NEW TECH FOODS

Deep-tech spin out company from the UK’s University of Leeds, MicroLub, has closed a £3.5 million seed investment round.

Sallea has closed a $2.6 million funding round to help manufacturers of cultivated foods accelerate the production of premium whole cuts.

Austrian precision fermentation start-up Fermify has obtained self-GRAS status for its animal-free casein.

Liberation Labs has raised an additional $3.39 million through investments from Agronomics and the US Department of Defense (DoD).

Sparkalis, the food tech venture arm of Belgian chocolate giant Puratos, has invested in California Cultured.

Bene Meat Technologies has unveiled a ‘cutting-edge cell bank,’ for the long-term supply of cells for cultivating different meat products.

Döhler has announced a strategic partnership with Nukoko, a British start-up behind the ‘world’s first’ cocoa-free ‘bean-to-bar’ chocolate.

Spanish biotech firm Cocoon Bioscience has inaugurated its new plant at the Bizkaia Technology Park in Derio, Spain.