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Interview with Eclipse Ingredients' chief executive on commercialising human lactoferrin through precision fermentation, beginning with cosmetics, plus its distributor agreements and partnerships for manufacturing scale-up.
South Australian soft plastics recycler Recycling Plastics Australia, recipient of a $20m federal grant, has entered voluntary administration with KPMG appointed, after a major supplier's collapse derailed its plan to fill REDcycle's gap.
Podcast episode in which Elita's two co-founders describe pivoting a pet stem cell bank into a digital pet health platform and taking out their category at SXSW Sydney.
AgFunderNews Q&A with Bramble Partners' Chris Mitchell on Britain's emerging agrifood policy: weight-loss drugs, compulsory sales reporting, regenerative farming, and the VC firm's five priority areas across the food system.
Startup Daily profiles the thirteen startups joining Startmate's Winter '25 cohort, covering healthcare AI, agent tooling, recruitment tech, retail promotions, sexual health, water leak detection, VR haptics and ADHD robotics.
PeakBridge has finished raising its second growth vehicle at $187m with Edmond de Rothschild as partner. Its founding GP discusses AI's role in food investing and names holdings such as Vow and Tastewise.
Square Peg partners discuss climate tech investing at the firm's AGM: venture's role, regulation, energy cost tailwinds, and startups they flag such as Tomorrow.io, Vow, Neara and Amber; also recalls Occidental buying Carbon Engineering.
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Sydney startup Refilled has raised a A$1.3 million seed round, with Melt Ventures leading and Envato's Ta'eed brothers among backers, to scale refill stations that cut single-use plastic; Google is already a customer.
Manufacturing briefs roundup: WA government commits $5m to space facility Fugro SpAARC; Starpharma and Micro-X receive R&D tax refunds; Bulla licenses Violet Crumble for ice cream; SCEE wins $50m in contracts.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup recording several startup raises and government grants, FLORA Ventures' first fund close, corporate regenerative agriculture partnerships, and AppHarvest's bankruptcy filing.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: robotics and agtech companies across several countries raised funding, Grit Road Partners closed an $11 million fund, John Deere acquired Smart Apply, and new partnerships included BeeHero entering Australia.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous funding rounds including Aphea.Bio, Bobbie and Sensand, a Coca-Cola-backed venture fund close, Do Good Foods' bankruptcy filing, and The Andersons acquiring Bridge Agri Partners.
Also AgFunderNews
Weekly roundup reporting several agrifoodtech funding rounds, a fund investment, acquisitions including National Milk Records and SlantRange, and the shutdown of Zume Pizza.
Weekly roundup reporting me&u's Series C, several agrifoodtech fundraises across Europe, Danone's stake in Imagindairy, Remilk's Israeli approval, plus partnerships, launches and layoffs.
Workforce planning software firm eQ8, started by two ex-Qantas and NBN executives, has raised A$5.5 million in a Series A led by OIF Ventures, with customers including Metlife and the United Nations.
Also SmartCompany
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for alternative fat and agtech startups, acquisitions including Kroger's purchase of Albertsons, and other sector news such as Beyond Meat's job cuts.
Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech venture raises across food and agtech, plus JBS shutting its Planterra alt-protein division and Australian startup Optomni's seed round.
Manufacturing roundup: Robern Menz revives the Polly Waffle bar with grant backing, SoftIron builds an edge-computer plant in NSW, Lockheed Martin Australia names its first MILSATCOM intern, and DXN wins a third cable contract.
Also @AuManufacturing
Influencer marketing platform Vamp appoints Gabriele Famous as CEO, with former chief Gill Findlay joining the board alongside founders Ben McGrath and Aaron Brooks; the article also recalls an $8.5 million raise last year.
An opinion piece arguing Australian manufacturers should adopt robotics, citing grants and investments at ATP Science, Mark's 4WD Adaptors, Robern Menz and Techno-Plas as automation examples.
Also @AuManufacturing
Adelaide confectioner Robern Menz has received a $1 million federal grant from the Manufacturing Modernisation Fund toward a $5 million factory refit to relaunch the Polly Waffle, among wider government grants.