Korea overtakes Singapore as APAC’s cultivated meat startup epicentre + four other takeaways from GFI’s new reports
Singapore, the regional leader in cultured meat for over five years, was overtaken by South Korea in late 2025, according…
Beware AI-polished pitches at World Agri-Tech, Future Food-Tech
Investors at recent World Agri-Tech and Future Food-Tech conferences conveyed a clear message: startups must now solve real problems for…
The alt-meat reset. Scale won’t fix broken unit economics
Christie Lagally, CEO of Rebellyous Foods, explains in this edito that tafter the alternative meat industry faced considerable turbulence in…
Buckle up, say investors as AI reshapes agrifoodtech
Agrifoodtech investors predict 2026 will be a challenging year, marked by tariff uncertainty, extreme weather, and geopolitical conflicts, potentially surpassing…
Autopsy of the Agrifood–Climate Tech Collapse
The agrifood and bio-industrial innovation sector experienced a substantial financial downturn between 2023 and early 2026, leading to the failure…
Alternative Protein Funding Down by 20% in 2025, Falling Below $1B for First Time in 7 Years
Investment in alternative proteins continued its decline in 2025, falling 20% year-on-year to $881 million, marking the first time it…
Agtech isn’t dead, just sobering up, says Syngenta Group Ventures
Agtech investing has recently experienced a challenging period, with anticipated market consolidation and significant exits largely unfulfilled. Instead, companies prioritized…
MENA signals point to a global innovation powerhouse for agrifood
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s venture capital industry experienced record highs in 2025, contrasting with global trends.…
Cultivated meat’s casualties: who is failing and why?
Once defined by a massive influx of venture capital, the cultivated meat sector is now experiencing a severe downturn marked…
Scaling out, not up: foodtech leaders rethink growth at Tufts event as capital dries up
At the Tufts Future of Food Innovation Day 2026, industry leaders described a “harrowing” year of funding pullbacks that has…