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International start-up competition is endowed with 25,000 euros
02-Dec-2024
Which innovative ideas in the field of sustainable chemistry can contribute to mitigating and adapting to climate change? This is the central question posed by the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Center (ISC3) as part of its Innovation Challenge 2025. Start-ups and innovators ...
Carob-Based Product Cuts 80% CO2 Emissions, Expands Across Europe
17-Oct-2024
Foreverland, the Italian startup that invented a sustainable carob-based chocolate alternative, is redefining the future of chocolate and the food industry with this new funding round aimed at launching its semi-finished product manufacturing facility and expanding into Europe. Foreverland, the ...
“Food is heavily put under the microscope when we’re talking about climate change and other aspects of sustainability,”
01-Jun-2023
When it comes to food innovation, Sweden’s southernmost province is where hot things are happening. It’s home to a wealth of startups and researchers (as well as established companies) developing novel food solutions in response to market conditions, and they’re seeking investors and partners for ...
Vertical farming company Infarm has announced its science-based targets as part of its commitment to change food systems for good
23-Nov-2022
Infarm, a leading vertical farming company and co-host of the Food Systems Pavilion at COP27, has submitted its climate targets to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), putting it firmly on the pathway to becoming net-zero by 2045. Infarm is the first Vertical Farming company to set ...
09-Sep-2022
Food chain efficiency and efficacy must be improved immediately. According to King et al. (2017) 9 billion people will be on the planet by the year 2050, needing 70% more food, and requiring the food chain to become completely sustainable. Food safety issues are going to arise as a result of ...
Financing supports establishment as leading supplier of plant-based food alternatives in Europe
19-Apr-2022
GREENFORCE FUTURE FOOD AG is getting another prominent investor with 112-time German national soccer player Thomas Müller. In addition to the management and the supervisory board, renowned institutional investors from continental Europe and the USA, as well as prominent private investors, have ...
Finless Foods aims to complete construction of a pilot plant for cell-cultured bluefin tuna
29-Mar-2022
Finless Foods, the first cell-cultured seafood company as well as the first to serve cell-cultured fish in the United States, today announces the closing of its Series B funding totaling $34M led by Hanwha Solutions. This brings the total raised to nearly $48M since 2017. Additional investors ...
25-Nov-2021
California-based Impossible Foods announced today that it has secured approximately $500 million in its latest funding round, led by existing investor Mirae Asset Global Investments with participation from other existing Impossible Foods investors. Impossible Foods is now the fastest-growing ...
A gas station on Mars? Chemical engineers envision the possibilities: “In the next 10 years, we’ll have a lot of startup companies to commercialize this technique”
27-Sep-2021
Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars. UC College of Engineering and Applied Science assistant professor Jingjie Wu and his students used a carbon catalyst in a reactor to ...
Infarm introduces its new high-capacity, cloud-connected Growing Centers
25-Feb-2021
Infarm, the world’s fastest-growing urban farming company already available in 10 countries and 30 cities in thousands of stores, continued the rollout of its vision for a global interconnected, sustainable and highly efficient farming ecosystem. As part of its goal to drive innovation within the ...
