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Asia’s First: India Plant-Based Egg Startup Evo Foods Announces Angel Investment
India’s first and leading plant-based egg startup, Evo Foods, has recently welcomed veteran vegan founder Ryan Bethencourt as its first angel investor and advisor alongside US-Asia impact venture firm Big Idea Ventures. The food tech uses!-->…
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Iconic Hong Kong Brand Wanchai Ferry Launches Plant-Based Omnipork Dumplings In 600 Supermarkets
Dumplings for change: price parity on plant-based version of Asia's comfort food
Wanchai Ferry, Hong Kong’s leading frozen packaged meal brand famous for its dumplings has just launched two new plant-based dumplings made with Omnipork,!-->!-->!-->…
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These 10 Plant-Based Food Tech Startups Are Looking To Disrupt The Global Food System
Berlin-based ProVeg Incubator supports plant-based and cultured food tech startups all over the world to help them raise funding and develop products that will help solve the challenges of our broken food system. This year marks the!-->…
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Japanese Food Tech IntegriCulture Launches Cultivated Infrastructure Standardisation Framework
IntegriCulture Inc., a cellular agriculture company based in Japan, has just announced the launch of its new “Uni-CulNet” framework, a standardised cell-based agriculture infrastructure system. The two-pronged framework will involve a!-->…
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ADB Ventures To Start Investing In Climate & Gender Impact Asia Startups
ADB Ventures, a new venture platform to support and invest in startups offering tech-based impact solutions to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has just announced that it will start making investments. It follows the!-->…
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5 Signs Plant-Based Food Tech Investment Is Heating Up Amid Covid-19 Supply Shock
Startups working on plant-based substitutes for animal products are now raking in capital as investor sentiment for the conventional meat industry goes awry. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of industrial meat, from!-->…
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One Year On, How Beyond Meat’s IPO Changed Plant-Based Meat Forever
On May 2, 2019, Beyond Meat, the California-based plant-based food tech company famous for their meat-free burgers and sausages, went public. The company became the world’s first vegan meat alternative to list on the US stock market. A lot!-->…
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VIDEO Q&A: David Yeung On Bringing Beyond Meat To Asia & The IPO That Changed The World
Has it really been one year since the Beyond Meat IPO that rocked the world, breaking records as the year's second most successful listing and the most successful vegan one of all time? In many ways, it feels like only yesterday. In!-->…
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Singapore’s Plant-Based Maker Growthwell Secures US$8 Million To Bring Chickpea Protein To Asia
The Growthwell Group, a Singaporean plant-based protein company, has just announced that it has raised US$8 million. The latest funding round was led by Singapore government-backed fund Temasek, alongside other investors including DSG!-->…
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Spanish Plant-Based Chicken Startup Heura Sees 450% Growth In Past Year & Announces New Investment
Barcelona-based vegan startup Heura has become the fastest growing European company in the plant-based industry with a staggering 450% growth in the past year. Within just 3 years, the company’s presence has expanded from its native Spain!-->…
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Beyond Meat Enters US$150 Million Credit Facility To Fund Global Growth
Beyond Meat, one of the most popular plant-based meat makers in the world, has announced that it has obtained a US$150 million five-year secured revolving credit facility to finance its global expansion. The announcement followed breaking!-->…
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EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Plant-Based Meat Starfield Launches At Hundreds Of Restaurants Across China
It’s been an incredible week for the plant-based food industry in China. The latest to join in and break headlines is Starfield Food and Science Technology, a Chinese food tech that has created its own meat-free alternative. Considered the!-->…
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Dao Foods & New Crop Capital Partner Announce New China Plant-Based Incubator
Dao Foods, a cross-border impact investment venture helping bring sustainable protein to China has recently partnered with early stage venture capital fund New Crop Capital to launch a new incubator project for plant-based startups. The!-->…
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Asia’s Food 2.0 Entrepreneurs Are Innovating Their Way Out Of The Climate Crisis
Asia faces a massive challenge to feed 5 billion people – over half of the world’s population – by 2050. A new report argues that alternative proteins, including plant-based and cultivated replacements, are the answer.
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China To Dominate 3D Printed Meat Market Despite Covid-19 Crisis
Speaking to FoodNavigator, alternative protein industry expert Olivia Fox Cabane says she believes that China will retain its massive potential to lead the Asia-Pacific market for 3D printed protein due to its cost and speed advantage.!-->…
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Asia Pacific Plant-Based Industry: How Startups & Investors Are Coping With Coronavirus
The Covid-19 pandemic has no doubt left businesses across all industries and markets reeling. Customers are at an all-time low, supply chains are fragile and vulnerable to external shocks from travel restrictions, and businesses have to!-->…
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Food Scientists Find Textured Soy Protein Can Help Give Lab-Grown Beef A Meaty Bite
In a new study, food science researchers have found that textured soy protein, the edible byproduct of extracting soybean oil, can help recreate the texture of a meat bite in lab-grown beef. Prototypes of this new blend of cultured beef!-->…
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Jack Ma & Bill Gates Backed Vegan Meat Startup Nature’s Fynd Secures Funding From Al Gore For Asia Expansion
Chicago-based vegan meat startup Nature’s Fynd has just secured US$80 million in a Series B round from investors including former United States vice president Al Gore. The latest funding will help the company drive its expansion into Asia,!-->…
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Asia Needs US$800 Billion To Help Solve Food Security Crisis
Asia is facing a massive food crisis. The continent is currently home to half of the world’s population – and it will continue to grow to almost 5 billion by 2030, amid a global climate crisis that will threaten crop yields and the!-->…
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Singapore’s Shiok Meats On Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies In Asia List
Singapore’s food tech startup Shiok Meats has just been named one of Fast Company’s top 10 most innovative companies in Asia-Pacific. Founded in 2018, the startup aims to disrupt the unsustainable US$40 billion shrimp market with its!-->…
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Scientists Awarded US$4 Million For Research Into Plant-Based & Cultivated Meat
The world’s top scientists have just been awarded US$4 million for research into plant-based and cultivated meat. The prize was given by the Good Food Institute (GFI) Competitive Grant Program to 21 scientists from 9 different countries,!-->…
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