| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.10.2025 | Recess: $30 Million Series B Closed And Kyle Thomas Named As President And Co-CEO | Recess, a pioneer in the relaxation beverage category, has raised $30 million in Series B funding and appointed industry veteran Kyle Thomas as its new President and Co-CEO. The round was led by CAVU Consumer Partners, with participation fr... |
| 30.10.2025 | Recess Raises $30M in Series B Funding | Recess, a NYC-based relaxation beverage brand, closed a $30M Series B funding round.
The round was led by CAVU Consumer Partners, with participation from Rocana, Midnight Ventures, Torch Capital, Doehler Ventures, KAS Venture Partners, Vanq... |
| 05.03.2025 | “Wir sind jedes Jahr erstaunt, in welchem Tempo wir wachsen” | Das Hamburger Food-Startup ahead, 2017 von den ehemaligen Bundeswehr-Offizieren Philip Brohlburg und Johannes Sörensen gegründet, setzt auf gesunde Snacks. In den vergangenen Jahren investierten DN Capital, JamJar, G-Fund, Foodlabs und Döhl... |
| 10.12.2024 | “Covid-19 war für heycater eine Nahtoderfahrung” | Das Berliner Catering-Unternehmen heycater, 2015 von Sophie Radtke und Therese Köhlerwar sowie Henrik Piroth gegründet, in den vergangenen Jahren recht ruhig unterwegs. Im Gegensatz zu einigen anderen Startups, die in den vergangenen Jahren... |
| 06.11.2024 | Döhler Invests in Nukoko to Scale “World’s First” Cocoa-Free Chocolate From Fava Beans | Döhler, one of the world’s leading ingredients companies, recently announced an investment and strategic partnership with the UK-based startup Nukoko to scale the production of the “world’s first” cocoa-free chocolate from fava beans.
The p... |
| 22.10.2024 | Australian precision fermentation startup All G plans bovine lactoferrin launch in 2025 | If you’re going to make dairy proteins via precision fermentation, it makes sense to start with the highest value ones, says Sydney-based All G, which is aiming to launch bovine lactoferrin next year followed by human lactoferrin in 2026, w... |
| 20.10.2024 | The Rise of AgriFoodTech: A New Era of Sustainable Innovation | The world of AgriFoodTech is buzzing. It’s a landscape ripe with innovation, where sustainability meets technology. Companies are racing to transform how we produce and consume food. This week, the headlines overflowed with exciting develop... |
| 17.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Blue Stripes, Nukoko land rounds for alt chocolate, OroraTech snags deal for wildfire detection | Foodtech headlines this week contained more chocolate than a jumbo bag of Ghiradelli Squares. Blue Stripes and Nukoko both announced fundraises, while Voyage Foods announced a massive new manufacturing facility.
Elsewhere, climate-focused c... |
| 07.10.2024 | Veganz Launches Shelf-Stable “Peas On Earth” Pea Protein Mince | Germany’s Veganz has announced the launch of its new Peas On Earth minced pea protein product, which has been available online since October 3 and will soon be available in REWE Group and GLOBUS stores. According to the company, the product... |
| 07.10.2024 | BioMush Unveils Plug-and-Play Fermentation Tech to Turn Industry Sidestreams into Umami Ingredients | Finnish food tech company BioMush has developed solid-state fermentation technology using fungi to transform edible side streams and food waste into umami-flavored ingredients. The innovation targets food industry operators to help them add... |
| 05.10.2024 | The Future of Chocolate: Fava Beans vs. Cocoa in a Warming World | The chocolate industry is at a crossroads. Climate change is wreaking havoc on cocoa crops, pushing prices to record highs. As cocoa futures plummet, the search for alternatives intensifies. Enter Nukoko, a UK startup that is transforming f... |
| 04.10.2024 | Döhler Backs Fava Bean Chocolate Maker As Climate Change Eats Up Cocoa Crops | 4 Mins Read German food manufacturing specialist Döhler has invested in UK startup Nukoko to scale up its bean-to-bar cocoa-free chocolate, ahead of a market launch in 2025.
This month, cocoa futures in the UK dropped by 16%, marking a rare... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Rise of Cultivated Dairy: A New Era in Food Production | The dairy industry is on the brink of a revolution. Traditional methods of milk production are being challenged by innovative technologies that promise to reshape how we think about dairy. Two companies, Senara and Superbrewed Food, are at ... |
| 14.08.2024 | Superbrewed Food’s Strategic Partnership with Dairy Group Fonterra Explores Uses of Biomass Protein | New Zealand-based multinational dairy cooperative Fonterra and US fermentation startup Superbrewed Food have entered into a strategic partnership to explore applications and further develop Superbrewed’s biomass protein platform.
