| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.09.2026 | Knip bets on postbiotics, not commodity protein, as it scales biomass fermentation | Knip—a Boston-based startup making functional ingredients for food and feed via biomass fermentation—has ratcheted up manufacturing capacity, moving production of its postbiotic ingredient JUV into 165,000-liter bioreactors at a contract ma... |
| 30.07.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Wild Bio acquires F1 Seed, ADM Capital raises $48m | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇫🇷 French future food fermentation project enters next phase with $22m in govt funding Green Queen
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| 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... |
| 17.06.2026 | The Protein Brewery wins EU approval for Fermotein mycoprotein six years after novel foods filing | The first novel mycelium ingredient authorized for sale in the EU under the Novel Food Regulation should hit the market in Q3, 2026, after the European Commission gave The Protein Brewery’s Fermotein mycoprotein its stamp of approval, six y... |
| 12.04.2026 | Почему бактериальный белок еще не на вашей тарелке? Корма, регуляторы, инженерия и перспективы | В первой части мы разобрали, что такое single-cell protein (SCP), зачем он нужен и как его производят. Если коротко, речь идет о белке из микроорганизмов — бактерий, дрожжей, грибов или микроводорослей, — которые выращивают в ферментерах и ... |
| 20.11.2025 | ‘Protein from air’ co Calysta winds down pilot plants, R&D labs in US and UK: ‘We’ve evolved into a manufacturing company,’ says CEO | California-based ‘protein from air’ company Calysta has closed down its R&D labs and pilot plants in the US and the UK as it no longer needs them, says cofounder and CEO Alan Shaw PhD.
Speaking to AgFunderNews as equipment from the firm... |
| 04.03.2025 | Dog Food Made from Fermented Gas Protein Lands on European Shelves | 4 Mins Read German pet food maker Marsapet has rolled out a kibble product for dogs using Calysta’s fermentation-derived FeedKind protein.
Would you feed your dog carbon and microbes?
If you’re in Europe, you now can, thanks to a partnershi... |
| 24.01.2025 | Aerobic gas fermentation: the final frontier in novel fats? | A flurry of startups has sprung up in recent years using fermentation to coax microbes to produce more sustainable, functional, or healthier alternatives to animal and tropical fats (coconut, palm, cocoa).
Right now, most of them are feedin... |
| 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... |
| 04.12.2024 | Farmless Secures €1M EU Grant to Validate its “Dramatically Efficient” Landless Protein Production | Dutch fermentation startup Farmless has secured a €1 million grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Farmless produces functional proteins with a complete amino acid profile for the F&B industry. Its air-based fermenta... |
| 26.11.2024 | 🎥Biomass fermentation in focus at MISTA growth hack: ‘The food of the future is going to be manufactured in a tank’ | Biomass fermentation—which is used to produce everything from mycoprotein to DHA-packed animal feed supplements—is generally cheaper than precision fermentation because firms are harvesting the whole biomass, and skipping costly downstream ... |
| 21.08.2024 | Calysta’s Protein for Pet Food, Made with Microbes, Carbon, and Renewable Energy, Arrives in Europe | FeedKind Pet, an air-based protein for pet food claimed to be nutritious and super sustainable, will soon be available to pet food manufacturers across Europe to cater to consumers looking for high-quality, health-supporting, eco-friendly p... |
| 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... |
| 08.05.2024 | Dr. Clauder’s Introduces the “World’s First” Dog Treats Featuring Calysta’s Air Protein FeedKindPet | German pet food manufacturer Dr. Clauder’s has partnered with microbial protein pioneer Calysta, to launch the world’s first dog treats made with FeedKindPet, an air protein-derived ingredient designed for pet nutrition.
FeedKindPet, a vega... |
| 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... |
| 24.04.2024 | VEGDOG Debuts Dog Treats with MicroHarvest’s Hypoallergenic Microbial Protein Ingredient | 4 Mins Read German startups VEGDOG and MicroHarvest have teamed up to release a microbial protein-based treat for dogs, which boasts environmental superiority and supports pets with allergies.
Pet food brand VEGDOG will soon roll out Pure B... |
| 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... |
| 28.08.2023 | Our oceans are in a state of emergency. Aqua-Spark’s CEO explains how startups can help restore their health | Healthy oceans are critical to a healthy planet. But as the United Nations notes, the ocean is in a state of emergency thanks to pollution, overfishing, eutrophication and warming.
UN targets for Sustainable Development Goal 14 focus on pol... |
| 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 | Calysta Uses Methane to Make Plant and Animal-Free “Protein Without Limits” | Based in California, Calysta is a biotech firm using a patented fermentation platform to produce what it describes as “protein without limits”.
