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[FRENCH TECH @ WORLD AGRITECH INNOVATION SUMMIT] 🌱As part of La French Tech a French government administration whose objective is supporting the structuring and growth of the French startup ecosystem, six innovative French AgTech and FoodTech startups will be exhibiting at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit this March 19-22, 2024 in partnership with Business France. These startups present the best France has to offer in AgTech, having been selected after a rigorous application process that examined their solutions in detail.    🌾With products ranging from comestibles (microalgae ingredients, insect-based animal nutrition and plant-based meat alternatives), to biologics and bio-based performance solutions (resilient agricultural biologicals) as well as a robust offering of support services (such as SaaS for post-harvest processes and weather monitoring services) the delegation touches on key themes for the agriculture and food production sector, promising to revolutionize the future of agriculture.   📢Discover the delegation at Booth #GG 8 , or come to the 2 breakout sessions :   Wednesday, March 20th at 9 am on the breakout session stage: "How can innovative equipment and digital solutions create value from field to post-harvest?" - featuring Sencrop & Javelot Thursday, March 21st at 4:05pm on the startup stage: "Utilizing Plant-based meat substitutes and microalgae: alternative proteins to strengthen human health" - featuring ALGAMA Foods and Umiami Innovafeed & ELICIT PLANT round out the rest of the delegation For more info, contact our team tagged below! Brendan L.- Axelle Rigomier - Marie Bardol #agtech #agritech #foodtech #FrenchTech #France2030

Discover the Top 10 Foodtech Companies in the UK as Christmas approaches 🎄   We dive deep into the dynamic world of food technology, exploring how companies are revolutionising the way we think about food – from production to consumption. This article isn't just about lists; it's an insightful journey through the evolution of the foodtech sector over the past five years, highlighting the impact of consumer demand, sustainability, and technological advancements. Highlights include: Better Origin's unique approach to turning food waste into animal feed. Notpla's edible food containers made of seaweed. Better Dairy's yeast-fermented dairy alternatives. Vertical Future's advancements in vertical farming. And much more! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ew7Mw_Hs

[FRENCH TECH @ WORLD AGRITECH INNOVATION SUMMIT] 🌱As part of La French Tech a French government administration whose objective is supporting the structuring and growth of the French startup ecosystem, six innovative French AgTech and FoodTech startups will be exhibiting at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit and Future Food-Tech this March 19-22, 2024 in partnership with Business France. These startups present the best France has to offer in AgTech, having been selected after a rigorous application process that examined their solutions in detail.    🌾With products ranging from comestibles (microalgae ingredients, insect-based animal nutrition and plant-based meat alternatives), to biologics and bio-based performance solutions (resilient agricultural biologicals) as well as a robust offering of support services (such as SaaS for post-harvest processes and weather monitoring services) the delegation touches on key themes for the agriculture and food production sector, promising to revolutionize the future of agriculture.   📢Discover the delegation at Booth #GG 8 , or come to the 2 breakout sessions :   Wednesday, March 20th at 9 am on the breakout session stage: "How can innovative equipment and digital solutions create value from field to post-harvest?" - featuring Sencrop & Javelot Thursday, March 21st at 4:05pm on the startup stage: "Utilizing Plant-based meat substitutes and microalgae: alternative proteins to strengthen human health" - featuring ALGAMA Foods Foods and Umiami Innovafeed & ELICIT PLANT round out the rest of the delegation For more info, contact our team tagged below! Brendan L.- Axelle Rigomier - Marie Bardol #agtech #agritech #foodtech #FrenchTech #France2030

🍏🌟 Which Startups from Germany are revolutionising our food industry? Aligned with sustainable development goals, we want to spotlight startups that are reshaping our eating habits. The United Nations aims for "Zero Hunger" (Goal No. 2) and sustainable "Life on Land" (Goal No. 15), which was also a key focus at last year's Falling Walls Lab during the Science Summit pitches. Fueled by scientific research, startups are tackling following areas: 1️⃣ Sustainable bio-based high-performance ingredients using biotechnology and material science 2️⃣ Producing clean and sustainable proteins from residual yeast for food companies 3️⃣ Offering affordable bioreactor technology for sustainable food production using mycelium fermentation. 4️⃣ Producing healthier protein sustainably using fast-growing bacteria technology 5️⃣ Creating chicken-free liquid egg alternative from pea proteins for various dishes. Develops scalable and cost-effective meat alternatives using platform technology Delve into the article to discover startups leading the way in revolutionising the food and beverage industry! 🌍🌱 bit.ly/3vkI0Ju Is your research also relevant with the above-mentioned SDG? Share your insights in the comments! #phd #SDG #research #food

