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- Start-up spotlight: Nourish Ingredients
In April’s edition of Start-up spotlight, we speak to Nourish Ingredients, an Australian biotech company We are currently in the scale-up phase and have a pipeline of exciting product milestones and partnerships And finally, for aspiring start-ups in the plant-based F&B sector, what valuable advice or insights would In the start-up stage, for us it was crucial to assemble a team with deep expertise in relevant fields
- 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
- Start-up of the month: Mottainai Food Tech
In this instalment of Start-up Spotlight – which celebrates lesser-known companies and their innovations What challenges do you anticipate when scaling up this kind of production method? We envision that similar challenges will be encountered by the team as we scale up further. For other start-ups in this industry, especially those focused on reducing waste and promoting sustainability Too often, start-ups in sustainability and food tech focus heavily on R&D and product development but
- 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
- Impossible Foods joins forces with yeast protein start-up Equii
Impossible Foods has announced a new partnership with Equii, a US-based start-up that uses fermentation The start-up, based in California, aims to enable a range of nutrition-boosted food solutions using its In a statement on LinkedIn sharing the news, Impossible’s CEO, Peter McGuinness, wrote: “Teaming up with us to deliver even more protein in a way that’s complementary to our existing plant-based proteins, starting
- 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
- 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
- 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










