| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.08.2026 | ADM Gets $2.2M Award from Iowa State to Expand Precision Fermentation Capacity in Clinton | 3 Mins Read Food processing giant ADM has received $2.23M in tax credits from the Iowa state government to convert an underutilised space at its Clinton facility into a precision fermentation hub.
A month after securing a contract to produc... |
| 27.10.2025 | Abu Dhabi Investment Office Partners With The EVERY Company and Vivici to Establish Protein Fermentation Facility | The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has partnered with sustainable protein producers The EVERY Company and Vivici to establish a protein fermentation facility in the city.
The four-million-litre industrial-scale site will reportedly meet... |
| 24.10.2025 | Breaking: Vivici and The Every Co explore 4m-liter alt protein facility in UAE | Precision fermentation startups Vivici and The Every Company have entered into a strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) to “explore the establishment of a 4-million-litre industrial-scale facility for alternative ... |
| 14.08.2025 | Government Actions in the Alternative Protein Industry: Key Developments in H1 2025 | The alternative protein industry continues to draw attention from governments worldwide, with a mix of investment support and regulatory measures shaping its growth. The data in this article, compiled by Nicholas Dahl, founder and CEO of Al... |
| 13.05.2025 | The Rise of Lab-Grown Innovations: A New Era in Sustainable Production | In the world of biotechnology, two companies are making waves. Faircraft and Vivici are not just players; they are pioneers. Their recent moves signal a shift toward sustainable production. This is a game-changer for industries reliant on t... |
| 08.05.2025 | Vivici Secures US Production for Precision-Fermented Dairy Protein via Liberation Labs Deal | Vivici, a Dutch precision fermentation company, has secured a manufacturing partnership with US-based Liberation Labs for the production of its beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) protein ingredient, Vivitein™. The agreement will see Vivici’s product ... |
| 07.05.2025 | Liberation Labs teams up with Vivici to produce animal-free whey protein in Indiana | Liberation Labs has struck a deal with Dutch startup Vivici to produce the latter’s ‘Vivitein’ whey protein (beta-lactoglobulin) at its biomanufacturing facility in Richmond, Indiana, when commercial production begins at the site next year.... |
| 16.04.2025 | Liberation Labs heads to Saudi Arabia as NEOM Investment Fund ventures into biomanufacturing | Liberation Labs, a US startup building biomanufacturing capacity for a new generation of bioproducts from animal-free whey to egg proteins, has struck a deal with NEOM Investment Fund (NIF) to build a precision fermentation facility in Saud... |
| 15.04.2025 | NEOM Investment Fund Partners with Liberation Labs to Develop Precision Fermentation Facility in Saudi Arabia | The NEOM Investment Fund (NIF) has entered into a strategic partnership with Liberation Labs, a leader in precision fermentation biomanufacturing. This collaboration will support the development of a precision-fermentation facility in Saudi... |
| 03.02.2025 | Biotech Firm Liberation Labs Snags $50.5M for Precision Fermentation Factories in US & Saudi Arabia | 4 Mins Read US biotech manufacturing company Liberation Labs has raised another $50.5M as part of its funding efforts to build a large-scale facility for precision-fermented foods.
In its newest fundraising round, Indiana-based Liberation L... |
| 01.02.2025 | The Rise of Precision Fermentation and Cultivated Meat: A New Era in Food Production | The food landscape is shifting. Precision fermentation and cultivated meat are at the forefront of this transformation. These technologies promise to reshape how we produce and consume food. They offer solutions to pressing issues like sust... |
| 31.01.2025 | Precision Fermentation Firm Liberation Labs Secures $50.5M to Scale Production | Liberation Labs has closed a $50.5 million convertible note round, bringing its total raised capital for this financing effort to $75 million. This latest investment includes $31.5 million in new funding and $19 million from insider bridge ... |
| 30.01.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Liberation Labs raises $50.5m, OCELL nabs $10m, Pluri to make lab-grown cocoa acquisition | This week precision fermentation biotech Liberation Labs closed a $50.5 million convertible note that will enable completion of a new plant, while Bonsai Robotics secured $15 million in Series A funding to advance its agricultural AI soluti... |
| 24.01.2025 | The Future of Food Systems: Navigating Change in a New Political Landscape | The food system is a complex web, woven from threads of politics, innovation, and sustainability. As the new U.S. administration takes the helm, the landscape of food systems transformation is poised for significant shifts. The challenges w... |
| 22.01.2025 | How the New US Administration Will Impact Food Systems Transformation
How the New US Administration Will Impact Food Systems Transformation | Elysabeth Alfano is the CEO of VegTech™ Invest, an advisor to a food innovation ET, and a consultant to C-Suite of multinational companies. She speaks internationally on the intersection of investing, sustainability, and food systems transf... |
| 05.12.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Mondelez invests in cocoa tech, a $350m regen ag fund launches | Is biotech “the next industrial revolution?” The United States Department of Defense appears to think so, as it has injected millions into multiple agrifoodtech startups including The Every Co and Liberation Labs.
