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🌏🇦🇺 Spotlight on Innovation: Greentech Innovators from Norway! Join the FoodTech Demo Day in Launceston on 14th November and hear more about Greentech Innovators and the 9 other innovative Food and Agritech startups. 👉 Sign up for Demo Day online: https://lnkd.in/gA7-EX8j 👉 Sign up for Demo Day in-person: https://lnkd.in/gCap38QE We would like to highlight an incredible story that aligns with Australia’s growing focus on sustainability. Greentech Innovators, a pioneering biotechnology company from Norway, is making waves by turning food waste into high-quality additives for fish feed. In a world where food waste amounts to over 1.3 billion tons annually, Greentech's solution not only reduces waste but also supports sustainable aquaculture practices. This small company is tackling a global problem head-on, showcasing how innovative approaches can lead to significant environmental benefits. As Australia continues to explore sustainable food sources, Greentech Innovators serves as an inspiring example of what’s possible.Interested in learning more about their groundbreaking work? Check: https://lnkd.in/gBaaQ_JK #Startupbootcamp #SBC #StartupGrowth #Sustainability #FoodWaste #GreentechInnovators #FoodTechTasmania #FoodInnovation #AgriTech #FoodTechTasmania2024DemoDay

Real cause for optimism here. Palm oil represents a huge risk and driver of deforestation. I've spoken with people in the past working to reduce the monoculture natures of plantations, bringing communities back to the regions where it's grown intensively and that is all well and good. But for such a ubiquitous substance used in so many products across different sectors, diversifying monocultures will only get us so far, as demand will outstrip available space. If you can make a comparable product using 99% less space and 90% less inputs (energy or materials), that's a top tier win. #PalmOil

🌊 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙤𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙊𝘾𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙐𝙈 🌊 Continuing our series on pioneering efforts by #startups and #SMEs in the #BlueBioEconomy, today we are highlighting OCEANIUM , a Scottish-based company leading the way in #sustainable #seaweed processing and innovation. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 OCEANIUM is on a mission to #KelpTheWorld by integrating #seaweed into our daily lives for the benefit of our health and the planet! 🧪 Established in 2018 and located in #Dunbeg #Scotland, OCEANIUM utilizes cutting-edge #biorefinery technology to transform sustainably sourced seaweed into a range of innovative products, including high-purity #bioactives for nutrition and cosmeceuticals, plant-based food ingredients, and biodegradable materials. The company is at the heart of the seaweed #valuechain, collaborating with farmers and downstream partners to develop a robust and sustainable seaweed industry in Europe. 🌿OCEANIUM’s commitment to sustainability is evident in their active participation in EU-funded projects like SeaMark and their efforts to support Scottish and European seaweed farming 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 With their sights set on scaling operations to process 5,000 tonnes of seaweed by 2025, OCEANIUM is poised to play a pivotal role in the growth of the seaweed industry, potentially creating thousands of new jobs across the sector 🚀 🌟 Read more about OCEANIUM’s groundbreaking work in the #macroalgae #valuechain below, and stay tuned for more stories on #bluebioeconomy innovation from other pioneering companies in the coming weeks 🙌 BlueBioClusters Project 🇪🇺 European Research Executive Agency (REA) SeaMark Scottish Association For Marine Science #SeaMark #BlueBioClusters #HorizonEU #REA_research #BlueBioMatch #BlueEconomyEU #BlueEconomy #Startups #Innovation #BlueBioTech #BlueStartupsEurope #Entrepreneurship

Summary of Arborea Funding News: 💰 Funding Secured: Arborea, a UK and Portugal-based startup, raised €5 million in a round led by Indico Capital Partners with support from Banco Português de Fomento (BPF). 🌱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆: 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗳: - Grows 50,000 species of photosynthetic microorganisms (e.g., marine microalgae) in a carbon-negative process. - Does not require agricultural land, easing pressure on farming spaces. - Captures CO2, uses sunlight, and releases oxygen, combating climate change. - Produces zero-carbon proteins and nutrient-rich food ingredients for a sustainable global food supply. 🏭 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Build a large-scale protein production facility to scale the Biosolar Leaf technology. 🌍 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁: - Reduces the need for farmland, freeing it up for nature restoration. - Offers a sustainable way to address food security and climate change simultaneously. 🗣️ 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: - CEO Julian Melchiorri highlights the funding as a pivotal step toward transforming food production with nature-positive solutions. - Indico Capital’s Managing Partner Stephan de Moraes underscores the potential to replace animal protein and boost food production efficiency. 🏢 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮: Founded in 2015, Arborea focuses on creating sustainable food ingredients with advanced organic systems to tackle global nutrition challenges. ----- Repost ♻️ if you find this useful. Hit the 🔔 if you enjoy our content. Engage 💙 if you like it. 👋 Follow us for more: The Big Deal ©

💦Read about an interesting case from our #Bluebiocluster project partners in Scotland - #SAMS There are real business opportunities in the middle of the macroalgae value chain - specifically processing - one of the critical steps in preparing theses raw materials for use in next level applications. #blåbioekonomi #tång

🌊 SeaMark partner OCEANIUM is featured in BlueBioClusters Project 🇪🇺! 💊 🧖♂️ As one of our industry partners, OCEANIUM plays an important role in product development and understanding of the market. Focusing on bioactives for cosmetic and nutraceutical uses, they create #highvalue #seaweed products. Read more about them and their story in the case study below 👇

