Hatching new ideas – Big Food’s incubator and accelerator programmes
Our guide to some of the main incubators and accelerators operated by major food manufacturers as they look to tap into some of the consumer trends shaping demand.
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Spain dairy group Calidad Pascual forms VC unit
One of Spain's largest dairy corporates has joined those major food companies that have set up in-house venture arms.
Mission Barns completes funding round to develop cell-cultured fat technology
Mission Barns, a California start-up developing fat from animal cells to be used in plant-based...
US dairy giant Dairy Farmers of America reveals accelerator class
Dairy Farmers of America has revealed the names of businesses taking part in its accelerator...
Cell-fish firm Bluu Biosciences eyes prototype launch after seed round
The Berlin-based start-up, which claims to be Europe's first company specialising in cell-based fish, has closed a round of seed funding.
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 purpose acquisitions company, or SPAC. AeroFarms, located in Newark, New…
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 country. The Hellmann's and Knorr owner will supply Vertical Food's…
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 total raised by the company, which manufactures meat in a…
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 is three times the $1bn capital invested in this category…
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 engaged in vertical farming, growing fresh fruit and vegetables in greenhouses…
Vertical-farm operator Infarm sees $100m added to funding pot
Germany-based vertical-farm operator Infarm has seen its Series C funding topped up by US$100m, taking the total raised in the round to $270m. Existing backers Hanaco and Atomico were among the investors…
