Kokomodo hopes to solve chocolate crunch with cell cultivation
In Israel, startup Kokomodo aims to alleviate concerns over future supply of cacao, the source of cocoa for chocolate, by cultivating cocoa powder in...
Mosa Meat raises $42 million
In Isle of Man, cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat has successfully raised €40 million (US$42 million) in a new funding round aimed at scaling...
Natufia offers fresh produce grown automatically in your kitchen
In the United Kingdom, Natufia Labs, a startup developing machine-learning technology that grows plants right in your kitchen, closed a $1.2 million seed round...
Mosa Meat closes $85 million Series B round
In the Netherlands, lab-grown meat startup Mosa Meat has closed on an additional $10 million in funding, bringing its total Series B investment round...
TerraVia Taps Univar to Distribute Algae-Based Food Ingredients in Europe
In Europe, food ingredients distributor Univar has agreed to distribute TerraVia’s AlgaVia brand of Whole Algae Ingredients.
TerraVia’s product lines include Lipid-Rich Whole Algae, which...
Ecowarrior A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio invests in cultured meat
In Hollywood, actor, activist, and model magnet Leonardo DiCaprio has invested in cultured meat startups Mosa Meat and Aleph Farms.
Mosa Meat, based in the...
To protect the global milk supply, Cornell and IBM use genetic sequencing and bioinformatics
In New York, IBM and Cornell University are using next-generation sequencing combined with bioinformatics to help reduce the chances that the global milk supply...
Cultivated meat tech could solve traditional Chinese medicine’s poaching problem
In Hong Kong, advances in lab-grown meat development are raising hopes for alternative routes to producing Traditional Chinese Medicines—particularly remedies that have pushed several...
Cruelty-free kebabs: Future Meat adds lamb to portfolio
In Israel, cultivated meat pioneer Future Meat Technologies has produced lab-grown lamb that looks, cooks and tastes like conventional ground lamb meat.
The company uses...
German startup targeting cultivated schnitzel by 2025
In Germany, cultivated meat startup Alife Foods hopes to launch a lab-grown version of schnitzel by 2025.
Alife is currently doing “sensory evaluations” for its...
