Bactolife, a start-up based in Copenhagen, Denmark, has raised over €30 million in Series B funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its precision-fermented Binding Proteins innovation.

Danish industrial biotech company EvodiaBio has raised €6 million in a funding round to accelerate expansion across European, North American and Asian markets.

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.

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

The EU’s new Bioeconomy Strategy sets out plans to support fermentation-based food innovation, as the Netherlands becomes the first EU country to permit public tastings of fermentation-made novel foods.

Re:meat has rebranded as Curve, marking a strategic shift toward enabling scalable and cost-efficient biomanufacturing of proteins across multiple industries.

Arkeon, an Austrian biotech company developing sustainable protein via gas fermentation, has formally filed for insolvency.

Phytolon and Ginkgo Bioworks have announced the successful completion of the second development milestone in their multi-product collaboration to produce natural food colours.

In a year marked by significant growth, European alternative protein companies attracted nearly $509 million (€470 million) in investment during 2024, reflecting a 23% increase from the previous year.

The UK has invested £1.4m into a new innovation hub, aiming to enable the Food Standards Agency to broaden its expertise in new food-tech.

We explore the impact of V-Label's new certifications for foods made with advanced cell cultivation and fermentation technologies.

Debut has announced a significant breakthrough in animal-free bioproduction of the traditionally beetle-derived red colourant, carmine.