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| 02.07.2025 | Alternative Protein Market Trends Analysis and Global Forecast Report 2025-2032 – Rising Consumer Preference for Cholesterol-Free, High-Protein, and Allergen-Friendly Alternatives – ResearchAndMarkets... | DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Alternative Protein Market Size, Share, Forecast, & Trends Analysis by Type, Application – Global Forecast to 2032” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
In terms of volume, the alternat... |
| 17.04.2024 | Data snapshot: Investment in food waste tech down in the US, but sector still ‘well positioned to outperform overall trends’ | Data Snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new re... |
| 17.04.2024 | Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global celebrates its 30th edition with top experts presenting over 25 conference sessions covering current industry topics | Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global
The Expo will bring together more than 90 leading international seafood industry experts in its conference program, including keynote speaker Mark Blyth, The William R. Rhodes '57 Professor of I... |
| 01.03.2024 | Meet the founder: Protix’s Kees Arts on insect ag… ‘You can’t come in with a Silicon Valley playbook and outcompete a legacy industry in 3 years’ | An agtech startup, as many starry-eyed founders—and jaundiced investors—have learned to their cost, is not a SaaS startup. Whether you’re growing lettuce or insects at scale in a controlled environment, notes Protix cofounder and CEO Kees A... |
| 02.02.2024 | Protix Receives Up To €37M Loan from EIB | Protix, a Polish developer of sustainable protein, received an up to €37m loan from The European Investment Bank.
The company intends to use the funds to scale up its sustainable protein production efforts with the construction of a new pro... |
| 23.01.2024 | Dutch insect farming startup Protix secures €37M from EIB to build sustainable protein production plant | Read this article in:
Netherlands-based Protix, an insect farming startup working towards bringing the food system back in balance with nature, announced that it has secured €37M in loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
The agreemen... |
| 22.01.2024 | EIB funds Protix's insect-based protein production expansion with €37M | The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a commitment today to support insect ingredient company Protix. It's helping the Netherlands-founded company expand its sustainable protein production through a loan agreement with up to €37 ... |
| 11.01.2024 | Data snapshot: From insect ag and vertical farming to aquaculture… the top 20 deals in Novel Farming Systems in 2023 | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 19.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Japan’s DAIZ lands $47m, Zordi emerges from stealth in US, FBN & ADM team up | Agtech’s big news this week was the emergence of US-based Zordi, which came out of stealth with its autonomous greenhouse tech. Over in foodtech, funding went to DAIZ for Japan’s ‘largest’ plant-based meat factory and a couple new developme... |
| 18.10.2023 | Brief: Tyson bets on insect protein with strategic investment in Protix | Tyson Foods is making a two-fold investment in insect protein startup Protix to increase production for animal feed ingredients, aquaculture and pet food.
Through an undisclosed direct equity investment, Tyson will take a minority stake in ... |
| 18.10.2023 | Tyson Foods teams up with Dutch insect ingredients firm Protix for sustainable protein production | Read this article in:
Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, a major global food company, announced on Tuesday, October 17, that it has partnered with Dutch-based Protix, a leading insect ingredients company, in a significant investment agreement. The... |
| 27.09.2023 | Surprisingly Large Sums Have Gone Into Bug Farming Startups | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Eat more bugs.
That is the last thing on most of our to-do lists. Startup investors, however, seem to think otherwise.
At least that’s the impression one gets looking at insect cultivation-related f... |
| 28.08.2023 | Our oceans are in a state of emergency. Aqua-Spark’s CEO explains how startups can help restore their health | Healthy oceans are critical to a healthy planet. But as the United Nations notes, the ocean is in a state of emergency thanks to pollution, overfishing, eutrophication and warming.
UN targets for Sustainable Development Goal 14 focus on pol... |
| 02.02.2023 | People moves: Jason Paine leaves Multi X, Seafarers hires Justin Baugh as VP of retail | To keep up to date with movement and job shifts across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource will be compiling a weekly roundup of the latest industry position-shift updates.Medley, Florida, U.S.A.,-based Seafarers has hired Justin Baugh as i... |
| 12.05.2022 | Corporate commitments, policy drive record $1.9bn funding for food waste solutions: ReFED | Technology companies tackling food waste raised $1.9 billion in funding in 2021, representing 101% year-on-year growth, according to a new report from US-based nonprofit ReFED. This takes investment in food waste tech and business models mi... |
| 10.02.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Protix bags $57m for bugs, Endless West gets $60m for molecular spirits | This week, the Netherlands’ Protix bagged big bucks for insect protein, while US-based Cooks Venture secured capital to breed slower-growing chickens.
