GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Questions about the inputs and outputs from these processes, and whether the process technologies are safer, will be important to answer. In contrast, "synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation," Tickner said. Pull Quote.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 15, 2020

While clean energy and cleantech investing has gained momentum over the last five years, 2020 was undoubtedly a landmark year for the industry, as investments on both a dollar and deal-count basis reached record levels globally. Tovo worked at AlpInvest Partners, where she was Associate in the Private Equity Secondary Investments team.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 Loopworm is the first Indian technology startup to farm insects for animal feed. The investment is Omnivore’s second investment under its OmniX Bio initiative, which backs early-stage agrifood life science startups. .

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

On the opening panel, Jennie Smith, director of building maintenance at Mitchells & Butlers, explained how the pub and restaurant operator has undertaken its own trials of grease management equipment due to the lack of an industry standard to guide investment in new systems. We couldn’t get that, so we did our own trial.”. .

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Government reveals six of the 12 most valuable technology start-ups in the UK are focused on the green economy. Collectively, climate tech companies made up around 65 per cent of the deals in the impact investment space, while UK climate tech investments accounted for more than a quarter of all of these deals in Europe, the government said.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

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.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Research by Oxford Economics and UK cultivated meat startup Ivy Farm Technologies projected the country’s cell-based meat industry will be worth £1.7 Meanwhile, the startup is improving its technology and manufacturing facilities to reduce costs and improve product quality. Government investments. billion ($1.9

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

We have to be able to make our fleet as efficient as possible while we still make those long-term bets on what the technology will be," Freeze said. He includes upfront capital investment, electricity costs and vehicle replacement cycles into his budget. Remember, it will take a village.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Moreover, the biotech firm claims its patented, high-speed process is 10,000 times more efficient than any other biological plastic recycling trial to date , as it is able to break down 97 per cent of plastic within around 16 hours. "In boost the circular economy and reduce the use of virgin plastics," he said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Investment in foundation industries is key to industrial heartlands' regeneration and the success of Levelling Up, writes UKRI's Dr Hugh Falkner. These investments, says the White Paper, are inspired by MIT-Greater Boston and Stanford-Silicon Valley models. Cornerstone of employment. Foundations of new industries.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 30, 2023

Entocycle , a UK startup that provides technologies and services for the insect farming industry, has secured $5 million in a Series A round from a pool of climate-positive institutional investors and athletes as angel investors. “We’re proud to lead this round, as there’s no better insect breeding technology on the market.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 21, 2021

They also continue to be in high demand as the global population grows, emerging economies develop, and infrastructure investment accelerates. Senior Director of Sustainability at of CarbonCure Technologies. The production of concrete, steel, and cement, account for more than half of these emissions.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 15, 2020

One investment theme we’re increasingly excited about is synthetic biology, due to its potential to replace carbon emitting production methods for a number of products reliant on fossil fuels, from food and materials to therapeutics and petrochemicals. We’ve made two recent investments in this space?

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Back in those days, there were very few venture funds with an explicit mandate to invest in companies focused on positive social/environmental impact and even fewer that were focused on seed stage, mission-driven technology startups. McKinsey has a good overview of these here. Come join us!

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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. The flagship event, held in the innovation capital of the world – San Francisco – brings together 800+c-suite food brand executives, investors and entrepreneurs to share ideas, network, collaborate and invest.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 18, 2022

” Seren Kell, science and technology manager at the Good Food Institute Europe and cofounder of Cellular Agriculture, is speaking to AFN following a £20 million ($22 million) pledge from UK’s Biotechnical and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Innovate UK to jointly invest in the alternative protein industry.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Investments in software and data, as well as building deep relationships with utilities, will be key to helping fleets navigate this daunting ecosystem. Biotech giant Genentech is a surprising fleet leader: It's got the most aggressive electric commuter bus programs around, in addition to its other EV fleet goals. Media Authorship.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

