| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.09.2026 | Finland's top-funded tech companies in H1 2026 | Finland's tech ecosystem attracted around €1.3 billion across 53 funding deals in H1 2026. Investment was heavily concentrated at the top, with space accounting for €900 million, or nearly 69 per cent of the total capital raised.
Beyond spa... |
| 02.09.2026 | Europe Microbial Protein Food Products Market: Sustainable Nutrition Innovation Accelerates the Future of Food | The Europe Microbial Protein Food Products Market is gaining attention as food manufacturers and biotechnology companies explore innovative protein sources produced using microorganisms and fermentation-based processes. Microbial proteins c... |
| 31.08.2026 | Europe’s Alternative Protein Sector Sees 56% Bump in Funding in 2026 | 5 Mins Read Alternative protein startups in Europe raised 56% more capital in the first half of 2026 than the same period a year ago, dominating the global investment landscape for this sector.
After a dismal year in which investment in the... |
| 26.08.2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Better Nature Tempeh, Protein Cereals & Vegan-Friendly Bundesliga | 3 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Better Nature’s tempeh expansion in Germany, Jay&Joy’s crowdfunding round, and Peta’s vegan-friendly Bundesli... |
| 13.08.2026 | Prefer’s Bean-Free Coffee Reaches Shell Convenience Stores Across Singapore | 4 Mins Read Singaporean beanless coffee startup Prefer has entered retail stores through a listing with Shell, which will stock its ready-to-drink hybrid coffee cans across all 56 service station stores on the island.
All of Shell’s service... |
| 11.08.2026 | Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund Invests in Animal-Free Dairy Startup All G | 4 Mins Read Australian precision fermentation startup All G has welcomed Xeraya Capital, owned by Malaysia’s state-owned Khazanah Nasional fund, to its list of pre-Series B investors, a month after launching its bovine lactoferrin in the US... |
| 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... |
| 02.07.2026 | Biotech and Food companies strengthen management teams on the business side |
Basel-based pharma company Idorsia has appointed Roland Wandeler as CEO, effective October 1, 2026. He will succeed Jean-Paul Clozel, who has been serving as ad interim CEO since March 2026 and will continue as Chairman of the Board of Dir... |
| 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... |
| 22.06.2026 | European tech weekly recap: More than 60 tech funding deals worth over €585M | Last week, we tracked more than 60 tech funding deals worth over €585 million and 3 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
📊 The top three industries that raised the most were analytics (€862.2 million... |
| 19.06.2026 | Solar Foods bags €77.8M package, €500M defence and dual-use growth fund EDM launched, and warning for Europe's silicon photonics | This week, we tracked more than 60 tech funding deals worth over €585 million and 3 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
If email is more your thing, you can always subscribe to our newsletter and re... |
| 18.06.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Anthropic joins carbon removal coalition, Elanco launches venture arm, AeroFarms acquired | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇳🇱 Vertoro closes €17 million Series B to scale plant-based waste to renewable oil technology One St... |
| 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... |
| 18.06.2026 | Ahead of EU Approval, Solar Foods Gets $89M Funding Package to Build CO2 Protein Factory | 5 Mins Read Finnish gas protein firm Solar Foods has secured €77.8M ($89.1M) in grants and loan financing from Business Finland to construct its industrial-scale factory.
Shortly after making its US debut, Solar Foods has received a compreh... |
| 17.06.2026 | Solar Foods wins €77.8M funding package for Factory 02 expansion | Solar Foods has secured €77.8 million in grant and loan financing to support the construction and commissioning of Factory 02. The funding package comprises a €39.6 million grant and a €38.1 million R&D loan, awarded under the company's... |
| 03.06.2026 | ‘Protein from Thin Air’: Solar Foods’s Solein Makes US Debut with Ambrosia Collective | 4 Mins Read Finnish gas fermentation startup Solar Foods’s Solein protein has entered the US with the launch of a new protein powder by Ambrosia Collective’s Planta brand.