And actually, biotech was ... |
| 30.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Yelp’s Best Vegan Restaurants, Alt-Milk Launches & Fermentation Wins | 7 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 Beyond Meat’s European exploits, a big week for plant-based m... |
| 22.10.2024 | Australian precision fermentation startup All G plans bovine lactoferrin launch in 2025 | If you’re going to make dairy proteins via precision fermentation, it makes sense to start with the highest value ones, says Sydney-based All G, which is aiming to launch bovine lactoferrin next year followed by human lactoferrin in 2026, w... |
| 20.10.2024 | The Rise of AgriFoodTech: A New Era of Sustainable Innovation | The world of AgriFoodTech is buzzing. It’s a landscape ripe with innovation, where sustainability meets technology. Companies are racing to transform how we produce and consume food. This week, the headlines overflowed with exciting develop... |
| 17.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Blue Stripes, Nukoko land rounds for alt chocolate, OroraTech snags deal for wildfire detection | Foodtech headlines this week contained more chocolate than a jumbo bag of Ghiradelli Squares. Blue Stripes and Nukoko both announced fundraises, while Voyage Foods announced a massive new manufacturing facility.
Elsewhere, climate-focused c... |
| 16.10.2024 | Liberation Labs to Advance Precision Fermentation Facility with $3.5M Fundraise | US biomanufacturing company Liberation Labs has raised $3.5 million via a Secured Promissory Note (“Note”), including a $2.0 million subscription from the VC firm Agronomics Limited (LSE: ANIC). With this note, Agronomics’ total investment ... |
| 16.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Chicken Tasting, Oat Milk Liqueur & Alt-Protein Awards | 6 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 Vital Meat’s cultivated chicken tasting in Singapore, Oatly’s... |
| 13.06.2024 | Future of Foods Podcast: Mark Warner, CEO of Liberation Labs | Alex Crisp, Host of Future of Foods Interviews, talks to Mark Warner CEO of Liberation Labs about building massive capacity for producing ‘hero’ proteins without using animals. Going forward much of our milk and eggs could come from precisi... |
| 28.05.2024 | 🎥Legacy US biomanufacturing network unfit for next wave of bioproducts, says Liberation Labs CEO | US biomanufacturing capacity is 40-50 years old and was built for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and biofuels, says Liberation Labs CEO Mark Warner. It can make the next generation of bioproducts, he says, “but not at the scale or cost structu... |
| 18.04.2024 | 2023 GFI Reports: Cultivated Meat and Fermentation Industries Growing Despite Drop in Investments | The Good Food Institute has released the 2023 State of the Industry Reports for the alt protein industry.
These annual reports provide a global analysis of each sector’s commercial landscape, investments, scientific progress, and government... |
| 05.04.2024 | Agronomics Invests $10M in Liberation Labs to Advance its 600,000 L Precision Fermentation Facility | Agronomics Limited (LSE: ANIC), the UK’s leading VC company focused on cellular agriculture and biomanufacturing, has invested $10 million in its portfolio company, Liberation Labs Holdings, a US biotechnology firm focused on large-scale pr... |
| 10.01.2024 | Liberation Labs to Launch Biomanufacturing Workforce Program with Ivy Tech Community College in Richmond, Indiana | Liberation Labs, a large-scale precision fermentation contract manufacturer, and Ivy Tech Community College-Richmond have joined forces to create a novel biomanufacturing workforce training program.
The initiative aims to equip approximatel... |
| 30.11.2023 | Liberation Labs bags $25m USDA-backed loan to fund US biomanufacturing hub: ‘What matters is whether the capacity is fit for purpose’ | Liberation Labs — a startup aiming to address capacity bottlenecks in biomanufacturing — has secured a $25 million government-backed loan to support its first commercial-scale precision fermentation facility in the US.
The purpose-built sit... |
| 30.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: AgroSpheres nets $25m, ex-Motif CEO joins MycoTechnology, Kitchen United shuts ghost kitchens | All eyes are on COP28 this week, where agrifood looks to be a central point of discussion. Elsewhere in the industry, AgroSpheres raised new funds for its novel crop protection tech and Motif FoodWorks former CEO moved over to MycoTechnolog... |
| 29.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Everytable lands $25m, eFishery reels in $20m, Joyful Ventures’ alt-protein fund | This week, prepared meals service Everytable raised new funding along with cultivated fish startup Bluu Seafood and aquatech company eFishery. Outside of funding, Nextbite is facing a lawsuit over its May layoffs and Joyful Ventures launche... |
| 13.04.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: ClimateAI raises $22m, Legit Group cooks up $13m, Farm.One reopens | This week, climate forecasting platform ClimateAI landed Series B funding and cloud kitchen startup Legit Group snagged Series A funds. Elsewhere, struggling Farm.One secured investment and reopened its farm in Brooklyn, and eGrocery startu... |
| 12.04.2023 | BREAKING: Liberation Labs bags $30m to kit out ‘first-of-a-kind’ biomanufacturing hub in Indiana | Liberation Labs — a startup aiming to address capacity bottlenecks in biomanufacturing — has secured $30 million in equipment financing to support its first commercial-scale precision fermentation facility in the US.
The purpose-built site ... |
| 01.02.2023 | Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022? | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |
