] According to a market research study published by Custom Market Insights, the demand analysis of Global Fermentation Chemicals Market size & share revenue was valued at approximately USD 64.5 Billion in 2022 a... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Feed Additives Market to hit USD 59.39 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 5.43% by Exactitude Consultancy | Feed Additives Market
The Exactitude Consultancy Feed Additives Market Report –Size, Share, Trends, And Forecast 2024-2030
Rising global demand for quality animal nutrition drives the Feed Additives Market, with a focus on enhancing animal ... |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Global Industrial Enzymes Market Forecast to Reach $10.10 Billion by 2030: Microorganism-based Enzymes to Experience Notable Expansion | |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Cradle raises $24m for GenAI biotech platform | |
| Oct 26, 2023 | Novozymes accelerates growth in Q3 and is on track to deliver on full-year expectations | After the first nine months of the 2023 financial year, Novozymes sees increasing demand for sustainable biosolutions and delivers 5% organic sales growth. The full-year organic sales growth outlook is maintained at 4-6%.
COPENHAGEN, Denmar... |
| Aug 10, 2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Bactolife raises $33m, FAO scoops up $27 million, irrigation tech in the spotlight | This week, Danish startup Bactolife raised funds to develop gut microbiome-strengthening proteins and the UN’s FAO scooped up funding from the EU for its Sustainable Wildlife Management program. CPG giant Campbell made a new acquisition, as... |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Novozymes Global Sourcing Enables Growth and Sustainability, Tackling Market Dynamics and Driving Supplier Diversity with Fairmarkit’s Autonomous Sourcing Solution | Fairmarkit Logo “We’re honored to have a customer of Novozymes’ stature and are thrilled to help enable growth of their company and scale procurement operations as they expand,” said Kevin Frechette, Co-founder and CEO of Fairmarkit.
BOSTON... |
| May 8, 2023 | Novozymes says new ingredient can increase shelf life, cut sugar in baked goods | Dive Brief:
Danish biotechnology company Novozymes has debuted a new enzymatic baking ingredient, Novamyl BestBite, that is designed to increase freshness and improve shelf life in baked foods. The company said the ingredient helps food, su... |
| Jan 26, 2023 | Novozymes delivers historically strong full-year results | Novozymes is delivering strong growth and earnings in a volatile market environment with 9% organic sales growth in 2022. This marks the highest organic sales growth in more than a decade, and Novozymes is confident about the 2023 outlook o... |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Novozymes and Chr. Hansen to combine and create a leading global biosolutions partner | Today, Novozymes and Chr. Hansen have entered into an agreement to create a leading global biosolutions partner through a statutory merger of the two companies. The combination is expected to unleash the full potential of biological solutio... |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Novozymes delivers strong half year results and narrows full-year outlook upwards | Novozymes delivered solid earnings and double-digit organic sales growth in both the first half and in the second quarter. Despite the volatile market environment, the company narrows its full-year organic sales outlook upwards from 4-8% to... |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Novozymes plan to further increase prices across the portfolio in response to the significant and persistent hike in incoming cost | Novozymes has experienced unprecedented cost-inflation on raw materials, energy, and logistics. To recover these headwinds, substantial price increases will be implemented.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – 15 July 2022. Novozymes has been able to part... |
| May 11, 2022 | How Anuvia aims to spend $66m advancing biofertilizer for large-scale agriculture | US biofertilizer company Anuvia Plant Nutrients has packed a lot of milestones into a short period of time, its latest being a $65.5 million Series D fundraise co-led by Riverstone Holdings and Piva Capital.
Morgan Stanley Investment Manage... |
| Apr 26, 2022 | Novozymes delivers strong 2022 Q1 results and raises full-year financial guidance | Novozymes delivered solid earnings and double-digit organic sales growth in the first quarter of 2022. Despite negative effects of the tragic war in Ukraine the company increases its full-year organic sales growth from 3-7% to now 4-8%.
