Disruptive tech
SPAC vehicle to take vertical farmer AeroFarms public
US vertical-farming business AeroFarms is to list on the stock market through the food industry's latest deal involving a special…
Unilever in Germany ‘ghost kitchen’ tie-up
Unilever has teamed up with German 'ghost kitchen' operator Vertical Food as the Berlin-based firm looks to expand across the…
Dutch cell-based meat firm Meatable in new funding win
Meatable, a cultivated meat start-up based in The Netherlands, has closed a US$47m Series A funding round. It takes the…
Investment in alt-protein food firms “reached record level in 2020”
New research has revealed some US$3.1bn was invested in alternative-protein food businesses globally in 2020, a new record. The figure…
Pure Harvest Smart Farms completes capital-raising exercise
Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a UAE-based agri-tech business, has raised US$60m from the bond and equity markets. The company is…