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meat products

MosaMeat

MosaMeat aims to develop tissue engineering into a technology that can mass-produce affordable meat. We are a spin-out from the lab of Prof. Dr. Mark Post ...

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production technology

UrbanFarmers AG

The revolution began in July of 2011. A corporate outlaw and a technology maverick teamed up on a clean tech mission. Together, Andreas Graber and Roman ...

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confectionery and bakery industry

Dana Behncke, Die Rosinenpicker

Welcome to the Rosinenpickers! Stay and have a look around! The raisin pickers are no ordinary pastry shop. We make cakes according to your taste and don' ...

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Beverages

Bean United GmbH

We have created Bean United to make a relevant contribution to combating global famine by selling fair and high-quality coffee. As a "social business", ...

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Food

True. ApS

Produced in Copenhagen, Denmark, True Gum began as a startup by founders Jacob, Peter, Zabrina and Morten, who had a belief that chewing gum could be ...

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Beverages

LiveFresh GmbH & Co. KG

As self-proclaimed "juice engineers", our vision in 2016 was to bring a healthy "fresh" lifestyle out into the world with the help of our small juice ...

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other food

YFood Labs GmbH

YFood was developed by renowned German food technologists in the laboratory and perfectly balanced so that it is a balanced, healthy meal. YFood is based ...

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Food

​La Vida Verde

La Vida Verde "the green life" stands for a balanced diet where we never lose focus on nature with its resources. Founder Lars has made it his business to ...

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Food

Oceanfruit GmbH

There are many different types of seaweed. They grow in all seas of the world and are incredibly versatile. Only some of these algae can already be ...

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Beverages

Origin Almond

Origin Almond was sprouted... to combat the #1 enemy to public health: excess sugar. We believe that the first step to better health is the reduction of ...

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Other

Sweetspot ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

The Fridge is a Berlin based consultancy, specialist on the consultation of food and beverage companies in various fields of their daily business. Starting ...

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other food

Vegablum

On 01 October 2015 Vegablum was founded by the diligent little flowers (Danny & Stephan) in Meerbusch. Vegablum is the first manufacturer to produce many ...

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Beverages

Rebbl

REBBL is a band of revolutionaries for the greater good, born out of a conscious collaboration between global thought-leaders. We make coconut-milk ...

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other food

fairfood Freiburg GmbH

How it all began... ...the friends (and brothers or cousins) Amos and Tobias Bucher as well as Julian Bletscher have been enthusiastic about Günter Faltins ...

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confectionery and bakery industry

Fruitiverse GmbH

A flash of genius into FRUITIVERSE Especially on the way - whether on the playground or travelling, in the car or plane - Foodlover Anna often lacked real ...

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Beverages

Bottle of Love GmbH

Glüh dich Glücklich convinces with his ingredients. A noble Merlot, heavenly winter spices and a fruity note merge in our grape mulled wine to the ...

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Beverages

Kaffee Gin Münster GbR

Prütt Gin is the gin from the Münsterland region and a tasteful homage to coffee. The best beans from Yirgacheffe in Ethiopia are freshly roasted ...

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other food

isaac nutrition Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

We wanted to develop a protein shake that combines functionality, sustainability and compatibility like no other. Charlotte, Tim and Nico from Cologne. ...

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other food

Reishunger GmbH

Rice is the most popular and varied staple food in the world. It comes in all colours, shapes and flavours - from white, long and sweet to black, round and ...

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Food

CauCawa e.U.

CauCawa is a young company from Vienna / Austria and stands for vegan, natural, untreated organic cocoa products and fair conditions for cocoa farmers New d ...

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Start-up News

02. Sep 2020

Oculyze announces stuck fermentation warning product for ...

Oculyze, one of the world’s leading platforms for mobile image analysis, today announced that it is launching “Fermentation Wine Consultant (FW-C)” a product to help wine makers prevent stalled and stuck fermentations. A study published in ...

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26. Aug 2020

Greencovery and Mylium win the AtlasInvest Entrepreneurs ...

Reuse of materials in waste streams for food products and sustainable material from moulds, with the same quality as leather. These are the themes presented by the start-up companies Greencovery and Mylium from Wageningen, who are the winners of ...

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21. Aug 2020

Delivery Hero enters the DAX – Germany’s leading stock m ...

Deutsche Börse has announced that Delivery Hero SE (“Delivery Hero”), the world’s leading local delivery platform, will be included in the DAX (Deutscher Aktienindex). DAX is the leading German stock market index and consists of the 30 largest ...

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17. Aug 2020

Impossible Foods Closes $200 Million In New Funding To A ...