COP... |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Novozymes announces plan to increase prices to cover rising cost of raw materials, energy, and logistics | Novozymes has experienced unprecedented inflation on raw materials, energy, and logistics. To recover these headwinds price increases will be implemented.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – March 31st, 2022. Today Novozymes announces its plan to pass on... |
| Feb 1, 2022 | Novozymes delivers strong 2021 full-year results and expects continued, solid progress in 2022 | Novozymes is executing on its strategic framework by delivering 6% organic sales growth for 2021 and presenting a solid organic growth outlook of 3-7% for 2022. The company is also on track to meet its ambitious non-financial targets and de... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Novozymes A/S : DSM-Novozymes Alliance launches its new generation phytase, HiPhorius™ | January 25, 2021 - HiPhorius™ raises the market standard for phytase technology, delivering consistent improvements in animal performance through efficient phosphorous utilization. It is a complete phytase solution for poultry, swine and aq... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | FDA authorizes new Merck Covid-19 pill despite scientists' concerns on its mechanism of action | A Danish bio industrial scale-up company has landed an $86 million investment from Novo Holdings, and it’s hoping to build on a technology base from Novozymes. And with that investment will come a new manufacturing site.
21st.BIO was founde... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Arrowhead adds newest facility to its Midwest hub in RNAi drug production push | Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has purchased 13 acres of land in Wisconsin’s Verona Technology Park and will build a 140,000-square-foot drug manufacturing facility.
The company will spend between $200 million and $250 mil... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Cincinnati plays host to new cell, viral vector manufacturing site from Expression Therapeutics | Expression Therapeutics’ new cell and viral vector manufacturing site is up and running in Cincinnati.
The 43,000 square-foot site will provide end-to-end R&D capabilities and both early phase- and commercial-scale ... |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Marrone Bio Optimizes Bioherbicide with New Bacteria Strains, Accelerates Product Development to Enter $27 Billion Herbicide Market¹ | DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII), has acquired exclusive rights to high-performing strains of Streptomyces acidiscabies, allowing for the accelerated commercialization of a new, s... |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Closing the gap between sustainability and profits in corn wet milling | Increased sustainability demands from consumers, FMCG companies and regulators put pressure on grain millers who are struggling to optimize starch production without losing profits. A new white paper shows how enzymes can provide a game-cha... |
| Dec 16, 2021 | Novozymes A/S : Univar Solutions Appointed as Distributor of Novozymes biological cleaning solutions in Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia | December 16, 2021 - Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, today announced a new agreement with Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, expanding t... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Novozymes and Saipem enter collaboration agreement to create a more sustainable CO2 capture | The partnership will develop new biotech solutions aimed at carbon capture through enzymes.
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – December 13, 2021 – Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, and Saipem, an advanced technological and engineering... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Novozymes strengthens and accelerates its BioHealth-business by acquiring a majority stake in Synergia Life Sciences, a leading developer and manufacturer of probiotics and vitamin K2-7 | Novozymes acquires a majority stake in Synergia Life Sciences Pte. Ltd., a leading player in the field of spore probiotics and vitamin K2-7, for a cash payment of DKK ~1 billion (USD ~150 million). Synergia Life Sciences has a global footpr... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Novozymes strengthens and accelerates its BioHealth-business by acquiring a majority stake in Synergia Life Sciences, a leading developer and manufacturer of probiotics and vitamin K2-7 | Novozymes acquires a majority stake in Synergia Life Sciences Pte. Ltd., a leading player in the field of spore probiotics and vitamin K2-7, for a cash payment of DKK ~1 billion (USD ~150 million). Synergia Life Sciences has a global footpr... |
| Nov 24, 2021 | Novozymes wants your help to accelerate protein’s fungal future | Danish enzyme and microbial technology provider Novozymes is calling on the agrifoodtech community to rally behind the future of sustainable protein. The company recently launched a new business collaboration effort called the Myco-Protein ... |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Novozymes Believes Mycoprotein Is The Future of Sustainable Food and Is Now Asking For Partners To Join Its Journey | 3 Mins Read
Can Mycoprotein Save Our Food System? Novozymes Is Betting On It.
