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Start-up providing sustainable Omega-3 secures £2.3m funding

Envirotec Magazine

Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m The Conduit Impact Fund managed by Ascension led the round, investing £900,000, with new investor SIS Ventures putting forward £350,000. The investment will also help grow the team at MiAlgae and increase its expertise.

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Gates Foundation’s role in Pfizer’s promising COVID vaccine is part of a strategy, not a conspiracy

Impact Alpha

10 – The Gates Foundation’s $55 million equity investment last fall into a German biotech company could have big payoff: an. ImpactAlpha, Nov.

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Brief: Nutrition Technologies lands $20m to expand insect-protein operation across Asia

AFN Sustainable Protein

The biotech company’s production system leverages black soldier fly larvae to produce proteins for animal feed and fertilizers. PTT Ventures led the round with participation from Sumitomo Corporation , ING Sustainable Investments and Mandala Capital.

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India’s first insect farming startup Loopworm secures $3.4m seed round led by Omnivore, WaterBridge

AFN Sustainable Protein

Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 The investment is Omnivore’s second investment under its OmniX Bio initiative, which backs early-stage agrifood life science startups. . There has to be a significant health or nutrition benefit that would push this into the human market.”

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What Zymergen’s IPO says about 'biofacturing' and green chemistry

GreenBiz

This transition period from petroleum to bio-based doesn’t particularly trouble John Warner, an inventor and visionary who, along with Paul Anastas, first defined principles for green chemistry , an approach to designing chemicals and materials that are safe for human health and the environment. because of biomimicry and bioinspiration.

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Impact unicorns: Green firms dominate list of UK's most valuable tech start-ups

Business Green

Arrival, Octopus Energy, ITM Power, and OVO have been named among the leading lights of the UK's most valuable tech start-ups in a fresh analysis released today by the government, which estimates the country's top 12 'impact unicorns' have together attracted £2bn in investment over the past year.

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? $32bn and 30% drop as market hits pause in 2023

Climate Tech VC

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.