22.05.2019
Proud to share our latest investment into SanityGroup – helping people living a healthier life with medical cannabis. The company founded by Finn Age Hänsel and Fabian Friede will develop new cannabis-based pharmaceuticals & wellbeing products, and further build the infrastructure to make them readily accessible.
27.03.2019
Great news for heycater! With the beginning of the year, HeyCater raised a seven-digit amount to promote further growth and expand into new regions. Investors are the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Hevella Capital and the Trivago founders Malte Siewert and Rolf Schrömgens amongst others. We can look back on a highly successful HeyCater year with tripled revenue and predominant profitability for most of the months in 2018.
27.03.2019
As the first investor, Atlantic Food Labs is part of Keatz already since 2016. We are more than happy to see the company growing! Next to AFL, backing this round are existing investors Project A Ventures, UStart, K Fund and JME Ventures, which are joined by RTP Global. It adds to €7 million raised last May and will be used by the Keatz to further expand its roll-out of cloud kitchens across Europe.
27.03.2019
As a continuously growing airline, Eurowings constantly assumes responsibility for the society, the climate and environment. The switch to share water (instead of former Nestlé water) will be a significant part of the airline's sustainability initiative - not only with the 1+1 principle, but also with the water bottles made from fully recycled plastic. What a great One-Year-Anniversary achievement for share!
19.12.2018
The chicken egg industry is in decline, such that The New Food Economy (NFE) has denounced, “The industrial egg is an unloved, $8-billion utility ingredient with a serious PR problem.” Credit goes in large part to animal welfare reform and the rise of vegan eggs.
15.12.2018
The global plant based protein market will grow at a CAGR of 6.7% from 2017 to 2022 to reach USD 10,892.3 million by 2022, according to the latest publication from Meticulous Research®.
10.12.2018
Daan Luining, CTO of Meatable, has been invited to speak at Slush 2018 in Helsinki. Daan talks about what cultured meat can mean for the climate and how the future development of the field might look like.
02.12.2018
Did you already know how mitte®'s purification system differentiates from other ones? Inspired by the natural water cycle, it works in two steps: First, it purifies water with a proprietary distillation-based method and an added layer of GAC. Then, it enhances the pure water with essential minerals.
30.11.2018
INFARM just launched their operations in France! Once again, Infarm is partnering with Metro due to the installation of a 80 square meters vertical farm in the retailer's flagship store in Paris, leading to a production of approximately 4 tonnes of premium quality herbs, leafy greens, and microgreens annually.
18.11.2018
In a time of an ageing population, the world will see the exponential spread of Alzheimer's and other dementia brain diseases. Adding to that, recent advancements in technology have allowed scientists to reveal that a typical Western diet makes the brain age faster.
05.11.2018
Plant-based milks are booming as consumers seek to eliminate dairy from their cereal bowls and coffee cups, mostly for health, welfare or environmental reasons. The demand for milks and cheeses from soy, almonds, coconuts, cashews and even flaxseeds is steadily rising - just like the dairy industry's hostility.
29.10.2018
Two of marijuana's most sought-after compounds are THC, the compound in marijuana that gets you high, and CBD, another cannabis compound used for its medicinal effects, such as controlling pain or the seizures of epilepsy. Multiple companies have begun genetically engineering yeast that can produce cannabinoids. They have been taking the genes responsible for the cannabinoid-making pathways in the marijuana plant and inserting them into yeast strains.
23.10.2018
We are incredibly proud of share, who is the first German manufacturer that introduced mineral water bottles made of 100% recycled plastic. The material does not differ in appearance from commercially available bottles and offers consumers an environmentally friendly alternative.
18.10.2018
Silencing or editing genes with the CRISPR technology could improve the quality and availability of wide range food, from cabbage to chocolate. In contrast to the typical GMO technology, with CRISPR, scientists can tweak only the genes without introducing foreign DNA.
18.10.2018
Recent technology advancements have enabled the unbundling of meat production from animals. The team behind Daan Luining and Krijn De Nood at Meatable solves crucial technological and ethical barriers on the way to produce lab-grown meat at scale. Just one cell could be enough to create enough burgers to feed the world.
29.08.2018
Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, has joined the trend for personalized nutrition with a blend of artificial intelligence, DNA testing and the modern obsession with Instagramming food.