Novozymes, the largest enzyme and microbial technology provider based in Denmark, believes that mycoprotein could help shape the future of sustainable food. Now, ... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Novozymes takes on climate change with ambitious targets and big investments in sustainable innovations | November 1, 2021 - Led by President and CEO, Ester Baiget, Novozymes is attending the COP26 climate summit these weeks where world leaders will come together to discuss their latest pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With record te... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Novozymes is unlocking growth by delivering strong Q3 results and increasing full-year guidance | Novozymes delivered 7% organic sales growth in the third quarter and 6% organic sales growth in the first nine months of 2021.
Due to stronger performance the company has upgraded its full-year financial guidance from previously 4-6% organi... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | New yeast innovation delivers unparalleled performance for bioenergy industry | October 26, 2021 - Novozymes is introducing Innova Quantum, a new addition to its powerful Innova yeast platform. The robust new yeast enables ethanol plants with longer fermentation times of more than 60 hours to realize higher ethanol yie... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Novozymes is unlocking growth by delivering strong Q3 results and increasing full-year guidance | Novozymes delivered 7% organic sales growth in the third quarter and 6% organic sales growth in the first nine months of 2021.
Due to stronger performance the company has upgraded its full-year financial guidance from previously 4-6% organi... |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Novozymes is combining cutting-edge science and business expertise to help feed the world sustainably | To feed a growing population, Novozymes is inviting all interested parties to help co-create and innovate the future of sustainable protein. By combining science with business expertise Novozymes wants to rethink how protein is made and sou... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | New enzyme expands the role of biological ingredients for laundry detergents | Novozymes launches the natural and biodegradable detergent ingredient Pristine® to address some of the biggest unsolved consumer challenges within the laundry category. This ground-breaking enzyme tackles malodor and discoloration at the ve... |
| Aug 18, 2021 | Agrifoodtech Digest: Wendy’s plans 700 parking lot ghost kitchens; Knowde nets $72m | AFN‘s weekly Agrifoodtech Digest is our selection of the top funding, partnership, and product launch headlines reported by us and other sources these past seven days.
🇺🇸 Burger chain Wendy’s plans 700 ghost kitchens by 2025 in partnership ... |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Novozymes Enters Alt-Protein Space With Investment of 2Bn Danish Kroner | Danish biotech giant Novozymes has entered into a contract with an unnamed key player in the plant-based industry. As part of the contract, it will invest 2 billion Danish kroner into an alt-protein production line in Nebraska.
The company ... |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Novozymes delivers strong Q2 results and narrows full-year guidance to the high-end of the range | Novozymes delivered 9% organic sales growth in the second quarter and 6% organic sales growth in the first half of 2021.
The company has narrowed its full-year financial guidance from previously 2-6% and now expects organic sales growth of ... |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Novozymes A/S : New innovations offer powerful results for the bioenergy industry | July 7, 2021 - After a challenging time during the pandemic, for the first time in over a year the ethanol industry will gather at large in Iowa, hoping also to welcome innovations that provide a substantial boost in efficiency and countera... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | NOVOZYMES A/S
Novozymes A/S : DSM-Novozymes Alliance launches its second-generation protease, ProAct 360™ | June 14, 2021 - ProAct 360™ sets a new market standard in protease technology for poultry on three key fronts: feed efficiency, affordability, and sustainability. This innovative feed solution delivers more consistent improvements in growth... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Novozymes A/S : Professional cleaning companies collaborate to evaluate the benefit of probiotics in green cleaning, in response to COVID-19 | April 29, 2021 - Novozymes has joined forces with a number of cleaning companies and a startup, in a partnership established with the support of Gladsaxe Municipality's local business service, to test a solution to one of the challenges in ... |
| Apr 26, 2021 | NOVOZYMES A/S
Novozymes A/S : Univar Solutions and Novozymes provide biological solutions that address growing health-consciousness and sustainability demand in the food market | April 26, 2021 - Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ('Univar Solutions' or 'the Company'), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, and Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, today ann... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | NOVOZYMES A/S
Earth Day: Together, we can build a better future | By Brian Brazeau, guest columnist
United Nations leaders recently issued a 'red alert' about the landmark Paris Agreement, noting that commitments offered by participating nations fall far short of what is needed to halt catastrophic climat... |
| Apr 13, 2021 | NOVOZYMES A/S
Novozymes A/S : United in bringing America to the forefront in climate change | April 13, 2021 - Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, has endorsed a significant call for the U.S. to make an ambitious contribution to tackling climate change by 2030, through cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to at le... |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Fermentation sees foodtech investors bubbling up in 2020 | A recent report from the Good Food Institute (GFI) indicates that the last 18 months has been a record period of investment for fermentation companies creating alternatives to animal-derived foods and ingredients.
