Unilever invests in biotech alternatives to palm oil for greener cleaning
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2022
New $120m venture aims to scale up biotechnology alternative to palm oil and fossil fuels used to make everyday products
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Welsh biotech firm announces AD-boosting additive
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Cardiff-based biotech company Genesis Biosciences has developed what it describes as a novel and low site footprint solution to help bolster the performance and environmental credentials of anaerobic digestion (AD) systems. Wastewater treatment plant.
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Circulate Capital backs three U.S. biotech and recycling startups
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2021
ImpactAlpha, December 8 — The Singapore-based manager’s Disrupt fund made its first investments in Arzeda, a Seattle-based biotech company that develops healthy and. biotech and recycling startups appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
The Hong Kong stock exchange is helping biotech companies raise billions
Impact Alpha
JUNE 8, 2021
The post The Hong Kong stock exchange is helping biotech companies raise billions appeared first on Impact Alpha. Editor’s note: Impaakt is a crowd-sourced platform that uses collective intelligence to produce impact analyses and scores. Each week, the Impaakt reviewing team.
The Brief: Impact VC performance, BlocPowered, Black-led biotech, solar-powered windows, BMW’s venture fund, e-waste reduction
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 18, 2022
The post The Brief: Impact VC performance, BlocPowered, Black-led biotech, solar-powered windows, BMW’s venture fund, e-waste reduction appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Do impact venture capital funds outperform traditional VC?
Cleantech 50 to Watch Case Study: Ryp Labs
CleanTech Group
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Nisa Mirza of Cleantech Group sat down with Moody Soliman, 50 to Watch Agriculture & Food Biotech food waste greenhouse gas emissionsSolution: Ryp Labs produces fresh produce preservation solutions using a bio-inhibitor sticker.
The Brief: Capitalism reimagined, good jobs in Pakistan, impact exit in Uganda, edtech in Vietnam, biotech financing in Hong Kong, biodiversity risk disclosure
Impact Alpha
JUNE 8, 2021
The post The Brief: Capitalism reimagined, good jobs in Pakistan, impact exit in Uganda, edtech in Vietnam, biotech financing in Hong Kong, biodiversity risk disclosure appeared first on Impact Alpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!
Biotech France 2020 International Conference and Exhibition
Eco-Business
OCTOBER 13, 2019
Biotech France 2020 Conference will be held in Paris- France from 24 to 26June 2020. This international event will reflect the full diversity of current biotechnology science advances in research and practice that open opportunities for exploitation of knowledge, commercially or otherwise, together with news, discussion and comment on broader issues of general interest and concern
Brief: Nutrition Technologies lands $20m to expand insect-protein operation across Asia
AFN Sustainable Protein
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The biotech company’s production system leverages black soldier fly larvae to produce proteins for animal feed and fertilizers. Singapore-based insect protein producer Nutrition Technologies has closed a $20 million equity round.
India’s first insect farming startup Loopworm secures $3.4m seed round led by Omnivore, WaterBridge
AFN Sustainable Protein
AUGUST 25, 2022
Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 Accelerators & startups Investment News Seed Tech VC Uncategorized alternative protein asia biotech food waste india insect farming Startups sustainability sustainable protein
The Brief: Climate-committed shareholders, secondary market for community lenders, super app for Africa’s drivers, European crowdfunding, women-led biotech
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The historic Reconstruction resonates in today’s efforts to expand voting rights, The post The Brief: Climate-committed shareholders, secondary market for community lenders, super app for Africa’s drivers, European crowdfunding, women-led biotech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Meet the founder: Mzansi Meat’s co-founders on building a global foodtech company with African roots
AFN Sustainable Protein
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
AFN: What was your experience in putting together a biotech team? In South Africa, we were the first company to [apply biotech to food], so we didn’t have a precedence. For instance, Wade, our R&D director, has g20 years of commercial biotech experience.
The 4th edition of Biotech France 2020 International Conference and Exhibition
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Biotech France 2020 Conference will be held in Paris- France from 23 to 25June 2020
Singapore-based biotech startup RWDC Industries closes US$133 million in Series B funding
Eco-Business
MAY 5, 2020
Harnessing nature to battle the world’s single-use plastics problem, biotech company will accelerate plans to meet increasing demand for materials to replace plastics for food service, food packaging, consumer goods packaging and other consumer items
The Brief: Larry’s letter, immersive third spaces, diverse businesses, biotech funding, black innovation economy
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 15, 2020
Fink The post The Brief: Larry’s letter, immersive third spaces, diverse businesses, biotech funding, black innovation economy appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!
