The UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity at the University of Toronto (home to nearly 12,000 living fungal specimens from over 3,200 species) was at risk of being shipped overseas due to lack of funding, until a $1-million donation from the Weston Family Foundation secured its future for at least five years.

Vancouver-based Maia Farms raised C$3.75 million to expand production of mushroom and mycelium ingredients targeting functional health applications beyond traditional protein markets

Genome-optimisation tools are beginning to expand biomanufacturing beyond traditional hosts such as E. coli and yeast. Anthology accelerates evolutionary processes to generate and screen vast numbers of genetic variants with high precision.