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Agrifood Tech Hits $16B in 2024, First FDA-Cleared Cultivated Pork Fat, and $20M+ for AI-Driven Crop Development
Also: China signals support for alternative proteins in two key policy documents released before the Two Sessions summit
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Eshan Samaranayake
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€32.5M for Precision-Fermented Dairy, AI-Driven Biomanufacturing Lands €9.5M, and Cultivated Meat Aroma Breakthrough
Also: European alt protein patent publications increased by 960% over the past decade
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Eshan Samaranayake
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€22M for AI-Driven Food Safety, Lindt Invests in Alt Chocolate, and 3D-Printed Cultivated Fish Breakthrough
Also: Efforts in Nebraska and South Dakota to ban cultivated meat are facing resistance from farmers
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Eshan Samaranayake
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$115M for Vertical Farm’s Biotech Leap, World’s First Microbial Oil Milestone, and $18M for Sweet Proteins
Also: Alt proteins could contribute €65B to the German economy and create up to 250,000 new jobs by 2045
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Eshan Samaranayake
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World’s First Cultivated Pet Food Launch, Alt Protein’s $1.1B Year, and €12M for Next-Gen Biomanufacturing
Also: Mosa Meat seeks Swiss approval for its cultivated beef fat after surpassing a €1.5M crowdfunding goal in 24 minutes.
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Eshan Samaranayake
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€164.5M Bioeconomy Fund, Industry-First Cultivated Pork Breakthrough, and South Korea’s $140M Agrifood Push
Also: Lever VC announced first close of Fund II with $50M to back early-stage agrifood tech startups.
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Eshan Samaranayake
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China's ¥80M Alt Protein Boost, Luxury Cultivated Caviar, and 3 SynBio Acquisitions
Also: Hochland Group and Those Vegan Cowboys have partnered to develop animal-free cheese using microbial casein.
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Eshan Samaranayake
Chipotle’s $100M Food Tech Fund, Formo Received €35M, and CarboCode's €15M for Human-Identical Breast Milk
Also: Meati Foods almost doubled revenues in 2024 from 2023 and is on track to achieve positive gross margins by year-end.
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Eshan Samaranayake
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$144M for Seed Gene-Editing, Major Precision-Fermented Dairy Partnership, and $8.8M for UV-Sterilized Bioreactors
Also: Cultivated meat publications increased 400% over 5 years and rose 25% from 2023 to 2024, driven by South Korea and China
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Eshan Samaranayake
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