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| 11.09.2025 | SMAQO Raises Funding to Launch Next-Generation Hybrid Mycoprotein Products in the Nordics | SMAQO, a Swedish company developing next-generation hybrid mycoprotein-based foods, has announced a new funding round. The round was led by Singapore-based venture capital firm Good Startup, which has a focus on alternative proteins; ITIL P... |
| 14.07.2025 | Guest Post: Biomass vs. Precision Fermentation – Understanding the Technologies Reshaping Food Innovation | Nemailla Bonturi is a biotech entrepreneur and executive with over a decade of experience in applied microbiology, fermentation, and circular bioeconomy. As the co-founder and CEO of ÄIO, she is driving the company’s mission to transform ag... |
| 18.06.2025 | Tetra Pak® Opens New Food Technology Development Centre for Producers of Fermentation-Derived Foods | Food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak® has announced the opening of its New Food Technology Development Centre in Karlshamn, Sweden.
The centre will help producers of biomass and precision fermentation-derived food products accele... |
| 15.04.2025 | Former Mycorena CEO Launches SMAQO with Focus on Direct-to-Consumer Fungi Products | Ramkumar Nair, the founder and former CEO of Mycorena, has launched SMAQO, a new venture focused on fungi-based food products.
After leading Mycorena through its development of mycoprotein ingredients, Nair identified a significant gap in r... |
| 28.03.2025 | The Future of Health and Food: Innovations in Pharmaceuticals and Precision Fermentation | In the fast-paced world of health and nutrition, two recent developments stand out. One is a groundbreaking partnership in pharmaceuticals, while the other is a leap forward in food technology. Both aim to tackle pressing global issues: chr... |
| 27.03.2025 | Melt&Marble Strengthens Leadership to Scale Precision-Fermented Fat Production | Melt&Marble, a company specializing in precision-fermented fats, has announced two significant additions to its leadership team as it prepares for large-scale commercial production.
Tue Hodal, a veteran of industrial biotech and pharma,... |
| 28.02.2025 | Shark Tank Vegan Pet Food Startup Wild Earth Files for Bankruptcy, Founder Says ‘It’s Not the End’ | 4 Mins Read Vegan pet food startup Wild Earth, which shot to fame after landing a Shark Tank deal with Mark Cuban, has filed for bankruptcy. But co-founder Ryan Bethencourt says it’s not the end of the brand’s story.
Wild Earth, one of the ... |
| 13.02.2025 | Allplants: Deliciously Ella Founders Rescue Vegan Ready-Meal Brand in Anti-UPF Push | 5 Mins Read Months after securing an exit for Deliciously Ella, founders Ella and Matthew Mills have acquired vegan ready-meal leader Allplants out of administration under their revamped Plants brand.
Less than three months after it entered... |
| 21.01.2025 | Funding Troubles: Dutch Plant-Based Cheese Startup Winds Down | 4 Mins Read Willicroft, a plant-based startup that evolved from a decades-old dairy company, has shut down after failing to meet its fundraising goals.
Dutch company Willicroft, famous for its bean-based vegan butter and cheese range, has w... |
| 08.11.2024 | The Rise of Robotics and Plant-Based Innovations: A New Era in Food Delivery and Sustainability | In the bustling landscape of modern food service, two trends are reshaping the industry: robotic delivery systems and plant-based innovations. As technology and sustainability converge, companies are racing to adapt. The recent acquisition ... |
| 06.11.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Lighter Oatly, Vegan Shortening & Plant-Forward National Trust | 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 Oatly’s new barista milk for light-roasted coffee, European p... |
| 01.11.2024 | Naplasol Debuts Enhanced Mycoprotein Range Following Mycorena Acquisition | Naplasol, a Belgian-based protein manufacturer under the VEOS group, is launching its newly acquired Promyc mycoprotein line at the Food Ingredients Europe (FIE) event in Frankfurt next month.
This marks a milestone for Naplasol following i... |
| 03.10.2024 | Austrian Vegan Seafood Startup Opens ‘World’s Largest’ 3D-Printed Food Factory | 4 Mins Read Revo Foods has opened what it says is the world’s largest factory dedicated to 3D-printed food, rolling out an updated whole-cut mycelium salmon fillet as the facility’s first product.
