NEW TECH FOODS

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.

Agriculture company Alltech has begun construction on a new $4.6 million manufacturing facility at its Kentucky headquarters.

Alt-dairy start-up Climax Foods has rebranded to Bettani Farms; has appointed former Califia Farms CFO, Sandeep Patel, as CEO and chairman; and has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding.

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

The Good Food Institute (GFI) has announced that Nigel Sizer – a climate and public health expert and former head of the Rainforest Alliance – will be joining as its new chief executive on 26 August.

Norwegian agtech company Saga Robotics has secured $11.2 million in equity funding to expand the commercial rollout of its autonomous agricultural platform, Thorvald, in the UK and US.

Area 2 Farms, a US start-up specialising in soil-based, hyper-local farming, will open a new sustainable urban farm in Fairfax City, Northern Virginia, by the end of 2025.

US start-up Friends & Family Pet Food Company has received regulatory approval to sell its cultivated chicken-based pet food in Singapore, a first for Asia.