Global food and biotech startups compete for $3 M at Grow-NY Summit
Global food and biotech startups compete for $3 M at Grow-NY Summit Twenty food and biotech startups from around the world will compete for a total of $3 million in…
Pivot Bio partners with SWOF to promote sustainable farming in the U.S.
Pivot Bio, a leading agricultural technology company, announced a new partnership with the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF). The collaboration will allow farmers in Indiana and Illinois to use…
Bright Biotech receives £1 M for synthetic plant research
Bright Biotech, a Manchester-based biotech company, has been awarded £1 million from ARIA’s Synthetic Plants programme. The programme has a total budget of £62.4 million. This funding will support Bright…
Sacramento startup raises $31 M to scale mycoprotein production
Sacramento-based startup, The Better Meat Co. (BMC), has closed a $31 million Series A funding round. It was led by Future Ventures and Resilience Reserve. Other participants included Hickman’s Family…
Leaft Foods’ breakthrough converts green leaves into profitable, functional protein
Leaft Foods has achieved a significant milestone by extracting Rubisco protein from green leaves at a commercial scale. For over a century, scientists struggled to harness Rubisco’s full potential without…
Plantible celebrates launch of its first commercial bioplants in Eldorado, Texas
Plantible, a biology company transforming food production, announced its first commercial facility in Eldorado, Texas, is now fully operational. The Ranchito facility signifies a major milestone in Plantible’s mission to…
Switch Bioworks expands leadership and opens new headquarters in California
Switch Bioworks, a biotechnology company focused on sustainable fertilizers, announced new senior leadership and a move to a new facility in California. The company has appointed Steve del Cardayre as…
Argentine biofertilizer firm gains first investment from Gates Foundation
Puna Bio announced the closing of its Series A funding round, led by Corteva Catalyst and supported by other global investors. The Gates Foundation joined as a new investor in…
First commercial-scale seaweed farm harvested off Netherlands coast
Seaweed farmers completed the first harvest at North Sea Farm 1, the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm. The farm is located among wind turbines off Scheveningen in the Netherlands. It…