Check out what some of the FoodTech 500 Alumni have been up to lately:
JUICY MARBLES | Launches Granny’s Roast, its first poultry-style product, expanding its whole-cut plant-based meat range into turkey. Read more
OISHII | Has had a Tokyo District Court dismiss its claims seeking ownership of a strawberry cultivation patent held by Japanese indoor farming company MD-Farm, ordering it to pay MD-Farm ¥2.2 million plus interest. Read more
The company is also expanding its US retail presence through new partnerships with Walmart, The Fresh Market, and Giant Food, alongside additional Sprouts Farmers Market locations. Read more
SENARA | Secures investment from Dutch regional development agency LIOF and plans to establish a second location in Maastricht to scale its cell-cultivated milk technology. Read more
TURTLETREE | Relocates its global headquarters to the Netherlands and has entered a multi-year research partnership with NIZO Food Research to advance its animal-free lactoferrin ingredient, LF+, for women’s health applications. Read more
BIOTALYS | Receives a regulatory green light from the Dutch plant protection authority for large-scale demonstration trials of its next-generation biofungicide EVOCA NG on up to 150 hectares of tomatoes, 150 hectares of cucumbers, and 50 hectares of strawberries. Read more
ALEPH FARMS | Receives S$1 million through the 2026 Bezos Earth Fund Sustainable Protein Growth Stage Grant to advance its alternative protein technologies towards commercial scale. Read more
ONESOIL | Upgrades its Global Analytics platform, expanding satellite-based crop identification from 12 to up to 28 crop types across more than 45 countries. Read more
GALY | Launches commercial sales of chocolate made with its cell-cultured cocoa in the US through its WunderHaus brand, initially targeting chefs and professional kitchens. Boston restaurant Troquet on South is among its first customers, while a Dubai chocolatier has also placed an initial order ahead of a planned UAE rollout in 2027. Read more
PLANET A FOODS | Introduces Cocoa Booster, a single-ingredient cocoa powder replacement designed to help food manufacturers manage cocoa price volatility while increasing fibre content. Read more
REVYVE | Launches a yeast-derived protein ingredient designed to improve the taste, texture, and nutritional quality of plant-based protein products as whey prices continue to rise. Read more
Courtesy: Infinite Roots
INFINITE ROOTS | Expands its MushRoots range with an Umami Block made from button mushrooms, offering 18g of protein and 3g of fibre per 100g. Read more
UPDSIDE FOODS | Founder and CEO Uma Valeti named one of Goldman Sachs’ Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2026, recognizing his leadership in cultivated meat innovation. Read more
LA VIE | Partners with London’s family-run Terry’s Cafe for a three-day activation featuring a fully vegan take on the traditional British fry-up. Read more
GOURMEY | Earns approval from the Food Standards Australia New Zealand for its application to use its cultivated duck biomass as a wholesale food ingredient in Australia and New Zealand, potentially enabling its use in products such as foie gras and pâté. Read more
GREENEYE TECHNOLOGY | Establishes its North American headquarters in Salina, Kansas, following a record 2026 season in which its AI-powered targeted spraying systems covered more than 500,000 acres across 12 US states. Read more
CARBONFARM | Raises €7 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Colam Impact to expand its AI-powered rice decarbonisation platform. Read more
EVER AFTER FOODS & ROSLIN TECHNOLOGIES | Partner to combine their technologies to produce structured cultivated pork tissue with substantially higher protein concentration and productivity. Read more
STENON | Secures investment from Yara Growth Ventures to support the development of its soil nitrogen intelligence platform and expand into additional crops and markets. Read more
IVY FARM TECHNOLOGIES | Receives clearance from Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency to supply its cultivated Wagyu as a pet food ingredient. Read more
MEATLY | Relocates to Grapht Works, Imperial College London’s North Acton site for pilot and advanced manufacturing, as it prepares to scale up lab-grown chicken for dogs. Read more
Courtesy: Nutrition from Water
