Mitsubishi and Aleph Farms partner on lab-grown steaks for Japanese market
Food tech startup Aleph Farms has partnered with Mitsubishi Corporation to scale up production of its lab-grown steaks in Japan.…
03 Dec 2020
Grocery delivery is now Deliveroo’s fastest-growing business segment
On-demand grocery delivery is now the fastest-growing part of Deliveroo’s business, CEO Will Shu has said. Deliveroo launched grocery deliveries in March when the UK entered its first lockdown and…
26 Nov 2020
UCC Coffee launches its first traceable blockchain coffee
Coffee brand UCC Coffee has partnered with coffee trackability platform Farmer Connect to launch its first blockchain traced coffee. The global coffee industry has a significant impact on the environment,…
10 Nov 2020
Beyond Meat revenues hit by “full brunt” of Covid in Q3 results
Beyond Meat, a company that sells plant-based meat alternatives, has missed earnings expectations in its third-quarter results, citing coronavirus “unpredictability”. The Los Angeles-based firm reported net revenue of $94.4m, up…
29 Oct 2020
Arable Labs nets $20m funding to digitise agriculture
US startup Arable Labs has today announced that it has raised $20m in Series B funding for its agriculture digitisation solutions. The funding round was led by Prelude Ventures, with…
20 Oct 2020
Cell-based meat: On the road to commercialisation with Memphis Meats
A few years ago, the concept of cell-based meat, sometimes dubbed lab-grown meat, was introduced to the world for the first time, promising environmental and animal welfare benefits that could…
07 Oct 2020
Spoon Guru nets Series A funding for AI food search technology
Spoon Guru, a UK-based startup using artificial intelligence (AI) powered intelligent food search and discovery, has today announced that it has closed a Series A funding round. The startup has…