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| 19.01.2025 | Misha’s Inc. Expands Horizons with Vertage Acquisition: A New Era for Dairy-Free Cheese | In a bold move that echoes the rhythms of the evolving food landscape, Misha’s Inc., a Californian plant-based food innovator, has acquired Vertage, a New York-based dairy-free cheese producer. This acquisition, announced on January 16, 202... |
| 16.01.2025 | Celeb-Backed Vegan Startup Stretches Portfolio with Takeover of Fellow Dairy-Free Cheese Producer | 4 Mins Read Californian plant-based food maker Misha’s Inc has acquired New York-based Vertage, a fellow vegan cheese producer, for an undisclosed sum.
In a bicoastal deal, cashew cheese maker Misha’s has extended its dairy-free portfolio t... |
| 21.11.2024 | The Future of Food and Data: Innovations Shaping Tomorrow | In a world where taste meets technology, two distinct yet interconnected stories emerge. One revolves around the culinary landscape, where plant-based alternatives are gaining ground. The other delves into the realm of artificial intelligen... |
| 21.11.2024 | The Future of Food and Fashion: Innovations in Sustainability | In a world where sustainability is no longer optional, two companies are stepping up to the plate. Bel Group and Faircraft are leading the charge in their respective fields. They are not just responding to consumer demand; they are reshapin... |
| 21.11.2024 | Bel Group Announces Three-Year Collaborative Project to Develop Fermented Cheese Alternatives | Bel Group has partnered with agro-industrial group Avril, probiotic manufacturer Lallemand, and agri-food service provider Protial for a three-year project that aims to drive forward the development of fermented and aged plant-based cheese ... |
| 20.11.2024 | Stanford Researchers Are Using AI to Elevate the Texture of Plant-Based Meat | 5 Mins Read Scientists at Stanford University suggest that machine learning and mechanical testing can deliver data that can speed up the development of better vegan meat alternatives.
Sandpaper, a brain sectioning knife, and super glue. Th... |
| 20.11.2024 | Bel UK Launches Improved Plant-Based Boursin Cheese | The UK subsidiary of multinational cheese producer Bel Group has launched a new plant-based version of its popular Boursin soft cheese.
Available in the flavour Garlic & Herbs, the cheese alternative is said to replicate the taste and t... |
| 14.11.2024 | Shiru Raises $16M to Expand AI Protein Discovery Platform Across Industries | 4 Mins Read Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has closed a $16M Series B round to broaden its ingredient portfolio and expand its protein discovery marketplace.
Months after launching an AI-powered protein discovery platform for compani... |
| 01.10.2024 | The Rise of Animal-Free Casein: A New Era for Dairy Alternatives | The dairy industry is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional dairy, once a staple in American diets, is facing fierce competition from innovative food tech companies. These pioneers are crafting animal-free casein, a key protein in dairy p... |
| 01.10.2024 | Those Vegan Cowboys Unveils Animal-Free Casein for Meltier, Stretchier Cheese | 5 Mins Read Dutch-Belgian food tech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has debuted its precision-fermented casein protein, with plans to launch animal-free cheese in 2025.
Animal-free casein is having a moment. From new startups pushing the envelo... |
| 11.09.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Domino’s, Plant-Based Dairylea & A KitKat Copycat | 4 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Fry’s Family Foods’ formable mince, Domino’s vegan cheese col... |
| 06.09.2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Innovations: A New Era in Food Technology | The food landscape is shifting. Traditional staples are evolving into plant-based alternatives. This transformation is not just a trend; it’s a revolution. Companies are racing to innovate, and the stakes are high. The latest developments i... |
| 05.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: GALY lands $33m for lab-grown cotton, EarthOptics & Pattern Ag merge, new CFO at Tyson | Meat and diamonds aren’t the only items getting the “lab grown” label these days. Add cotton to that list, with US plant cell culture startup GALY announcing a Series B raise this week.
Meanwhile, what do soil data and predictive agronomy h... |
| 10.07.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Crownless Pineapples, Spent Coffee Cookies & A Brat Summer | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Aldi’s zero-waste pineapples, a Charli XCX-inspired marketing... |
| 06.06.2024 | Pureture Cuts Production Time for Plant-Based Casein, Joins Others in Removing Cows From the Dairy Industry | US biotech company Pureture, a company developing functional animal-free ingredients, announces that it has improved the production process for its plant-based casein — a yeast-derived, non-GMO ingredient for realistic and clean-label dairy... |
| 16.05.2024 | Empowering Women in Veganism: Inside the Vegan Women Summit 2024 | The Vegan Women Summit 2024 took place at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, on May 9 and 10, drawing nearly 1,000 attendees from six continents. With over 100 speakers and brands, the summit celebrated the contributio... |
| 06.05.2024 | Aleph Farms Taps Into AI for More Efficient Cultivated Beef Production | 6 Mins Read Israeli cultivated meat leader Aleph Farms has partnered with biotech startup BioRaptor to integrate AI into its production process, which will enable scalability and reduce costs.
