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Investments & Finance

EIT Food Awards €600,000 to 18 AgriFoodTech Startups at Next Bite 2025

EIT Food has announced the winners of its 2025 Tech Validation Funding, providing a total of €600,000 to 18 innovative AgriFoodTech startups across Europe. The funding, awarded at the Next Bite 2025 event in Brussels, is designed to accelerate the progress of these startups by helping them validate their technologies and prepare for scaling and market adoption. The Next Bite event, one of Europe’s leading platforms for emerging food technologies, …

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Consortium to establish cultivated meat farm in the Netherlands

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Agriculture / Agribusiness

Consortium to Launch “World’s First” Cultivated Meat Farm in the Netherlands, Helping Farmers Diversify Their Businesses

A new international consortium has announced a pioneering project that aims to establish what is claimed to be the world’s first cultivated meat farm in the Netherlands. The CRAFT Consortium comprises RespectFarms, Wageningen University & Research, Mosa Meat, Aleph Farms, Multus, Kipster, and Royal Kuijpers. The project will work to help farmers diversify their businesses through cultivated meat technology. By integrating cultivated meat into existing farms, CRAFT aims to ensure …

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Studies & Numbers

New Studies Say Alt Protein Manufacturers Must Consider “Cultural Landscape of Meat” to Find Success in Europe

Two new studies conducted by the EIT Food Consumer Observatory have highlighted the actions the food industry must take to achieve widespread adoption of cultivated meat and other alternative proteins in Europe. The studies are called Reimagining Protein: Consumer Perceptions of Cultivated Meat and More than Meat: Unpacking Cultural Perceptions of Meat and Sustainable Alternatives in Europe. Both suggest that there is currently a disconnect between what consumers are looking …

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Ivy Farm and Finnebrogue partner to bring cultivated Wagyu beef to the UK  

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Startups, Accelerators & Incubators

Biotech Firms Awarded €1.2M for Creating Animal-Free Cell Culture Media to Make Cultivated Meat a “Commercial Reality”

Commercializing cell-based products such as cultivated meat remains challenging due to the substantial costs and ethical implications of fetal bovine serum. To find solutions, EIT Food, the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community, and the Good Food Institute (GFI) Europe launched the Cultivated Meat Innovation Challenge to develop a more affordable and efficient animal-free cell culture media. The winners, UK biotech company 3D Bio-Tissues and Israeli biotech startup BioBetter have …

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Wildtype's cultivated salmon nigiri

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Startups, Accelerators & Incubators

€100,000 Cultivated Meat Innovation Challenge Launched by GFI and EIT

The Good Food Institute (GFI) and the European Union’s EIT Food have launched a new  €100,000 competition for the cultivated meat sector. Searching for innovative ways of bringing down the cost of cell culture media, up to four successful teams from across Europe will be awarded €100,000 each for the challenge. Looking for applications that show the ability to bring ideas to market within three years, the GFI Europe has …

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