Foodtechconnect has published their 2018 U.S. Food & Beverage Startup Investment Report, summarising the categories which received the highest levels of investment throughout the year. Dairy alternatives are the top category, hitting $200M, with alternative protein […]
The ProVeg Incubator is currently accepting startups for the third round of intakes, which will begin in September. Companies working on plant-based and cell-based innovations can now apply online to join the programme.
Last week, Wild Type, a West Coast startup developing salmon from cellular agriculture, held the first tasting event for the public to sample its product. The company was founded with a mission to make the […]
American megastar and business tycoon, Jay Z, who also participated in vegan meat company Impossible Foods’ recent $300M investment round, has just funded vegan cookie startup Partake Foods.
Israeli startup The Mushroom Benefit Ltd. rolls out its innovative line of Cuisine Bags set to redefine the soups, stock, and sauces retail market. The startup will launch the new product line at the Summer […]
The US company Cargill, based in Minneapolis, announced last week that it will be investing in the Israeli clean meat startup Aleph Farms, which is also sponsored by VisVires New Protein from Singapore and the […]
This year’s winners of the Global Change Award presented by the H&M Foundation include a Peruvian company that manufactures vegan leather. In order to further promote sustainable innovations in the fashion industry, the Foundation has […]
VG Gourmet, a kosher Montreal based company launched in 2015, is now able to expand due to an injection of finance from the Canadian federal government. Canada is rated by Google trends as the 5th […]
Food giant Kraft Heinz revealed the five startups selected for the second Springboard incubator programme class, dedicated to scaling and accelerating food and beverage brands which fall into at least one of these categories: natural […]
Air pollution originating from farm waste costs India $30 billion annually and is the leading risk factor for acute respiratory diseases in the country. Numerous startups have come up with sustainable solutions to help India […]
Kuli Kuli, a mission-driven company trading and selling the superfood moringa, announced on March 1 that it has closed its $5M Series B round of obtaining financing to help launch a new moringa ‘super-food’ ingredient business.
Co-working tech company WeWork led a $32 million investment round in vegan creamer brand Laird Superfood, producers of non-dairy creamers fortified with medium chain triglycerides (MCT) oils.
Israeli startup Equinom combines cutting-edge technology with natural breeding techniques to produce high-functioning non-GMO seeds with an advanced nutritional profile.
Award-winning Israeli food-tech company InnovoPro, which develops plant-based proteins using chickpeas, announced that it has raised $4.25 million in funds.
San Francisco based Founder Institute, which is the world’s premier pre-seed accelerator and startup launch programme, and Finland’s leading retailer S Group, have announced the launch of a new joint start-up programme: Food Founder Programme. Based in Helsinki, […]
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