Eating a fresh avocado every day helps your eyes and your brain
In California, consuming one fresh avocado per day may lead to improved cognitive function in healthy older adults due to increased lutein levels in...
Arzeda raises $12 million to rewrite the software of life
In Washington, Arzeda raised $12 million in Series A funding to accelerate the scale-up of Arzeda’s advanced protein design technology that can deliver revolutionary...
General Mills leads $6 million investment in Rhythm Superfoods
In Texas, 301 INC, the new business development and venturing unit of General Mills, led a $6 million investment in Rhythm Superfoods, an Austin-based...
Stake in Steak: Shiok acquires 90% of cultured beef startup
In Singapore, Shiok Meats has acquired a 90% stake in Gaia Foods, a company developing cultured meats including beef, pork, and mutton, for an...
Food delivery giant invests in cell-based fish
In Germany, the venture capital arm of Delivery Hero has made an unspecified investment in lab-grown fish firm Bluu Biosciences.
Delivery Hero is based in...
DuPont receives Gates Foundation grant for protein-based biologic medicine development
In Delaware, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided a grant to DuPont Industrial Biosciences to create new production systems to enable affordable, protein-based...
ZIVO Bioscience partners with Synthetic Genomics for algae validation sample production
In Michigan, ZIVO Bioscience, Inc., a developer of nutritional compounds and bioactive molecules derived from its proprietary algal strains, entered into a tolling agreement...
Meat without feet or fins: Lab-grown sushi plant set to open in Bay Area
In California, cultured seafood company Wildtype is set to open a new facility that can, at full scale, produce 200,000 pounds of cell-based, sushi-grade...
Natalie Portman invests in alternative meat
In Boston, a startup pursuing whole-cut meats from plants has raised $12 million with participation from actress Natalie Portman.
Formerly named Boston Meats, the company...
NoPalm raises €5 million for palm oil alternative
In the Netherlands, palm oil alternative startup NoPalm Ingredients has raised €5 million (US$5.4 million) to accelerate scale up of its biotech-enabled yeast oils.
Founded...