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Biotech and Cleantech sectors are on the rise! 🚀🌿 Despite the market slump in recent years, the signs of recovery keep on coming... - In Q2 2024, the biotech sector saw a significant rebound, with total deal value surpassing that of 2023. - The average capital raised per follow-on round increased by 47% compared to 2023 = growing investor confidence 💰🌟 - The global startup funding in Q2 2024 reached $79 billion, up 12% from Q2 2023, with much of that coming from the biotech sector 📈 Here are some (of many!) exciting funding milestones that deserve a shout-out: 1️⃣ LabGenius raised £35 million in a Series B round, led by M Ventures, to advance their ML-driven drug discovery platform. Congrats to James Field and the team! 🧬 2️⃣ Onego Bio secured €14 million to scale their animal-free egg protein, Bioalbumen®. Kudos to Maija Itkonen and the team for pushing the boundaries of sustainable food tech! 🥚 3️⃣ RebrAIn completed a €3.7 million seed round, led by Karista, enhancing their precision neurosurgery solutions. Big shoutout to David C. and the team! 🧠 4️⃣ AmphiStar raised €6 million to expand production of eco-friendly biosurfactants. Congratulations to Pierre-Franck VALENTIN and the AmphiStar team for their green innovations! 🌿 5️⃣ Insempra completed a $20 million Series A round to develop sustainable, bio-based ingredients for food and cosmetics. Nice work, Jens Klein and the Insempra team for driving innovation in biomanufacturing! 🌿🔬 Seeing success stories like this really is very promising for what's to come... Onwards and upwards!! #Biotech #Funding #Innovation #Sustainability #HealthTech

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us at The Future Disrupted Investment Showcase! ⚡ Your presence made it an incredible event filled with insights, connections, and innovation. We truly appreciate your enthusiasm and engagement. 💗 Here's to a future disrupted and transformed together! 🌐✨ Steve Torso Rhythm Gupta Paul Cooper Mark Peart Amit Verma Theodore Dow Chris Flavell Alan Hunter Paul Geason Leslie Chong Oliver Siah 佘仰文 Dan Coughlan Bradley McCosker Erin C. Saricilar Joanna Marsh TreeCoin Assets Misio Tampi Polynize Cannaponics Ltd Voltas Oceania Wave Swell Energy Opuz Technology ProxyTwin Clearitt | Changing Finance to Fair NRN - National Renewable Network My Mirror - Online Psychology MyBrix National Property Group OrionVM | Powering Next-Gen Cloud Solutions Ten Carbon Chemistry Siena Planning WNT Ventures Fraxtor Australia NurtureCloud Hound BioHub Solutions Marketlend Altech Batteries Limited PYC Therapeutics (ASX: PYC) Safe Watch Care #FutureDisrupted #InnovationUnleashed #InvestmentRevolution #CountdownToShowcase #InvestmentOpportunity #Investing #Startup #Fintech #AI #Property #PropertyFinance #FMCG #Manufacturing #AdvancedManufacturing #DigitalCurrency #VentureCapital #AlternativeInvestments #InvestmentOpportunities #Sustainability #PrivateCapital #MentalHealthcare #SaaS #SalesManagement #CRM #Enterprise #Cannabis #Biotechnology #Biochemistry #InnovativeTechnologies #VentureInvestments #Food #Robotics

🚀 Cellva is honored to be recognized by AceleraLatam as one of the Climate Deep Tech startups to watch in Latam! At Cellva, one of our goals is to contribute to a more efficient and sustainable food supply chain. Our fat production process is 95% more efficient than traditional methods, it takes just 21 days! The environmental impact is equally impressive – our production process utilizes 80% less land and 95% less fresh water. Sustainability is at the core of what we do. Situated in Brazil, we're strategically positioned to make a global impact. With 85% of our energy matrix being renewable and 10% of the world's food produced on Brazilian lands, we are proud contributors to a more sustainable future. The entire Cellva team is thrilled to be featured in the AceleraLatam report among other great companies focused on building a greener future: SAVEFRUIT Corp.Santena Mycobites Spora Biotech ByBug Done Properly Sticta Biologicals Kura Biotech Luyef Biotechnologies SOQUIMAT SPA Aintech Unibaio Bioeutectics Qumir nano Caligenia NAT4Bio Zavia Bio SYLVARUM Mycorium Biotech About AceleraLatam: An accelerator & VC committed to enhancing the performance of early-stage startups. #FoodInnovation #SustainableFood #NutritionPartner #TasteMakers #Cellva

