Onego Bio raises $40 million for animal-free egg protein
In Finland, Onego Bio has completed a $40-million Series A funding round to drive commercialization and manufacturing of egg protein via precision fermentation.
Founded...
Potatoes: Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew… or use them to...
In Israel, PoLoPo has unveiled SuperAA, a plant molecular farming platform to grow egg protein ovalbumin in potatoes, after raising $2.3 million in 2023....
AQUA Cultured Foods taps Ginkgo Bioworks to accelerate alternative tuna and scallops
In Chicago, AQUA Cultured Foods has partnered with Ginkgo Bioworks to optimize production of alternative seafood. Specifically, the two companies will jointly optimize AQUA...
Innocent Meat raises €3 million
In Germany, a company developing an automated, end-to-end cultivated meat production concept has raised €3 million despite what it characterizes as a “challenging market...
Checkerspot and AAK partner on plant-based oils and fats
In California, Checkerspot, a biotechnology company developing renewable oils through fermentation of microalgae, has signed a joint development agreement with AAK aimed at structuring...
Meatable achieves “cell to sausage” in just 4 days
In the Netherlands, Meatable has reached an important milestone in its efforts to produce cultivated meat at scale—the transformation of pluripotent stem cells into...
Buzzworthy: MeliBio taps Pow-Bio for AI-driven scaleup
In Berkely, California, bee-free honey startup MeliBio has partnered with Pow-Bio to use artificial intelligence to scale its precision fermentation process.
Founded in 2020,...
Meatly makes cultivated cat food, sees good growth paw-tential in pet food
In London, cultivated meat company Meatly has produced the world’s first can of cultivated cat food.
Made in collaboration with Omni, a novel protein...
Bezos Earth Fund invests $60 million in Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein
In Miami, Bezos Earth Fund has committed an initial $60 million to establish the Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein. The centers, which are part...
Novel Foods Group bets big on precision fermentation to produce elusive sweetener
In Dubai, Novel Foods Group is planning a $500-million precision fermentation production hub to scale production of brazzein, a sweeter-than-sugar protein found in the...