GFI’s State of the Industr... |
| Jun 19, 2020 | NOVOZYMES A/S
Novozymes A/S : in pro bono partnership to establish sustainable food supply in Ethiopia | Solving the world's major challenges like hunger and poverty requires new ideas, original thinking and, not least, collaboration.
In 2018, Novozymes was invited to join the Sustainable Food Partnership. The ambition is to create a productio... |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Got oatmilk? Novozymes develops toolbox to help create the perfect oat drink | The new toolbox provides insight into how to adjust sweetness, mouthfeel and nutrition, and optimize the production process, said market development manager Alessandro Palumbo.
“Our team of experts can work with brands at a very small sca... |
| Sep 27, 2019 | How To Spot A Synthetic Biology Unicorn | Biotech is projected to reach $775 billion by 2024, but dozens of companies in the field of ... [+] synthetic biology are creating magical tools to go beyond that. Look here for the next unicorn. Jelena Trmčić for SynBioBeta |
| Aug 6, 2019 | Through a new partnership and $72 million in funding, LanzaTech expands its carbon capture tech | For nearly 15 years LanzaTech has been developing a carbon capture technology that can turn waste streams into ethanol that can be used for chemicals and fuel.
Now, with $72 million in fresh funding at a nearly $1 billion valuation and a ne... |
| Apr 10, 2019 | Innovation Endeavors debuts Deep Life, an incubator focused on the intersection of life science and computer science | Innovation Endeavors, the fund backed by Google’s Eric Schmidt, has for years now been taking a novel approach to working on difficult and still-evolving problems, like cybersecurity and food shortages: it sets up incubators that bring toge... |
| Mar 26, 2019 | Animal AgTech, The Sector’s Awkward Uncle, Proudly Struts Its Stuff In San Fran | This year’s Rethink AgriFood Innovation Week in San Francisco saw an awkward uncle stride proudly into the week’s agenda for the first time with last Monday’s inaugural Animal AgTech Innovation Summit.
Animal agritech often struggles to evi... |
| Dec 13, 2018 | Zymergen Raises $400m Series C in Largest Ever Upstream AgriFood Tech Deal in US | *Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include comment from Matt Ocko, co-managing director and co-founder of Data Collective VC.
Zymergen, a synthetic biology startup engineering microbes for a range of tasks, has closed a $400 mil... |
| May 18, 2018 | Enzymatically interesterified oils in focus as PHO replacement deadline looms | Novozymes – which shared a green chemistry award with partner ADM in 2005 for its work in this area – supplies an ‘immobilized’ enzyme that can be used to re-arrange the structure of fatty acids on the glycerol backbone of a triglyceride ... |
| May 9, 2018 | UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are ‘Business Opportunities’ for Ag Biotech Startups | The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have created business opportunities for small companies, according to Peder Holk Nielsen, CEO of Novozymes, a Copenhagen-based biotech company that produces unique enzymes to promote sustainability acr... |
| Feb 9, 2018 | Novozymes notches up 9% organic sales growth in food and beverage segment in 2017 | Speaking to FoodNavigator-USA as Novozymes – which commands an estimated 48% share of the global enzyme market - reported its full-year results, Arnaud Melin, VP of Food & Beverages, Europe, Americas, said nutrition and starch convers... |
| Aug 29, 2017 | What Are Novel Farming Systems? | Novel farming systems are new methods of farming living ingredients, many of which are traditionally grown outdoors.