Over in the cryptocurrency world, an initiative born as a joke might actually wind up as ... |
| 08.02.2022 | Venture capital firms are shoveling cash at companies building Web3. Here’s what comes next | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
If traditional private market investors needed a vote of confidence in Web3—the shorthand for a d... |
| 08.02.2022 | Dutch insect farming startup Protix raises €50M to bring the food system back in balance with nature; here’s how | The United Nations projects that the world population will reach more than 9.7 billion by 2050, and this has a major impact on food production as it will also have to double.
To combat future food shortages, several foods and production met... |
| 15.02.2021 | Dutch startup Protix raises €15.5M to breed insects for aquaculture; here’s how | Many projections have suggested that the world population will reach over 9 billion by 2050. This means that the current food production will also have to be doubled. In light of worsening resource shortage, several foods have been proposed... |
| 12.02.2021 | Insect protein startup Protix raises $19m for international expansion | Netherlands insect farming startup Protix has raised €15.5 million ($18.6 million) investment round this week led by existing aquaculture-focused investor Aqua-Spark. Rabo Corporate Investments, Brabant Development Company, and Dutch invest... |
| 27.08.2020 | “No alternative”: India embraces a meat-based future, and other 2030 food trends | If you’re in the US or Europe watching food trends, it probably looks like everyone will be living on an entirely plant-based diet a decade from now, given how much interest (and money) is chasing alternative protein research and products.
... |
| 21.12.2017 | The Top 10 Farm Tech Deals of 2017 (How Many Can You Name Without Clicking?) | It was an exciting year in farm technology involving a few high profile venture capital exits and some of the largest deals on record.
In fact, funding records for this category and the subcategories within were broken more than once during... |
| 26.10.2017 | Aquaculture Fund Aqua-Spark Moves Beyond Farms and Feed With Two New Investments | Aqua-Spark, the Dutch venture capital fund, has finalized two investments this week that signal the fund dedicated to the future of aquaculture is moving beyond farms and feed.
The new investments are in two animal health startups Proteon P... |
| 17.10.2017 | Who are the Leading Insect Farming Startups? | You can tell that the public is captivated by a particular food, when its mere existence on a menu makes the news. Insects are one such ingredient. Cricket ice cream, cricket granola, cricket meatballs, cricket bars, cricket pasta, cricket ... |
| 15.09.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Israel, China in $300m Agtech Deal, Mistletoe CEO Launches Indian Agtech Accelerator, Protix Acquires Insect Breeder, more | Israel and China Strike $300m Deal to Bring Agtech East
Israel and China have signed a $300-million trade agreement to facilitate the export of environmentally-friendly Israeli technology to China. A statement from Israel’s finance ministry... |
| 14.06.2017 | Protix Raises $50m in Largest Insect Farming Investment on Record | Protix, a Netherlands-based company, has raised €45 million ($50.5 million) in equity and debt funding to expand its insect farming business. This is the largest investment in the nascent insect farming industry to-date, according to Protix... |
| 13.06.2017 | Protix Raises €45M in Funding | Protix, a Dongen, The Netherlands-based insect proteins company, closed €45m funding round.
Backers included Aqua-Spark, Rabobank, BOM and other private investors.
The company intends to use the funds to scale production of insect proteins.... |
| 13.06.2017 | Dutch biotech-startup Protix banks €45M to breed insects for aquaculture | Did you know that one-third of caught fish is used to process into animal fodder? According to Protix, a biotech-startup founded in 2009, that’s a huge waste. Insects – actually, larvae, could serve as a great protein alternative. Today, th... |
| 30.01.2017 | The Opportunities and Challenges of Insect Farming for Feed | Editor’s Note: Sarah Nolet is the founder and CEO of AgThentic, a boutique consultancy for startups, investors, and government focused on food system innovation.
Nolet is also an advisor to Australian insect-for-feed startup, GoTerra, and h... |
| - | Protix Biosystems | “Protix is the global leader in sustainable insect-based solutions, transforming organic waste into high-quality ingredients for animal feed and plant care, promoting a circular food system.” |
| - | Protix Biosystems | “We believe that feeding the growing world population should go hand in hand with protecting our beautiful planet. A huge challenge! Fortunately, the solution lies in nature itself: insects provide low-footprint proteins and other nutrients... |
