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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 Danish government has unveiled its first national action plan aimed at shifting the country toward a more plant-based food system. The plan, which was released by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries of Denmark, is part of a political agricultural agreement from 2021 […]
Congratulations to our portfolio company, Kern Tec, who raised €12 million ($12.8 million) in a Series A funding round to scale technology that turns food waste into food ingredients. The funds will help Kern Tec in scaling the production and commercialization of its sustainable ingredients […]
Lidl Germany announced that it will price almost all of its own-brand vegan products under the Vemondo range at equal levels to their animal-based counterparts and will position these vegan products alongside their animal-based counterparts in all of its 3,250+ stores. The move is part […]
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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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 […]
ChangeNOW summit is a three-day event that gathers hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, experts and business leaders to discuss how to create positive change for the planet. Blue Horizon’s Lea Bajc participated as a panelist together with Cédric Meston of HappyVore discussing where the bottlenecks are […]
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