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…
Investment Climate Podcast: Veronica Breckenridge of First Bight Ventures Shares How to Get Funded in 2026
In this episode, Veronica Breckenridge, Managing Partner of First Bight Ventures, challenges the prevailing myth that industrial biotech is uninvestable…
10 Trends from China’s Alternative Protein Ecosystem in 2025
China’s alternative protein sector experienced significant growth and evolution in 2025, driven by strong government support, including investment in innovation…
Leading Scientists Lay Out Roadmap to Advance China’s Future Food Sector
China, despite being a major player in alternative protein research with significant government investment and intellectual property, faces 10 key…
What Does the Alt-Protein Investment Landscape Look Like Right Now?
A recent episode of the ProVeg Talks Food Industry podcast, featuring Investment Associate Leonardo Nunes Ricucci from the ProVeg Incubator,…
StartLife and EIT Food partner to boost Europe’s agrifood start-ups
Agrifood accelerator StartLife and European innovation community EIT Food have forged a strategic partnership to boost early-stage agrifood start-ups across…
Cultivated Protein: Scaling Innovation into Industry
The “Demonstrating Scale-Up in Cultivated Food: A Biomanufacturing Conference” held in Penang highlighted that the cultivated protein sector is transitioning…