Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

The consumer goods giant announced this morning that it had partnered with US biotech firm Genomatica on a £120m venture to commercialise and scale alternatives to environmentally damaging feedstocks used to manufacture everyday cleaning and personal care products. "Our

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AFN Sustainable Protein

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Synthetic biology company Tierra Biosciences has officially launched its “proteins-on-demand” e-commerce portal where synbio scientists and researchers get custom proteins synthesized, validated, and shipped to them via a single interface. Debut Biotech is at least one other company adopting the same cell-free approach as Tierra.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2020

In the biotech industry, which I think folks herald as a well-functioning market, once companies reach a certain validation of their technology and approach, there's a payoff there," he said. They want to rebalance their portfolio for the future.". There’s been a societal shift as well," he said. "In

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 It wants to enter the market in 18 months, selling not only in India but the US and European markets where it expects to find higher demand — and prices. million in seed funding co-led by Indian agrifood VC Omnivore and WaterBridge Ventures. Regional fundraising.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Hosted in association with Innovate UK, today's event aims to match entrepreneurs pioneering a range of smart grid, biotech, clean energy and sustainable agriculture innovations with leading green business figures and investors at a time when demand for clean tech has never been greater. Don't have time to tune in to todays' event?

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Dahl is President and CEO of ZIVO Bioscience , a ag biotech R&D company engaged in the commercialization of nutritional and medicinal products derived from proprietary algal strains. Initially, this may seem to be an upmarket trend, but demand for high-quality nutrition is likely to permeate most price and product strata.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Dahl is President and CEO of ZIVO Bioscience , a ag biotech R&D company engaged in the commercialization of nutritional and medicinal products derived from proprietary algal strains. Initially, this may seem to be an upmarket trend, but demand for high-quality nutrition is likely to permeate most price and product strata.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Biotech company announces partnership with global fashion giant Inditex to deliver textiles made from captured carbon emissions. LanzaTech specialises in capturing carbon emissions from industrial facilities and converting the captured CO2 into low carbon fuels and materials, including sustainable aviation fuels and plastics.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 22, 2022

Her mission now is to satisfy global demand for seafood, first by targeting countries that are supportive of cultured proteins, such as the US, UK, China, Qatar and Singapore. They have run and owned some parts of the value chain and have biotech companies that have patents in different parts of the world that have been majorly funded.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. Ridesharing demand crashed with COVID-19, and Lyft became part of the frontline delivery and medical access infrastructure.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

Global packaging producer working with biotech companies to explore the use of seaweed fibre as alternative to wood and paper in packaging. As demand for sustainable goods increases, the firm revealed yesterday that it is currently exploring the use of seaweed fibre as a key raw material in the manufacture of its packaging products.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2022

Demand for beef worldwide is also continuing to increase, which is in turn leading to on-going deforestation and shrinking the capacity of the world's forests to soak up carbon in the atmosphere. Yet if we do this properly, microbial protein can help meat-lovers embrace the change.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Fifteen clean tech start ups working in fields ranging from smart grids and biotech to renewables and sustainable agriculture will provide four minute speed pitches and will be able to then network with a number of leading green investors.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 21, 2021

They also continue to be in high demand as the global population grows, emerging economies develop, and infrastructure investment accelerates. She is also Founder and President of Technica Communications, where she handles marketing, social media, content production and public relations for cleantech and biotech startups.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup, has created a line of sustainable lampshades called Obscure that are made of 100% coffee chaff and orange peel. Obscure Lampshades are handmade on demand at Biohm headquarters in London. Orb can be molded or formed into sheets to create products such as lampshades.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Climate targets were under threat from all sides with climate science deniers, politicians and media platforms exploiting the war in Ukraine and ensuing energy crisis to demand an increase in fossil fuel extraction. It was a tough year for the green transition.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Have you read: PG&E implements behavioural Energy Efficiency Programme National Grid – Scaling demand response with behavioural outreach. Putting people at the centre. About the author. She studied biochemistry and has a PhD in Neurobiology from the Max Planck Institute. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 30, 2019

Keeping up with demand. The investment is timely as demand for pea protein-based products is growing rapidly with r eports that supply of the processed ingredient can’t keep u p with demand. ” The biotech company focuses on animal health and nutrition, and was established in 2012.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Global demand for aquatic foods — that’s fish and seafood — is expected to double by 2050, according to estimates that base the rise mostly on population growth. Forsea claims that eels have become an endangered species, after demand for the delicacy surged in Asia and Europe in particular.

