Investment Climate Podcast: Martin Davalos of McWin Capital Partners Shares How to Get Funded in 2026
In this podcast series, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2025 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs. Podcast Host Alex Shandrovksy is a strategic advisor to numerous global food tech accelerators and companies, including alternative proteins and cellular agriculture leaders. His focus is on investor relations and post-raise scale for agrifood tech companies. This podcast is syndicated through …
All G Secures $6.6M and Forms Partnership to Commercialise Precison Fermentation-Derived Milk Proteins
All G, an Australian company producing milk proteins through precision fermentation, has secured a capital injection totalling A$10 million ($6.6 million) after completing a convertible note fundraise ahead of its Series B funding round. As reported by The Australian Financial Review, All G received support from both new and existing investors, including Agronomics and Doehler Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate All G’s commercial-scale manufacturing and the Q1 …
Cultivated Meat Company Believer Meats Ceases Operations
Cultivated meat producer Believer Meats has announced that it is ceasing operations after “two years of building something truly bold and special”. The news was shared on LinkedIn by Anne Schubert, Global Vice President of Talent & Human Resources at Believer Meats. She said the move had been a “difficult decision” and “not what any of us hoped for”, but did not reveal why the company was closing down. The …
How Australia’s National Measurement Institute Helped Bring Cultivated Meat to Market
Earlier this year, Vow Foods became the first company to receive regulatory approval for its cultivated meat in Australia. Now, the country’s government-administered National Measurement Institute (NMI) has revealed the role it played in helping to bring cultivated meat to market. To gain regulatory approval, Vow had to meet strict requirements, which included completing complex safety assessments and regulatory processes to adhere to food standards codes. The company was also …
Onego Bio Launches Series Showcasing the Potential of Its Microbial Platform
Onego Bio, a company producing animal-free egg protein via precision fermentation, has announced the launch of an expert series called The Power of Trichoderma reesei: Building the Future with Fungi. The series aims to showcase the potential of Trichoderma reesei, the microbial platform behind Onego Bio’s Bioalbumen® egg protein. It will illustrate the platform’s scientific strengths, industrial scale, and practical performance across food manufacturing. The first session is titled “Why …
90% of Dogs Like Cultivated Meat Treats in BeneMeat’s Try & Share Program
BeneMeat’s Try & Share program, which launched in September 2025, is continuing to gather valuable insights as dog owners from across the European Union test treats made with cultivated meat. The program, which has attracted participants from 25 countries, aims to evaluate consumer response to pet food products made from lab-grown meat. Preliminary results show a strong reception among both pets and their owners. 90% of dog owners reported that …
Pow.Bio Partners With Bühler to Offer an Integrated Continuous Precision Fermentation Platform
Pow.Bio has announced that it is teaming up with Bühler Group to bring an integrated continuous precision fermentation platform to market. The collaboration will work to advance industrial biomanufacturing by accelerating process development, reducing unit production costs, and improving operation performance. Traditional fermentation processes rely on batch or fed-batch processes, which require the tank to be emptied and cleaned between runs. However, the new partnership combines advanced model-driven control software …
Eden Brew’s Beta-Casein Becomes “First Ever” Precision-Fermented Milk Protein to Enter Australian Regulatory Framework
Australian company Eden Brew has announced that Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has officially accepted its application for assessment. The application covers Eden Brew’s non-animal Beta-Casein Protein Preparation (BCPP1), a functional and nutritional ingredient that can be used as a substitute for conventional dairy or plant proteins across a variety of foods. BCPP1 is reportedly nutritionally equivalent to the A2 beta-casein found in cow’s milk. Significantly, the ingredient is …
Melt&Marble Secures €7.3M to Scale Designer Fats Made Using Precision Fermentation
Swedish biotech company Melt&Marble has raised €7.3 million in Series A funding to scale the production of its designer fats made using precision fermentation and bring its first ingredients to market. The round was led by Swedish deeptech investor Industrifonden, with participation from the European Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, Beiersdorf, Valio, Chalmers Ventures, and Catalyze Capital. The EIC Accelerator previously awarded Melt&Marble a €2.5 million grant in 2024, …
Investment Climate Podcast: Gavin Schneider of Maia Farms Shares How to Get Funded in 2026
In this podcast series, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2025 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs. Podcast Host Alex Shandrovksy is a strategic advisor to numerous global food tech accelerators and companies, including alternative proteins and cellular agriculture leaders. His focus is on investor relations and post-raise scale for agrifood tech companies. This podcast is syndicated through …