US vertical farming company AeroFarms said it has secured funding to continue operations, following the announcement of its closure last week.

The Good Food Institute Europe has welcomed the European Commission’s new Biotech Act, but said it marks a ‘missed opportunity’ for food innovation due to its exclusion of novel foods from its regulatory sandbox scheme.

Australian biotech innovator All G has launched a joint venture with France-based bioactives company Armor Protéines, alongside the close of a $6.6m convertible note round.

The collaboration combines Pow.Bio’s continuous fermentation technology with Bühler’s engineering and deployment expertise, supported by advanced model-driven control software.

Priscillia Moulin, co-founder and director of strategy at MosaiX and senior advisor at Earthqualizer Foundation and Inovasi Digital, explains why maintaining continuous compliance will be the critical challenge for companies who are preparing for the EUDR deadline.

Swedish biotech start-up Melt&Marble has raised €7.3 million in Series A funding, to scale production of its precision-fermented ‘designer fat’ ingredients.

Finnish food-tech company Happy Plant Protein is debuting a new faba-based textured vegetable protein ingredient at the Food Ingredients Europe trade show in Paris, France.

Solar Foods has partnered with Pothos, a nutritional supplements company based in Texas, US, to integrate its vegan-friendly Solein ingredient into Pothos’ protein powders.

Plant-based ingredients company Roquette has unveiled Horizons, a new foresight platform designed to help food and nutrition businesses anticipate change and navigate uncertainty.