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Red seaweed was billed as a gamechanger for livestock methane reduction… so when will it deliver?

Q&A with FutureFeed's chief executive on Asparagopsis seaweed as a livestock methane-cutting feed additive: its licensing business, backers, licensees' progress, regulation, research and scaling hurdles.

4 deals

The founders raking in millions to secure Australia's food future

Profile of four agtech founders tackling food security: Invertigro's modular vertical farms, Regrow Ag's satellite soil-carbon measurement, Lleaf's light-altering greenhouse film, and Sea Forest's methane-reducing seaweed cattle supplement.

2 deals

Fable Food Co’s founder on $12 million raise, US expansion, and why shrooms trump all alt meats

Mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co has raised a Series A to fund US and UK expansion, with its founder arguing fungi products beat soy and pea protein rivals on taste, price and health.

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Seed $6.5m

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup of manufacturing briefs: Fable Foods raises seed funding for mushroom-based meat, Nufarm wins US FDA recognition, Alexium commercialises BioCool, Archer patents its quantum chip in Asia, and Cann Group ends its Emyria collaboration.

11 deals

The startup funding round: Hospitality tech, Kiwis going global, and Blumenthal's bet on plant-based meat

Roundup of recent raises: a New Zealand legaltech Series A, plant-based meat seed funding with a celebrity chef tie-in, hospitality software capital, and battery materials funding, plus board additions.

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Seed $6.5m

A VC explains why he backed the new alt-meat startup by Shoes of Prey founder Michael Fox

Aera VC co-founder Derek Handley explains why the firm joined Fable Food Co's seed round, citing the Brisbane shiitake-mushroom meat alternative startup's retail traction, low-carbon product and experienced founding team.

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