The Protein Brewery, a Dutch start-up innovating in fungi-based ingredients, has successfully closed The food-tech start-up, based in Breda, the Netherlands, aims to expand its production capacity to serve Thanks to the solution’s blend of high-quality protein and essential fibres, the start-up is also exploring The Protein Brewery is launching Fermotein with several US customers in the coming months, and is also

Farmley, a up-and-coming player in the healthy snacking space, has successfully completed a $42 million The company’s product line-up includes flavored makhanas, trail mixes and date bites, which have garnered

Leon Grocery has teamed up with UK plant-based recipe kit start-up Grubby on four limited-edition recipes

Äio, a food-tech start-up based in Estonia, has successfully scaled production of its fermentation-made pivotal,’ proving that its fermentation-based fat solutions can be produced at scale and bringing the start-up The start-up’s biotechnology solution uses yeast to convert food and agricultural sidestreams into value-added efficiency and equipping the start-up for real-world application. Petri-Jaan Lahtvee, co-founder and COO of Äio, said: “Scaling up is one of the toughest challenges for

Adapt, a new functional beverage start-up founded by neuroscientist Michael Vicary, has launched a line

The latest cohort includes start-ups that are developing solutions from fermentation-enabled fatty acids The new start-ups are: Meatosys, Germany: Enabling farmers to produce cultivated meat on their farms Andrew Ive, founder and managing general partner of Big Idea Ventures, said: “The founders behind these start-ups From microbiome-targeting prebiotics to sustainable fat solutions and cultivated meat, these start-ups

Finnish dairy company Valio has partnered with Swedish precision fermentation start-up Melt&Marble, to The start-up, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, said the partnership marks a significant milestone in its

funding raise, African Originals said its success is part of a ‘growing trend of female-led African start-ups

A new UK start-up, Messyface, is launching its range of better-for-you spreads this month, aiming to

have been approved for sale in Australia and New Zealand, and will begin appearing at eateries next month The company followed up with the launch of its cultivated quail foie gras in November 2024 , launching Other start-ups that have received regulatory approval include Upside Foods and Eat Just (under its Good It’s the start of something new: a way of creating meat that’s unlike anything you’ve tasted before."

Biotech start-up TurtleTree has received a ‘No Questions’ letter from the US Food and Drug Administration

Here’s a closer look at each of the 14 start-ups in the 2025 cohort: Alpine Bio: This venture is engineering Debut Biotechnology: This start-up focuses on fermenting high-value ingredients to create natural colour NuCicer: This venture is breeding new varieties of chickpeas that contain up to 75% more protein than