Solar Foods, the company behind the CO2-derived Solein protein, has ... |
| 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 ... |
| 14.01.2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond Chicken, Mini Babybel & Shake Shack | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s new chicken products, Upside Foods’s cultivated meat tasting, and Shake Shack’s vegan menu. New pro... |
| 17.12.2025 | Solar Foods Reveals Location of Its First Industrial-Scale Production Facility | Air-based protein producer Solar Foods has chosen a site in Selkäharju, Lappeenranta, Finland, as the location of its first industrial-scale production facility, Factory 02.
Solar Foods’ existing facility, Factory 01, can produce 160 tons o... |
| 09.12.2025 | Solar Foods Expands Solein Applications with Dairy-Free Cream Alternative | Solar Foods has introduced Solein Cream, a dairy-free cream alternative made from microbial protein. The product, which is designed to replicate the functionality and texture of traditional cream, adds to the growing list of applications fo... |
| 25.11.2025 | Americans Will Be Able To Buy Protein Powder Made From Air in 2026 | 3 Mins Read Solar Foods has announced the latest partnership for its gas-fermented Solein protein, which will form the base of Pothos protein powders to be launched in early 2026.
Six months after introducing a prototype protein powder made... |
| 17.11.2025 | Solar Foods to Test Innovative Protein Production Technology in Space | Solar Foods has entered into a partnership with OHB System AG, a European space technology company, to develop a pilot project for testing its Solein® gas fermentation technology in space. The project, supported by the European Space Agency... |
| 14.11.2025 | Solein Enters US Consumer Market Through Fermenta’s Upcoming Protein Bar Line | Health and performance nutrition startup Fermenta plans to introduce protein bars formulated with Solein, a microbial protein produced by Finland’s Solar Foods. The launch, scheduled for the first quarter of 2026, will place Fermenta among ... |
| 12.11.2025 | US Wellness Brand to Debut CO2 Protein Bars with Solar Foods’s Solein Ingredient | 4 Mins Read Wellness company Fermenta will roll out limited-edition protein bars featuring Solar Foods’ gas-fermented protein, Solein, in the US early next year.
As Americans sink their teeth into everything protein, companies are scramblin... |
| 07.11.2025 | New Roundtable Will Discuss Creation of a Pan-European Regulatory Sandbox for Food Biomanufacturing | Think-and-do tank the Ministry of Future Affairs is preparing to host a policy roundtable to discuss a brief titled Closing the European Food Innovation Gap! A Framework for a Pan-European Regulatory Sandbox for Emerging Foods.
The event wi... |
| 28.10.2025 | Ajinomoto’s New Dairy-Free Coffee Blends Traditional Brew with Rice and Chickpea-Based Alternative | Japanese food manufacturer Ajinomoto has launched a new coffee beverage in Singapore that incorporates Solein®, a protein developed by Solar Foods. The product, Atlr.72® GRe:en Drop Coffee, is a dairy-free ice latte that combines regular co... |
| 28.10.2025 | Latte of the Future: Ajinomoto Unveils Beanless Coffee with Protein Creamer Made from CO2 | 5 Mins Read Japanese food conglomerate Ajinomoto has introduced beverages using Prefer’s beanless coffee and Solar Foods’s Solein gas protein in Singapore.
An iced latte with coffee made without beans, milk without cows, and protein produce... |
| 22.10.2025 | Solar Foods’ Factory 01 Reaches Productivity Targets, Enabling Production at Full Capacity | Finnish air-based protein producer Solar Foods has announced that its first commercial-scale facility, Factory 01, has reached production parameters that enable it to operate at full design capacity.
Factory 01 will now be able to produce 1... |
| 22.10.2025 | Solar Foods CEO on scaling up protein from thin air: ‘We have MOUs and LOIs for more than 50% of new factory already’ | Finnish startup Solar Foods says it has secured MOUs [memos of understanding] or LOIs [letters of intent] for more than half of the output of its planned commercial scale food production facility making protein from “thin air” via gas ferme... |
| 26.09.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Uber invests in drone delivery, EU to delay deforestation rule, Oracle AI ag tool | This week, Uber made moves to expand its food delivery network via an investment in delivery drone platform Flytrex, while numerous alt-protein companies announced funding rounds.