UK alternative protein: UK could be leader with faster regulation, more funding for cell ag
AFN Sustainable Protein
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
million last year in a project called the ‘Culturedmeat Project’ by Spanish cultivated meat startup BioTech Foods. All eyes are on the next country in the world to approve and regulate the sale of alternative meat products produced through cell-culturing techniques.
Biotech in the built environment is turning Tallinn’s city waste circular
Climate-KIC
MAY 9, 2018
The post Biotech in the built environment is turning Tallinn’s city waste circular appeared first on Climate-KIC What happens to waste from cities? Could we build cities in future which will produce energy while consuming it? And how can we create interactions between nature and our urban architecture? Speaking at TedxBucharest in April, Marco Poletto, Director of ecoLogicStudio, explained how the historic quest for sanitation has shaped the footprint of our cities […].
The Brief: Gender-smart call, biotech nudges, sustainable food in China, preserving jobs in emerging markets, ESG pendulum swings
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Featured: Gates Foundation’s role in Pfizer’s promising COVID vaccine is part of a strategy, not a conspiracy. The Brief
Alternative protein research should be open access – GFI’s Kell
AFN Sustainable Protein
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Alt Meat/Protein FoodTech Funds Industry Research & Data alternative protein biotech Europe Startups sustainability sustainable protein UK“We need a lot of publicly-funded open-access research to advance this field as quickly as possible.”
Meet the founder: Marica Quarsingh of Sea-Stematic on creating the ‘Tesla of Seafood’
AFN Sustainable Protein
JULY 22, 2022
They have run and owned some parts of the value chain and have biotech companies that have patents in different parts of the world that have been majorly funded.
Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss
Green Tech Challenge
JANUARY 6, 2017
Air pollution is becoming a global threat as 90% of urban populations breaths polluted air. We have all seen the images of a smog-filled China city, people wearing masks and authorities banning people to go outside. In December 2016, the Chinese government reported the highest air pollution and the red alert was implemented in 23 cities in northern China. In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment.
Building Customer Awareness for the Next Biotech Startup: Lessons from Brands & Biology
Forbes Green Tech
DECEMBER 8, 2020
How do you tell the story of clean meat, sustainable fashion, brewed buildings, carbon recyclables, consumer care, and skiing? The answer: through biology. Innovation /innovation Green Tech /green-tech Business
Recent Deals-11 May: Microbial Nitrogen Technology, Zinc-Air Batteries, Support-Free 3-D Printing and More
CleanTech Group
MAY 11, 2020
Agriculture & Food Energy & Power Materials & Chemicals Resources & Environment Transportation and Logistics 3-D printing Batteries Biochemicals Biotech energy Logistics Recent Deals transportationWhat’s happening with cleantech deals in the midst of Covid?
New way of producing useful compounds from birch for the cosmetics industry
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Breaking Green News Conservation going green green business green living news green products biotech birch tree cells cosmeticsCosmetics from Birch Leaves VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has used plant or birch tree cell culture technology.
Future Food-Tech London
AFN Sustainable Protein
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The Future Food-Tech Summit returns to London and brings together over 500 leaders, senior executives, pioneering innovators and VCs from around the globe.
Future Food-Tech New York
AFN Sustainable Protein
JUNE 23, 2020
Held annually in New York, San Francisco, London and Singapore, the Future Food-Tech Summit is an international networking event, bringing together 400+ leading food brands, entrepreneurs and investors to showcase solutions, share ideas and create new alliances to accelerate the adoption of new technology solutions.
Future Food-Tech San Francisco
AFN Sustainable Protein
MARCH 19, 2020
Future Food-Tech is a world-leading event series focusing on the most disruptive technologies transforming our food system.
Who’s bringing China its bacon now that it’s running low?
AFN Sustainable Protein
AUGUST 12, 2019
AgTech Alt Meat/Protein FoodTech Industry Research & Data animal health asia biotech livestock sustainable proteinA worldwide pork deficit is impending and one virus is to blame. But who’s going to fill in the gaps? Meat giant Tyson’s latest earnings reveal it’s not them, with the US-China trade war largely to blame. Could they lose out to alternatives like Impossible Foods? The post Who’s bringing China its bacon now that it’s running low? appeared first on AgFunderNews.
