| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.01.2026 | Sustainable Future: Innovating With Nature and Advanced Tech | The world demands sustainable innovation. Cutting-edge solutions, both nature-based and high-tech, redefine our future across industries. Pioneers now deploy bio-fungicides derived from amoebas, protecting crops naturally. Mycelium, from fu... |
| 09.01.2026 | CNN's Innovate explores cutting-edge solutions that work with nature, not against it | HONG KONG, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The world is changing fast, and emerging technologies are driving the transformation. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, and IoT (the Internet of Things) are just a few of the game-changing innovati... |
| 31.03.2025 | Ecovative's MyBacon: A Game-Changer in Plant-Based Protein | In a world where plant-based diets are gaining traction, Ecovative is carving a niche with its innovative mycelium-based product, MyBacon. The New York-based company recently secured $11 million in funding to ramp up production and expand i... |
| 31.03.2025 | MyForest Foods Secures $11M to Scale Mycelium-Based Bacon as Sales Outpace Competitors | New York-based biotechnology firm Ecovative has raised $11 million in funding to expand its mycelium-based product portfolio, with a primary focus on its spinout company MyForest Foods and its flagship product, MyBacon. The funding round in... |
| 28.03.2025 | Ecovative Raises $11M After Outselling Meat Alternatives with Mycelium-Based MyBacon | 5 Mins Read New York firm Ecovative has secured $11M to supercharge the expansion of its mycelium-based MyBacon, which it claims is the fastest-selling plant-based breakfast item in the natural channel.
Mycelium innovator Ecovative has rais... |
| 19.02.2025 | German Poultry Giant Backs Mycelium Meat Startup in €3M Funding Round | 5 Mins Read German food tech startup Kynda has raised €3M in seed funding to expand production of its mycoprotein-based meat made from upcycled food waste.
Fuelling its drive to make sustainable protein from food waste, German startup Kynda... |
| 12.02.2025 | Cultivated Pork Maker Goes Beyond Meat with Animal-Free Leather Collab | 5 Mins Read Dutch cultivated pork pioneer Meatable broadens its horizons beyond food through a partnership with animal-free leather maker Pelagen.
As it awaits the go-ahead from regulators in Singapore, cultivated meat startup Meatable alre... |
| 27.11.2024 | A Taste of Change: Nature’s Fynd and LaBelle Patrimoine Redefine Holiday Dining | The holiday season is a time for gathering, feasting, and creating memories. This year, two companies are shaking up traditional dining norms. Nature’s Fynd and LaBelle Patrimoine are offering alternatives that promise not just flavor, but ... |
| 26.11.2024 | Succession Star Invites Fans to Brunch in New Ad Campaign for Nature’s Fynd’s Fungi Protein Yogurts | 4 Mins Read Fermentation startup Nature’s Fynd has teamed up with actor Justine Lupe in a marketing campaign for its dairy-free Fy yogurts.
How often do you get to break bread with a cast member of one of TV’s most popular shows ever?
It’s ... |
| 31.10.2024 | Enifer Eyes Novel Food Approval for Mycoprotein in EU, Singapore & Other Markets | 5 Mins Read Finnish startup Enifer has filed for novel food approval in the EU for its Pekilo mycoprotein, and is planning applications in Singapore, the US, and the UK.
Months after closing a Series B funding round and securing loans for a... |
| 22.10.2024 | GOB and Ecovative Introduce World’s First Mycelium-Based Compostable Earplugs | San Francisco-based startup GOB has launched the world’s first compostable earplugs made entirely from mycelium, an eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastic-based earplugs. Mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, offers a biodegra... |
| 14.10.2024 | Billie Eilish, The Lumineers Embrace Plastic-Free Mycelium Foam Earplugs in Concerts | 5 Mins Read US startup GOB, which makes eco-conscious wearables, is debuting mycelium foam earplugs in collaboration with Billie Eilish and The Lumineers.
Last month, New York startup Ecovative closed a $28M funding round for its mycelium-b... |
| 09.10.2024 | Exclusive: Think Tank Shows How Governments Can Create National Protein Transition Strategies | 9 Mins Read Devising a national action strategy for alternative proteins is crucial for countries’ climate targets and global food security – a new report shows how.
In the next 25 years, the world will need 56% more food to feed its expand... |
| 26.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Brazilian ag marketplace Cayena bags $55m, alt-materials firm Pact raises $12m | While debate continues around use of the term “alt leather,” the products build around the concept keep rolling out. This week, two companies — Pact and Ecovative — raised funds to further their work in this area. Also bagging a capital rou... |
| 20.09.2024 | Mycelium Innovator Ecovative Raises $28M to Propel MyBacon Growth & Launch Eco-Leather | 5 Mins Read New York-based Ecovative has secured $28M in a growth equity round to expand its mycelium-based MyBacon product and introduce new sustainable leather materials.
To advance its food and fashion innovations, US mycelium startup Ec... |
| 22.07.2024 | Cadillac unveils concept convertible EV featuring mycelium-based décor from MycoWorks | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent co AgFunder is an investor in MycoWorks.]
