Food startups and funding
Everything filed under business in our food trends coverage, the 84 reports filed on it so far.
UK launches cell-cultivated food export roadmap
The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland have published a nine-step guide to help companies export cultivated meat to non-EU markets...
Good Protein secures C$128M for plant-based shake expansion
Montreal's Good Protein raised C$128 million, the largest alternative protein funding round this year, to expand its dairy-free shake line beyond...
Solar Foods advances Solein commercialization with regulatory approval and new funding
Solar Foods has secured a positive EFSA safety opinion for its Solein protein and €89.1M in funding, accelerating the path to EU market entry and the...
AltM raises $10.3M to scale bio-based materials from farm waste
Indian biomaterials startup AltM has secured $10.3 million in Series A funding to commercialize its technology for converting agricultural waste into...
Flora Food Group Sells Latin American Spreads Business to Alicorp
Flora Food Group has sold its Latin American spreads operations, excluding Mexico and Brazil, to Peruvian firm Alicorp for $150.5 million.
Retail Playbook Aims to Boost Canada's Plant-Based Food Sales
World Animal Protection Canada has launched a strategy guide for grocers to grow the country's $1.4 billion plant-based food market by leveraging...
IntegriCulture secures Niigata investment for cellular agriculture
Japanese cellular agriculture firm IntegriCulture has secured undisclosed investment from Niigata Venture Capital to accelerate development of food...
German cell-based milk startup expands to the Netherlands
Senara, a German cell-based milk startup, has expanded to Maastricht with funding from regional agency LIOF to scale its GMO-free dairy production...
FDA Approves Animal-Free Casein for Cheese and Nutrition
The FDA has issued its first 'no questions' letter for precision-fermented casein to Those Vegan Cowboys and Formo, validating the animal-free...
European Survey Finds Price and Clear Labeling Key to Food Tech Acceptance
A 2026 EU survey reveals most Europeans are cautious about new food technologies, but clear labeling and competitive pricing are decisive factors for...
Volare scales insect protein production in Finnish facility
Volare has completed a €15 million industrial-scale insect protein factory in Pori, Finland, with annual capacity for 5,000 tons of protein and 2,000...
AI Drives Down Cultivated Meat Production Costs
Pythag Tech raised $4.25 million to expand its AI platform, which optimizes growth media, cell lines, and bioprocessing to cut costs for cultivated...
HenArt Launches Levendo Dog Food with Mycoprotein
HenArt has launched Levendo, a complete dog food using Enifer's PEKILO mycoprotein, directly addressing a survey finding that 85% of dog owners...
Pinnacle Food Group ferments human lactoferrin without methanol
Pinnacle Food Group has completed the first bench-scale fermentation of its recombinant human lactoferrin yeast strain using a methanol-free process...
Better Dairy secures US GRAS for precision-fermented lactopontin
Better Dairy has completed a self-affirmed GRAS determination for its precision-fermented lactopontin, enabling its commercial use in US food and...
U.S. Food Safety Confidence Plummets to Record Low in 2026
Consumer confidence in the safety of U.S. grocery store food has fallen to a record low of 65% amid a historic Cyclospora outbreak and a surge in...
Omni launches functional dog food range
A pet health brand debuts complete dog foods with built-in joint, skin, and calming support, while two cultivated meat startups announce a...
EFSA pushes for AI and sandboxes to speed novel food approvals
The European Food Safety Authority admits its novel food approval process is too slow, averaging 30 months, and proposes an AI-enabled, human-led...
EFSA Seeks Expertise to Speed Cultivated Meat Approvals
The European Food Safety Authority is building in-house expertise on cultivated meat and precision fermentation to accelerate novel food safety...
Nine Canadian startups receive pulse protein funding
Protein Industries Canada has invested C$1.3 million in nine domestic startups to develop new plant-based foods, aiming to strengthen the supply...
Algiecel Launches Industrial Microalgae Facility for Fish Oil Alternatives
Algiecel has opened a new microalgae production facility in Kalundborg, Denmark, increasing its capacity nearly fivefold to supply pet food and...
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio closes €4 million funding round
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio secured an oversubscribed €4 million funding round backed by family offices and angel investors.
Wageningen University opens AI food innovation hub CIBIA
Wageningen University & Research has opened CIBIA, a timber-built AI-powered facility, to accelerate sustainable food innovations like alternative...
UK FSA issues third batch of cultivated meat guidance
The UK Food Standards Agency has published its third set of guidance documents for cultivated meat companies.