The European Union also made headlines with a proposal to de... |
| 24.09.2025 | Solar Foods Develops Mayonnaise Using Solein Protein as Egg Yolk Replacement | Solar Foods, a company specializing in microbial protein production, has created a mayonnaise product using Solein®, a protein derived from air, that replaces traditional egg yolk. This new formulation demonstrates the versatility of Solein... |
| 23.09.2025 | ‘Unmatched’: This Egg-Free Mayonnaise is Made From Air | 4 Mins Read Finland’s Solar Foods has developed an egg- and dairy-free mayonnaise made with Solein, its signature protein derived from CO2. It’s also three times cheaper.
In response to the egg industry’s supply chain and price volatilities... |
| 16.09.2025 | Solar Foods Submits GRAS Notification for Solein Air-Based Protein, Aiming to Receive FDA No Questions Letter | Finland’s Solar Foods has submitted a GRAS (Generally Recognised as Safe) notification to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), aiming to obtain a no questions letter for its air-based protein, Solein®.
The company has submi... |
| 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... |
| 16.07.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: GLP-1 Drink, Plant Points & Cultivated Meat in Space | 4 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new GLP-1 alternative drink, Canada’s pea protein bet, and the European Space Agency’s cultivated meat project.... |
| 15.07.2025 | With New Factory in Sight, Solar Foods Signs Latest Deal to Bring Solein Protein to Market | 4 Mins Read Finland’s Solar Foods has signed a letter of intent to commercialise up to 1,650 tonnes of its Solein gas protein, with plans to have its new factory fully operational by 2030.
Amid its ongoing efforts to launch in the US, Finni... |
| 09.07.2025 | Solar Foods and Sensapure Develop Protein Products Featuring Air-Derived Solein | Solar Foods has partnered with Sensapure Flavors, a US-based company specializing in flavor systems for functional beverages, to create new protein product concepts featuring Solein. These products, including ready-to-mix shakes and ready-t... |
| 25.04.2025 | Solar Foods: Your Future Protein Powder Will Be Made From Air | 5 Mins Read Finland’s Solar Foods has developed a protein shake to help you pump your macros. The kicker? The ready-to-mix powder ditches dairy for CO2.
As it prepares to enter the US market, Finnish food tech firm Solar Foods is targeting ... |
| 19.03.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Chia Seed Milk, Healthy Ham & Vegan Calcium | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Benexia’s new chia seed milk, Violife’s campaign with Chrishell Stause, and Holy Carrot’s upcoming restaurant in ... |
| 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-... |
| 14.03.2025 | Solar Foods Signs MoUs Regarding Commercialization of 6,000 Tonnes of Solein, While Fazer Launches Solein-Powered Products in the US | Solar Foods has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two international customers regarding the commercialization of 6,000 tonnes of its air-based protein, Solein, per year. The MoUs are a joint plan of the companies and outline t... |
| 13.03.2025 | Fazer introduces unique Taste the Future snacks powered by Solein® protein made out of thin air | Fazer introduces unique Taste the Future snacks powered by Solein® protein made out of thin air
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Fazer, a Finnish food experience company, is bringing a unique innovation to Future Food-Tech ev... |
| 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 | Solar Foods: Finland Govt Pumps $10.6M in Startup to Build Giant Gas Protein Factory | 6 Mins Read Finnish gas fermentation firm Solar Foods has received €10M ($10.6M) in funding from Business Finland to help build Factory 02, which would produce 12,000 tons of Solein protein annually.
