The plant-based sector remains an enormous long-term growth opportunity, though investor retrenchment will continue in the short term, investors told the recent Plant-Based Protein Manufacturing Summit in Amsterdam.
Consumer health may suffer as global venture capital funding levels off. Conversely, this opens food innovation opportunities in areas relating to reformulation, FoodNavigator learns.
SilicoLife, the Portuguese firm designing optimised microorganisms and novel pathways for biotech applications, has just concluded two Series A fundraising rounds to the total tune of €9.8 million to be invested in 'unmet needs' within the dietary...
A new not-for-profit investment company aimed at funding early-stage businesses has launched in the plant-based food space. There is ‘huge opportunity’ to disrupt traditional food sectors, managing director and Veganuary co-founder Matthew Glover tells...
A month after committing $100m to launch its venture capital fund, Kraft Heinz has acquired wellio, an AI food tech company based in San Francisco, as part of its new digital innovation hub, the evolv group.
British tech startup Provenance has secured $800k (£650k) in private investment to fund an ongoing grant for its blockchain-backed software launching 100 transparent products in October.
New Crop Capital is a venture capital fund that only invests in sustainable start-ups developing cultured and plant-based meat, dairy and egg products. But it's not just about saving the planet: “There are billions to be made annually in this space,”...
It’s Fresh! has won a slice of a €5m ($6.5m) investment to advance its technology which absorbs and locks ethylene gas, a natural plant hormone to slow the ripening and decay of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Döhler has launched an open innovation platform, including funding and equity options for those with truly innovative ideas who may be lacking the cash to bring them to life.
CSM and subsidiaries Purac and Caravan Ingredients have unveiled their new strategy and company name, Corbion, as the company continues its repositioning as a bio-based ingredients firm.
Tate & Lyle will pump up to £30m ($48m/€36.5m) over eight-years in a new venture capital fund that will invest in start-ups and expansion-stage companies in food sciences and enabling technologies.
The World’s first burger made entirely from laboratory grown test-tube meat could be ready 'by fall' say the team of Dutch researchers behind the project.
Lack of regional investment in food start-ups could mean few private equity investment opportunities in three or four years’ time, says a UK specialist – and that could impact innovation long term.
Food and beverage makers could soon tap into a range of new
ingredients with a healthy twist as sugar and sweetener firm Tate
& Lyle launches a new venture capital arm to focus on
next-generation ingredients.
Fresh air, agricultural expertise, research resources… and NZ$100m
(€48m) funding: BioPacificVentures is proposing an attractive
package to European and American functional food start-ups that are
prepared to relocate all or part...
Spanish biotech firm Natraceutical will seek approval from
shareholders for a capital extension of €40 million to help finance
the acquisition of UK food ingredients business Braes Group.
Looking for growth through anti-microbial solutions in light of
incoming EU rules, the venture capital arm of Danish ingredients
firm Danisco will invest in French food safety company TMI Europe.
The first stores to be sold under the restructuring plan of Spanish
food retailer El Arbol have been acquired by Extremadura-based
Lider Aliment. The company has bought seven wholly-owned stores and
a network of 70 Spar franchises...
Spanish supermarket chain El Arbol is expecting to complete the
disposal of nearly 200 stores by the end of March, and is confident
that its newly streamlined business will return to the black by
2004.
The number five flavours and fragrances maker has been bought by
private equity group EQT. The company is to be merged with rival
firm Dragoco, creating a new company with a sales potential of
€1,245 million.
