Bill Gates invests in cell-based breast milk startup
In North Carolina, Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures has co-led an oversubscribed, $21-million Series A funding for cell-based breast milk startup Biomilq.
Using cellular agriculture...
Cell cultured chocolate startup raises $4 million
In Davis, a lab-grown chocolate startup has raised $4 million to advance its technology, which is aimed at addressing the negative environmental and labor...
Lab-grown antelope startup looks to address food insecurity
In South Africa, cultivated meat startup Mogale Meat has a bank of more than 500 cell samples from antelope and cattle that it hopes...
Jane Goodall, Moby team up for cultivated meat documentary
In California, primatologist/environmentalist Jane Goodall is narrating a new documentary on cultivated proteins. Called Meat the Future, the film chronicles the technology and market...
Ashton Kutcher is the latest celeb to endorse lab-grown meat
In Israel, 3D-printed, cultivated meat company MeaTech says it has partnered with actor/model/entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher to accelerate development and commercialization of slaughter-free meat.
Guy Oseary,...
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...
Bee-lieve it: MeliBio set to launch fermentation-based honey
In San Francisco, synthetic biology company MeliBio has held a private tasting event for what it claims to be the world’s first bee-free honey.
The...
Perfect Day raises $350 million, plans to add tech development arm
In Berkeley, California, animal-free milk protein producer Perfect Day has closed a $350 million Series D investment round. The company says it will use...
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...
Just add champagne: Cell-based caviar promises sustainable roe-mance
In the Netherlands, Geneus Biotech and scientists at Wageningen University & Research are working together to develop cell-based caviar.
The project, dubbed Magiccaviar, is hoping...