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DSM | July 2025
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Funding & investments
Ohly advances decarbonisation efforts with new facilities in Hamburg
Ohly advances decarbonisation efforts with new facilities in Hamburg

Ohly has announced the opening of a spray drying tower and fermentation facility at its Hamburg site in 2025.

Manufacturing
Precision fermentation start-up Liberation Labs receives $3.39m in funding
Precision fermentation start-up Liberation Labs receives $3.39m in funding

Precision fermentation start-up Liberation Labs has raised an additional $3.39 million to support its manufacturing capabilities.

Funding & investments
Cauldron backed by Queensland government to build ‘first-of-its-kind’ precision fermentation facility
Cauldron backed by Queensland government to build ‘first-of-its-kind’ precision fermentation facility

Cauldron Ferm is being supported by the Queensland government to develop a ‘first-of-its-kind’ precision fermentation facility.

Manufacturing
Foreverland secures €3.4m to develop carob-based chocolate alternatives
Foreverland secures €3.4m to develop carob-based chocolate alternatives

Foreverland, an Italian food-tech start-up, has raised €3.4m in a seed round to create sustainable chocolate alternatives using carob.

Funding & investments
Consortium secures £3m funding to develop climate-resilient legume crops
Consortium secures £3m funding to develop climate-resilient legume crops

A consortium of four UK research organisations, led by the John Innes Centre, has secured £3m to develop climate-resilient legume crops.

Funding & investments
Helaina raises $45m to speed-up commercialisation of human bioactive proteins
Helaina raises $45m to speed-up commercialisation of human bioactive proteins

US biotech start-up Helaina has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round led by investment firm Avidity Partners.

Cell-based
Notpla secures £20m to drive innovation and US expansion
Notpla secures £20m to drive innovation and US expansion

Seaweed packaging company Notpla has completed a £20m Series A+ funding round to accelerate innovation and expansion into the US.

Funding & investments
Plant-Ex receives £9m investment from BGF to support international expansion
Plant-Ex receives £9m investment from BGF to support international expansion

Plant-Ex, a producer of natural plant-based ingredient solutions, has secured a £9m minority investment from equity investor BGF.

Funding & investments
Hero Group announces acquisition of British plant-based brand Deliciously Ella
Hero Group announces acquisition of British plant-based brand Deliciously Ella

Swiss food manufacturer Hero Group has acquired British plant-based food brand Deliciously Ella.

Mergers & Acquisitions
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