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

JANUARY 4, 2021

Venture capital invested $1.5 Perfect Day uses fermentation to make dairy-like products while startups such as Clara Foods are focusing on egg substitutes. High-profile investors such as Al Gore and Bill Gates got in on the 2020 action, leading an $80 million investing round for Nature’s Fynd in March. Don’t believe me?

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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. Despite all this investment, two companies have been hogging the plant-based protein spotlight lately. The broad range of routes-to-market may be a good sign for startups vying to get their real estate in the plant-based space.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Incumbents and specialized startups alike have a new tool at their disposal when it comes to disclosing the sustainability of their alternative protein products. Many of the alt-meat and alt-dairy startups that have emerged in the last several years would rely on this framework.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

At the moment, production is outpacing demand, according to Courtney Boyd Myers, CEO of the kelp burger startup Akua and a major seaweed buyer. I also think we'll see a ton of growth in the plant-based seafood market," she said, alluding to the plant-based crab cakes Akua is planning to launch this summer. "But Not in my ocean view.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Evolv Ventures launched late last year as the venture arm of ketchup and mac-and-cheese behemoth Kraft Heinz with $100 million to invest in startups. I was fortunate to be part of a successful company and get a front-row seat to a startup going public. We’re looking at all alternative protein, meat, seafood and so on.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You have to be engaged in aquaculture, you have to be successful in aquaculture, to be successful in seafood. That’s important as more countries consider investing in sustainable domestic sources of production. Many factors contribute to this renewed surge in interest in farming fish and sea vegetables. Among the emerging U.S.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 11, 2019

That funding included an investment from Breakthrough Energy Ventures , the group that Bill Gates co-chairs. Cambridge Crops ’ natural silk coating extends the life of produce, meat, and seafood, which could have a major impact on food waste. The expert team behind Form Energy raised a whopping $40 million Series B round this year.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 1, 2021

As sustainable and environmentally friendly diets increase in popularity, the seafood market is projected to reach almost $200 billion by 2027. To keep up, the aquafeed market is projected to reach $80 billion by then, double the compound annual growth rate of seafood at 5.3 Cargill is investing in bringing that down.

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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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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Global demand for aquatic foods — that’s fish and seafood — is expected to double by 2050, according to estimates that base the rise mostly on population growth. Participating in the round were The Kitchen FoodTech Hub , PeakBridge VC , Zora Ventures , FoodHack and Israeli investment firm, Milk & Honey Ventures.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

in Convertible notes from BlackRock, CPP Investments, OMERS, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and other investors. ⚒️ Techmet , a Dublin, UK-based critical minerals investment platform, raised $200M to expand their critical minerals operations.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 29, 2018

The FAIRR ( Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return ) initiative is a collaborative investor network worth $5.9 trillion aiming to educate on the investment risks behind factory farming that was founded by private equity group Coller Capital’s chief investment officer Jeremy Coller. Lerøy Seafood Group ASA.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

MAY 29, 2018

The FAIRR ( Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return ) initiative is a collaborative investor network worth $5.9 trillion aiming to educate on the investment risks behind factory farming that was founded by private equity group Coller Capital’s chief investment officer Jeremy Coller. Lerøy Seafood Group ASA.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s been a tough few months for alternative protein startups, particularly those developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood alternatives (as opposed to those in the cellular agriculture space). Sure, it’s been tough for startups across all sectors thanks to layoffs and much of the stock market being in the doldrums.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JUNE 4, 2018

What does a meat company, in the business of raising and slaughtering animals for food, do when startups start developing disruptive technologies that cut out the need for animals? In the case of leading US meat supplier Tyson Foods, it invests in them. Louisa Burwood-Taylor: What was your background before joining Tyson Ventures?

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JUNE 4, 2018

What does a meat company, in the business of raising and slaughtering animals for food, do when startups start developing disruptive technologies that cut out the need for animals? In the case of leading US meat supplier Tyson Foods, it invests in them. Louisa Burwood-Taylor: What was your background before joining Tyson Ventures?

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 10, 2023

With a 40% decrease in climate tech venture investments compared to the first six months of 2022—and growth-stage activity experiencing the greatest decline, even as early-stage deals increased —the data could indicate a reshuffling of the ecosystem. Happy Monday! ICYMI, our H1 2023 funding report dropped at the end of June.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 15, 2017

billion by 2023, according to a new report from Fish 2.0 , a business competition designed to increase investment in sustainable seafood startups. One startup in the Fish 2.0 After gaining “superfood” status, the market for algae could reach up to $44.7 Strategies for Growth.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 15, 2017

billion by 2023, according to a new report from Fish 2.0 , a business competition designed to increase investment in sustainable seafood startups. One startup in the Fish 2.0 After gaining “superfood” status, the market for algae could reach up to $44.7 Strategies for Growth.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Israel’s alternative meat startup Future Meat Technologies has closed a $14 million Series A round led by S2G Ventures and Swiss VC Emerald Technology Ventures. This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A. (If Adds interview with CEO Rom Kshuk.**.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Source: Elemental Excelerator   Grants are an important slice of the climate capital stack , allowing startups to directly access federal support for climate tech solutions, unlike mechanisms like tax credits that help shift the market. Rowe Price, OMERS, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, and Deepwater Asset Management.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

  In other news, China hopes to woo back foreign investment with new ESG requirements, Singapore mandates at least some SAFs in the mix for all flights from 2026, and the UK follows European peers in walking out on a treaty often used by fossil fuel companies to sue against climate reforms. Can’t get enough deals?

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

August 2020 Cleantech Roundup: EV Charging Investments | Why Were Californians in the Dark? | This month, we’re talking about partnerships between automakers and electric vehicle charging companies, the recent rolling blackouts in California, and why cleantech investing today may fare better than a decade ago.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Participants at this conference come from the private and public sectors, utilities, solution providers, investors, and startups. Before investing, it’s critical to understand the pros and cons of different kinds of projects and how to build a portfolio of offsets that delivers impact and reliability. 400+ sessions.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

🥩 Wanda Fish , a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cell-cultured seafood platform, raised $7M in Seed funding from Aqua Spark, CPT Capital, The Kitchen Hub, MOREVC, Peregrine Ventures, and other investors. Apply by March 15th.

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