Impossible Foods Inc. announced today that it has secured $200 million in its latest funding round, led by new investor Coatue.  The industry-leading food-tech startup has raised about $1.5 billion since its founding in 2011. Existing investors ...

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11. Aug 2020

EMZ Partners invests in Ankerkraut

Founding family remains majority shareholder, EMZ Partners invests in subordinated debt and becomes minority shareholder. Incumbent minority shareholders incl. Frank Thelen and Matthias Knälmann remain on board. Management re-invests in the new ...

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28. Jul 2020

51 startups bringing solutions for the future

From digital personalized learning and gamified digital therapeutics to authentication enabled by facial recognition as well as reduction of cement usage through CO2 capturing as a Circular Economy solution, Antimicrobial LED light technology ...

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20. Jul 2020

Coca-Cola invests in start-up to promote recycling manag ...

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the world's largest independent bottling company of Coca-Cola, is taking another important step towards producing beverage bottles from 100% recycled PET. The investment fund for innovation CCEP Ventures ...

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07. Jul 2020

Nestle, Ajinomoto, and Barilla’s Blu1877 Join Growing Ch ...

China Food Tech Hub—the consortium organized by Bits x Bites to foster startup-corporate cooperation—has grown with the joining of new member companies. They include Nestle, Ajinomoto and Italian pasta giant Barilla’s food innovation arm Blu1877 ...

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29. Jun 2020

Merit Functional Foods Building Cutting-edge Pea and Can ...

Construction of Merit Functional Foods’ 94,000-square foot production facility is well underway; Merit’s facility will produce the world’s highest purity and highest quality pea and canola protein.  Several major project milestones have been ...

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25. Jun 2020

New start-up program launched to support entrepreneurs b ...

Today, the U.S.-based nonprofit Food System 6 (FS6) announces the launch of a comprehensive startup program in partnership with global sustainable food packaging leader Huhtamaki. The Huhtamaki Circular Economy Startup Program by Food System 6 ...

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18. Jun 2020

BIOMILQ Raises $3.5M to Create a More Nutritious and Sus ...

BIOMILQ, a women-owned, science-led, and parent-centered infant nutrition company producing cultured breastmilk, today announced it has raised $3.5 million in funding. The round was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a $1 billion+ fund ...

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18. Jun 2020

Metsä Board and Esbottle are developing a new concept fo ...

Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, and the Finnish start-up company Esbottle have been jointly developing an ecological and appealing paperboard flute cup concept that meets the ...

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19. May 2020

JUST & European Food Manufacturer Emsland Group Partner ...

JUST (Eat JUST, Inc.), a company that applies cutting-edge science and technology to create healthier, more sustainable foods, today announced a partnership to expand its protein processing capacity with Emsland Group, a worldwide leader in ...

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06. May 2020

Remote Work for Industrial Companies: What really works

During the coronavirus pandemic crisis, companies are looking for ways to adapt their work to new situations. Everybody is talking about ‘working from home’, but by no means can every type of work be done from a desk at home. Often, it is ...

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20. Apr 2020

Delivery Hero establishes EUR 3 million Financial Suppor ...

Delivery Hero SE’s (Delivery Hero) riders play an important role in our vision to always deliver an amazing experience. In these unprecedented times, our riders’ commitment is vital to keep communities healthy and fed. Today, we are proud to ...

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14. Apr 2020

Takeaway delivers more through Delivery-Hero-Deal

The food delivery service Takeaway.com brings significantly more food to customers through a takeover last year. For the first quarter, the company has 46.7 million orders, 50 percent more than a year ago. In Germany, deliveries have even ...

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06. Apr 2020

Beam Suntory India Stands Up for the Indian Food & Bever ...

Beam Suntory, a world leader in premium spirits, has come forward to support the food and beverage community in India at this time of social distancing to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This initiative represents the spirit of Beam Suntory’s ...

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26. Mar 2020

Nature’s Fynd Begins Production, Raises $80 Million Seri ...

Nature’s Fynd, a food tech company producing a protein from a microbe originally discovered in the geothermal springs of Yellowstone’s ancient volcano, has raised $80 million in new funding. The company was previously named Sustainable ...

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18. Mar 2020

Impossible foods confirms approximately $500 million in ...

Impossible Foods confirmed today that it has secured approximately $500 million in its latest funding round, led by new investor Mirae Asset Global Investments, with participation from existing investors including Khosla Ventures, Horizons ...

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05. Mar 2020

RTP Global doubles down on founder-driven mission with n ...

Today, we announce the launch of RTP III. At $650M, our latest fund is more than three times the size of RTP II and will enable us to invest in even more companies around the world. The previous fund successfully invested in 34 companies across ...

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