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Vegan VC Firm Capital V Invests in Willicroft Plant Based Cheese
Capital V, the VC firm, announced its first investment in the alternative cheese category by funding the Amsterdam-based craft cheese producer Willicroft. The firm is founded by prolific vegan investor Michiel van Deursen. Founded in 2018, the brand’s This is Not Cheese…
Amazon Launches Programs to Cut ECommerce Return Waste
Amazon presented two new Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) programs designed to give more products a second life while making it easier for its third-party sellers to resell customer-returned or overstock items. The goal is to move towards a circular economy. Once in…
Global Biopolymers and Bioplastics Market Expected to Reach $14.9 Billion by 2024
"Bioplastics and Biopolymers - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics", a report published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., presents new perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in the post COVID-19 marketplace. Innovative materials such as bioplastics are quickly becoming an effective…
Unilever to Use Computer-Designed Enzymes in Cleaning Products
Unilever and Arzeda are joining forces to apply the most recent developments in digital biology to discovering and designing new enzymes. Unilever is looking to use the resulting technology to substitute some of its leading cleaning and laundry products, like…
Bolt Threads to Improve Efficiency and Sustainability of Its Bioengineered Silk with Ginkgo Bioworks
Bolt Threads, a US biotechnology company is joining forces with Ginkgo Bioworks, a company creating a platform that allows users to “program cells as easily as computers”. Bolt Threads hopes that the partnership will help make the manufacturing process for…
V2food Is Now Most Funded Alt Protein Producer In Australia By Securing AU $72M
Australian alternative protein producer v2food announced the closing of a US$54 million Series B Plus funding round, which in addition to its US$57 million round in October 2020, brings the company’s total funds raised to US$138 million. According to the company reports, in…