💰💰 Investment News!! 💰💰 Meet NoPalm Ingredients, who is on a mission to revolutionize the industry with local, circular, and sustainable oils as alternatives to palm oil. 🌱 The Big Idea: NoPalm has developed a yeast based fermentation process to produce low cost oils & fats, perfect substitutes for palm oils in food, cosmetics, and home care products. Palm oil comes at a huge environmental cost to virgin rainforests while NoPalm’s yeast oil needs 99% less land and reduces emissions by more than 90% - it's the wonder oil we need. 🌍 Why It Matters: We believe companies like NoPalm are essential to living inside our planetary boundaries. That's why we're leading this investment round, alongside the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Oost NL, Fairtree Elevant Ventures, and several business angels. This investment enables NoPalm to scale up their impressive results so far to large-scale production and secure long term contracts with their pipeline of engaged food and cosmetics customers. 💪 Let’s Go Green! Excited to collaborate with Lars Langhout, Prof Dr Jeroen Hugenholtz and Jeroen Blansjaar on this journey. Let's create a waste-free, sustainable world together! Join us in supporting their mission! Check out the link in the first comment to learn more about NoPalm Ingredients ⤵️ #impact #ImpactInvesting #sustainability #environment #innovation #tech #greentech

August was a landmark month for BioUs, where our commitment to innovation and sustainability shone through. Leveraging advanced technology to upcycle agricultural waste, we continue to redefine what's possible in the circular bioeconomy. By transforming waste into high-value bioproducts such as fertilizers and 100% biodegradable bioplastics, we've successfully slashed production costs by up to 50%—a testament to our efficient and cutting-edge processes. Our journey took us to several key industry events this month. We proudly secured a TOP 03 position at the 1st Sebrae Award during the Startup Summit in Florianópolis, SC. Additionally, our approval for InvesDay by ABStartups in São Paulo enabled us to present our groundbreaking solutions to a network of angel investors and VCs, fostering strategic connections. At the ANPEI Conference, also in São Paulo, we continued to forge valuable partnerships, while our participation at Campo Lab in Goiânia, GO, opened up meaningful dialogues on advancing agricultural practices. We capped off the month at SP Climate Week, engaging in impactful discussions with leaders from the agricultural and food industries. These milestones reaffirm that BioUs is on the right path—mitigating the Greenhouse Effect and pioneering new frontiers in the agricultural, industrial, and health sectors. As an Impact Deep Tech company, we remain dedicated to developing sustainable biomaterial production systems from organic waste, significantly reducing operational costs while championing environmental stewardship. August may have ended, but our journey is just beginning. Stay tuned as we continue to lead the way in sustainable innovation. #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #DeepTech #Innovation #Bioeconomy #ClimateAction #Agriculture #Bioplastics #ImpactTech

Nerd Alert! 🙋♂ People close to me know I have always been a bit of a nerd for nature 🤓. Biodiversity is also one of the planetary boundaries that is heavily transgressed, and, unfortunately, one of the hardest topics to find suitable VC investment cases for. Today is a great day as I am happy to share that Rubio Impact Ventures has invested in NoPalm Ingredients. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: At scale, NoPalm can curb the immense pressure on our rainforests. Despite all good efforts for certified palm oil, the real systemic change comes from not producing palm oil in these very vulnerable places on earth. Palm oil-driven land use change threatens catastrophic loss of richly biodiverse equatorial rainforests and is responsible for more emissions every year than the entire airline industry. 🙉 🙊 🙈 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗩𝗖 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲?  Compete with a dirt-cheap commodity where, to date, social and environmental costs are not factored in? - 𝙇𝙤𝙬 𝘾𝘼𝙋𝙀𝙓: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘵-𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. - 𝙇𝙤𝙬 𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙓: 𝙏𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 (𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯) 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘴. - 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥-𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘪𝘭. - 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘜 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 Lars Langhout, Jeroen Blansjaar, Jeroen Hugenholtz we are thrilled to be part of this journey towards a sustainable future together with Oost NL, Fairtree and Willow Capital🌍🌿! #Biodiversity #Sustainability #VentureCapital #NoPalmIngredients #RubioImpactVentures

I had the pleasure to present our annual Food for Climate report at last week’s HackSummit in Lausanne. For the last two years, FoodLabs has teamed up with Dealroom.co to publish a report outlining the state of Food- & Ag-Tech funding in Europe. Some highlights: 💹 For the first time, European funding for the sectors surpassed that of the US. With European ventures raising ca. 58% of all funding, new European champions are on the rise. 🍄 Mycelium continues to attract funding given the strong consumer propositions of clean label and high protein, coupled with favourable regulation compared to cell-based counterparts. Companies such as Infinite Roots® and Bosque Foods are two innovators to watch in the space. ☕ With surging commodity prices in cocoa and coffee, we see an influx of capital into companies developing alternatives. Given pressures to safeguard supply, corporates are more willing to partner with young startups, such as Minus: A Compound Foods Company, Win-Win or Planet A Foods. 👩🌾 Agricultural innovation is no longer restricted to biotechnology, with platform and financing plays enabling the transition to regenerative practices taking the lion's share of funding, as seen by the likes of Agreena and Klim. 🍚 We expect rice production to be the next frontier in sustainable farming. More than 50% of the global population is dependent on it as their food staple, and it produces more than 12% of global methane emissions. Companies such as MittiLabs, AgriG8, and Rize are early movers in this category. … for more insight, make sure to check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dDbnYj5A Thanks again, Arman Anatürk and the entire HackSummit team, for organising such a fantastic event. Patrick Noller, Florian Breiner, Christophe Maire, Christian Guba, Julius Strauss, Nicolaus Norden, Valeria Do, Darius Zarrabian, Jonathan Uthe-Spencker, Ann-Cathrin Schulz