Had a great conversation with Linn Carin Dirdal for Econa's Magma! We covered a lot of ground – from Hadean Ventures and healthcare innovation to my "gap year" in acting a lifetime ago. Check out the full article below (in Norwegian). #hadeanventures #lifesciencevc #healthcareinnovation #econa #lifesciences

💰 Forbion launched ‘BioEconomy Fund I’ with an initial close of €75M The fund will invest in companies developing sustainable biotech solutions in food, agriculture, materials, and environmental technologies. Forbion BioEconomy aims to raise €150 million by year-end, investing in 10-12 companies across Europe and North America. The investments will align with UN SDGs 9, 12, and 13. Targeting companies at Series A and B stages with proven concepts, the fund seeks scalable, cost-effective B2B solutions. A strong pipeline of opportunities has already been identified. “By focusing on food, agriculture, materials, and environmental technologies, we aim to drive innovations and sustainable practices within $20 trillion value chains that will help clean and feed the planet.” - Alexander Hoffmann, General Partner at Forbion. ✉️ Hungry for weekly updates on biotech shaping the future of food and ag? Devour the free subscription: betterbioeconomy.com

Exciting news! Earth VC is investing in Orbillion Bio to shape the future of meat production. This funding round takes Orbillion’s total raised fund to $15M! 🚀 🌍 We back Orbillion Bio (YC W21), a US-based cultivated meat startup, in a funding round co-led by The Venture Collective (TVC) and At One Ventures, with support from Y Combinator and Metaplanet. This marks a major step towards sustainable protein production. 🥩 Orbillion Bio’s cutting-edge technology aims to revolutionize the industry by reducing land use by up to 95%, water use by up to 78%, and emissions by up to 92%, while achieving price parity with mass-produced beef. Join us in supporting Orbillion Bio as they scale production and expand into Asia. 🌱 Check out the comments for more details on this groundbreaking deal and share your thoughts on the future of sustainable meat production! Patricia Bubner, PhD Laurie Menoud Caitlin Herling Luke Nguyen Tien Nguyen Nam Tran Duc Pham Samet S. Yildirim, MSc, MBS Gabriel Levesque-Tremblay Rachel Lichte #ClimateTech #SustainableFood #CultivatedMeat #OrbillionBio #EarthVC #Innovation #FutureOfFood

📣 CELLUGY® raises a €4.9 million seed round led by ICIG Ventures and Unconventional Ventures 📣 With its strong and diverse team, Cellugy is tackling the massive environmental issue of carbon-intensive petrochemically derived ingredients, by leveraging an innovative and bio-based solution ☣️🌳💚 Today, petrochemicals account for 12% of the global oil demand and are expected to account for nearly half of all oil demand growth towards 2050 📈 Industries have become reliant on petrochemically derived ingredients, given the lack of ready-made sustainable alternatives. Personal care is one example of an industry that relies on these ingredients – a growing market where consumers have long demanded sustainable alternatives 🧴💄🌱The industry currently lacks ready-made solutions that have the needed high performance, which is where Cellugy’s EcoFLEXY solution comes in 👏 The Footprint Firm, along with PreSeed Ventures and Export and Investment Fund of Denmark invested in Cellugy around 1½ years ago and have been very impressed with the exceptional work of the team in progressing the product and the platform, as well as in the great interest from many prospective customers and partners 🚀 The funding from this round will be used to accelerate the deployment and commercialization of EcoFLEXY, currently in the pilot phase. This involves a substantial production increase, from kilos to several tons yearly 🧪🧪🧪 Cellugy’s focus will be to expand its manufacturing capacity through partnerships to commercial production to satisfy extensive and increasing customer demand 💪 Huge congratulations to Isabel Álvarez-Martos, Deby Fapyane, Ph.D, Parun Sihombing and the rest of the team at Cellugy on this incredible milestone 🎉🥳🙌  Then a big shout out to investors of this round led by ICIG Ventures and Unconventional Ventures, with U.S.-based investor Joyance Partners also joining the round 🤝, along with existing investors PreSeed Ventures and Export and Investment Fund of Denmark 🤝 We’re looking forward to continuing this important and impactful work together to develop sustainable solutions for everyday products 💚 Read more in Børsen’s article (in Danish) https://lnkd.in/dFCdQ3_8 #thefootprintfund #thingswedliketochange