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Eco-Business

MAY 5, 2020

Harnessing nature to battle the world’s single-use plastics problem, biotech company will accelerate plans to meet increasing demand for materials to replace plastics for food service, food packaging, consumer goods packaging and other consumer items.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

Demand for protein from sea creatures such as tuna, salmon and shrimp is growing far faster than for animal proteins. Demand for sea creatures such as tuna, salmon and shrimp grew 3.2 Much of the fuss related to sustainable food systems is focused on land-centric technology solutions. The next horizon, however, may lie offshore.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Meanwhile, uncertainty and disruption wrought by the pandemic and Brexit have brought food and farming systems into sharper focus for consumers in 2020, and countless studies have highlighted an uptick in veganism , flexitarianism, and overall demand for sustainable and ethical food.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 15, 2020

An excellent in-depth Economist article on synthetic biology from 2019 quotes market sizes from Bioeconomy Capital, which estimates the industrial biotech market at a much larger $147B, and at $338B for all of synbio inclusive of food & agriculture ($104B) and biopharmaceuticals ($137B). invested in 2018 according to SynBioBeta.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Applying the latest technologies from biotech, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, and food science, entrepreneurs are trying to create new animal-free products that are cheaper, healthier, tastier, and more sustainable. The market demands them, but it shows little allegiance to their mode of production. Food may be next.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 30, 2023

This is unsurprising given the challenges surrounding food waste — a typical feed stream for farmed insects — and the increasing demand for sustainable protein for both animal and human consumption. One popular insect, the black soldier fly, has an industry projection of $3.96 billion by 2023.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 14, 2022

However, completing ISO 14001 is a major undertaking and demands significant investment , time, and resources. An ISO project demands a lot of time and resources and takes employees away from their day-to-day jobs. An ISO project demands a lot of time and resources and takes employees away from their day-to-day jobs.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Or is it a factor of demand? GT : Demand and innovation are the main contributors. At the moment we’re dialing up our business development task force and with that, we’ll also be more in-depth geography-wise. AFN: Could you give me some insight into your choice of geographies? Is it because of regulatory approval?

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 28, 2022

India’s on-demand food delivery platform Swiggy was the second biggest for 2022 deals, with its $700 million round led by US investment management company Invesco. However, the wave of layoffs across various tech companies didn’t miss Getir; it cut 14% of its staff in 2022. Image credit: Swiggy. Swiggy – $700m. billion.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

If the sale market slows, a market doesn’t materialize or financing assumptions decline, the only way to meet your fixed and variable cost demands is to raise additional capital. As these things occurred, the company needed more, and more, and more money. But absent profits or value creation, this became an uphill battle.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Despite traditional venture’s focus on software and asset-light business models, half of the deal activity in climate tech goes towards sectors requiring physical assets such as hardware, deeptech, biotech, consumables, or project development. 

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

is preparing the launch of a new fund dedicated to the market opportunity presented by alternative proteins, one of its founding partners, Rob Leclerc reflects: “We’ve seen lofty valuations in the sector driven by a trifecta of investor inexperience in biotech, food, and venture capital.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

The reason it's such a great initial market is because fashion has been the first-mover in at least trying to adopt sustainable new materials, because their consumers are heavily demanding change and sustainability. Subscribe Now

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Phillips added that it was smart for Geltor to target lower volume, higher value markets in the beginning ahead of higher volume products such as gelatin as they developed the process and scaled the business.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Phillips added that it was smart for Geltor to target lower volume, higher value markets in the beginning ahead of higher volume products such as gelatin as they developed the process and scaled the business.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 3, 2021

To meet demand, the company “reverse engineered” the product using petroleum-based chemicals, according to a Zymergen spokesperson. In contrast, “synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation,” Tickner said.

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Better Ventures

APRIL 13, 2021

Even leading general tele-health providers like Teledoc and Doctor on Demand have gotten into the behavioral health game. New Applications for Psychedelic Drugs Offer Hope for Hard to Treat Conditions Compass Pathways : a biotech company leveraging psychedelics.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We've got a shot at redemption, with a chance to regenerate with nascent industries - such as biotech, space, and cybersecurity - emerging in all parts of the country," he said. He positioned the net zero transition as the UK's opportunity to make up for past errors.

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