| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.07.2026 | Exclusive: Calysta hires new CEO, seeks new capital as JV partner ends financial support | Gas fermentation specialist Calysta—which operates a demo-scale plant making single-cell protein for aquaculture and petfood markets from methane—has brought in a new CEO. The company is now urgently seeking new funds after its joint ventur... |
| 14.07.2026 | Chunk Foods Set to Double Sales & Defy Plant-Based Meat Slowdown | 5 Mins Read New York-based plant-based meat startup Chunk Foods expects to double its sales and reach profitability next year. Its CEO explains why demand isn’t the main problem facing this sector.
Despite repeated declines in US sales of p... |
| 22.06.2026 | Solein: How Solar Foods is Redefining Sustainable Nutrition | Solar Foods secured €77.8 million to expand Factory 02, pioneering "protein from air." Their Solein ingredient, created from CO2 and hydrogen, revolutionizes food production. It offers a sustainable, versatile alternative to tradi... |
| 18.06.2026 | Solar Foods wins $89.2m backing for ‘protein from air’ factory, but final investment decision still pending | Finnish startup Solar Foods has just secured €77.8 million ($89.2 million) in grants and loans from Business Finland towards its first commercial-scale food production facility making protein from “thin air” via gas fermentation, but says t... |
| 23.07.2025 | Former Henkel and JBT-Marel Executive Jan Agter Appointed as CEO of Mycoprotein Producer ENOUGH | Mycoprotein producer ENOUGH has announced that Jan Agter will assume the role of Interim CEO, succeeding co-founder Jim Laird.
Agter is described as an experienced former executive at Henkel and JBT-Marel, and was most recently at Hooghoudt... |
| 26.06.2025 | Arkeon CEO delivers postmortem on ‘protein from air’ startup: ‘We just simply ran out of time’ | Founded in Vienna in 2021, Arkeon is one of a small, but high-profile group of startups attempting to decouple protein production from agricultural land via gas fermentation, using gases instead of purified sugars to feed microbes. Four yea... |
| 06.06.2025 | Arkeon, a Company Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Protein, Files for Insolvency | Arkeon, an Austrian startup using fermentation to turn carbon dioxide into high-quality amino acids, has formally filed for insolvency.
Co-founder and CEO Gregor Tegl made the announcement on LinkedIn, but did not reveal why the startup had... |
| 05.06.2025 | Breaking: Gas fermentation ‘protein from air’ startup Arkeon files for insolvency… ‘Every failure teaches us something new’ | Vienna-based gas fermentation startup Arkeon has filed for insolvency.
In a LinkedIn post Thursday, cofounder and CEO Dr. Gregor Tegl explained: “While this is a difficult moment, I am incredibly grateful for everyone who believed in our vi... |
| 15.03.2025 | From Air to Aisle: The Future of Food with Solein Protein | In a world where food security hangs by a thread, innovation is the lifeline. Enter Fazer, a Finnish food giant, ready to revolutionize our snacking habits. At the Future Food-Tech event in San Francisco, they unveiled their latest creation... |
| 14.03.2025 | From Air to Aisle: Fazer’s Trials Gas-Fermented Protein Snack & Drinks | 4 Mins Read Finnish food giant Fazer has teased a snack bar and two protein oat milk beverages made using Solar Foods’s fermentation-derived Solein protein.
How about some CO2 in your protein shake?
Fazer is giving attendees at Future Food-... |
| 15.01.2025 | Can gas fermentation deliver on its green promise for food and feed? In conversation with Calysta | Using gases instead of purified sugars as a feedstock for fermentation can potentially cut operating costs and reduce pressure on arable land. So is gas fermentation the next big thing in biomanufacturing, or does it have limited scope?
Whi... |
| 02.01.2025 | 10 fast-growing Austrian startups to watch closely in 2025 | Austria has become an increasingly important player in Europe’s startup scene, with a rapidly growing ecosystem that blends innovation, investment, and talent.
Austria’s capital city, Vienna, is home to nearly half of the country’s startups... |
| 26.09.2024 | Researchers Are Using Baker’s Yeast to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Protein & Folate | 4 Mins Read Scientists have discovered a way to turn gases into yeast that contains more protein than beef and enough folate to meet your daily requirements.
What if acetate and carbon dioxide could help you meet your daily nutritional need... |
| 14.08.2024 | The Future of Food: Air-Powered Delicacies and Cancer Breakthroughs | In a world where sustainability and health are paramount, two groundbreaking developments are making waves. One is a culinary revolution that transforms air into delectable desserts. The other is a medical breakthrough that enhances cancer ... |
| 13.08.2024 | Solar Foods, Ajinomoto Roll Out Desserts with Solein Protein from Air in Singapore | 4 Mins Read Solar Foods’s Solein protein from air stars in mooncakes and ice cream sandwiches launched in Singapore under Japanese food giant Ajinomoto’s new Atlr.72 brand.
Finnish startup Solar Foods has introduced the first results of its... |
| 06.05.2024 | New Zealand’s Jooules Raises $600,000 to Turn Carbon Into Food-Grade Proteins | 4 Mins Read New Zealand startup Jooules has raised NZ$1M (about $600,000) in funding to advance its gaseous fermentation technology, which converts carbon emissions streams into protein for food ingredients.
