Impossible Foods raises $75 million to build on key achievements
In California, Impossible Foods closed a $75 million investment round after achieving significant milestones in intellectual property and food safety. The Singapore-based investment company...
Vitalus Nutrition receives $3.5M from Canada for nutrition, anti food waste project
In British Columbia, Vitalus Nutrition Inc. received an investment of $3.5 million from the Government of Canada in an effort to improve food nutrition...
Fermentation-based palm oil maker NoPalm graduates to demo scale
In the Netherlands, biotech firm NoPalm Ingredients has signed an agreement with NIZO Food Research to set up a demonstration-scale factory for its fermentation-based...
Black tea helps weight loss by altering gut bacteria
In California, UCLA researchers demonstrated for the first time that black tea may promote weight loss and other health benefits by changing bacteria in...
USDA grants a license for the first monoclonal antibody therapy to control canine atopic...
In New Jersey, Zoetis Inc. announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture granted a license for CYTOPOINT, the first monoclonal antibody therapy approved to...
Yumble expands kid-friendly home meal delivery
In New York, Yumble, a home-delivery kids' food service, closed Series A funding having raised $8.5 million to date. By shipping kid-friendly lunches, dinners,...
Cultured Wagyu beef maker raises $5 million
In California, Orbillion Bio, a startup targeting lab-grown replacements for foodie cuts of meat like bison, elk and Wagyu beef, has raised $5 million.
The...
Sun Basket organic meal kits scale nationally with funding led by Unilever Ventures
In California, Unilever Ventures, Baseline Ventures and Founders Circle Capital invested $9.2 million in Sun Basket, a home-delivery organic meal kit service, increasing Sun...
Japan awards alt protein grants to Umami United and IntegriCulture
In Japan, alternative protein startups Umami United and IntegriCulture have received government funds to help advance product development and scale-up.
Tokyo-based Umami, which produces...
Lallemand acquires enzyme producer Solyve
In France, Lallemand Bio-Ingredients has completed its acquisition of Solyve, a French enzyme producer known for its expertise in solid-state fermentation and strong position...