Consumers are scrutinizing the agrifood industry more than ever for its widespread use of natural resources such as water a... |
| Oct 13, 2016 | Microbe Engineering Startup Zymergen Raises $130m Series B | Zymergen, a startup engineering microbes for use across a range of industries including agriculture, has raised $130 million in Series B funding. This is one of agtech’s largest fundraising deals to-date.
It’s also $30 million more than com... |
| Nov 27, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 27, 2015 | Grofers snapped up $120M; Sigma Pensios raised $62M; GOQii secured $13.4M funding
Savedo, a Berlin, Germany-based online financial marketplace that allows European savers to invest in safe term deposits within the EU, raised funding from HW... |
| Nov 25, 2015 | PlantResponse Biotech raises 5.7 Million € in Series A funding | PlantResponse Biotech, an agrobiotechnology company, closed a Series A round of 5.7 Million €. The financing round was lead by Monsanto Growth Ventures and included a mix of institutional and strategic investors including, Caixa Capital Ris... |
| Nov 25, 2015 | PlantResponse Biotech cierra una ronda de €5,7M liderada por Monsanto Growth, acuden CaixaCR, Middleland y Novozymes | 25/11/2015
PLANTRESPONSE BIOTECH CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €5,7 MILLONES LIDERADA POR MONSANTO GROWTH PARTNERS, ACUDEN CAIXA CAPITAL RISC, MIDDLELAND Y NOVOZYMES.
La compañía de agrobiotecnología PlantResponse Biotech, ha cerrado una ronda A de... |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Shedd Aquarium Receives $2M in Quest to Unravel Microbiomes’ Mysteries | Microbiomes are all around us—and even inside us. According to The Human Microbiome Project, tens of trillions of the little cells live on and inside humans. Representing thousands of species, microbiomes outnumber our own cells by roughly ... |
| Jun 18, 2015 | Zymergen Seals $42M Series A to Continue Mass Production of Microbes Using Robotics | Microbial DNA maker Zymergen recently announced a $42M Series A led by Data Collective, with a group of investors participating, including AME Cloud Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurveston, HVF, Innovation Endeavors, Obvious Ventures, True Ventur... |
| Jun 16, 2015 | With $44 Million In Funding, Biotech Startup Zymergen Is Buying Up Robots To Mass Produce Materials From Microbes | The mostly under-the-radar biotech startup Zymergen has gone about making microbial DNA manipulating robots for the last couple of years. It has now raised a total of $44 million to use these microbes to manufacture chemicals and new materi... |
| Jan 14, 2013 | $2.3 Million DOE Grant Will Support MBI, Novozymes Partnership | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
MBI International, the Lansing, MI-based subsidiary of Michigan State University that helps companies scale up bio-based tech endeavors, has partnered with Novozymes to win a ... |
| Feb 27, 2009 | Arzeda, Maker of Designer Enzymes, Prepares to Leave UW Roots with New Leader and VC Bucks | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
One of the biggest startup ideas at the University of Washington is getting ready to leave the academic nest. Arzeda, which designs custom-built enzymes on computers that can ... |
| Sep 17, 2008 | Novozymes Biopharma Announces New Development in Animal-Free Cell Culture Supplements at BioProcess International Conference and Exhibition 2008 | Nottingham, UK (17 September 2008). Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes, world leader in bioinnovation, announces a new development in animal-free supplements for industrial cell culture on booth #219 at BioProcess International Conferen... |
| Oct 5, 2004 | Novozymes and Chr Hansen link up for new cheese enzyme project | The two firms, both based out of Denmark, are working together for the first time in many years, to design an enzyme that will boost yields as well as reducing waste products.
"We're good at the first step, finding and developing the e... |
| Novozymes & Anuvia PLant nutrients join forces to bring biobased nutrients to commercial agricuture | "Novozymes and Anuvia Plant Nutrients, an innovative plant nutrient company, are announcing that they have joined forces to develop a range of combined biotechnologies that will reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers in commercial a... |