Austrian alternative protein startup Revo F... |
| 27.08.2024 | Mycorena Acquired by Fellow Mycoprotein Producer Naplasol A Month After Filing for Bankruptcy | 4 Mins Read Swedish mycoprotein startup Mycorena has been acquired by Naplasol, a fellow biomass fermentation player, just over a month after it filed for bankruptcy.
Naplasol, a biomass fermentation subsidiary of Belgian animal protein pro... |
| 23.08.2024 | Mycorena Acquired by Biomass Fermentation Firm Naplasol, Member of Animal Protein VEOS Group | After facing significant financial challenges, mycoprotein pioneer Mycorena filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, seeking new ownership to build upon its innovations and market presence.
Today, Naplasol, a VEOS group member, announces the... |
| 07.08.2024 | Navigating the Waves of Change: From Plant-Based Innovations to Global Protests | In a world that spins faster every day, two stories emerge, each a reflection of our times. One speaks of culinary innovation, while the other echoes the chaos of societal unrest. Both are vital threads in the fabric of our global narrative... |
| 06.08.2024 | Pulmuone to Showcase Plant-Based & K-Food Innovations at SIAL Paris 2024 | Major Korean tofu manufacturer Pulmuone has announced it will be present at the food industry trade show SIAL Paris from October 19-23.
Pulmuone will showcase a range of plant-based and K-food innovations at the event, which will take place... |
| 16.07.2024 | Mycorena Files for Bankruptcy, Seeks New Ownership to Continue Pioneering Mycoprotein Ingredients | In a sad turn of events, Sweden’s Mycorena, a producer of mycoprotein, has filed for bankruptcy after facing significant financial challenges. The company says it made considerable efforts to overcome these difficulties, including pausing t... |
| 19.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cinnamon Miyoko’s, Vegan Euro 2024 & Fighting Florida | 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 Upside Foods’ cultivated meat tasting in Florida, a fermented... |
| 13.06.2024 | Mycorena Pauses Large-Scale Mycoprotein Facility: “Investors are Hesitant to Back Projects with Heavy Capital Requirements” | Pioneering mycelium-based solutions company Mycorena announces it is discontinuing its large-scale factory project in Sweden for Promyc, its flagship mycoprotein ingredient.
Planned in 2022 and designed with Tetra Pak, the large-scale produ... |
| 26.04.2024 | Meet the founders: Nosh.bio’s Tim Fronzek and Felipe Lino… ‘We’re the only ones making a meat analog from a single ingredient’ | It’s not a great time to try and persuade jaundiced investors to part with cash for alternative proteins, observes Nosh.bio cofounder and CEO Tim Fronzek. But they’ll be hard-pressed to “find another company in the food space that has devel... |
| 25.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pula raises $20m for ag insurance, SOSV’s new planetary health fund, Impossible’s new ranch | Kenyan agri-insurance firm Pula recently made headlines with a $20 million raise that will help more smallholders around the world secure their crops. Also this week: VC firm SOSV closed a new fund for deep tech and planetary health, and Sw... |
| 24.04.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond IV, Oat Milk Paste & Beanless Espresso | 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 Beyond Meat’s new product rollout, a new precision-fermented ... |
| 22.04.2024 | Mycorena Receives Funding From European Space Agency to Develop Food for Space Missions | Swedish mycoprotein producer Mycorena has received funding from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Discovery Programme, in recognition of its products’ potential for use on long-distance space missions.
Mycoprotein is sustainable, rich in es... |
| 15.03.2024 | Revo Foods Unveils ‘THE KRAKEN’ Plant-Based Octopus Crafted from Fungi Protein | Austrian startup Revo Foods today announces a “culinary innovation” with what it describes as the world’s first plant-based alternative to octopus tentacles, created with fungi protein. When asked as to its production methods, Revo responde... |
| 25.12.2023 | Кофе без кофе и мясо из принтера: фудтех-стартапы и их разработки | Ожидается, что уже к 2050 году население планеты достигнет 9,7 млрд человек. Чтобы обеспечить всех нас едой, нужно будет производить на 60% больше продуктов, чем сегодня. При этом из-за глобального потепления площадь пригодных для земледели... |
| 06.12.2023 | These 3 Companies Are Creating Healthy Fat Alternatives From Mushrooms | Today, we look into three companies using mushrooms to create healthy fats for plant-based foods.