Mushroom Tech on the Rise 🍄🚀 In recent weeks we have seen significant investments in mushroom technology, highlighting a growing trend toward sustainability and bio-based solutions. German scaleup Infinite Roots® secured a record $58M for its pioneering mycelium fermentation technology aimed at revolutionizing food production. While Italian biotech firm MOGU raised €11M, advancing biofabricated materials for fashion and design. These significant investments underscore the potential of mycelium as a sustainable solution across industries, promising innovative and eco-friendly alternatives. Big thanks to both teams for leading the way in mycelium technology. You are an inspiration for our mission at Loop Biotech. Good luck as you keep pushing for a greener future! 'May the spores be with you' ✨ https://lnkd.in/eQBaV4sQ #Sustainability #Innovation #MyceliumTechnology #Investments #Mushroom #Scaleup #Circular #Mushroombacon

It was a pleasure to host the 2nd Life Science Venture Capital Impact Day mid-April at Trill Impact offices in Stockholm. It was energizing to exchange views with leading European and US #venturecapital firms on the role of #Impactinvesting and #ESG in the early-stage life science companies. Here are my takeaways: - ESG reporting was challenged as a box-ticking exercise. How can we make it into the value adding tool it is intended to be? Collaboration between VC firms is ongoing, and I believe we will see the fruition of the work in the coming years - Impact Investing in Life Science has different definition for different VC funds and is evolving. By focusing on our common denominators, we will increase the opportunity to collaborate and tell the story of the impact we are creating together  Silva Deželan, PhD, Merijn Klaassen, Robert Carroll, Beatriz Gandarias Calzada, Hannah Maunder, Roger Franklin, Noella de Bermingham, Kabeer Aziz,Patrik Sobocki (MSc, PhD), Anna Ljungdahl, Dr. Stephanie Mooij, Sarah Lafaye, Bobby Soni, Diana Torgersen, Hugues Bultot, Joachim Nahem, Eleanor Price, Dustin Zielinski, Ingrid Beyer, Linn Hege Aune, Ane Tolnes Haugdal, Johanneke Maenhout, Jan Ståhlberg, Nina Rawal,Niclas During, Ånirban Bhattachariya, PhD, MBA,

AIPERIA Secures €7.5M in Series A Funding to Combat Food Waste with AI AIPERIA, a trailblazer in AI-driven demand forecasting, has successfully secured €7.5 million in Series A funding, led by ETF Partners with contributions from LBBW Venture Capital and Earlybird Venture Capital. This investment supports AIPERIA’s innovative platform that significantly reduces food waste by enhancing accuracy in demand planning. The funding will aid in expanding AIPERIA’s market reach internationally, addressing one of the pressing global issues of food waste through advanced technological solutions. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/gRRdCKyy #AIPERIA #SeriesAFunding #FoodTech #WasteReduction #AIInnovation #SustainableSolutions #GlobalExpansion #TechForGood #SmartFoodManagement #EcoFriendlyTech