The industry is attracting investment as new technologies for cultivating meat are emerging and start ups edge towards commercialisation. According to the Good Food Institute, in 2021 cultivated meat companies attracted $140m of investment in Europe.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

Much of the fuss related to sustainable food systems is focused on land-centric technology solutions. Its mission: to develop technologies that help those in the business of raising fish do so more sustainably. The company is rolling out the technology at multiple sites in Norway. The next horizon, however, may lie offshore.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Dahl is President and CEO of ZIVO Bioscience , a ag biotech R&D company engaged in the commercialization of nutritional and medicinal products derived from proprietary algal strains. The growth potential is limited only by investment in production and processing capacity to establish a robust, ever-expanding supply chain.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Dahl is President and CEO of ZIVO Bioscience , a ag biotech R&D company engaged in the commercialization of nutritional and medicinal products derived from proprietary algal strains. The growth potential is limited only by investment in production and processing capacity to establish a robust, ever-expanding supply chain.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2020

Solving climate change depends, to some extent, on technological innovation. The pathways are vastly different, but one thing they have in common is a central role for new technologies, all of which fall under the growing category known as climate tech. Relying on emissions-reducing technology isn’t the same as blind techno-optimism.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm. The food and agriculture technology venture capital market has changed significantly since AgFunder started producing reports back in 2014.

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Better Ventures

APRIL 13, 2021

How technology will enable a new wave of startup companies to make tele-behavioral health better than in-person therapy There’s an old story in technology circles about how at the dawn of television, people didn’t know what to do with it, so they basically put a radio show on television. pushing the promise of technology further.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 5, 2019

For now, the products that the Chicago-based biotech startup plans to launch are a complete secret. The company is busy building out its product portfolio and figuring out the best route to market for its volcanic microbe-based technology.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.” These investments, however, would be impacted should the EU’s pesticides reduction target be adopted. Alternative Solutions.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 25, 2018

And the investor syndicate in this Series A round is reflective of that; Cultivian Sandbox, the pioneer investor of the agriculture technology sector, led the round. What is Collagen? “For thousands of years, we’ve been using collagen and gelatin from animal waste as biomaterials.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 25, 2018

And the investor syndicate in this Series A round is reflective of that; Cultivian Sandbox, the pioneer investor of the agriculture technology sector, led the round. What is Collagen? “For thousands of years, we’ve been using collagen and gelatin from animal waste as biomaterials.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Editor’s Note: Rob Leclerc is a Founding Partner at venture capital firm AgFunder where he co-leads the investment team with Founding Partner Michael Dean. Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors. The opinions expressed are those of the authors. Food may be next.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

However, it is also clear the pandemic has turbocharged the sector's growth beyond previous expectations, with a more recent report from FAIRR noting that the plant-based protein sector attracted double the amount of venture investment in the first half of 2020 than it did the whole of 2019, at $1.1bn.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. The top 2022 deal was Getir’s $768 million Series E raise led by Emirati and state-owned Mubadala Investment Company. Image credit: Getir. Getir – $768m. All of this came after its $1.25

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

Why doesn’t technology mimic the alchemy of photosynthesis? Describe your technology. I think our partnership with Walmart signifies that we’re trying to make our technology available and accessible to everyone—no green premium needed. We teamed up to start the company and we've been growing since then.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 3, 2021

Questions about the inputs and outputs from these processes, and whether the process technologies are safer, will be important to answer. In contrast, “synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation,” Tickner said.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 29, 2020

“We have to be able to make our fleet as efficient as possible while we still make those long-term bets on what the technology will be,” Freeze said. He includes upfront capital investment, electricity costs and vehicle replacement cycles into his budget.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. million in Neighborhood Grants.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Backers say the coalition aims to unlock new technologies that can help reduce the sector’s major contribution to climate change and make harvests more resilient. Farming on the continent is plagued by under investment and smallholders are already in the grip of the climate crisis, hit by floods, droughts and depleted soils.

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