Interest in mushrooms continues to grow among consumers and manufacturers since these wonders of nature, neither plants nor animals, offer exc... |
| 26.07.2023 | Introducing KaYama Foods: Plant-Based Fat Technology for the Ultimate Meat Analogs | Israel’s KaYama Foods, founded by Gad Harris in 2022, pioneers a ground-breaking fat technology that it claims makes plant-based oils as effective as meat fats in delivering flavors, texture, and aromas during cooking.
According to the star... |
| 08.06.2023 | Mycorena and RIP Foods Partner Up to Create Mycoprotein-Based Street Food | Mycoprotein specialist Mycorena and Spain’s plant-based street food brand RIP Foods are collaborating to develop mycelium-based street food appealing to mainstream customers.
Today, Mycorena announced their first joint creation using mycopr... |
| 02.02.2023 | General Mills Backs $6.4 Million Seed Round for Food Coloring Made From Fungi | 3 Mins Read Michroma, the California-based biotech startup working to develop natural colorants from fungi, has closed a $6.4 million Seed funding round.
Michroma’s new funding was led by Supply Change Capital, a food tech VC backed by 301 ... |
| 01.11.2022 | Tetra Pak's Latest Sustainability Report Highlights New Milestones | New Delhi, Delhi, India
Tetra Pak published its Annual Sustainability Report highlighting the company’s global achievements and progress in the last year and details the actions to help realise resilient and sustainable food systems. A spec... |
| 19.10.2022 | Mycorena and Revo Foods begin collaborative research in 3D printing food | The 3D printable mycoprotein will have a mild flavor, light color, and soft fibrous texture, making it especially appropriate for seafood substitutes.
Mycorena, a Swedish mycoprotein manufacturer, and Revo Foods, an Austrian 3D food printin... |
| 15.07.2022 | Tetra Pak Collaborates with Mycoprotein Innovator Mycorena on “Ground-Breaking” Alt Protein Plant | Tetra Pak is to collaborate with Mycorena to build a greenfield production facility for fungi fermentation. With the goal of building a more resilient and sustainable global food system, the new facility will utilize Mycorena’s innovative f... |
| 12.07.2022 | Mycorena Develops “First Ever” Mycoprotein-Based Butter | Sweden’s Mycorena has developed what it claims is the first mycoprotein-based butter prototype. The innovation could pave the way for mycoprotein to be used in alt-dairy products as well as alt-meat.
To make the butter, Mycorena uses a uniq... |
| 02.06.2022 | Mycorena’s MIND Facility Becomes Europe’s Largest Mycoprotein Production Plant | 3 Mins Read
The Mycorena Innovation and Development centre has recently undergone an expansion. The enlarged facility, located in Gothenburg, now takes the title of Europe’s largest operational mycoprotein production factory. Recent constru... |
| 01.06.2022 | Mycorena’s MIND Location Expands to Become Europe’s Largest Mycoprotein Facility | Sweden’s mycelium-based protein leader Mycorena has expanded its facilities to become Europe’s largest demo production facility currently in full operation, according to the company. The Mycorena Innovation and Development centre (MIND) has... |
| 24.05.2022 | Lantmännen Enters Strategic Venture with Mycorena for Sweden’s Mycoprotein Future | Lantmännen Cerealia, the Swedish agricultural giant, is entering into a partnership with mycelium-based protein food tech Mycorena. With the stated ambition of developing future mycoprotein foods for the Nordic market, the strategic venture... |
| 23.05.2022 | Lantmännen Cerealia in new partnership with Mycorena | Lantmännen Cerealia in new partnership with Mycorena
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Lantmännen Cerealia partners up with Foodtech company Mycorena, with the shared ambition to innovate food products, based on mycoprotein, f... |
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| 03.03.2022 | Sweden’s Mycorena Closes “Largest Ever” Nordic Series A Investment in Alt Protein | Mycorena – the Swedish startup developing mycelium-based protein from upcycled food waste – has closed what it claims is the largest Nordic Series A funding round in alt protein to date. The fresh €24 million ($26.8 million) Series A fundin... |