The process involves using microorganisms to convert methane into single-cell proteins. It is po... |
| 22.03.2023 | Windfall Bio raises $9 million to use methane-eating microbes to combat climate change | We all have some kind of obsession. For serial entrepreneur and biochemist Josh Silverman, his obsession is methane, a greenhouse gas that is more powerful than carbon dioxide. Methane is produced by a variety of natural and anthropogenic s... |
| 23.02.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pure Salmon nabs $507m, FreshToHome bags $104m, more layoffs for agrifood | This week, Amazon backs India’s FreshToHome and Pure Salmon inked a whopping $507 million deal with Saudi Arabia’s government. Layoffs continue, while regulators in Finland approve the use of “burger patty” in marketing plant-based meat pro... |
| 25.01.2022 | Calysta appoints Chief Science and Sustainability Officer | San Mateo, CA – January, 25 2022 – Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of Dr Lori Giver, as Chief Science and Sustainability Officer.
Dr Giver first join... |
| 20.09.2021 | Calysta completes USD 39 million funding round, appoints new CFO and board member | San Matero, California, U.S.A.-based Calysta has announced the completion of a successful USD 39 million (EUR 33.2 million) funding round, led by BP Ventures, that will support the company’s efforts to scale-up production of its FeedKind pr... |
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| 10.09.2021 | Calysta Raises $39M in Series D-1 Funding | Calysta, a San Mateo CA-based biotechnology company focused on alternative protein producer, raised $39M in Series D-1 funding.
The round was led by bp ventures with participation from were Adisseo, AquaSpark and WTI, as well as other exist... |
| 10.09.2021 | Calysta Raises $39M in Series D-1 Funding | Calysta, a San Mateo CA-based biotechnology company focused on alternative protein producer, raised $39M in Series D-1 funding.
The round was led by bp ventures with participation from were Adisseo, AquaSpark and WTI, as well as other exist... |
| 09.09.2021 | Calysta, Maker of FeedKind Alternative Protein, Raises $39 Million Led by BP Ventures | By Josh Beckerman
Calysta Inc., an alternative protein producer, completed a $39 million financing round, led by BP PLC's BO Ventures.
Adisseo, AquaSpark and WTI and other investors participated.
According to a Wall Street Journal article i... |
| 09.09.2021 | Calysta Announces $39 Million Investment to Fund Global Expansion Plans | Calysta, Inc. Leading alternative protein producer Calysta has completed a $39 million financing round, led by bp ventures, to support global scale-up of production of Calysta’s FeedKind® protein.
FeedKind is a family of natural, sustainabl... |
| 27.09.2019 | How To Spot A Synthetic Biology Unicorn | Biotech is projected to reach $775 billion by 2024, but dozens of companies in the field of ... [+] synthetic biology are creating magical tools to go beyond that. Look here for the next unicorn. Jelena Trmčić for SynBioBeta |
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| 27.06.2019 | Calysta Announces $30 Million Investment From BP Ventures to Improve Global Food Security | The investment will help Calysta expand production of its sustainable single-cell protein, which is produced through a proprietary, commercially-validated gas fermentation process using naturally occurring, non-GM microbes with the unique a... |
| 27.06.2019 | Two Startups Converting Methane into Animal Feed Raise Funding from Gas Giants in Europe & Asia | Two companies using methane to manufacture protein for animal feed and food ingredients have closed funding on the same day, attracting investment from leading gas companies in Europe and Asia.
Finding alternative uses for methane could be ... |
| 27.06.2019 | Calysta Raises $30M in Funding | Calysta, a Menlo Park, CA-based alternative protein producer, raised $30m in funding.
The investment was made by BP Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds for the worldwide rollout of Calysta’s FeedKind® protein.
Led by Alan Shaw, P... |
| 08.05.2019 | Calysta and Thai Union Offer World First Taste of Commercial Shrimp Fed Feedkind Protein | Delegates at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels will today be offered pan-fried shrimp fed Calysta’s innovative and sustainable FeedKind® protein, which contains a unique carbon signature that can help the food industry provide traceability an... |
| 07.02.2018 | DEADLINE APPROACHING: Cast Your Vote in the AgFunder Innovation Awards | ***VOTING CLOSED***
It’s that time of year again to recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward with the AgFunder Innovation Awards. These are peer-selected awards based on votes placed by you, our 45... |
| 26.10.2017 | Aquaculture Fund Aqua-Spark Moves Beyond Farms and Feed With Two New Investments | Aqua-Spark, the Dutch venture capital fund, has finalized two investments this week that signal the fund dedicated to the future of aquaculture is moving beyond farms and feed.