To accelerate the development of its ind... |
| 04.03.2025 | Solar Foods Advances Solein with New Funding and US Introduction of Protein Bites | Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has received an additional €10 million in funding from Business Finland to support the development, regulatory approval, and commercialization of its Solein protein. The grant is part of the company’s I... |
| 04.03.2025 | Gas fermentation startup Solar Foods bags $10.6m grant to enter pre-engineering phase of commercial-scale plant | Finnish startup Solar Foods—which makes a yellow, protein-packed ingredient called Solein by feeding microbes elements from the air—has secured a €10 million ($10.6 million) grant from Business Finland, part of the Finnish Ministry of Emplo... |
| 28.02.2025 | The Shifting Landscape of Food Innovation and Corporate Leadership | The world of food is changing faster than a chef can whip up a new recipe. Innovations are sprouting like weeds, and corporate leadership is in a constant state of flux. This week, we dive into the latest in sustainable food trends and the ... |
| 28.02.2025 | The Future of Food: A Sustainable Revolution on Our Plates | The food landscape is changing. Like a river carving its path through rock, innovation is reshaping what we eat. Sustainable food practices are no longer a whisper in the wind; they are a roaring call to action. This transformation is not j... |
| 26.02.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Magnum, Airline Ramen & Dairy-Free Popcorn | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Magnum’s revamped vegan recipe, Heura’s new Tex-Mex Chunks, and a cultivated seafood tasting in Japan. New produc... |
| 20.02.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Spore.Bio bags $23m for rapid on-site microbiology testing, Imperia raises $10.5m | This week French startup Spore.Bio raised a $23 million Series A to expand its rapid, on-site microbiology testing capabilities, Spain’s Imperia raised $10.5 million to expand its supply chain management SaaS platform across Europe, and Ham... |
| 12.02.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond x NBA, Corn Milk & Carbon Crackers | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s new products and cookbook, the US’s first corn milk brand, and a cultivated seafood tasting. New pr... |
| 07.02.2025 | A Taste of Nostalgia and Innovation: The Sweet and Savory Trends of 2025 | In 2025, two culinary stories emerge from the heart of Europe, each with its own flavor and flair. One is a nostalgic return, a sweet treat that dances on the tongue. The other is a bold leap into the future, a savory snack that challenges ... |
| 06.02.2025 | KelpEat Introduces Crackers Featuring Solein Fermented Protein and Eu-Farmed Seaweed | Italian algae startup KelpEat has announced the launch of a new high-protein snack made with Solein®, a microbial protein developed by Finnish food tech company Solar Foods. The crackers, which also incorporate EU-farmed seaweed, will be pr... |
| 01.02.2025 | The Future of Food: Innovations in Alternative Proteins and Fermented Fats | The food industry is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional agriculture is facing mounting pressures from climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity. In this landscape, innovative companies are emerging, reshaping how we thin... |
| 30.01.2025 | Rami Jokela Appointed CEO of Solar Foods as Company Targets Global Markets | Solar Foods has announced the appointment of Rami Jokela as its new chief executive officer, effective April 1, 2025. Jokela, who brings extensive experience in scaling international businesses, will lead the company as it moves from resear... |
| 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... |
| 04.01.2025 | The Superfoods of 2024: Nourishing the Body and Mind | As the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2024, health enthusiasts eagerly anticipate the arrival of new superfoods. These nutritional powerhouses promise to enhance well-being and longevity. But what exactly makes a food "super&qu... |
| 31.12.2024 | Топ суперфудов 2024 года | Преимущественно я пишу про технологии, биотехнологии, что-то, что касается исследований тела. Но каждый сторонник ЗОЖа знает, что в основе всегда лежат: подвижность, сон и питание. Поэтому в материале разберем, какие именно продукты вошли в... |
| 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 03.09.2024 | The World’s Most Sustainable Protein ‘Solein’ Achieves GRAS Status, Heads for US Debut | Solar Foods announces that it has achieved self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for its air-based protein Solein in the USA. This milestone will allow the company to introduce the novel ingredient, offering a new alterna... |
| 28.08.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Maison Landemaine x La Vie, NASA Goes Solar (Foods) & A Clean Meat Terminal | 4 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 Chile’s vegan ads with Joaquin Phoenix, Maison Landemaine’s L... |
| 22.08.2024 | The Rise of Alternative Proteins: A New Era in Sustainable Food Production | The world is changing. The way we produce food is evolving. As climate change looms and populations swell, the demand for sustainable food sources grows louder. Enter the realm of alternative proteins. This sector is not just a trend; it’s ... |
| 22.08.2024 | Solar Foods to Go Public With Listing on Finland’s Nasdaq First North Growth Market | 5 Mins Read Finnish gas protein startup Solar Foods is planning to go public with a technical listing on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Helsinki.
Solar Foods, which makes Solein protein by feeding microbes on gases, has announced i... |
| 21.08.2024 | Solar Foods to List on Nasdaq, Bolstering Growth Plans for ‘Solein’ Air-Based Protein | Air-based protein developer Solar Foods announces plans to list on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland. The listing is expected to occur in September as a technical listing without any share issue or sale.
