NEW TECH FOODS

AKA Foods has raised $17.2 million in seed funding to launch AKA Studio, a secure AI platform designed to accelerate food product development.

Kääpä Biotech, a Finnish start-up specialising in functional mushroom ingredients, has successfully secured a €9 million strategic investment.

Re:meat has rebranded as Curve, marking a strategic shift toward enabling scalable and cost-efficient biomanufacturing of proteins across multiple industries.

Remilk, an Israel-based precision fermentation company producing dairy proteins without animals, has partnered with Gad Dairies to launch The New Milk.

Irina Gerry, former chief marketing officer at Change Foods and chair of the Precision Fermentation Alliance, has passed away aged 44.

EIT Food has awarded a total of €600,000 in Tech Validation Funding to 18 start-ups across Europe, supporting early-stage AgriFoodTech innovators in validating their technologies and preparing for market entry.

Danish food-tech start-up Matr Foods has completed a €40 million fundraise to scale up the production of its organic, fermented plant-based meat alternatives.

StartLife and EIT Food have announced a strategic partnership aimed at supporting early-stage agrifood start-ups across Europe.

The Good Food Institute (GFI) Asia Pacific has initiated a partnership with South Korea’s World FoodTech Council, focused on accelerating domestic alternative protein innovation.

A new US food-tech company, Lasso, has been launched by the team behind plant-based meat start-up Tender Food, supported by $6.5 million in new funding.

Volare has expanded its leadership team with the appointments of Benjamin Armenjon as chief commercial officer (CCO) and Antti Åke as chief operating officer (COO), as the company advances construction of its first large-scale insect protein facility in Pori, Finland.

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer, has acquired CJ Youtell Biotech, the enzymes and fermentation subsidiary of CJ Bio.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) has announced a partnership with foodtech firm NotCo to accelerate innovation in the US market.

Innovative methods of producing food through fermentation could add nearly £10 billion to the UK economy by 2050, according to new analysis.

Krones has announced significant expansions to its portfolio with the acquisition of a 60% stake in GHS Separationstechnik and the full takeover of Can Systems Worldwide (CSW) based in the Netherlands.

Swedish foodtech company SMAQO has closed a funding round to support the development and launch of its first hybrid mycoprotein-based products.

Aleph Farms has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Cultured Hub to set up its first European production facility in Kemptthal, Canton Zurich.

Tetra Pak and Danish biotech company Swan Neck Bio have joined forces to tackle one of the biggest challenges in producing fermentation-based foods at scale – preparing the seed culture.

Food Founders Studio has closed its initial funding round of CHF 1.2 million (approx. $1.5 million) and unveiled its first venture, a plant-based flavour improvement technology developed with a European university partner.

NoPalm Ingredients has promoted Julie Cortal-Oosterveer to the role of chief commercial officer as the company accelerates its push toward industrialisation and commercialisation.