Start-Up

‘A blank canvas to add whatever flavours desired’: Start-up provides nutrient-rich spirulina meat substitutes

11-Jul-2023 By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

The algae spirulina has a wide range of health benefits. Now, a start-up is exploring its potential as a clean-label meat substitute, with flexibility in flavour and in use.

What does it take to land shelf space at Whole Foods Market? A forager shares all

30-Jun-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Whole Foods Market’s newest store opened this week in the historic Walter Reed Parks in Washington, DC, as an anchor for the redeveloping neighborhood and a new opportunity for area startups hoping to break into the competitive food and beverage industry....

Navigating economic challenges: financial experts encourage CPG brands to innovate and strengthen operations for long-term success

27-Jun-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Despite an overall decline in capital investments over the last year, BevNet Live’s panelists of financial experts encourage CPG brands to continue innovating along the supply chain while “strengthening velocity, sales and margins.”

4 million kgs per year: Comet Bio announces investment in sustainable Danish manufacturing facility

10-Dec-2021 By Stephen Daniells

Comet Bio – a startup developing prebiotics, functional fibers and sweeteners from upcycled ingredients – has announced an investment with RE Energy to build a dedicated manufacturing facility in Denmark to supply Comet Bio's Arrabina prebiotic fiber.

Nestlé invests in LATAM start-ups through Angel Ventures

09-Dec-2019 By Niamh Michail

Nestlé is investing in Angel Ventures, a Latin American venture capital firm based in Mexico in order to fuel start-up innovation in Latin America.

PepsiCo’s second North American Greenhouse accelerator program seeks mission-driven startups

09-Dec-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

PepsiCo is seeking 10 purpose-driven start-ups to participate in its second North American Greenhouse program and to compete for a shot at $100,000 in funding beyond a guaranteed $20,000 grant and mentorship.

Solar Foods makes protein out of thin air: ‘This is the most environmentally friendly food there is’

15-Jul-2019 By Flora Southey

Finnish start-up Solar Foods has developed a complete protein made from carbon dioxide, air and electricity, CEO Pasi Vainikka tells FoodNavigator.

Navigating the start-up ecosystem: Platform opens agri-tech to VCs, accelerators and incubators

19-Jun-2019 By Flora Southey

A global agri-food tech platform has been developed to help businesses keep up with trends, innovations, and funding movements from start-ups, accelerators and investors.

Mapping Brazil’s foodtech movement

10-Jun-2019 By Niamh Michail

FoodTech Movement has created a map of Brazil’s food start-ups and entrepreneurial activity, which it says will help facilitate and speed up the food chain’s ‘tech revolution’.

Investing in the Future of Food: Founding partner of VC Fifty Years shares 3 areas ripe for investment

22-May-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

In the past decade, venture capitalists have emerged as a primary gatekeeper for innovation in the food and beverage industry as the amount of money they are pouring into startups in the space continues to rise exponentially, and so-called big-food continues...

Learning the investment community’s lingo will increase entrepreneurs’ funding success

13-May-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

When pitching a company or a product to investors, startups should brace to hear ‘no’ – a lot – but they can increase their chances of hearing yes by learning everything they can about the investment community at large and individual investors before...