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AgFunderNews is a dedicated news platform focusing on the connection between food, agriculture, technology, and investment. It provides fresh, original daily updates on the agrifood tech sector, highlighting funding announcements and analyzing current trends. Serving as a valuable resource for startups and investors in agrifood tech, the site also includes guest articles and interviews with industry professionals.

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Arkeon CEO delivers postmortem on ‘protein from air’ startup

2 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Founded in Vienna in 2021, Arkeon is one of a small, but high-profile group of startups attempting to decouple protein production from agricultural land via gas fermentation, using gases instead of purified sugars to feed microbes. Four years later, it has filed for insolvency. So what went wrong?
Belgian startup Koppie emerges from stealth to disrupt alt-coffee market with single-ingredient offering

2 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Koppie founders Daan Raemdonch (top) and Pascal Mertens (bottom). Image credit: Koppie Belgian startup Koppie is moving into the alt-coffee space with patent-pending fermentation and roasting tech transforming pulses into “beans” that can be ground and brewed like traditional coffee, helping the industry address skyrocketing prices and availability concerns.
Large-scale microalgae plant powered by 'biosolar leaf' tech will be operational in 2027, says Arborea

3 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

With some notable exceptions (think algal DHA), the microalgae field is littered with the corpses of startups that have tried—and failed—to make a buck out of these microscopic aquatic organisms. So what makes Arborea—which is currently building a commercial-scale plant in Portugal to make proteins, pigments, and other high-value ingredients from photosynthetic microalgae—different? It’s a fair question, founder Julian Melchiorri tells AgFunderNews.
Can bio-based vitamin A give its petrochemical-based counterpart a run for its money? Capra Biosciences weighs in

4 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Virginia-based startup Capra Biosciences has developed a novel method of producing retinol (a form of vitamin A) in a biomanufacturing process it claims could compete with petrochemical-based production.
Why spend millions on securing access to EPG if it’s so easy to replace? Plaintiffs press David Protein in amended suit

4 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Plaintiffs in a high-profile antitrust lawsuit filed by three small food brands against David Protein have filed an amended complaint after experiencing a setback in court last week.
Shiru invites brands to harness its AI platform to explore ‘natural’ GLP-1 activation: ‘The opportunity is immense’

5 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Shiru, a startup deploying AI to aid in ingredient discovery, is inviting food companies to use its platform to explore ingredients that naturally stimulate production of GLP-1, a gut hormone associated with appetite regulation.
Verb Biotics on next gen biotics: ‘We’re function-first, and we’re not tied into any one organism or flagship strain’

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Many companies in the probiotics space start with a flagship strain and then study it to determine potential health benefits. Microbiome health startup Verb Biotics flips that on its head, claims CEO Todd Beckman. “We’re function-first, and we’re not tied into any one organism or flagship strains,” says Beckman, who spent 13 years building consumer probiotics brand Goodbelly before becoming a strategic advisor to synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks.
Setback for plaintiffs in David Protein, Epogee lawsuit

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

The court handling a high-profile lawsuit alleging David Protein acquired alt-fat maker Epogee to “exclude competitors and create an artificial monopoly” has refused a request to force David to temporarily resume supplies of Epogee’s novel fat to all of its previous customers. The legal dispute began days after David announced the acquisition of Epogee when three small food companies who could no longer access Epogee’s novel fat (EPG) filed an antitrust suit vs David Protein in New York.
How to make AI in the supply chain actually work

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Sofia Ramirez

AI in agrifood might bring to mind autonomous farms and robotic chefs, but for most corporates in the sector, the technology is making strides in more subtle, behind-the-scenes ways. While the hype cycle drives headlines about generative models and autonomous everything, companies across the supply chain are already utilizing AI to address practical problems—especially those related to data silos, operational inefficiencies, and supply-demand mismatches.
Clever Carnivore's pragmatic path to cultivated meat profitability, starting with $0.07/liter media

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Clever Carnivore—a Chicago-based cultivated meat startup that has stayed largely below the radar since it was formed in 2021—says it is producing cell culture media for just 7 cents a liter at pilot scale, and that a demo-scale plant costing $4.5 million could be “profitable in its first year of full production.”Founded by stem cell biologist Dr. Paul Burridge and sociologist Dr. Virginia Rangos, Clever Carnivore is operating at pilot scale with two 500-liter bioreactors and a third on the way.