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Miruku grabs more capital as its plant-based dairy tech reaches proof of concept

The company made advancements in its proprietary dairy seed system to leverage interactions between recombinant dairy casein and native plant proteins, with or without improved fatty acid profiles.

ProducePay raises $38M to tackle produce supply chain waste

Food waste is a major problem. In the U.S. alone, roughly 30% to 40% of the supply ends up in landfills. A United Nations report estimated that around one-third of the world’s food is wasted eve

Food tech roundup: VC funding declines again in Q3 amid fewer deals

Food tech investors discuss another consecutive quarter of decline in venture capital investments into areas like plant-based meat alternatives and cultivated meat.

New capital infusion puts Farmless on path to first alternative protein products

The new capital will go toward building a pilot brewery in Amsterdam so that Farmless can develop its first products to replace meat, dairy and eggs.

Food tech roundup: Mammoth meatballs, tiger steaks and zebra chops, oh my!

Is it time to normalize the idea of cultivated meat? Depends on who you ask.

Wanda Fish navigates VC waters to catch $7M for production of cultivated bluefin tuna

The company aims to create whole-cut cultivated fish filets, starting with bluefin tuna, using muscle and fat cells.

Superorder raises $10M to help restaurants maintain their online presence

Raghav Poddar was studying computer science at Columbia University when he became intrigued by the challenges restaurant owners were facing maintaining an online presence. A self-described “food

Food tech roundup: Plant-based protein eaters still want it to taste like meat

Taste is something that continues to be a challenge for plant-based protein companies. If it tastes more like meat, it's a winner, according to new stats from Good Food Institute.

Mycoprotein producer Enough raises €40M toward doubling its production capacity

Now with the Netherlands factory online, Enough is ramping up to produce over a tonne of Abunda every hour and around 10,000 metric tonnes per year. 

Meatable sinks its teeth into $35M to accelerate launch of its cultivated pork products

The new funding will help Meatable scale its processes and accelerate the launch of its first products — sausages and pork dumplings — in Singapore starting in 2024.

YouTube star MrBeast sues ghost kitchen behind MrBeast Burger

YouTube mega-success MrBeast is suing Virtual Dining Concepts, the company behind his ghost kitchen food chain, MrBeast Burger, for damaging the MrBeast brand. According to the lawsuit, thousands of f

This week in food tech: New fund shows food investments are still simmering

If you’re adventurous with your food, or just like to keep up with the fast-moving food tech industry, here’s a roundup of this week’s stories and some notable news we weren’t able to cover. S

Brevel sprouts $18.5M to develop microalgae-based alternative proteins

Brevel developed a proprietary technology that combines fermentation and light to make a protein from microalgae that is sold to food companies as a powder for use in plant-based products.

Supply Change Capital is latest women-led VC to raise substantial debut fund

Supply Change Capital invests at the earliest stages in the areas of deep tech food, agriculture and ingredient, supply chain technology and enterprise software.

Infant formula company Bobbie takes in $70M to acquire Nature’s One

With the Nature’s One acquisition, Bobbie becomes the third-largest fully integrated brand in the U.S. and will grow to a 15% non-WIC market share.

This week in food tech: Upside Foods wastes no time debuting its cultivated chicken

Here’s a roundup of this week’s stories and some notable news we weren’t able to cover.

Joyful Ventures debuts with $23M focused on investment in sustainable protein startups

Joyful Ventures is a new venture fund looking for alternative protein startups that are disrupting a 100-year-old food system.

Omeat emerges from stealth with beefy tech approach to cultivated meat growth media

Omeat's process uses regenerative factors extracted humanely from cow plasma to make growth media to create beef, pork, chicken or fish.

BetterBrand’s new dough raises company’s valuation to over $170M

In late 2022, BetterBrand found success on Whole Foods Market shelves, driving over $1 million in gross sales in the first five months.

VCs remain confident alternative protein has a real future despite public-market woes

To get the pulse of what’s germinating in this fast rising industry, TechCrunch+ surveyed five alternative protein investors, and they had a lot to say on the subject.
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