InnovaFeed will build US insect plant with agribusiness giant ADM
French insect startup InnovaFeed will build an industrial-scale plant in the US with agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland
BioMar, Skretting: Marine ingredients won’t totally disappear from salmon feed
BioMar and Skretting see single-cell proteins as some of the most interesting alternative raw materials to reduce marine ingredients in salmon feed, among others
Robert Downey Jr’s investment fund backs insect protein firm fundraise
French insect protein startup Ynsect has raised an additional $372m from several investors, including Robert Downey Jr.'s Footprint Coalition
£10m funding for UK insect farm a ‘boon for aquaculture sector’
A £10m funding package to accelerate the UK’s first large-scale industrial insect farm could provide a boost to the sustainability of the country’s aquaculture sector
Thai Union invests in four foodtech startups via new venture fund
Three of the firms, Alchemy Foodtech, Manna Foods Co, and HydroNeo GmBH, were all recent graduates of Thai Union-backed food tech accelerator SPACE-F
Another insect tech startup raises $1.6m
Protenga has closed its latest round of seed investment, raising funds with UK agritech company Roslin Technologies and the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, SEEDS Capital
Skretting: ‘Value chain approach’ needed on alternative feed ingredients, with salmon prices set low
The feed company is confident that developments in alternative aquafeed ingredients won't be set back, even though farmers look set to be squeezed for the next year or more
French start-up raises €10.2m to scale insect-based protein output to 100,000t
'We have worked hard to become the most cost-efficient player, and this fundraising will enable nextProtein to emerge as a prominent industry-shaping company for the decade'
Victory Farms, Nutreco start commercial insect feed trials for Kenyan tilapia
The project is run in collaboration with local feedmill Unga Group, where Victory Farms is keen to ramp up production
Thai Union plots use of insect-based feed
Thai Union has committed $30m to funding alternative protein innovations, and already invested in Israeli insect feed startup Flying Spark