Ahead of launching into restaurants in its home... |
| 01.05.2024 | Shiru Unveils AI-Led Protein Marketplace and Discovery Marketplace | 4 Mins Read Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has today launched the “world’s first” protein discovery platform, allowing companies to find and buy sustainable proteins for product development.
As the world of protein expands, with inno... |
| 01.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Quail, MasterChef Pros & A Cheese Debacle | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Vow’s Tippling Club collab, US bans on cultivated meat, and a... |
| 21.10.2022 | Meet Vasudev Bailey, Senior Partner at ARTIS Ventures | ARTIS invests in what it calls the TechBio space, where technology meets healthcare
Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh, how times have changed! While there are more... |
| 03.07.2022 | A New Generation Of Alt Cheese Startups Are Ditching Allergens: Meet 5 Global Nut-Free Innovators | 4 Mins Read
The dairy-free cheese alternative market is huge and it’s growing fast. Analysts expect the global plant-based cheese segment to double from its current US$2.7 billion to over US$4.5 billion by 2025, and with as many as 4 in 10 ... |
| 08.09.2020 | Climax Foods Secures $7.5 Million In Seed Funding | Climax Foods, a data science company that is innovating the future of food, announced recently it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to create a smarter and simpler way to make food by converting plants, with less processing.
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| 04.09.2020 | Startups To Watch: CH4 Global, Mustard, Undock, LaunchNotes | 15 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Crunchbase News typically covers larger funding rounds, however we think these startups are worth highlighting for their interesting approaches despite their smaller raises.
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| 04.09.2020 | Startups To Watch: CH4 Global, Mustard, Undock, LaunchNotes | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Crunchbase News typically covers larger funding rounds, however we think these startups are worth highlighting for their interesting approaches despite their smaller raises.
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| 03.09.2020 | Climax Foods, Founded by Astrophysicist and a Former JUST Exec, Raises $7.5 Million to “Out-Compete” Animal Products | Oliver Zahn, Climax Foods
California-based startup Climax Foods, a US data science company consisting of founder and astrophysicist Oliver Zahn, co-founder and former sales and operation executive of JUST Inc Caroline Love, and the chemist ... |
| 03.09.2020 | Climax Foods, Founded by Astrophysicist and a Former JUST Exec, Raises $7.5 Million to “Out-Compete” Animal Products | California-based startup Climax Foods, a US data science company consisting of founder and astrophysicist Oliver Zahn, co-founder and former sales and operation executive of JUST Inc Caroline Love, and the chemist and Stanford graduate Pave... |
| 02.09.2020 | Google Data Scientist Startup Climax Foods Raises US$7.5M To Make Cheese From Plants | 0
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Climax Foods, the data science firm on a mission to create the most craved foods using plants, has just raised US$7.5 million in seed funding. The Berkeley, California-based startup will be using the capital to accelerate mach... |
| 01.09.2020 | Climax Foods raises $7.5m: ‘We want to replace animals as inefficient factories for converting plants into meat and dairy’ | “We want to essentially replace cows and other animals as inefficient factories for converting plants into meat and dairy,” said Oliver Zahn, PhD (linkedin strapline: ‘Astrophysicist interested in making Earth a better place’), who has jus... |
| 01.09.2020 | Climax Foods Raises $7.5 Million Seed Round to Transform the Food System | Future of Food company attracts top talent and investors who see plant-based as a preemptive solution to the next global health crisis
BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–September 1, 2020–
Climax Foods, the data science company innovating the... |
| 01.09.2020 | Founded by an Impossible Foods and Google data scientist, Climax Foods raises $7.5 million to tackle the cheesiest market | Oliver Zahn began his professional career studying the stars. The founder of Climax Foods, a startup that’s using data science to replace animal proteins with plant-based substitutes, spent years at the University of California at Berkeley ... |
| 01.09.2020 | Climax Foods : Raises $7.5 Million Seed Round to Transform the Food System | Climax Foods, the data science company innovating the future of food, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to create a smarter and simpler way to make food by converting plants, with less processing, into products with the same or better... |
| 01.09.2020 | Climax Foods Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding | Climax Foods, a Berkeley, CA-based data science company focused on food, raised $7.5m in seed funding.
Backers included At One Ventures, Manta Ray Ventures, S2G Ventures, Valor Siren Ventures, Prelude Ventures, ARTIS Ventures, Index Venture... |
| 01.09.2020 | Removing Animals From The Food System: Climax Foods Raises $7.5M Seed For Innovation | 17 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Climax Foods, a year-old startup, is using data science to innovate the future of food and make it at a price point accessible to everyone.
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| 01.09.2020 | Daily funding roundup - Sept 1st, 2020 | Klassroom raised $3M; Honcho landed $4M; Climax Foods has secured $7.5M; Toss Lab picks up $13M
Klassroom: Klassroom Paris, France-based company is a parent-teacher communication platform. Klassroom has raised $3 million in seed funding led... |
| 01.09.2020 | Climax Foods Scores $7.5M Seed Round |
BERKELEY, CA, Climax Foods, the data science company innovating the future of food, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding.
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| - | Climax Foods | “We are unearthing smarter paths from plants to products, creating a new generation of plant-based foods at lower cost to consumers & the environment” |