Leveraging... |
| 13.08.2024 | Fonterra and Superbrewed Food: A New Era in Sustainable Protein Production | In a world hungry for sustainable solutions, Fonterra and Superbrewed Food are forging a path. Their recent collaboration aims to redefine protein production. This partnership is not just about dairy; it’s about innovation, sustainability, ... |
| 13.08.2024 | Doubling Down on Animal-Free Dairy, Fonterra Looks to Advance Superbrewed Food’s Postbiotic Cultured Protein | 4 Mins Read New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is exploring how US biomass fermentation startup Superbrewed Food’s Postbiotic Cultured Protein can complement its dairy portfolio.
Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, is continuing to ... |
| 12.08.2024 | Exclusive: Fonterra and Superbrewed Food collaborate to advance postbiotic protein tech | Global dairy co-op Fonterra has signed a multi-year joint development agreement with biomass fermentation startup Superbrewed Food to explore the potential of its “postbiotic” ingredient.
Under the agreement, Fonterra—which also makes ‘anim... |
| 07.06.2024 | Apparo and Döhler Partner to Break Ground with Upcycled Ingredients for the F&B Market | Minnesota-based plant-based ingredients company Apparo Inc. has entered a joint development agreement with global provider of natural ingredients and solutions Döhler to formulate upcycled ingredients for the F&B market.
Döhler, recogni... |
| 15.02.2024 | Superbrewed Food Partners with Döhler to Offer Sustainable Proteins to the Food and Beverage Industry | Superbrewed Food, a biomass fermentation startup based in Delaware, announces a partnership with Döhler GmbH, a global manufacturer, marketer and supplier of natural ingredients for the food, beverage and nutrition industries.
As a manufact... |
| 14.02.2024 | Döhler to dedicate ‘substantial fermentation capacity’ to make protein-packed postbiotic for Superbrewed Food | Ingredients giant Döhler will dedicate “substantial fermentation capacity” to the production of a high-protein ‘postbiotic’ ingredient from biomass fermentation startup Superbrewed Food in order to support product launches in the US this ye... |
| 14.08.2023 | Alianza Team and Doehler Group back Clean Food Group's sustainable tech with £2.3M | UK-based biotech firm Clean Food Group has raised a further £2.3 million in funding from Doehler Group and Alianza Team. Agronomics and SEED Innovations Ltd have pledged their continued support by participating in the round. The company pla... |
| 01.02.2023 | Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022? | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |
| 19.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Downey Jr’s Footprint backs Motif; Unilever joins $1bn regen ag fund | One of India’s leading food and restaurant delivery services made another big-ticket acquisition this week, while alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds. Upstream, Unilever joined a new $1.06 billion fund to accelerate adop... |
| 29.04.2021 | Döhler Ventures and StartLife Boosting Healthy Nutrition Innovation |
Early-stage venture capital firm Döhler Ventures and StartLife announced today that they extend their running strategic partnership for another three years. The partnership is aimed at supporting startups that apply innovative technologie... |
| 28.08.2019 | Virtual Reality to connect people with new food technology | Virtual Reality to connect people with new food technology
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How can we grow tomatoes in Iceland’s sub-zero temperatures? How it is possible to 3D print seafood using offcuts from fish? How can we grow vegetables indoors in urban a... |
| 30.10.2018 | Döhler Group Acquires Majority of Nutrafood SRL | Döhler Group and Nutrafood S.r.l. have reached an agreement on a strategic partnership. This transaction further complements Döhler’s range in the area of plant-based food and beverages.
Nutrafood’s capabilities to provide nut products and ... |
| 28.09.2017 | The State of AgriFood Tech Startups in Europe | Editor’s Note: Thomas van den Boezem is program manager at StartLife, a Netherlands-based incubator for agrifood tech startups, cofounded by world-leading agriculture university Wageningen University & Research. StartLife has a portfoli... |
| 16.11.2012 | Supplier Innovations: Learn about new flavors and cost reduction | New ‘brown’ flavors from Döhler
Headquartered at Darmstadt, Germany, DöhlerGroup has developed a new range of “brown” flavors, ranging from chocolate, cocoa, nut, nougat and coffee, to caramel and
vanilla. Each flavor is available in a rang... |
| 21.09.2005 | Beverage innovations signal healthy future | At the recent drinktec fair in Munich, the beverage ingredients giant was keen to demonstrate how it intends to meet these requirements.
Trendy fruits like pomegranate for example were used to offer new tastes, while functional additives li... |
