A love of food — and, well, cheese — has landed German fermentation startup Formo‘s co-founder Roman Plewka and its team a hefty $ 61 million Series B round to keep scaling production of their climate-friendly, animal-free cheese. The Berlin-based startup’s first products use a base of Koji protein, a type of fungal microorganism that’s […]
Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is one step closer to cracking the traditional egg market
In 2023, higher egg prices provided an opportunity for alternative protein companies to show they could compete with traditional egg manufacturers. A year later, prices have calmed down, but the flurry of activity in creating more sustainable egg products continues to thrive. One place seeing a flurry of activity is Onego Bio, a Finland-based food-biotech […]