Cell4Food Partners With Algocell to Optimize Its Cell Cultivation Process
Cell4Food, a Portuguese company producing cultivated marine foods, has announced a partnership with Algocell, which has developed an AI-powered bioprocess modeling platform. The partnership will integrate Cell4Food’s cell cultivation technology stack, BlueCell™, with Algocell’s AI-powered bioprocess modeling platform, Algocell P™. The aim is to accelerate Cell4Food’s process development and optimization. By integrating Algocell’s Digital Twin technology, Cell4Food hopes to complete and optimize a full cell cultivation process, creating an optimal …
AI in Cultivated Meat Market to See Rapid Growth, Reaching $573.45M by 2035
According to a new report by Towards FnB, the global AI in cultivated meat market was worth $54.65 million in 2025 and is expected to reach $573.45 million by 2035. This represents a CAGR of 26.5%. The research finds that the adoption of artificial intelligence across cell-line development, growth media optimization, and bioprocess automation is playing a critical role in advancing commercial-scale cultivated meat production. It is also contributing to …
Nurasa Integrates New Wave Biotech’s Simulation Software to Advance AI-Driven Biomanufacturing Scale-Up
UK-based software company New Wave Biotech has entered into a commercial partnership with Singapore’s Nurasa to integrate AI-driven bioprocess simulation into the latter’s food innovation infrastructure. The collaboration is intended to provide earlier-stage companies with tools to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of scaling precision fermentation and other biomanufacturing processes. Virtual testing before physical investment Under the agreement, companies within Nurasa’s network will gain access to New Wave Biotech’s …
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 …
AI-Driven Virtual Marine Cell from Umami Bioworks Promises Faster, Smarter Marine Biotechnology
Umami Bioworks has introduced a new AI-powered tool designed to transform research in aquaculture and marine biotechnology. The company’s Virtual Marine Cell, a cutting-edge metabolic model, enables researchers to simulate and predict the behavior of aquatic cells with unparalleled precision, marking a major advancement in marine science and biotechnology. The platform models how aquatic cells from species like tuna, salmon, and eel grow, respond to environmental factors, and produce essential …
Biotech Manufacturers Gain Environmental Impact Insights with New LCA Tool
New Wave Biotech has launched a new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool tailored to the biotechnology sector, designed to provide visibility into the environmental impact of manufacturing processes. This new tool is integrated directly into the company’s AI-driven process simulation platform, allowing biomanufacturers to assess multiple environmental factors such as climate change, energy consumption, and resource usage while also optimizing for performance and cost. The LCA tool is particularly relevant …
Algocell Secures $2.8M in Pre-Seed Funding to Optimize Bioprocessing with AI
Algocell, an Israeli startup focused on AI-driven bioprocess optimization, has raised $2.8 million in pre-seed funding to advance its platform for accelerating the scale-up and efficiency of cell-based manufacturing. The funding round was led by Good Company VC (GCVC) and includes a non-dilutive grant from the Israel Innovation Authority, with participation from several angel investors with sector-specific expertise. AI-powered bioprocess optimization The startup, founded in 2023, specializes in developing an …
SMEY Launches AI-Driven ‘Neobank of Yeasts’ to Speed Up Creation of Cultivated Oils
SMEY, a biotech company based in France and Germany, has launched NOY (Neobank of Yeasts), a digital databank of yeast fatty acid profiles designed to streamline the development of sustainable cultivated oils. The platform enables manufacturers to quickly identify yeast strains that naturally produce specific oils, drastically reducing the research and development time for creating tailored oils for use in food, cosmetics, and industrial applications. Traditionally, producing a new oil …
Icos Capital & Bühler Hold Accelerating Sustainability Summit, Connecting Dozens of Biotech Companies
On March 28, climate venture tech capital fund Icos Capital held the Accelerating Sustainability Summit at Bühler’s CUBIC Innovation Campus in Uzwil, Switzerland. The event brought together investors, industry leaders, and startups from the biotech sector with the aim of accelerating sustainable solutions and harnessing the power of artificial intelligence. By establishing an ecosystem of collaboration and innovation, Icos and Bühler hope to help startups scale up their efforts to …
Munich Startup Differential Bio Raises €2 Million to Transform Biomanufacturing With AI
Munich-based AI biotech startup Differential Bio has emerged from stealth to redefine biomanufacturing with its Virtual Scale-up Platform. The platform integrates advanced microbiology, lab automation, and artificial intelligence to eliminate bottlenecks in biomanufacturing. It aims to overcome one of the most significant hurdles in the industry — the slowness and expense of scaling bioprocesses from lab to industrial levels. Differential Bio has already raised €2 million in a pre-seed funding …