| 02.03.2022 | Mycorena Scoops $26.8 Million In Largest-Ever Nordic Vegan Protein Series A | 1
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Swedish startup Mycorena has announced the closure of a successful €24 million Series A funding round, which represents the biggest investment into alternative protein in the Nordic sector. The raise will support takin... |
| 02.03.2022 | Mycorena closes $27m in Europe’s second largest alt-protein Series A | Swedish biotech startup Mycorena, which makes a mycelium protein ingredient for meat alternatives, has raised a €24 million ($26.8 million) in what it says is the largest-ever Series A funding round for an alternative protein company from t... |
| 22.11.2021 | Mycorena Develops “World’s First” Fungi-Based Fat to Take Alt-Meat to the Next Level | Most meat alternatives don’t contain the type of fat found in conventional meat, meaning they may struggle to achieve the right taste and texture. But Swedish company Mycorena says it has found a solution.
Alt-meat products usually get thei... |
| 14.10.2021 | N2 Applied gets $17m to turn livestock slurry into sustainable fertilizer | Oslo, Norway-headquartered N2 Applied has raised €15 million ($17.3 million) in investment grants from the EU for its tech that converts animal manure into sustainable fertilizer and traps greenhouse gas emissions in the process.
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| 30.06.2021 | Swedish Mycoprotein Pioneer Mycorena Raises $9M for Sustainable Proteins from Upcycled Food Waste | Scandinavian mycoprotein startup Mycorena AB has announced the completion of its Pre-Series A funding round, raising over $9 million. The funding represents one of the largest-ever investments in a Nordic vegan food-tech company and takes i... |
| 26.06.2021 | Startup Mycorena Raises US$9M to Make Vegan Protein Out of Food Waste | 4 Mins Read
Food tech Mycorena secured SEK 77 Million(approx. US$9M) in its Pre-Series A funding round to accelerate the growth of its mycoprotein Promyc and scale up its production. This is one of the largest investments made in a Nordic v... |
| 26.05.2020 | Gothenburg-based Mycorena raises €1.2 million for its fungi-based protein | Swedish startup Mycorena, an alternative protein startup, has announced raising €1.2 million from a consortium of investors. The funds will finance a new industrial production plant in Falkenberg, Sweden, and help their product reach the ma... |
| 20.05.2020 | Mycorena Raises € 1.2 Million for Unique Fungi Protein as Beginning of a “Silicon Valley of Foodtech in the Nordics” | Swedish foodtech startup Mycorena announces a raise over 1.2 Million EUR to fund the scaling of its novel fungi-based protein ingredient, Promyc®. The company will open a facility in Falkenberg, Sweden – which is reportedly the first step t... |
| 20.05.2020 | Mycorena Raises € 1.2 Million for Unique Fungi Protein as Beginning of a “Silicon Valley of Foodtech in the Nordics” | ©Mycorena
Swedish foodtech startup Mycorena announces a raise over 1.2 Million EUR to fund the scaling of its novel fungi-based protein ingredient, Promyc®. The company will open a facility in Falkenberg, Sweden – which is reportedly the fi... |
| 02.12.2019 | The Future Of Food: We’re Now Making Protein From Thin Air | 1
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One of the biggest ways we can reduce our individual environmental impact and boost our health is to reduce our reliance on traditional livestock farmed meat. Though the concept of plant-based meat still remains foreig... |
| - | Nordic Foodtech Venture Capital closes first fund at €42 million | Investing explicitly in the future of food, Helsinki-based Nordic Foodtech VC has closed its first fund at €42 million. As the name might suggest, Nordic Foodtech will be investing in Nordic and Baltic early-stage companies working in and a... |
