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Press Release Silicon Valley, CA – June 27, 2024 – Leading agrifoodtech venture capital and intelligence platform, AgFunder, has taken over investment management of Blue Horizon’s growth fund. Blue Horizon, based in Zürich, is strategically refocusing on its core operational businesses to accelerate the global […]
COP28 is in full swing, and Food Systems finally have a seat at the table. Our food system – the way we grow, process, transport, cook, dispose and waste food, accounts for roughly a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. What’s more, of those total […]
Alpha Foods is the latest brand to join the LIVEKINDLY Collective, the fastest growing family of plant-based food brands! The acquisition of Alpha Foods—a popular plant-based brand with a large U.S. footprint—will anchor LIVEKINDLY Collective’s position as category consolidator. It is LIVEKINDLY Collective’s sixth food […]
The maker of the ‘world’s first beanless espresso’ has opened a 33,547 sq ft roastery in Seattle, capable of producing four million pounds of ground ‘coffee’ a year from upcycled date pits. Why beanless? Well, despite coffee still being an affordable luxury now, the industry […]
The Dutch cultivated meat pioneer, Mosa Meat, has secured €40 ($42.4) million in a new, oversubscribed funding round, taking the company’s total raised to more than $135 million. This marks the largest sum brought in by a cultivated meat company since November 2022. The funds […]
The Bezos Earth Fund announced an initial $60 million commitment to establish ‘Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein’ as part of the Bezos Earth Fund’s $1 billion commitment to transform food and agriculture systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The university research centers for sustainable proteins […]
Recording of the webinar of Blue Horizon and Boston Consulting Group, showcasing the main results of the 2022 Food for Thought report “The Untapped Climate Opportunity” and answering questions from the attendees. Participants: Janna Schubert (Director, BHC), Björn Witte (CEO, BHC), Friederike Grosse-Holz (Director, BHC), Malte Claussen (Partner, BCG), Sedef Koktenturk (Head of Impact, BHC).
Björn Witte – CEO, Blue Horizon
Recording of the webinar of Blue Horizon and Boston Consulting Group, showcasing the main results of the 2022 Food for Thought report “The Untapped Climate Opportunity” and answering questions from the attendees. Participants: Janna Schubert (Director, BHC), Björn Witte (CEO, BHC), Friederike Grosse-Holz (Director, BHC), Malte Claussen (Partner, BCG), Sedef Koktenturk (Head of Impact, BHC).
Björn Witte – CEO, Blue Horizon
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Plant-based diets have come a long way in the minds of consumers, who are increasingly aware of this emerging food category and its associated benefits on planetary and human health. What was once considered a niche lifestyle choice, plant-based diets have gained huge traction and […]
Who’s hungry for what: Closing the talent gap in Sustainable Food Our broken food system poses the single largest threat to human and planetary health – but thankfully, in recent years public and private sector figures have come to realize the enormous potential of food […]
By Blue Horizon and Synonym Biomanufacturing – the production of food ingredients and other materials via microorganisms, continues to establish itself as a promising building block for a more sustainable, healthier, and resilient economy – the bioeconomy. We have come a long way already in […]
By Blue Horizon and Synonym In November 2022, Blue Horizon partnered with Synonym, the Good Food Institute, and the Material Innovation Initiative to release Capacitor (www.capacitor.bio), the world’s first comprehensive and free database of microbial fermentation capacity. One thing led to another – and invaluable […]
There is growing acceptance that the conventional fishery and aquaculture industries cannot sustain demand for most seafood products long-term; especially not in an environmentally friendly or ethical way as shown in documentaries like Netflix’s Seaspiracy. One promising solution is making alternative seafood out of plants, […]
By Robert Boer, Director at Blue Horizon It’s no secret that the alternative protein industry is predicted to take a serious cut out of big meat’s pie with the likes of KFC and Burger King already adding alternative meat options to their menus. One out […]
At a glance: The U.S. National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI) Mid-September 2022, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) to launch a U.S. National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI). The NBBI aims to ensure strengthened U.S. supply chains and to drive the U.S. bioeconomy, […]
Blue Horizon sat down with Esther Pfister, CEO of QL AG, based in Zurich Switzerland, to talk about the goals of the company, the challenges ahead and what we can do to address them. QL AG is a very young startup, only having been incorporated […]
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