NEW TECH FOODS

Cultigen Group has launched Cellbase, a B2B marketplace designed to help cultivated meat companies source equipment and materials more efficiently.

Germany-based cultivated fish producer Bluu is entering new markets beyond food as it looks to supply high-value marine ingredients to the health and beauty sectors.

Agronomics Limited portfolio company SuperMeat has secured $3.5 million in funding through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), with Agronomics contributing $2 million – $0.75 million in cash and $1.25 million via new shares.

A dairy farm in Zuid-Holland has become the first in the world to produce cultivated meat on-site, through a collaboration between start-up RespectFarms and farmer Corné van Leeuwen.

Pluri has secured new international collaboration agreements across its cell-based food and agriculture subsidiaries, extending its commercial footprint in Asia, Europe and the US.

UK cultivated fat producer Hoxton Farms has submitted its first regulatory dossier to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), seeking approval to commercialise its cultivated pork fat in Singapore.

Food-tech start-up Atlantic Fish Co has closed its seed financing round, raising $1.2 million to accelerate development of its cultivated seafood platform.

Fork & Good has announced the acquisition of fellow cultivated meat company Orbillion, combining their respective expertise in cultivated pork and beef to create what the companies describe as a cost-effective platform for red meat production.

JSBio has announced an expanded focus on cellular agriculture, leveraging its biopharma expertise to advance the scalability and cost-efficiency of cultivated meat production.

Believer Meats has received approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its product label and large-scale production facility in North Carolina.

Atlantic Fish Co (AFC) has raised $1.2 million in seed funding to accelerate the development and regulatory progress of its cultivated seafood products.

Hoxton Farms has submitted a regulatory dossier to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) seeking market approval for its cultivated fat ingredient, Hoxton Fat.

University College London (UCL) biochemical engineering student Ayaan Shah has developed edible hydrogel scaffolds designed to give cultivated meat realistic structure, as part of a summer research project presented at the European Laidlaw Foundation Conference at Durham University.

The Bezos Earth Fund is investing $30 million in projects focused on using AI to protect the planet, including more than $2 million on projects to support sustainable protein development.

A new report from EIT Food’s Consumer Observatory has found that while European consumers recognise biotechnology’s potential to address major food system challenges, concerns persist over fairness, safety and its impact on traditional farming.

The Good Food Institute (GFI), a non-profit focused on advancing alternative proteins, has acquired several bovine cell lines and serum-free media from the former cultivated meat company SCiFi Foods.

The APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA) has announced a partnership with Beyond Impact VC and the Beyond Animal investment platform to drive more funding into the cellular agriculture and future food industries.

Shoji Takeuchi and his team at the University of Tokyo are advancing lab-grown meat, using hollow fibers to grow healthy, structured chicken tissue, a key step toward sustainable, ethical protein.

French cultivated food companies Gourmey and Vital Meat have merged to create PARIMA, a new entity focused on developing cell-based animal products including duck and chicken.

Japan is set to host a major international symposium on cultivated food regulation next month, as the government nears the release of its first-ever guidelines for cell-based products.