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| 01.09.2026 | Fysh Foods: Beyond Sushi Owner Scoops Up Shark Tank’s Influencer-Led Vegan Seafood Brand | 4 Mins Read Fysh Foods, the influencer-founded vegan seafood startup that won a Shark Tank deal in 2024, has been bought by City Roots Hospitality, a plant-based restaurant group led by chef Guy Vaknin.
New York City’s City Roots Hospitalit... |
| 31.08.2026 | US Vegan Seafood Maker Impact Food Winds Down As Meat-Eating Culture Persists | 4 Mins Read US vegan seafood startup Impact Food, whose plant-based tuna featured on the menu of several poke chains, is ceasing operations after struggling to “change consumer behaviour”.
Plant-based seafood player Impact Food has reached ... |
| 12.03.2025 | The Future of Food: Navigating Innovation and Regulation in the Alternative Protein Landscape | The world of food is changing. Alternative proteins are emerging as a solution to the growing demand for sustainable and ethical food sources. Companies like New Culture are leading the charge with innovative products like animal-free mozza... |
| 11.03.2025 | RFK Jr Moves to End ‘Self-Affirmed’ GRAS Rule, Threatening Food Tech Innovation | 6 Mins Read US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has directed the country’s food regulator to close a ‘loophole’ that allows companies to self-affirm their ingredients as safe. What does it mean for future protein firms?
In the latest bl... |
| 06.03.2025 | US Bioindustrial Manufacturing Gains Momentum as BioMADE Surpasses 300 Members | BioMADE, a public-private partnership focused on advancing bioindustrial manufacturing in the United States, has announced that its network has grown to more than 300 members. The network, which spans 38 states, includes large corporations,... |
| 23.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Holiday Meals, Cultivated Leather & Cheap Alt-Milk | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new oat milk dessert brand, Next Level Burger’s holiday fea... |
| 19.09.2024 | Independent Forums Presents Future Food Systems Chicago: Igniting Innovation | Independent Forums presents Future Food Systems Chicago: Igniting Innovation, taking place at The Merchandise Mart on 24 October 2024, and featuring speakers from Mondelēz International, Beam Suntory, The Cheesecake Factory, Kerry, PURIS Ho... |
| 07.08.2024 | Low capex approach enables Aqua Cultured Foods to make alt seafood at or below price parity, ‘even at pilot scale’ | When Aqua Cultured Foods first emerged on the scene, its plan was to carve a unique path in the alt-seafood space with a fungi-based solid-state fermentation platform capable of delivering clean-label whole cuts with low capex and opex cost... |
| 30.07.2024 | AQUA Cultured Foods’ Fermented Fish-Free Seafood Receives GRAS Allowing Sale in US | Chicago-based alternative protein company AQUA Cultured Foods has announced that its fish-free seafood, created through fermentation, has been deemed safe for human consumption.
The company’s cellulose-based products have been self-affirmed... |
| 27.07.2024 | The Rise of Fish-Free Seafood: Aqua Cultured Foods Makes Waves in the Market | Aqua Cultured Foods is setting the stage for a seafood revolution. This Chicago-based startup has recently secured self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for its innovative fish-free seafood products. With a focus on susta... |
| 25.07.2024 | Exclusive: Aqua Cultured Foods Earns US Regulatory Approval for Fish-Free Fermentation-Based Seafood | 9 Mins Read Aqua Cultured Foods has obtained self-affirmed GRAS status in the US, and will begin selling its cellulose-based seafood made via fermentation analogues to restaurants next month.
Fish-free seafood made from fermentation will so... |
| 14.05.2024 | New Culture Partners with CJ CheilJedang to Streamline Costs of Animal-Free Mozzarella | Californian animal-free cheese producer New Culture announces a partnership with its previous investor, South Korean biotech giant CJ CheilJedang.
New Culture develops casein from precision fermentation to make cow-free cheeses that melt, s... |
| 20.02.2024 | With a $3.3M Pre-Seed Round, Pacifico Biolabs Bets on Fermentation to Perk Up Alternative Seafood Sector | 5 Mins Read German startup Pacifico Foodlabs, which makes alternative proteins from biomass fermentation, has emerged from stealth with $3.3M in pre-seed financing. It is starting with seafood analogues.
Founded in November 2022 by Washingt... |
| 23.06.2023 | Michelin Starred Chef Manrique Joins Aqua Cultured Foods to Launch “Exceptional” Alt Seafood Whole Cuts | Aqua Cultured Foods, a pioneer of alt–seafood whole cuts set to launch commercially for the first time in January 2024, has announced the appointment of renowned chef Laurent Manrique as its inaugural culinary advisor.
“Every day we are loo... |
| 07.04.2023 | Italy proposes ban of lab-cultivated proteins; Aqua Cultured Foods nabs USD 5.5 million in funding | SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
- The government of Italy has backed a bill to ban laboratory-cultivated meat and food... |
| 06.04.2023 | FoodTech startup Aqua Cultured Foods closes $5.5m seed round to grow its alternative seafood platform | The global demand for seafood has led to overfishing that threatens the world’s oceans and drives species like eels to extinction. As the global demand for seafood continues to rise, it will exacerbate the intensive aquaculture that is alre... |
| 06.04.2023 | Aqua Cultured Foods Raises $5.5 Million in Seed Funding to Disrupt ‘Big Fish’ With Fungi | 3 Mins Read Aqua Cultured Foods has announced $5.5 million in a Seed funding round to accelerate its mycoprotein-based seafood.
The new funding was led by Stray Dog Capital, a venture capital fund that specializes in investing in alternativ... |
| 06.04.2023 | Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reels in $5.5M | Venture capital investors focused on food tech are calling 2023 the year when alternative seafood startups will make notable strides. Meanwhile, investors expect 40 investments to be made in this sector this year, up from 36 in 2022, accord... |
| 06.04.2023 | Aqua Cultured Foods raises $5.5M to bring its seafood alternatives to market | We’re excited to share that Aqua Cultured Foods, a food tech startup, is bringing its ultra-realistic seafood alternatives to market thanks to its $5.5M in Seed funding. |
| 06.04.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hardee Fresh grabs $56m, Upward Farms shuts down, Wine that tastes like climate change | Vertical farming saw good and bad news this week, as Hardee Fresh raised new funds, Upward Farms ceased operations and Kalera filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Elsewhere, digital-first burger delivery service VICIO secured new cap... |
| 06.04.2023 | Aqua Cultured Foods Closes $5.5M Seed Funding Round | Aqua Cultured Foods, a Chicago, IL-based food tech startup, raised $5.5M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Stray Dog Capital, with participation from H Venture Partners, Aztec Capital Management and Amplifica Capital, along current inve... |
| 06.04.2023 | BREAKING: Aqua Cultured Foods closes $5.5m seed round to expand fungi-fueled alt seafood platform | Chicago-based Aqua Cultured Foods has raised $5.5 million in a seed round led by Stray Dog Capital to expand its low-cost production platform for whole cuts of fungi-based seafood as it gears up to enter the market this year.
The round was ... |
| 30.06.2022 | Aqua Cultured Foods Conducts Alt-Seafood Tastings with Major Industry Partners | Aqua Cultured Foods, a startup making seafood from microbial fermentation, announces it has held multiple private tastings with leading food industry partners, including national distributors, multinational organizations, chefs and other fo... |
| 08.06.2022 | 5 Brands Making Plant-Based Seafood So Realistic You Can’t Tell It’s Vegan | 3 Mins Read
Seafood is a fast-growing niche of the alternative protein sector. With that is a sub-niche of unbelievably realistic plant-based whole-cut products. Made using 100 percent vegan ingredients, these substitutes for fish and seafo... |
| 31.05.2022 | The Future Of Food Starts In Chicago | The Future of Food getty |
| 12.05.2022 | Aqua Cultured Foods Appoints Food Industry Celebs to Advisory Board | Chicago’s Aqua Cultured Foods, producer of alt seafood products through microbial fermentation, announces the appointment of three industry heavyweights to its Advisory Board: Chuck Muth, Ingeborg Gasser-Kriss, and Gonzalo Ramírez Martiaren... |
| 30.03.2022 | Aqua Cultured Foods Doubles Production Output of Novel Fish and Seafood Alternatives | Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announces new advancements in its fermentation technology that allow it to double the biomass output of whole-muscle seafood alternatives.