🚀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗔𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 🚀 We’re excited to share the journey of Apeel, a groundbreaking AgriTech startup that’s transforming the food industry with their innovative approach to reducing food waste. 🌍🍎 1️⃣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: • Founded: 2012, California • Early Challenges: Overcame the challenge of gaining market acceptance for their novel food preservation technology 💪 • Solution: Developed an edible, plant-based coating that extends the shelf life of fruits and vegetables 🥕🍅 • Breakthrough: Partnered with major grocery retailers, significantly reducing food waste and improving produce longevity 🛒 • Expansion: Expanded operations globally, with their technology now used in North America, Europe, and beyond 🌐 • Adoption: Widely adopted by supermarkets and food suppliers to reduce waste and improve sustainability 🌱 2️⃣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: • Innovative Approach: Apeel’s focus on sustainability through technology has set them apart in the food industry 🌟 • Partnerships: Collaborating with major retailers helped them scale quickly and gain market trust 🤝 • Global Impact: By addressing a global issue—food waste—Apeel has created a solution with worldwide relevance 🌎 • Sustainability Focus: Their product not only reduces waste but also supports the global push towards more sustainable food systems 🌿 • Consumer Education: Educating consumers and businesses on the benefits of their technology has been crucial for widespread adoption 📚 🌟 Let’s celebrate Apeel Sciences’ achievements and learn from their success to drive your own startup forward! Learn more at: www.apeelsciences.com #StartupSuccess #AgriTech #FoodInnovation #Sustainability #FoodTech #GlobalImpact #Innovation #TechForGood #SustainableAgriculture #FoodWaste #Apeel

 Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit - https://lnkd.in/gxfXSSqF Accelerating Climate Resilience and Nutrition in Asia. Every year the summit connects over 1,000 influential stakeholders addressing food security and nutrition across Asia’s agri-food chain. Climate change is detrimentally impacting our food systems, causing unpredictable weather events affecting food production and supply worldwide. This year’s summit will focus on accelerating climate resilience and nutrition in Asia, a region that produces over half of the world’s food. Held at Marina Bay Sands on November 19-21, the summit will feature three days of critical discussions and exclusive industry insights. Topics will span from regenerative agriculture and climate smart aquaculture, to decarbonisation, AI-driven solutions, scaling novel foods and nutrition. Daily pitch sessions, networking drinks, a menu featuring new and innovative products from the region’s start-ups and a sophisticated 1-1 networking app make this a stand-out event for breakthrough innovation discovery, investment and partnerships. Rethink Events William Reed Ltd Enterprise Singapore Rabobank Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vertical Farm Daily FoodNavigator AgTechNavigator Agritecture Better Bioeconomy Gafta: The Grain and Feed Trade Association Meros Consulting Yara International Sophie Ruane-Lewis Rachel Mackie Desmond Choong Sarah Curry Ellen McLeay #FoodSecurity #Agriculture #AgriFood #Innovation #AgTech #AgriTech #DigitalAgriculture #Startups #Singapore #SustainableAgriculture #Trade #Investment #FoodSystems #AgriBusiness #Commodities #FoodTech #BioTech #BioEconomy #WomeninAgTech #WomeninAgriculture #GovTech #Farming #FarmTech #AgriFoodTech #AgTechStartups #AgStartups #Aquaculture #Robotics #VC #Funding #Resilience #ClimateChange #CleanTech #GreenTech #ClimateTech

Interesting. The demand for alternative protein is growing globally, "localized products" seem to be very important in Asia. To find out what's new, pls check this out https://lnkd.in/grxfHRGh #food #agriculture #fodsecurity #plantbased #plantbasedfood #plantbasedmeat #plantbasedprotein #plantbasedbusiness #plantbasednutrition #sustainability #asia

👟🔬Humour is the catalyst for innovation and creativity and this was too good not to be shared... EIT Food Accelerator Network alumnus Bolder Foods took a giant leap on April's Fools day, introducing the revolutionary bioreactor, The Sneaker Fermenter™ to step into a future where sustainability cheese alternatives and innovation walk side by side! If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for innovation.🌱👣    🧀 Bolder Foods creates deliciously creamy cheese alternatives unlocked through a unique biomass fermentation of non-GM microorganisms and vegetable substrates. The team harness the power of submerged biomass fermentation to create ingredients for the next wave of cheese alternatives, constantly looking to stepping up their game in the food tech arena.    🎉🌍 Join the team to step boldly into the future, where technology, taste, and humour merge to create something truly unique. Congratulations to Ilana Taub, Michael Minch-Dixon and the entire Bolder Foods team for making strides in sustainable eating, one 'foot' at a time, harnessing this natural affinity in their unique fermentation process!    #foodsystemtransformation #startupacceleration #agrifoodtechinnovation #foodtech #startup #mycelium #altcheese