Deaflow spotlight: Agrifood megadeals
Impact Alpha
JULY 23, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 23 – Breakthrough biotech research is driving eight- and nine-digit investments in alternatives to high-carbon food production. Plant-based cheesemaker Nobell Foods, an. The post Deaflow spotlight: Agrifood megadeals appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Agrifood Tech Dealflow
This Australian Founder Is Tackling Food Waste With Robot-Managed Maggots
Forbes Green Tech
JUNE 23, 2020
Goterra Founder, Olympia Yarger, shares her inspirational journey from farmer to founder of a highly innovative, fast-growth biotech startup. Innovation /innovation Green Tech /green-tech
Geltor Raises $18.2m for Animal-Free “Designer Collagen”
AFN Sustainable Protein
OCTOBER 25, 2018
AgTech Alt Meat/Protein Investment News Series A Startup Funding Tech VC biotech microbe sustainable proteinGeltor , a Californian startup using computational biology and fermentation techniques to produce collagen products without using animal byproducts, has raised $18.2
Geltor Raises $18.2m for Animal-Free “Designer Collagen”
AFN Sustainable Protein
OCTOBER 25, 2018
AgTech Alt Meat/Protein Investment News Series A Startup Funding Tech VC biotech microbe sustainable proteinGeltor , a Californian startup using computational biology and fermentation techniques to produce collagen products without using animal byproducts, has raised $18.2
Gates Foundation’s role in Pfizer’s promising COVID vaccine is part of a strategy, not a conspiracy
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
10 – The Gates Foundation’s $55 million equity investment last fall into a German biotech company could have big payoff: an. ImpactAlpha, Nov. Beats Catalytic Capital Health and Medtech Impact Tech
Switch Bioworks raises $4.3 million for sustainable nitrogen biofertilizer
Impact Alpha
MAY 31, 2022
ImpactAlpha, May 31 — Biotech companies are promising to help farmers cut down on synthetic, and expensive, nitrogen fertilizer. San Carlos, Calif.-based based Switch. The post Switch Bioworks raises $4.3 million for sustainable nitrogen biofertilizer appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Lamps by Biohm are made from coffee and orange peel
Inhabitant
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup, has created a line of sustainable lampshades called Obscure that are made of 100% coffee chaff and orange peel. Biohm has become an example of what's possible in development and bio-manufacturing of natural materials for the built environment
Kula Bio raises $50 million to meet demand for sustainable nitrogen biofertilizer
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
ImpactAlpha, February 1 — A raft of biotech startups are helping farmers improve soil quality and rely less on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, a. The post Kula Bio raises $50 million to meet demand for sustainable nitrogen biofertilizer appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Pivot Bio rakes in $430 million to replace synthetic nitrogen in agriculture
Impact Alpha
JULY 19, 2021
based biotech company Pivot Bio wants to make corn, wheat and rice – the world’s three biggest cereal. ImpactAlpha, July 19 — Berkeley, Calif.-based The post Pivot Bio rakes in $430 million to replace synthetic nitrogen in agriculture appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Ecovative secures $60 million to produce fungus-based materials
Impact Alpha
APRIL 5, 2021
The biotech company has raised. ImpactAlpha, April 5 — Greenland, New York-based Ecovative produces sustainable materials from mycelium for textile, food and packaging. The post Ecovative secures $60 million to produce fungus-based materials appeared first on Impact Alpha.
New funding for biotechnology scale-ups in Scotland
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2022
A new fund has been launched by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to enable biotech companies to access specialist facilities, equipment and resources.
Swiss firm reveals first ever shoe made from carbon emissions
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
The CO is captured initially using technology from Italian biotech firm Lanzatech – a proprietary fermentation process that depends upon “selected and naturally occurring bacteria”, which converts the carbon-rich gas to ethanol.
Not-so-fast fashion? Captured carbon incorporated in fabric of Zara dress range
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2021
A collaboration between biotech firm LanzaTech and Spanish clothing retailer Inditex has led to the design of a capsule collection for the latter’s largest brand Zara , incorporating fabric seemingly made from waste carbon emissions.
Sustainable mobility drives the newest employee perk
GreenBiz
MARCH 15, 2021
San Francisco Bay Area biotech giant Genentech is a world leader in making medicines for diseases such as cancer and cystic fibrosis; it’s even trialing one of its medicines for helping treat COVID-19. Sustainable mobility drives the newest employee perk. Katie Fehrenbacher.
Start-up providing sustainable Omega-3 secures £2.3m funding
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 17, 2022
Our commercial demonstrator plant, due to be completed early in 2023, will help us improve food security globally, while our research department continues to drive the development of exciting, commercially viable biotech innovations.”.
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