Category: Education & Discovery
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From parental leave policies to sustainability initiatives, Sweden is typically considered one of the most forward-thinking nations on earth.So it’s no surprise the country consistently pops up in food tech conversations, often for unusual projects that seem quirky at first glance but can actually tell us a lot about how tech is changing the way…
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Calling all agricultural-focused startups. This week, agri tech VC firm AgFunder announced its forthcoming startup accelerator, GROW, is now accepting applications. GROW is a joint venture between AgFunder and agrifood accelerator Rocket Seeder, and includes backing from the Singapore government through Enterprise Singapore and the Economic Development Bank. The program will work with early-stage startups…
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This morning, CPG giant Mars unveiled the six startups participating in the company’s first-ever cohort for its Seeds of Change accelerator program, which helps early-stage companies with health- and sustainability-focused offerings hit their next phase of growth. As a consumer-focused brand, Seeds of Change has been in operation since 1989, initially selling organic seeds to…
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As more and more startup accelerators enter the food tech space, one trend on the rise is larger entities building out programs to keep a pulse on innovation. Several major CPGs already have programs in full swing around the world, and now, other organizations are starting to develop their own takes on the accelerator model.…
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You can count on a few things for any summer in New York: the hum of thousands of air conditioning units, lengthy sessions in the park, the unmistakable smell of garbage on the curb. And nowadays, you can also count on a few lingering applications deadlines still open for the city’s fast-growing tech accelerator scene.…
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Purple Orange Ventures (P.O.V.), a seed fund based in Berlin, Germany, announced the launch of a new fellowship program aimed at alt-protein projects and ideas. Dubbed The Entrepreneurial Scientist & Engineer Fellowship Program, the fellowship will provide grant money and mentorship for scientists and engineers using, well, science and engineering to create products that mimic…
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Poznań, Poland-based company Verdeat announced this week it will launch a Kickstarter campaign in July for its modular vertical farm meant to fit inside apartments, offices, and other non-commercial spaces. Like other indoor hydroponic grow systems, Verdeat is able to cultivate most plants without the use of soil, though unlike a lot of systems, the…
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Until very recently, a physician was more likely to reach for the prescription pad than a cookbook when treating a patient illness. But with the food-as-medicine movement finally starting to take hold in the U.S., and as stories of preventing cancer and reversing diabetes with food continue surfacing, parts of the healthcare and culinary sectors…
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Plenty of efforts are underway right now to create a more sustainable restaurant industry, from proposed plastic cutlery bans to companies curbing food waste to drinking straws made of hay. But the question that will become more and more important as time goes by is, What will all these various efforts look like when put…
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Dundee, Scotland-based vertical farming system Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) announced today it has raised a £5.4 million Series A funding round led by U.S.-based S2G Ventures, with participation from online venture capital firm AgFunder and the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB). The round accounts for IGS’ total funding to date. As do an increasing number of…
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“The loss of organic matter of soil could be the most underestimated environmental crisis humanity faces.” So Victor Friedberg, founder and chairman of FoodShot Global told me over the phone recently, and there’s a whole load of devastating evidence out there to suggest he wasn’t using hyperbole. The UN has warned there are only about…
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Last week, The Spoon chatted with WeWork Labs’ Tessa Price and Food-X’s Peter Bodenheimer about foodtech accelerator programs and what they can offer to startups seeking the next phase of growth. Brought up during the conversation was an important point that sometimes gets lost: the difference between accelerators and incubators. While the sheer number of…
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