Re:meat Rebrands as Curve, Expands Beyond Cultivated Meat Into Industrial Protein Biomanufacturing
Swedish biotech startup Re:meat has adopted a new name, Curve, as the company shifts from a cultivated meat focus to a wider protein manufacturing platform intended for large-volume industrial use. The rebrand follows a year of funding activity and facility development as the team positions its technology for multiple sectors that depend on functional proteins. Curve’s work centers on modular bioreactor systems designed to bridge the gap between basic food-grade …
Noma and Novonesis Partner to Develop Biosolution-Based Foods Through Fermentation
Restaurant group Noma has entered a partnership with Novonesis, a global biosolutions company, to explore the role of microbiology and fermentation in developing new food products. The collaboration will focus on combining culinary innovation with scientific research to create new flavor profiles, textures, and applications for both professional and home kitchens. The project will initially center on the Noma Projects range, which produces pantry staples inspired by the restaurant’s fermentation …
Pluri Enters Strategic International Collaborations That Could Expand Its Market Presence in Cultivated Meat, Cacao & Coffee
Pluri, a biotech company that has created a proprietary platform for cell‑based solutions, has entered a series of strategic international collaborations through its foodtech and agtech subsidiaries. The partnerships will advance Pluri’s mission to transform food and agriculture production through 3D cell-expansion technology and scalable innovations. Ever After Foods, Pluri’s cultivated meat subsidiary, is now executing several programs with food and cultivated meat companies across Asia and the US. The …
Qorium Raises €22M to Scale Production of Cultivated Leather
Qorium, a Dutch biotech company producing cultivated leather, has secured €22 million in Series A funding. Participants in the round included Invest-NL, LIOF, Brightlands Venture Partners, and Sofinnova Partners, along with an influential group of high-net-worth individuals. The Invest-NL investment has been made under the European Commission’s InvestEU guarantee scheme. Qorium is currently installing new bioreactor systems at its Maastricht facilities and has already established several commercial partnerships. The company …
Remilk and Gad Dairies Launch “The New Milk” Made with Dairy-Identical Proteins
Remilk, an Israeli company producing dairy-identical proteins without cows, has launched “The New Milk” in collaboration with Gad Dairies, a leading Israeli dairy brand. This product, which mirrors the taste, texture, and nutritional benefits of traditional cow’s milk, is produced using a unique fermentation process that does not involve animals. It is now available in select cafés and restaurants across Israel, with plans to expand into retail chains next month. …
Fishway: “Cultivated Fish Offers a Way To Produce Real, High-Quality Seafood Independent of Wild Stocks”
Fishway is a Belgian food-tech company focused on producing cultivated fish biomass with nutritional value equivalent to traditional fish fillets. By isolating stem cells from fish tissue and cultivating them in bioreactors at room temperature, Fishway generates sustainable, high-quality ingredients for food applications. Annelies Bogaerts (PhD Biology) is the CEO of Fishway, and has 15 years of experience in cell biology within the biotech industry and has led programs from …
Investment Climate Podcast: Dimitris Karefyllakis of Time-Travelling Milkman, How to Get Funded in 2025
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 …
UPSIDE Foods Returns to Court to Challenge Florida’s Cultivated Meat Ban
In August of last year, cultivated chicken producer UPSIDE Foods joined forces with the Institute for Justice to file a lawsuit against Florida’s cultivated meat ban. As reported by Courthouse News Service, UPSIDE claims that Florida cannot impose limits on interstate trade due to the US Constitution’s Commerce Clause. The company says only the federal government can regulate poultry products under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). In April of …
Singapore Food Agency Commits $42M to Drive Innovation in Alternative Proteins and Other Future Foods
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has awarded $42 million to 11 future food and food safety-related projects as part of the Singapore Food Story (SFS) R&D Programme. The projects were selected through two grant calls: Second Future Foods This grant call seeks innovative solutions to strengthen the nutrition and functionality of alternative protein products. Four projects have been awarded: Food Safety This grant call supports the development of non-animal New …
New Roundtable Will Discuss Creation of a Pan-European Regulatory Sandbox for Food Biomanufacturing
Think-and-do tank the Ministry of Future Affairs is preparing to host a policy roundtable to discuss a brief titled Closing the European Food Innovation Gap! A Framework for a Pan-European Regulatory Sandbox for Emerging Foods. The event will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 12 between 13:00 and 15:00. It will be hosted in collaboration with Future Affairs Consulting and Enterprise Estonia. The roundtable will feature …