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Memphis Meats Secures US$161M Series B, Largest Funding Round In Cultivated Meat History Industry
California-based food tech startup Memphis Meats has just completed a historic US$161 million Series B round of funding, which attracted investment from big institutional names Softbank, Temasek and Norwest Venture Partners. The milestone!-->…
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India Vegan Milk Startup Goodmylk Raises US$400K In Second Seed Funding Round
Veganarke Enterprises, the India-based operator of plant-based milk alternative brand Goodmylk, has just completed its second seed funding round with US$ 400,000, bringing the total financing raised so far to around US$ 800,000. With the!-->…
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Singapore’s TurtleTree Labs, Maker Of Milk Without Cows, Secures Pre-Seed Funding
Singapore startup TurtleTree Labs, the first company in the world to reproduce the full composition of dairy milk without cows, has just completed its pre-seed funding round. The financing was backed by Lever VC, K2 Global and KBW!-->…
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Plant-Based Milk & Yogurt Company Califia Farms Secures US$225M In Funding
Plant-based milk brand Califia Farms has just announced that it has completed a landmark US$225 million financing in their latest Series D funding round. The investment was led by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) alongside other big!-->…
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3D-Printed Vegan Steak: NovaMeat’s Version 2.0 Is Most Realistic Beef Yet
NovaMeat, the Spanish food tech startup that has developed vegan-friendly 3D-printed “meat” using only plant-based proteins has just unveiled version 2.0 of their vegan steak, described as the most realistic product yet to mimic the!-->…
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China Impossible Foods’ Rival Zhenmeat Seeks US$2M Funding For Major Growth
Beijing-based plant-based meat startup Zhenmeat is now seeking US$ 2 million in funding from global investors in order to capture the growing demand for plant-based meat alternatives in China. This follows the latest news from Silicon!-->…
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Food Companies Compete For US$16 Billion Asian Plant-Based Meat Market
Plant-based meat substitutes are becoming a hot commodity in Asia, with companies all over the region gearing up to get a share of the booming market. From food tech startups and established manufacturers racing to develop new!-->…
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BREAKING: Impossible Foods Debuts 2 New Plant Pork Products At CES Vegas, Hungry For Asia Market Share
Impossible Foods, maker of the world famous “bleeding” plant-based burger, is debuting two new meat-free products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas: Impossible Pork and Impossible Sausage. The Silicon Valley-based!-->…
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UN To Investors: Get Ready For A Shift To Plant-Based Global Food System
In a newly released forecast by the United Nations backed independent organisation Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), analysts warned investors to expect a global dietary shift toward a plant-based system amid our climate crisis.!-->…
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Green Queen 2020 Trend Predictions: Say Hello To Cultivated Everything – The Rise Of Slaughter-Free
We've got two words: cultivated everything. Sure, we've been keeping you up to date on cultivated shrimp to lab-grown steak. And that trend will continue- expect loads more slaughter-free food made from cells. But we’re talking about!-->…
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Green Queen 2020 Trend Predictions: Plant-Based Goes Mass, Affordable & Accessible
Plant-based food is going to be increasingly accessible and affordable in 2020. With more people hopping on the now super trendy vegan trend, and a never-ending range of plant-based startups dishing out delicious alternatives from!-->…
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Green Queen 2020 Trend Predictions: Climate Resistant Crops Are The Future Of Food
Our global food system is in dire straights. Not only are experts suggesting that by 2050, our agricultural infrastructure cannot guarantee healthy and nutritionally balanced diets for the projected global population of 10 billion, food!-->…
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#Bye2019 – What We Learned This Year About Food & Nutrition
A whole load of studies this year revealed the power of food and debunked some of the myths we might have had about nutrition. Here are the 7 breaking studies you might have missed:
1. A Planetary Health Diet Could Feed 10 Billion &!-->!-->!-->…
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5 Inspiring Startups Looking To Change The World From Cell-Based Cotton To Micro-Algae ‘Chicken’
Hong Kong-based Food Tech accelerator Brinc just announced their latest cohort and there are some inspiring startups working to solve some of the world's more pressing issues including malnutrition, the rise of diabetes and the!-->…
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Singapore Startup NamZ Disrupts Instant Noodle Market Using Climate Resistant Sustainable Crops
Singapore food tech startup NamZ is recreating a sustainable and healthy version of instant noodles, a popular Asian comfort food, by using regionally grown and climate resistant “future fit crops”. In addition to their instant noodles,!-->…
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INTERVIEW: GFI’s Bruce Friedrich On Working To End Industrial Animal Agriculture “Let’s Give Consumers What They Want”
Bruce Friedrich, the executive director and co-founder of the Good Food Institute (GFI) is responsible for some of the most iconic plant-based startups that have disrupted the global understanding and perception of vegan meat. A former!-->…
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Taco Bell China Launches Limited Edition Vegan Omnipork Tacos
Taco Bell has just launched a limited edition vegan Omnipork Crunchy Taco across all its Shanghai locations. The plant-based taco will be made with the vegan ground pork alternative Omnipork developed by Hong Kong-based Green Monday’s!-->…
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First French Cultivated Food Startup GOURMEY Makes Lab Grown Foie Gras From Duck Egg Cells
Founded just this year in Paris and currently participating in Singapore-based foodtech accelerator Big Idea Ventures, GOURMEY is the first French cultivated meat startup and the latest to break the food tech industry space with their!-->…
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The Future Of Food: We’re Now Making Protein From Thin Air
One of the biggest ways we can reduce our individual environmental impact and boost our health is to reduce our reliance on traditional livestock farmed meat. Though the concept of plant-based meat still remains foreign to some,!-->…
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TurtleTree Labs: Singapore Lab-Grown Dairy Startup Produces Milk Without The Cows
Singapore-based biotech startup TurtleTree Labs is developing dairy milk in laboratory settings, which will come at a fraction of the environmental footprint when compared to conventional dairy milk. By producing lab-grown milk that!-->…
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5 Ways Alt Protein Is Different In Asia OR What I Learnt From My Internship at GoodDot India
In my very humble opinion, I think GoodDot, the Indian vegetarian meat company, is majorly slept-on in the world of alt protein. I’m so energised by all the innovation from startups, but I believe the global movement is definitely not!-->…
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