Based in Helsinki, the bi... |
| 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... |
| 12.08.2024 | Ajinomoto to Launch Two Products Made With Solar Foods’ Air-Based Protein in Singapore | Solar Foods has announced the launch of two new products made with its air-based protein, Solein, through a partnership with Japanese food manufacturer Ajinomoto Group.
The products, Traditional Flowering Mooncakes and Ice Cream Sandwiches,... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Cultured Meat Conundrum: Navigating Morals and Market Trends**
** | ** The future of food is here, and it’s cultivated. As alternative proteins gain traction, a recent study sheds light on the moral compass guiding consumer attitudes toward these innovations. The study, conducted by researchers from the UK ... |
| 24.07.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Baby Ribs, Believe in Chickens & An Alt-Protein Week | 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 VFC’s ad in response to KFC’s new campaign, a new oat milk co... |
| 18.07.2024 | Protein from air startup Solar Foods plans to go public | Finnish startup Solar Foods—which makes a yellow, protein-packed ingredient called Solein by feeding microbes elements from the air—is planning to go public via a technical listing on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
Unlike a classic IPO (initi... |
| 28.05.2024 | No Meat, No Plant: Protein Made by Finnish Startup is Literally Made from Thin Air | By John Lopez
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| 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... |
| 15.04.2024 | Historic Moment in Food Production: Solar Foods Opens World’s First Commercial-Scale Air Protein Facility | Finnish air protein Solar Foods announces the official launch of its highly anticipated Factory 01 in Vantaa, Finland.
Claimed as the world’s first factory growing food out of thin air, the new plant will commercially produce 160 tons annua... |
| 10.04.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Shawarmas, Pamela Anderson & Jobs for Cats | 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 Pamela Anderson’s new vegan cookbook, OMNI’s call for cat tas... |
| 19.01.2024 | Solar Foods and Fazer Unveil World’s First Air-Protein Chocolate Bar in Singapore | Finnish food producer Fazer announces the launch in Singapore of the world’s first chocolate bar powered by Solein.
Solein, created by the Finish biotech Solar Foods, is a novel protein crafted through fermentation technology, utilizing mic... |
| 19.01.2024 | Fazer invites Singapore to taste the future with world-first chocolate snack bar powered by Solein® | Fazer invites Singapore to taste the future with world-first chocolate snack bar powered by Solein®
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• Fazer offers Singaporean consumers the first taste of Solein - protein created out of thin... |
| 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... |
| 27.12.2023 | Еда из воздуха и стейк без мяса: фудтех-стартапы и их разработки | В предыдущем материале мы рассказали о технологиях 3D-печати пищи и альтернативному кофе без кофе. Но некоторые идеи фудтех-стартапов кажутся реализацией фантазий научных фантастов, настолько необычными они кажутся. О некоторых из них — в э... |
| 23.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Matsmart-Motatos grabs $43m to save food waste, RED Horticulture bags $18m, TômTex makes leather from fish | This week, Matsmart-Motatos scored new funding for its e-commerce business that sells overstock dry goods to stop food waste. RED Horticulture raised capital for its LED greenhouse lighting tech, and alternative leather startup TômTex bagge... |
| 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... |
| 21.11.2023 | Solar Foods, Finland’s sustainable foodtech startup, raises €8M funding round | Solar Foods, Finland’s sustainable foodtech startup, raises €8M funding round
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| 21.11.2023 | Air Protein Producer Solar Foods Raises €8M in Oversubscribed Funding Round | Finland’s Solar Foods, a company developing “food out of thin air”, has raised €8 million in an oversubscribed funding round.