General Motors has unveiled a concept car—the ‘SOLLEI’ convertible electric vehicle—featuring MycoWorks’ ‘Fine Mycelium’ bio-based materials in the interior.
The lu... |
| 25.06.2024 | Mycelium-Based MyBacon Strips Available in LA and San Francisco for First Time | MyForest Food, an Ecovative spinoff founded in 2020 and previously known as Atlast, announces its mycelium-based MyBacon strips will be available to consumers on the West Coast for the first time through a retail partnership with online gro... |
| 14.03.2024 | Report: Could Mycelium Leather Transform the Leather Market? | IDTechEx analyses the potential of mycelium as an innovative leather alternative in a new report. According to the report, recent developments in the industry mark the beginning of major production growth, though companies in the industry a... |
| 03.01.2024 | Ecovative CEO: ‘We’re introducing a new industrial crop to the world’ | Founded in 2007 by mechanical engineering students Eben Bayer and Gavin Mclntyre, Ecovative is one of several startups attempting to harness the magic of mycelium—the filament-like roots of mushrooms—to make more sustainable foods and mater... |
| 20.09.2023 | Brief: Modern Synthesis and GANNI unveil ‘Bou Bag’ made by bacteria for London Design Festival | [Disclosure: AgFunder—the parent company of AgFunderNews—is an investor in Modern Synthesis]
Biomaterials startup Modern Synthesis and Danish fashion brand GANNI have teamed up to create GANNI’s signature ‘Bou Bag’ using a leather-alternati... |
| 05.07.2023 | Beyond Plastics: The Rise of Innovative Alternatives to Tackle Packaging Waste | The search for sustainable packaging solutions has been intensifying as countries grapple to meet their net-zero goals. One promising avenue involves researchers exploring the potential of bacteria and enzymes to break down polyethylene ter... |
| 08.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Green Coffee Co brews up $25m, ChatGPT designs robotic harvesting, Zume shuts down | Despite a general scarcity of agrifoodtech funding this week, a few companies announced notable rounds, including the Green Coffee Company, which will expand across Colombia, and Turkish food waste management startup Fazla. Elsewhere, ChatG... |
| 07.06.2023 | Ecovative Secures $30M in Series E: “It’s Amazing What Mushrooms Can Do” | New York-based Ecovative Design LLC, the global leader in mycelium technology, announces the initial closing of a Series E funding round, surpassing $30 million. The funds will enable Ecovative to realize its ambitions of expanding its Fora... |
| 06.06.2023 | Meat from mycelium: MyForest Foods raises $15m Series A-2, hires new CEO, teases new product | MyForest Foods Co, a New York-based startup making meat alternatives from mushroom mycelium, has raised $15 million in Series A-2 funding and hired Greg Shewchuk as CEO as it ramps up distribution of its first product: MyBacon.
Spun out in ... |
| 20.12.2022 | Inside MyForest Foods’ strategy to make mycelium bacon sizzle | GREEN ISLAND, NY — As Eben Bayer sees it, mushrooms and animal meat are very similar.
Animal meat is muscle and fat that grows together as a unit and is eaten as a whole cut. Fungi do the same thing, he said, creating mushrooms that can hav... |
| 30.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Eclipse scoops $40m for animal-free ice cream, Current Foods nets $18m | This week, Eclipse — best known for its animal-free ice creams — closed its Series B round, while another plant-based protein startup, Current Foods, raised capital for its vegan salmon analog.
Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado scored big from a pu... |
| 27.06.2022 | Magical Mushroom Company cultivates £3 million to create biodegradable packaging | Global plastic waste more than doubled from 2000 to 2019 to 353 million tonnes with 40 per cent of that waste coming from packaging. Meanwhile, research suggests that 90 per cent of public sustainability claims will not be met by 2025 with ... |
| 16.03.2022 | Eben Bayer: “Ecovative Has Engineered Mycelium Structures That Out-Perform Plastic, Leather, Even Meat” | It’s been a couple of years since we last spoke with Eben Bayer, and to say he has been busy since 2020 is quite the understatement. The founder and CEO of Ecovative Design and MyForestFoods Co. (previously known as Atlast) is inarguably on... |
| 01.02.2022 | Ecovative Leading Fungi Food and Biomaterial Revolution with Mycelium Technologies | Materials science company Ecovative has recently announced Forager – a division focused on designing, marketing, and manufacturing vegan materials for the fashion and automotive industries. With Ecovative leading the mycelium revolution in ... |
| - | Magical Mushroom Company cultivates £3 million to create biodegradable packaging | Global plastic waste more than doubled from 2000 to 2019 to 353 million tonnes with 40 per cent of that waste coming from packaging. Meanwhile, research suggests that 90 per cent of public sustainability claims will not be met by 2025 with ... |
| - | Student harnesses fungi to create sustainable building material | A doctoral student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in southern Israel is using fungi to develop sustainable insulation for the construction industry.
Achiya Livne presented his mycoblocks at the 50th conference of the Israel Society o... |
