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Food-Tech Digest: Recent Highlights from Across the Industry

Food-Tech Digest: Recent Highlights from Across the Industry

Exploring the latest investments, partnerships, breakthroughs, and big-picture shifts shaping the fu …
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Eat Just to Launch Mung Bean Egg in Europe with Vegan Food Group Deal

Eat Just to Launch Mung Bean Egg in Europe with Vegan Food Group Deal

Eat Just is bringing its bestselling vegan egg to Europe after striking a distribution deal with Veg …
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NEOM Investment Fund Partners with Liberation Labs to Develop Precision Fermentation Facility in Saudi Arabia

NEOM Investment Fund Partners with Liberation Labs to Develop Precision Fermentation Facility in Saudi Arabia

The NEOM Investment Fund (NIF) has entered into a strategic partnership with Liberation Labs, a lead …
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Researchers gain access to genetic resources to speed up oat, lupin breeding

Researchers gain access to genetic resources to speed up oat, lupin breeding

Three essential ingredients for successful crop breeding are now more available than ever thanks to a new investment between the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Traitomic – a crop trait development company.
Elo Life Systems Announces Oversubscribed $20.5 Million Series A2 Funding Round

Elo Life Systems Announces Oversubscribed $20.5 Million Series A2 Funding Round

Co-Led by DCVC Bio and Novo Holdings, Elo has raised a total of $45 million to date. New funding to expand Elo’s pipeline of healthy, sustainable ingredients, and efforts to protect bananas and other staple crops from disease and climate change.
Forsea Unveils First Cultured Eel

Forsea Unveils First Cultured Eel

FoodTech start-up collaborates with SAIDO restaurant to craft prized Japanese dishes based on cultivated eel
Moolec Science Announces Capital Raise With Strategic Investors for US $30 Million

Moolec Science Announces Capital Raise With Strategic Investors for US $30 Million

Moolec Science SA, a science-based food ingredient company, announced today that it has entered into agreements to issue a convertible note due 2026 to Grupo Insud in a principal amount of approximately US $21 million with a strike price of US $6.00 …
Steakholder Foods Achieves More Than 75% Cost Reduction in Growth Media for Bovine Cell Cultivation

Steakholder Foods Achieves More Than 75% Cost Reduction in Growth Media for Bovine Cell Cultivation

Steakholder Foods Ltd. (Nasdaq: STKH), a leading international deep-tech food company, announces that the Company’s biology team has successfully reduced the cost of its in-house growth media for bovine cell cultivation in suspension by just over 75% …

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