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| 08.09.2025 | Cellular Agriculture Ltd Strengthens Industry Position with New Facility and Breakthrough Bioreactor Systems | UK-based Cellular Agriculture Ltd has announced a series of developments that advance its position as a technology provider for the cultivated food sector. The company, which focuses on modular bioreactor systems, has expanded its infrastru... |
| 19.08.2025 | Merck and mantro Launch Spinoff Producing Edible Membranes for Cultivated Meat and Alt Protein Production | Science and technology company Merck has partnered with company builder mantro GmbH to launch EdiMembre, a deep-tech spinout that will commercialize Merck’s edible membrane technology for alternative proteins.
The new company will expand th... |
| 06.03.2025 | Canadian Government Invests $1M in Cellular Agriculture Research for the Prairies | The Government of Canada has allocated CAD 1 million in funding through Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) to support the Cellular Agriculture Prairies Ecosystem (CAPE) Project, an initiative led by New Harvest Canada. The f... |
| 12.01.2025 | Cultivated Meat: The Future of Food on the Horizon | The world is changing. Our food systems are at a crossroads. Population growth, environmental challenges, and the quest for sustainable protein sources are pushing us toward a new frontier: cultivated meat. This innovation offers a tantaliz... |
| 09.01.2025 | Guest Post: Making Cultivated Meat Scalable and Sustainable with New Bioprocess Technology | The global food system is at a pivotal juncture, with growing populations, environmental pressures, and rising demand for sustainable, ethical protein sources converging to create both challenges and opportunities. Cultivated meat, a promis... |
| 13.11.2024 | The World’s Largest Environmental Award, The Food Planet Prize, Announces Longlist for 2025 Prize of $2 Million | The World’s Largest Environmental Award, The Food Planet Prize, Announces Longlist for 2025 Prize of $2 Million
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The Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize, the world’s largest environmental award, ha... |
| 20.06.2023 | CellX, China’s Most Funded Cellular Agriculture Startup Lands $6.5M in Series A+ Round | 3 Mins Read China’s cultivated meat front-runner, CellX, has successfully procured $6.5M in a Series A+ funding round.
Shanghai-based CellX’s new funding comes by way of a collection of strategic investors. The funding propels CellX toward ... |
| 11.01.2023 | Apply to the 2023 AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator | Disclosure: AFN is the official media partner to GROW, which is backed by AFN’s parent company AgFunder.
US-based VC firm AgFunder and Singapore-based ecosystem builder GROW are now taking applications for the fourth cohort of their Impact ... |
| 19.04.2022 | Dutch Government Announces €60M Cellular Agriculture Fund | The Dutch government has earmarked €60 million for a new cellular agriculture fund. The investment will be awarded through the National Growth Fund, which supports innovative economic sectors.
It is believed that €60 million is the largest ... |
| 18.01.2022 | Apply for AgFunder & GROW’s 2022 Impact Accelerator | Disclosure: AFN is official media partner to GROW, which is backed by AFN’s parent company AgFunder.
Silicon Valley VC firm AgFunder and Singapore-based ecosystem builder GROW are accepting applications for the third edition of the GROW Imp... |
| 13.10.2021 | Farmer and Former Meat Processor Founds Cultivated Meat Startup | Ilttud Dunsford was born into a farming family and grew up to found a speciality meat processing business. But after learning about cultivated meat, Dunsford’s career path took a complete 180 and he has now founded Cellular Agriculture Ltd.... |
| 09.09.2021 | Meet the GROW grads concocting climate-smart ag solutions with robots & seaweed | Disclosure: GROW is backed by AgFunder, which is AFN’s parent company.
After 20 weeks of workshops, mentoring sessions, and pitching practice, the GROW Impact Accelerator‘s 2021 program has now come to a close. The 10 startups graduating fr... |
| 13.08.2021 | Meet Biteback & Cellular Agriculture: The GROW Impact Accelerator’s food ingredient futurists | According to the UN, food and agriculture account for 70% of global freshwater use, take up 50% of Earth’s habitable land. and produce a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe).
