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- Start-up spotlight: Ayana Bio
In this instalment of The Plant Base’s ‘Start-up spotlight,’ we speak to Weslee Glenn, head of innovation What are the essential technologies and capabilities that make up Ayana Bio’s services? The plant cell cultivation process starts by identifying the best plant cell lines – just like traditional
- Start-up spotlight: Chinova Bioworks
In this month’s Start-up spotlight, we’re featuring Chinova Bioworks, which has embarked on a mission Chinova Bioworks started in 2016 with a simple goal: to deliver clean-label ingredients and reduce food
- Start-up spotlight: WNWN Food Labs
In this month’s Start-up spotlight, we speak with Johnny Drain, CTO and co-founder of WNWN Food Labs. [Co-founder] Ahrum was an investment banker who was itching to start a food company. The industry is held up by slave labour and child labour, deforestation and extraordinarily high carbon Having said that, starting the company during the lockdowns was almost equally challenging.
- Start-up spotlight: Elo Life Systems
In this month’s Start-up spotlight, we speak to Elo Life Systems, a US-based company that aims to meet Elo’s innovation starts with a deep understanding of the natural pathways that produce the most desirable produce those desirable ingredients in existing crops rather than destroying natural sources or taking up The next two years will be incredibly eventful at Elo, as we scale up production of our first product
- Finnish start-up Perfat Technologies raises €2.5m to revolutionise healthy fats
This breakthrough product has 80% less fat, up to 30% fewer calories and added fibre, making it an appealing
- Cultured vegan cheese start-up Stockeld Dreamery closes doors after six years
closing its doors after a six-year journey, due to the current challenging economic environment for start-ups Since its establishment, the start-up raised $20 million in funding and broadened its portfolio to include The news comes amid a challenging environment for start-ups in the plant-based and alternative protein company Olala Foods , and US plant-based meat start-up Sundial Foods. Plants business bought the brand’s customer data and certain assets , while plant-based recipe kit start-up
- New food-tech start-up Lasso launches, backed by $6.5m funding raise
A new US food-tech company, Lasso, has been launched by the team behind plant-based meat start-up Tender
- Flora Ventures launches $80m fund for agrifood start-ups
Flora is a venture fund that invests in early-stage start-ups from leading agrifood ecosystems in Israel company says it aims to build a healthier, more sustainable and resilient agrifood system by supporting start-ups She continued: “I am excited to bring my skills to finding and fueling start-ups from Israel and Europe That’s why we are excited that Flora can provide our start-ups proprietary access to Haifa Group, Sadot
- Thai animal-free dairy start-up Muu celebrates funding milestone
Muu, an animal-free dairy start-up based in Bangkok, Thailand, has secured strategic investment from According to the start-up, its process uses 90% less greenhouse gas emissions, land and water compared
- Saucerer stirs up the pasta sauce category with new gourmet products
London-based start-up Saucerer has entered the plant-based food market with its range of gourmet stir-in
- This teams up with German start-up Omami to bring chickpea tofu to UK supermarkets
British plant-based food brand This has teamed up with German food start-up Omami to launch This is Omami
- PoLoPo increases lab capacity to supply hundreds of grams per month of functional proteins
PoLoPo, a molecular farming start-up based in Israel, has increased its lab capacity to produce hundreds that can integrate seamlessly into current food processing lines and formulations. 🥔 Check out our 'Start-up spotlight' interview with PoLoPo here ! potential partners, supply larger quantities of samples, and we’re better able to assist them as they start The start-up’s first large batch of samples is earmarked for CSM Ingredients, a global specialist in