The round was conducted via Finnish investment organiser Springvest Oyj, and is the largest to ever take place on ... |
| 20.11.2023 | Protein from air: Solar Foods raises $8.8m series B as it gears up to open new plant | Finnish startup Solar Foods—which makes a yellow, protein-packed ingredient called Solein by feeding microbes elements from the air—has raised €8 million ($8.8 million) in a Series B round carried out through the Finnish-based investment gr... |
| 22.09.2023 | Meet the founder: Solar Foods’ Pasi Vainikki on decoupling food production from agricultural land… ‘Our fermenter is like a big SodaStream’ | One of a small, but high-profile group of startups attempting to decouple food production from agricultural land by feeding microbes elements from the air, Finnish startup Solar Foods, is gearing up to open a new plant to demonstrate its te... |
| 11.09.2023 | HYDROCOW generating milk from carbon dioxide and electricity | In food innovation, the notion of conjuring food out of thin air sounds like something straight out of a science fiction novel. Yet, the idea has transitioned into reality.
Finnish company Solar Foods has developed a proprietary microbe tha... |
| 07.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toray’s $8bn foray into biomass tech, Paptic lands $25m, Israeli agrifoodtech heats up The Kitchen | This week, materials manufacturer Toray announced a mega-investment in cellulosic sugar and Finland’s Paptic secured funds to expand its sustainable materials portfolio. Meanwhile, Israeli agrifoodtech startups were all over the news this w... |
| 22.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Cosucra raises $49m, Carbon marketplace Supercritical raises $13m, Cox launches $300m fund, Getir exits France | This week plant-based ingredients specialist Cosucra raised €45 million ($49 million); Los Angeles-based Omeat emerged from stealth armed with $40 million to expand its ‘simple and elegant’ solution to scaling cultivated meat; and Berkeley-... |
| 16.06.2023 | Make way for a new vegan protein on the menu | Fancy some dairy-free protein rich ice cream with a microbial twist? Finnish startup Solar Foods‘ novel alternative protein, Solein, is now on the menu of a restaurant in Singapore where it’s been blended into a custom (vegan) chocolate gel... |
| 16.06.2023 | Solar Foods Launches the First Ever Gelato Replacing Dairy with Protein “Out of Thin Air” | Since its approval for sale in Singapore last year, news about Solein, the protein made out of thin air, doesn’t stop. Today, the Finnish company Solar Foods and its partner restaurant Fico are launching the world’s first Solein Chocolate G... |
| 02.06.2023 | Solar Foods and Ajinomoto Unite to Create Next-Gen Air Protein Foods | Last week, Finland’s Solar Foods debuted its microbial protein Solein, made out of thin air, at a tasting event in Singapore. After this historic moment in food history, Solar Foods has announced a strategic alliance with Japanese food and ... |
| 29.05.2023 | I Tasted Solein Protein Made From Thin Air, And Here’s What I Thought | 7 Mins Read Solar Foods unveiled the first tasting of Solein, the company’s protein made from thin air. Is it a marketing gimmick or the future of food?
Proteins made from thin air? At first, I couldn’t wrap my head around it. The idea of p... |
| 18.05.2023 | Brief: ADM teams up with Air Protein to help scale novel food production platform | ADM has entered a strategic development agreement with Air Protein, a startup seeking to decouple food production from agricultural land by using carbon dioxide, rather than sugar, to fuel its microbial fermentation platform.
Under the agre... |
| 10.05.2023 | Farmless raises $1.3m to expand ‘carbon negative’ fermentation platform fueled by C02, not sugar | Farmless—a Dutch startup using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, rather than sugar, to fuel its fermentation-based food production platform—has raised €1.2 million ($1.3 million) in a pre-seed round led by Revent, Nucleus Capital, and Possible V... |
| 22.04.2023 | 20 European tech start-ups making a difference this Earth Day | It's Earth Day so we are highlighting 20 of the brilliant European tech start-ups who are making an impact on the climate crisis by doing what they do best - tech stuff.
Refurbed is a Vienna-based marketplace for refurbished electronics.
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| 31.10.2022 | Solar Foods' Solein: Finnish Company Creates Food Out of Thin Air | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 31 October 2022, 04:10 am
What if in the future we might find ourselves eating air?
This idea may seem absurd in every sense but it might be possible that we will be eating food that is not derived from plants or ... |
| 27.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Trigo’s $100m, Dutch gov’t backs cultivated meat, Bill Gates wants to decarbonize rice | This week, foodtech startup Trigo landed funds for its automated checkout system that lets shoppers purchase goods without waiting for a cashier. The Dutch government is allocating new funds to cultivated meat initiatives, and Bill Gates an... |