According to Aqua, these developments have dramatically improve... |
| 08.03.2022 | IWD 2022: Celebrating the Queens Of Alt Protein Who Are Forging The Future Of Food | 166
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The two biggest plant-based protein startups in the world are run by men. The majority of the rising cell-based protein startups are also run by men, alongside most of the vegan investment groups that fund them... |
| 16.02.2022 | Is The Future Of Fried Calamari Mycoprotein? This Foodtech Startup Says Yes | 3 Mins Read
Chicago’s Aqua Cultured Foods has announced the successful development of its initial commercial product: mycroprotein squid. Using microbial fermentation technology, the company has created plant-based calamari “fries.” Mycopro... |
| 15.02.2022 | Aqua Cultured Foods Reveals First Official Product: Calamari Fries | Alt-seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods announces the development of calamari fries, the brand’s first commercial food product. Made from mycoprotein fermentation, the product offers a realistic calamari taste and texture, and will be avail... |
| 06.01.2022 | Aqua Cultured Foods: “Using Biological Processes to Solve Large Systematic Issues is Going to Be Paramount” | Chicago’s Aqua Cultured Foods has developed the first whole-muscle cut sushi-quality seafood through microbial fermentation. The young company, founded only in 2020, closed an oversubscribed round in October in the largest ever pre-seed rou... |
| 08.12.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods Raises $2.1M | Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M Pre-Seed Round. HPA participated in the round, which included participation from other investors including Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture P... |
| 18.11.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Monarch Tractor’s $61m round, JBS’s cell meat bet & Bayer-Microsoft match | This week, The Week in Agrifoodtech includes news of a major strategic partnership between one of the world’s biggest agribusiness companies and one of the world’s biggest software companies; while the world’s number one meat processor made... |
| 28.10.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods closes oversubscribed funding round of USD 2.1 million | Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.–based seafood analog company Aqua Culture Foods announced it has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of USD 2.1 million (EUR 1.8 million) …
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| 28.10.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods raises $2.1 million in pre-seed round | CHICAGO — Food technology startup Aqua Cultured Foods has raised $2.1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. Investors include Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture Partners, Lifely VC, Co... |
| 27.10.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods Closes “Biggest Pre-Seed Round in Alt-Seafood” For Whole Muscle Sushi Grade Fillets | Aqua Cultured Foods, a female-led foodtech company using fermentation to produce seafood alternatives, has raised $2.1 million in its pre-seed funding round. According to Aqua, the oversubscribed round is the largest ever pre-seed in alt-se... |
| 27.10.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods raises $2.1m in pre-seed round to build ‘whole cut’ alt seafood operation | The funding - from investors including Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture Partners, Lifely VC, Conscience VC, Kingfisher Capital, Hyde Park Angels, Gonzalo Ramirez Martiarena, and Big Idea Ventures –... |
| 27.10.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods Reels In a Big One: $2.1M In Oversubscribed Pre-Seed | 3 Mins Read
Alternative seafood brand Aqua Cultured Foods says it has closed one of the largest pre-seed funding rounds for a food tech company in the biofermentation protein space.
Aqua Cultured Foods’ oversubscribed funding closed at $2.1... |
| 27.10.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods closes $2.1m pre-seed round for fungal alt-seafood | Aqua Cultured Foods, a US company that makes seafood analogs via a fermentation process, has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding.
Investors in the round included Supply Change Capital, Big Idea Ventures, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventur... |
| 28.09.2021 | Chicago’s Aqua Cultured Foods Develops Fungi-Based Shrimp, Sushi Filet & Calamari | Female-led food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods has now officially launched as it develops the “world’s first” whole-muscle cut alt seafood on the market. Using its novel fermentation technology, the Chicago company is set to launch alt sh... |
| 21.09.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods breaks new ground in alt-seafood space with fermentation-based whole cuts | The Chicago-based company – which was founded last year by Anne Palermo and Brittany Chibe – has filed a series of patents (not yet public) covering the method of production, its usage in the food system, and the fungi strain itself, which ... |
| 21.06.2021 | AquaCultured Foods is Making Waves as it Unveils “World’s First” Whole Muscle Seafood from Fermentation | As fermentation continues to emerge as the third pillar in the alt protein sphere, one Chicago-based startup has created what it claims to be the first whole muscle seafood alternative through microbial fermentation. AquaCultured Foods has ... |
| 01.06.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods Debuts Microbial Fermentation Whole-Muscle Cut Seafood Alternative | 3 Mins Read
Chicago-based food tech Aqua Cultured Foods is launching what it claims is the world’s first whole-muscle cut seafood analogue developed using microbial fermentation. Looking to become a first mover in the category, much like Be... |
| - | Sustainable Seafood Alternative Company Aqua Cultured Foods Raises $5.5 Million | Aqua Cultured Foods announced it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to bring its ultra-realistic seafood alternatives to market. This funding round was led by Stray Dog Capital, a venture capital fund specializing in alternative protei... |
| - | Aqua Cultured Foods raises $5.5 million for alternative seafood production | CHICAGO — Aqua Cultured Foods, an alternative seafood company, has raised $5.5 million in a seed round of funding to bring its alternative seafood to market.
The company also will use the funds to equip its new facility, which it recently p... |
| - | Aqua Cultured Foods | “Whole muscle-cut sustainable seafood alternatives made using biomass fermentation. Our product looks and tastes just like traditional seafood.” |
