FoodMaven raises $8.6 million to capture and sell lost food
In Colorado, FoodMaven, an innovative tech-enabled marketplace that captures food otherwise lost in the U.S. food system, closed an $8.6 million Series A financing...
SuperMeat invites diners to pay for its cultured chicken with feedback
In Israel, lab-grown chicken startup SuperMeat has launched a restaurant adjacent to its pilot plant where “customers” can pay for their meal with reviews...
Cultured meat startup files for IPO
Israeli cultured meat firm Meat-Tech 3D has filed for a $29-million initial public offering in the United States.
Founded in 2018, Meat-Tech 3D is working...
Mission Barns gets FDA Okay for cultivated fat, secures restaurant partner
In California, cultivated meat startup Mission Barns is planning a retail launch and first restaurant partnership following regulatory clearance from the U.S. Food and...
Farmstead digital micro-grocer launches in San Francisco
In California, Farmstead, the AI-powered digital micro-grocer, launched in the San Francisco Bay Area to reinvent the supermarket model with technology that sources and...
Vivici achieves GRAS status for alternative whey protein
In the Netherlands, dairy proteins startup Vivici has achieved self-affirmed GRAS status in the United States for its fermentation-based whey protein, beta-lactoglobulin.
Vivici’s beta-lactoglobulin...
Fungi fix: Dutch designer Dierkx shows mycelium can convert waste plastic into protein bars
In the Netherlands, designer Odette Dierkx has envisioned a new concept for producing protein bars: dried mycelium that has been fed waste plastics.
Dubbed...
EVERY debuts yeast-fermentation egg alternative at buzzy NYC restaurant
In New York, a Michelin star restaurant that made waves in 2021 by announcing an all plant-based menu will be the first to serve...
Nestlé Health Science partners with Codexis to develop novel enzyme products
In California, Codexis, Inc. and Nestlé Health Science announced a strategic collaboration encompassing multiple projects accessing Codexis’ CodeEvolver protein engineering platform. The collaboration includes...
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...