The new investments are in two animal health startups Proteon P... |
| 14.09.2017 | Farm Technology Startups Raise $1.13bn in H1-2017, a 56% YoY Increase | Farm technology startups, a subset of the broader AgriFood Tech market, raised $1.13 billion in early stage funding in the first half of 2017, representing a 56% increase year-over-year, according to the upcoming AgFunder AgriFood Tech repo... |
| 07.09.2017 | What is Agriculture Biotechnology? | Agriculture biotechnology (ag biotech) applies to all technologies used on the farm involving biological or chemical processes. It is a broad category involving many different types of technology and science, including breeding, genetics, m... |
| 12.05.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Future Food Asia Announces Finalists, Nonprofit Files IRS Complaint Against Whole Foods, Humane Society, GAP, more | Future Food Asia Announces 8 Finalists for FFA 2017
Asia’s first agritech and foodtech startup up competition will take place in Singapore later this month. Here are the eight companies that have been selected to present at the Future Food ... |
| 11.05.2017 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Startups Raise Nearly $130m in 2 Weeks | Soylent, the meal replacement drink, has raised $50 million in Series B funding in a round led by GV (Google Ventures) and joined by another new investor, family office Tao Capital Partners. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer ... |
| 04.05.2017 | Aquaculture Feed Innovator Calysta Completes $40m Series D With Temasek & Mitsui | California-based sustainable fish and livestock feed innovator Calysta has completed a $40 million Series D funding round, led by Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co, and including Singapore state investment fund Temasek.
Calysta produce... |
| 03.05.2017 | Singapore: Temasek participates in Calysta $40m Series D led by Mitsui | Premium
Calysta, Inc. today announced it has raised $40 million in a Series D funding round led by Tokyo-based Mitsui & Co. Singapore’s state investment firm Temasek Holdings also participated, alongside current investors Cargill, the M... |
| 02.05.2017 | Calysta Secures $40M Series D Financing |
MENLO PARK, CA, Calysta, announced $40 million in Series D funding, in a financing round led by Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
>> Click here for more funding data on Calysta Energy
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| 02.05.2017 | Temasek Joins $40M Series D for Calysta | MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Calysta, Inc. today announced $40 million in Series D funding, in a financing round led by Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Also participating were Temasek, a Singapore-based investment company and c... |
| 02.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, May 2 | PUTTING THE SILICON IN SILICON VALLEY
Today we have another installment in Term Sheet’s series of interviews with dealmakers at the tech industry’s most active acquirers. Cisco is an acquisition machine, having done nearly 200 deals in its ... |
| 01.05.2017 | Calysta Completes $40 Million Series D Financing | FeedKind® Protein Manufacturing Advances To Commercial Production
MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 1, 2017–
Calysta, Inc. today announced $40 million in Series D funding, in a financing round led by Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan... |
| 01.05.2017 | Calysta Raises $40M in Series D Funding | Calysta, Inc., a Menlo Park, CA-based developer of sustainable products to improve worldwide food security, raised $40m in Series D funding.
The round was led by Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, with participation from Temasek, a Singap... |
| 04.02.2016 | Sustainable Fish Feed Company Calysta Raises $30m Series C from Cargill, MERS Pension | Calysta, a company manufacturing sustainable fish and livestock feed from soil microbes, has raised $30 million in Series C funding from a bevy of high-profile investors, including global agribusiness giant Cargill.
US pension fund the Muni... |
| 02.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 2, 2016 | Magic Leap bagged $793.5M; OutSystems completed $55M funding round; Modsy raised $8M
Modsy raised an $8 million Series A funding round, led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investors and prominent angels includin... |
| 02.02.2016 | Calysta Raises $30M in Series C Funding | Calysta, Inc., a Menlo Park, CA-based developer of sustainable industrial products for food and energy security, raised $30m in Series C funding.
Backers included Cargill, the Municipal Employee Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan and Old ... |
| 22.01.2015 | Calysta Completes $10M Series B Financing | Calysta, Inc., a Menlo Park, CA-based developer of sustainable industrial products for food and energy security, completed a $10m Series B financing round.
The round was led by Walden Riverwood Ventures and Aqua-Spark with participation fro... |
| 22.01.2015 | Calysta Completes $10M Series B Financing |
MENLO PARK, CA, Calysta today announced completion of a Series B financing round totaling $10 million.
>> Click here for more funding data on Calysta Energy
>> To export Calysta Energy funding data to PDF and Excel, click he... |
| 22.01.2015 | Calysta Completes $10 Million Series B Financing | MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 22, 2015–
Calysta, Inc. (www.calysta.com) today announced completion of a Series B financing round totaling $10 million. The financing was led by Walden Riverwood Ventures (www.waldenintl.com) and ... |
| - | Meet the ‘methane man’ with a mission: Using microbes to eat up the greenhouse gas | Windfall Bio co-founder and CEO Josh Silverman has been working with methane-eating microbes for years, and now he wants to leverage these microbes for climate good.
The company is launching with a product targeting dairy farmers — these me... |