Most of this stems from animal agriculture. Astonishing... |
| 13.08.2021 | Meet Biteback & Cellular Agriculture: The GROW Impact Accelerator’s food ingredient futurists | According to the UN, food and agriculture account for 70% of global freshwater use, take up 50% of Earth’s habitable land and produce a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe).
Most of this stems from animal agriculture. Astonishingl... |
| 03.08.2021 | Join us online for GROW Impact Accelerator Demo Day 2021 | Disclosure: GROW is backed by AFN’s parent company, AgFunder.
After 20 weeks of coaching sessions, mentor networking, customer introductions and pitching practice, the GROW Impact Accelerator is drawing to a close.
It’ll soon be time for De... |
| 18.05.2021 | Plant-Based Game Changers Wanted: ProVeg Incubator Announces Applications Now Open for 7th Cohort | The ProVeg Incubator is taking applications from pioneering plant-based, fermentation, and cultured-food startups to join this summer’s accelerator programme. Innovative companies working to develop alternatives to animal-based products, in... |
| 09.05.2021 | Meet These 7 Agri-Food Tech Startups Of GROW’s New Female-Led Cohort | 3
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GROW, the AgFunder-backed food and agri-tech focused accelerator, has just welcomed its new cohort of startups set to join its program in Singapore. These startups have been selected for their food chain resilience an... |
| 06.05.2021 | GROW Impact Accelerator launches second cohort to advance new frontiers in food & agriculture | Editor’s note: GROW is an impact-focused agrifoodtech fund and accelerator based in Singapore. It is backed by AgFunder, which is AFN’s parent company.
Food lies at the heart of some of our biggest global crises and challenges. It’s estimat... |
| 22.12.2020 | Cultured Protein: A Guide To Every Cell-Based Meat Startup In The World Right Now | 3 1
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The alternative protein market is on fire right now, estimated to be worth approximately $2.2Bn, and cultivated meat is expected to play an important role in the shift from traditional meat products. Experienced sc... |
| 24.06.2020 | ProVeg Incubator Fourth Cohort: Remilk – Reinventing the Meaning of Dairy | In the second of our series introducing the latest cohort in the ProVeg incubator program, we take a look at Israel’s Remilk which is developing its microbial milk with a view to disrupting animal dairy for good.
Remilk‘s founding team cons... |
| 10.06.2020 | ProVeg Incubator Fourth Cohort: World’s First Shredded Vegan Salmon From Hooked | In the second of our series introducing the latest cohort in the ProVeg incubator programme, we take a look at Stockholm’s Hooked, which is developing an innovative plant-based shredded salmon alternative. As we have reported, vegan seafood... |
| 10.06.2020 | ProVeg Incubator Fourth Cohort: World’s First Shredded Vegan Salmon From Hooked | ©Hooked
In the second of our series introducing the latest cohort in the ProVeg incubator programme, we take a look at Stockholm’s Hooked, which is developing an innovative plant-based shredded salmon alternative. As we have reported, vegan... |
| 08.06.2020 | ProVeg Incubator Fourth Cohort: Sugar-Free Plant-Based Desserts From Germany’s Zveetz | ©Zveetz
In the first of a series introducing the latest cohort in the ProVeg incubator programme, we take a look at Zveetz, a producer of plantbased desserts in Germany. The Zveetz products are made with no sugar added and sold in biodegrad... |
| 08.06.2020 | ProVeg Incubator Fourth Cohort: Sugar-Free Plant-Based Desserts From Germany’s Zveetz | In the first of a series introducing the latest cohort in the ProVeg incubator programme, we take a look at Zveetz, a producer of plantbased desserts in Germany. The Zveetz products are made with no sugar added and sold in biodegradable pac... |
| 23.01.2020 | ProVeg Incubator Announces €20,000 – €200,000 Grants for Startup Applicants | ProVeg Incubator, the world’s first plant-based incubator, today announced that for the first time, each company accepted to join the incubator will receive a €20,000 grant, with the potential for a further €30,000 to €180,000 in seed inves... |
| 07.01.2020 | ProVeg Incubator Programme Now Open to Applicants for Fourth Cohort | The world’s first plant-based incubator, hosted by ProVeg, is now calling for a new round of applicants for its fourth cohort. After the recent cohort last September was a huge success, the organisation is again calling for innovative food ... |
