Article in partnership with Apollo Safety a food safety and quality consultancy working with  founders and operators in the food-tech and fermentation industry as they launch and scale. Fermentation-based FoodTech is no longer confined to the lab bench and is becoming an industry in its own right. By the end of 2024, more than 160 companies were developing biomass, precision, and other fermentation approaches for alternative proteins, attracting significant capital despite

Too long to read? Go for the highlights below. Fungal diseases destroy 10-23% of cereal crops even with treatment, costing the global agriculture sector an estimated $60 billion annually across rice, wheat, and maize alone, losses equivalent to feeding up to 4 billion people. French microbiology specialist   Conidia Coniphy  has developed FungiRESIST, a long-read DNA sequencing platform that maps fungicide resistance across entire pathogen populations in a single test, enabli

Article in partnership with The Future is Fungi Award . The Future is Fungi Award is the world's only global award and a venture launchpad dedicated to breakthrough innovations using fungi to regenerate the planet. By connecting leading universities, corporates, investors, innovators and philanthropists, the initiative accelerates the most promising fungal science and startup innovators from lab to market for a sustainable fungal future. Lead the next wave of frontier fungal

The UK and Chile co-launched a groundbreaking Fungal Conservation Pledge at the UN biodiversity conference, recognising fungi as essential to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss

Austrian food tech Revo Foods and US startup Atlantic Fish Co are combining mycoprotein with cultivated fish cells to create whole-cut seafood fillets

Kynda's new 720-square-metre facility in Germany converts food industry waste into fungal protein using fermentation technology

Planetary has signed a partnership with DCM Shriram Bioseeds to establish mycoprotein production at an Indian sugar mill, expanding its decentralised fermentation network beyond Switzerland

Planetary has signed a partnership with DCM Shriram Bioseeds to establish mycoprotein production at an Indian sugar mill, expanding its decentralised fermentation network beyond Switzerland

Engineered Living Materials combine fungal mycelium with biomineralising bacteria to create construction materials that sense environmental conditions, self-repair, and maintain viability for extended periods

MycoWorks, valued as a $300 million brand, has been acquired by DFX Corp in a strategic restructuring led by veteran buyout specialist Daniel Frydenlund