Wellington-based Jooules secured... |
| 17.04.2024 | Factory 01: Solar Foods Opens World’s First Commercial-Scale Facility for Air Protein | 5 Mins Read Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has opened the doors to its much-awaited Factory 01, which is the world’s first large-scale production facility for air protein.
Months after closing an €8M Series B investment round to supp... |
| 19.01.2024 | A Snack Bar Made From Air: Fazer Unveils Limited-Edition Chocolate Bar Using Solein | 5 Mins Read Finnish company Solar Foods’ Solein protein is expanding its footprint in Singapore through a partnership with Helsinki-based food giant Fazer Group, which has crafted a limited-edition snack bar using the air protein.
Fazer has... |
| 05.12.2023 | Fermentation-Brewed Proteins: Farmless Raises €4.8M in Seed Funding for Pilot Plant & NPD | 5 Mins Read Dutch fermentation startup Farmless has secured €4.8M to fund a pilot plant and accelerate R&D for its landless microbial protein. Founder and CEO Adnan Oner speaks to Green Queen about the investment round and plans for reg... |
| 21.11.2023 | Solar Foods: Solein Air Protein Maker Bags $8.8M in Series B Funding for New 2024 Factory | 5 Mins Read Finnish startup Solar Foods has closed an oversubscribed €8M ($8.8M) Series B funding round to expand the production of its Solein protein made from air and support the construction of its Factory 01, slated to be operational in... |
| 16.11.2023 | Data snapshot: APAC alt protein investment trends… Transitioning from CPG to picks and shovels | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts ab... |
| 24.07.2023 | Air-Based Proteins Market to Exceed $100M: Highlighting 5 Prominent Players | The global air-based foods market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.7% to reach a value of US$ 100 million by the end of 2032, as consumers and producers look increasingly towards sustainable proteins. According to FACT. MR, initially, ai... |
| 13.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologicals, Do Good Foods files Ch. 11, Chipotle’s avocado robots | Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant formula startup Bobbie, amongst several others. Less sunny was news that upcycled chicken company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankru... |
| 07.07.2023 | Arkeon Biotechnologies Opens Pilot Production Facility to Bring CO2 Proteins to Market | Arkeon Biotechnologies, an Austrian startup converting CO2 into functional protein ingredients, announces it has achieved a significant milestone in its production process after successfully setting up a new pilot production plant.
Located ... |
| 17.05.2023 | Mapping Carbon Technology Startups and Projects in Central and Eastern Europe | Carbon removal companies are having a moment as carbon capture and storage is moving up on the climate agenda of both European countries and the US. This follows the endorsement of carbon removal technologies by the IPCC as a valuable part ... |
| 11.02.2023 | Meet the founder: Arkeon CEO Gregor Tegel on creating food ingredients out of air | Arkeon is quite literally making proteins out of air! Well, it’s not as simple as that, but the Austrian company, founded by Dr. Gregor Tegel, Dr. Günther Bochmann and Dr. Simon Rittmann, claims to be the only company creating 20 proteinoge... |
| 20.01.2023 | Austrian biotech startup Arkeon raises €2.75M of investment | Austrian biotech startup Arkeon raises €2.75M of investment
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| 19.01.2023 | Austrian startup Arkeon picks up €2.75 million for its sustainable protein solution | - |
| 19.01.2023 | ICL Invests €2.75 Million in Sustainable Protein Ingredients Startup Arkeon | Companies partnering to develop CO2-derived protein ingredients for food applications, using Arkeon’s carbon conversion process
ICL, a leading global specialty minerals company, announced its AgriFood innovation and investment platform, ICL... |
| 19.01.2023 | Arkeon Raises €2.75M in Funding | Arkeon, a Vienna, Austria-based ingredients company converting CO2 directly into protein ingredients, raised €2.7M in funding.
The round was led by ICL.
The company intends to use the funds to support its innovative and sustainable one-step... |
| 14.03.2022 | Arkeon Biotechnologies Nets More Than $7 Million in Oversubscribed Seed Raise For CO2 Protein | 3 Mins Read
Vienna-based Arkeon Biotechnologies has announced the closure of an oversubscribed seed round. The startup secured more than $7 million in the raise, which Square One Foods, Synthesis Capital and ReGen Ventures participated in. ... |
| 08.03.2022 | Blue Horizon Invests in Arkeon, a Company Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Protein | Blue Horizon Ventures has announced a seed investment in Austrian company Arkeon Biotechnologies. Using proprietary fermentation technology, Arkeon is turning carbon dioxide into proteins with a very low environmental impact.
The technology... |
| 07.03.2022 | Vienna-based startup Arkeon picks up over €6.5 million to turn CO2 into food | Arkeon Biotechnologies is on a mission to create the most sustainable, nutritious and ethical food system, turning CO2 into food. The Vienna-based startup has just cooked up more than €6.5 million in a fresh funding round which included Syn... |
| - | Arkeon Biotechnologies | “Arkeon turns CO2 into functional, carbon-negative ingredients for food” |
