Alternative Protein

Restaurant chain launched the vehicle with an initial $50m commitment in 2022 and has doubled its size less than two years later.

Seviora Capital’s T3F strategy has raised $173m to date for a 10-year closed-end fund focused on early-stage investments in agri-food companies across APAC.

A Southeast Asian sovereign wealth fund has come onboard for ABC Impact Fund II, as ABC Impact Fund I nears full deployment.

USDA approval for Upside Foods and Good Meat was a significant milestone for an industry that has a long way to go before it appears on a supermarket shelf near you.

‘Anti-scientific and anti-Italian’ cultured meat was prohibited from being sold by lawmakers in Italy, a rare setback for what has seemed to be a steady rise in interest in the sector.

The French private equity firm’s chilled food platform, The Compleat Food Group, has added another British start-up to its stable.

Land-based aquaculture investments, debt-for-nature swaps and DFI-backed investments are on an upward trajectory but the scale of capital needed remains daunting.

The start-up is also pursing regulatory approval for its beef product in Switzerland.

Participants at the Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins conference in New York drew encouragement from the USDA's approval of cultivated chicken while examining challenges and opportunities across a diverse set of markets.

The venture capital investor raised its debut $50m vehicle during the pandemic and hit its fundraising target in May 2021.