Aqua Cultured Foods Is Creating Whole Muscle Cuts of Seafood Using Fungi
Seafood is the most traded commodity in the world, and it is estimated that 85 percent of wild fish stocks are overfished or fully exploited. As a way to address […]
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InnerPlant Raises $5.65M to Turn Plants Into “Living Sensors” and Mitigate Crop Loss
Agtech company InnerPlant, which is changing plant DNA to create “living sensors” that mitigate crop loss, has raised $5.65 million in pre-seed and seed funding, according to an official announcement […]
Upcycled Food Association Launches Open Enrollment as Upcycling Momentum Grows
This week, the Upcycled Food Association announced that it had opened the doors for anyone who wants to apply for certification. This news marks the culmination of a year of […]
OpenTable Launches New Tools to Discourage Diners From ‘Ghosting’ on Their Reservations
OpenTable today launched its Show-Up for Restaurants initiative, which highlights the impact of no-shows and late cancellations on restaurants’ margins. The initiative will take the form of forthcoming new digital […]
Switzerland: Smyze’s Robot Barista Makes Coffee and Mocktail Drinks
Switzerland-based robots startup Smyze is a lot like other robot baristas already out on the market. It’s eponymous robot is a self-contained kiosk installed in high-traffic areas, users order drinks […]
There’s More to Food Waste Innovation Than Tech, According to ReFED’s Dana Gunders
This being The Spoon, a lot of our discussions around food waste concern the innovative technologies that could help us eventually curb the multi-billion-dollar problem and meet national and international […]
RIND Raises $6.1M for Upcycled Fruit Snacks
RIND Snacks, a startup that produces upcycled dried fruit snacks, this week announced that it has raised $6.1 million in a Series A round of funding (news from Forbes). This […]
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Horizon Europe Allocates €32M for Sustainable Protein Research
Horizon Europe, a European Union funding program for research and innovation, announced today that it has €32 million in funding available for research into more sustainable protein options such as […]
South Korea: Lounge Lab Opens Brown Bana Robot Ice Cream Shop
South Korean robotics company Lounge Lab announced today that it has opened Brown Bana, a robot-powered ice cream store in Seoul. Technically, Brown Bana is more of a co-botic setup, […]
Cashierless Checkout Startup Trigo Gets $10M Strategic Investment from REWE
Israel-based cashierless checkout startup Trigo has received a $10 million strategic investment from German supermarket chain Rewe. TechCrunch was first to report the news and also confirmed that Trigo has […]
Motif FoodWorks Raises $226M to Improve the Taste of Plant-Based Proteins
Plant-based food tech company Motif FoodWorks has raised a whopping $226 million in Series B funding, according to an announcement sent to The Spoon. The round was co-led by Ontario […]
Animal-Free Dairy Startup Change Foods Closes $2.1M Seed Round
Change Foods, a startup best known at this point for making animal-free cheese via a fermentation process, has closed an oversubscribed Seed round of $2.1 million. Investors include Plug and […]