Big Idea Ventures Unveils Start-ups in Newest Accelerator Cohort
Big Idea Ventures is an early-stage investor in food technologies, and this week the firm announced the list of start-ups that are a part of its bi-annual accelerator program. For […]
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Alt Protein Round-up: Funding for Cell-Based Milk, A Glimpse Inside UPSIDE’s Factory
According to Forbes, 4.5 million plant-based turkeys will be consumed this year on Thanksgiving in the U.S. That sounds like a lot of alternative roasts and Tofurkey’s gracing holiday gatherings, […]
Alt. Protein Round-Up: Hybrid Chorizo Sausages and Impossible’s Burger Stand
Government programs around the globe are increasingly getting more involved in the alternative protein space. This month, the Danish government allocated 1.25 billion kroner (~$194 million USD) for research into […]
The Week in Food Tech Funding: Culture Biosciences & Tufts Nab Funding as Interest in Scaling Cell Ag Grows
Over the past 12 months, money has poured into cultivated meat startups as venture investors, celebrities, and governments look to get in on what many believe is the next big […]
Podcast: Talking Cell-Based Collagen with Jellatech’s Stephanie Michelsen
Over the past few years, a number of startups have popped up to develop new and more sustainable alternatives to animal-derived collagen. The reasons are obvious: Collagen is used everywhere, […]
Alt Protein Round-Up: Cultured Seafood in Europe, Precision Fermentation in Silicon Valley
The Good Food Institute released a new report that shared in the first half of 2021, alternative seafood companies raised a total of $116 million in funding, compared to $26 […]
Report: S2G Ventures Talks Alt-Protein, the Digitization of Grocery, and Other Areas of Food the Pandemic is Reshaping
“We continue to see the pandemic act as a catalyzing agent to accelerate trends that were in motion before it began. We believe that food and agriculture has undergone significant […]
Virtually Staffing the Physical Drive-Thru
Generally speaking, restaurants with drive-thrus have often fared better than most over the last year and a half of shutdowns, dining room restrictions, and overall uncertainty. But even as demand […]
Wicked Kitchen, UK Plant-Based Food Brand, Raises $14M Series A Round
Wicked Kitchen, a UK-based plant-based food and prepared meal brand, announced this week that has closed a Series A round of $14M. This is the company’s first public round and […]
Schools Around The World Are Racing to Create Future Food Curriculum. Here’s Why it Matters.
Anyone familiar with the story of Silicon Valley knows just how fundamental the university system was in creating the center of the technology universe. Colleges and universities have long served […]
Aleph Farms Raises $105M in Series B Funding
Cultivated meat company Aleph Farms announced today it has completed a $105 million Series B round of funding, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $118 million. The Series […]
Report: Eat Just Aiming for $3B IPO in 2021
Eat Just is reportedly targeting Q4 2021 or early 2022 for its IPO, which currently has a valuation of $3 billion, according to an Eat Just investor. Forbes was first […]
