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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 [...]

Planted launched its game changing fermented beef fillet steak made from plants into restaurants across Europe As the only plant based steak on the market to use only natural ingredients and zero additives it offers the health conscious consumer a clean label dining experience with [...]

Our portfolio company Cultivated Biosciences has successfully closed a $5 million seed funding round marking a significant milestone for the Swiss biotechnology company amid a difficult fundraising environment Cultivated Biosciences was founded in Zürich Switzerland in 2021 with a mission to make animal free dairy [...]

A new report from New York based biotech company Synonym and Boston Consulting Group outlines a roadmap for the biomanufacturing industry to explode to a $200 billion market in specialty sectors over the next ten years The report titled Breaking the Cost Barrier on Biomanufacturing [...]

Our West Sacramento based portfolio company California Cultured has teamed up with Japan s largest chocolate company to bring cell cultured chocolate to the market This marks the first time that cell cultured chocolate will enter any market worldwide California Cultured harvests cells from a [...]

Polybion announced its showcase at the Copenhagen Fashion Week in a revolutionary collaboration with Danish fashion brand GANNI In the 8216 Future Talent Fabrics 8217 exhibition hosted by GANNI Polybion celebrated the intersection of creativity biology and sustainability using its vegan leather alternative or Premium [...]

The UN Environmental Programme UNEP released a landmark report during the COP28 summit in Dubai openly endorsing alternative proteins including plant based cultivated and fermented options as a means to significantly reduce emissions deforestation water and soil pollution biodiversity loss and zoonotic disease risks associated [...]

The UN s Food and Agriculture Organization FAO released the first instalment of its roadmap at COP28 designed to map out the pathway needed to bring global food systems in line with climate goals limiting global temperature rise to 1 5 degrees and to end [...]

Food system conversations at this year s COP28 UN climate summit kicked off with an announcement on the COP28 UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action A declaration whereby endorsers agree to help strengthen food systems by building resilience to climate [...]

40 of the global population eat seafood as a primary protein source and it s a market that s set to more than double by 2030 Despite the growing awareness of microplastics taking over the seas fish production being linked to child and slave labor [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

GOOD Meat the cultivated meat division of our portfolio company Eat Just Inc announced that a group of leading Islamic scholars advised that real meat made from cells without raising and slaughtering animals can be considered halal if production meets certain criteria This approval is [...]

Mosa Meat are now B Corp Certified demonstrating their dedication to the mission to reshape our global food system and commitment to a higher standard of responsibility To achieve B Corp™ Certification businesses must be assessed on performance accountability and transparency in their social and [...]

A cultivated chicken cell line has met kosher standards for the first time after the world s largest kosher certification body OU Kosher recognized cultivated meat as both kosher and meat The recognition followed extensive halachic discussions relating to Jewish religious laws and scientific reviews [...]

Eat Just Inc the U S based company whose product JUST Egg leads in the plant based egg space has secured fresh funding from non profit and long term supporters VegInvest Ahimsa Foundation The president Ahimsa Foundation which is focused on supporting companies that help [...]

The Alternative Proteins Innovation and Knowledge Centre will focus on both emerging technologies and cutting edge research in the sector It comes as a recent Good Food Institute Europe report highlighted the need for the UK to invest in sustainable protein innovation and keep pace [...]