Meet this year’s AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator cohort… 🚀 ✨ 🌟 BIODEFENSE (Amit Kumar): Preserving the quality of fresh meat and seafood with a natural coating solution, improving food safety and shelf life while reducing food loss, waste, and CO2 emissions. 🌟 Bluemethane (Louise Parlons Bentata): Recovering methane from industrial wastewater to slow climate change, improve water quality and generate new clean energy.    🌟 eFeed Life Science (Kumar Ranjan): AI-enabled SaaS feed platform to optimise nutrition for dairy and beef cattle while minimising methane emissions. 🌟 Fashol (Numair Hussain | Sakib Hossain): Connecting farmers and buyers with a transparent selling model, and enabling consumers’ access to fresh produce at stable prices by streamlining the supply chain. 🌟 Plantik Biosciences (Ying Shao | Aditya Nayak): Identifying thermo-tolerant gene variations and engineering heat-adapted plants to create climate-resilient crops and safeguard agricultural yield. 🌟 SAYeTECH (Jeffrey Appiagyei | Theodore Ohene-Botchway): Providing app-enabled smart agricultural machinery to reduce labour intensity for African smallholder farmers, and reduce post-harvest losses while improving farmer livelihoods. 🌟 SYLVARUM (Guadalupe Murga | Manuel Sobrino): Using electro-stimulation technology to regulate plant metabolism in controlled environment agriculture, enhancing yields and reducing costs. 🌟 Vivagran (Etienne Vassiliadis | Wiro Nillesen): Selectively identifying and breeding desirable traits in cereals, and enabling farmers and food producers to meet the challenges of climate change and the demand for healthy, nutritious options. 👀 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dPuNDvgh Michael Dean John Friedman Joshua Soo Sin Hang Leung Magdalene Tan Marilyn Kang Yaniv Corem Angela Tay Ryan Lee charlotte james

Some highlights from FoodTech Weekly #181 (https://lnkd.in/dJny-Y2S) sent this morning: 💰Infinite Roots® of Germany just raised a $58M Series B round led by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) as well as the holding company of candy giant Haribo. This is the largest-ever raise for a mycelium company in Europe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland-based Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has harvested £22.5M (appr. $28.5M) in Series C funding, to build a 900K sq. ft (90K sq. m) farm in the UAE together with ReFarm 🇩🇰 Seasony of Denmark brought home €1.5M (appr. $1.6M) for its mobile robot for vertical farming in Dec 2023, so funding is still flowing into the space 💶 Dutch insect-as-feed producer Protix has signed a €37M loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to build a new production facility in Poland 💶 Verdify of the Netherlands has secured €4.2M (appr. $4.55M) from investors such as Goeie Grutten Impact Fonds, Oost NL, Koppert Cress and De Smaakmaker. Verdify offers personalized meal inspiration for individuals, to help them make healthier and more environmentally sustainable food choices   💰farm-ng of California has scooped up a $10M Series A round led by Acre Venture Partners to further develop its ag robot Amiga. The robot is designed to help small to midsize farms become more productive, profitable, and sustainable 🍅 Ovie Smarterware has launched food freshness trackers to put on food containers in households, to cut food waste 💶 Bioscience startup Kaffe Bueno of Denmark has clinched €6.2M (appr. $6.7M) in fresh funding led by Borregaard and joined by The EIC Fund, Dalgaard Group, PINC, EFIO and The Yield Lab. The company upcycles spent coffee grounds into ‘high-performance natural ingredients’ 🐮 Researchers at Virginia Tech are building an AI acoustics tool to interpret what cows are mooing, and thus better cater to cattle needs. Meanwhile, Dalhousie University researchers are busy doing the same, but to decode chicken language 🛑 SIRPLUS of Germany, which takes food e.g. rejected by supermarkets due to size, color, or overproduction and sells it through subscription boxes, has filed for insolvency. This follows similar closures from industry peers in e.g. Denmark (Eat Grim) and LATAM (Muni, La Neta and Apperto) 🤩 New job at Thia Ventures 💡Conversation with Annette Granéli at Green-On ...and much more! Subscribe now at: https://lnkd.in/d8mUXXH5 #foodtech #foodtechweekly #agtech #startup #funding #tech #innovation  #farming #technology #food #agriculture #science