NUTRITION FROM WATER | Partner with Prolacto to co-develop and commercialise functional blends for the Iberian market and joint international customers. Read more
SAVOR | Teams up with Helios AI to help food manufacturers prepare for climate-related disruptions in global fat and oil supply chains. Read more
ECOROBOTIX| Expands the crop recognition library of its precision spraying robot ARA™ for the 2027 growing season. Read more
NOTPLA | Lets UK consumers drink from an edible seaweed pod in a two-day pilot with leading smoothie brand innocent. Read more
EDIBLE GARDEN | Lands a seasonal supply deal with one of America’s largest grocery chains, Kroger. Read more
The company also entered a strategic supply agreement with Caney Fork Farms, a certified organic and regenerative farm in Tennessee, to transition selected agricultural production activities to an external growing partner. Read more
MEALA FOODTECH | More than triples its manufacturing capacity across France and Germany as demand for its plant-based bakery ingredients grows. Read more
FORMO and THOSE VEGAN COWBOYS | Receive a landmark clearance from American regulators for their precision-fermented dairy protein. Read more
BMC INGREDIENTS | Clears a regulatory hurdle to enter one of the world’s fastest-growing protein markets, India. Read more
ANDFOODS | Introduces its patented whipped cream alternative in Singapore through distributor Lim Siang Huat. Read more
OPALIA | Sells its first production batch of milk grown from bovine mammary cells to Hoogwegt, a Dutch dairy ingredients firm and existing investor, which will use it for composition testing and product development in fresh cheese, yoghurt and butter. Read more
Courtesy: Opalia
VOLARE | Opens its first industrial plant in Pori, Finland, and secured €7.1M to fund a second one. Read more
VGREENS | Delivers its first plants to customers in the Gulf, marking an official move into a new regional market. Read more
RAWDATA | Secures €1 million from Swanlaab Innvierte Agrifood Tech Fund to accelerate commercial rollout, support gradual international expansion, adaptations for larger agricultural groups and new AI features. Read more
LEAFT FOODS | Earns global recognition for its Blade protein drink after Time magazine includes it on its 2026 Best Inventions list. Read more
SOLAR FOODS | Announces a leadership reshuffle as its Chief Commercial and Product Officer, Godert Zijlstra, prepares to step down. He will advise on key customer projects in 2027 until a successor is appointed. Read more
The company joined the Deep Space Food Consortium as a foundational member, expanding its work on gas fermentation technology for food production in challenging environments, including space. Read more
THE EVERY COMPANY | Secures its 65th granted intellectual property protection globally, covering finished food products made with its recombinant ovalbumin. Read more
The company’s legal dispute with fellow alum ONEGO BIO also came to an end when a US federal court in Delaware dismissed the latter’s lawsuit against the former over patents covering precision-fermented ovalbumin. Read more
BREVEL | Takes its light-powered fermentation platform to India through a new 50/50 joint venture with The Wave Group. Read more
BIOLUMIC | Partners with the International Rice Research Institute to explore ways to improve rice production through light-based seed technology. Read more
MOA FOODTECH | Forms the Bakery Innovation Alliance with Espiga I+D, a cereal research and pilot production centre near Pamplona, to test its MOA Q5 ingredient in bakery and pastry applications. Read more
BETTER DAIRY | Announces a self-affirmed GRAS determination for its lactopontin (milk osteopontin), a signalling protein found in human and bovine milk. Read more
Courtesy: Better Dairy
ELICIT PLANT | Announces this season’s results of its natural spray across France and Central Europe, showing yield gains of over one tonne per hectare and water-use efficiency improvements of 17-30%. Read more
VOLTIRIS | Reaches new milestone in bringing solar energy generation to commercial strawberry farming. Read more
GROUNDWORK BIOAG | Secures a BBB grade for its Rootella Carbon program, which places it among the highest-rated agricultural soil carbon projects. Read more
TOO GOOD TO GO | Moves beyond meals, opening its surplus marketplace to everyday products across five new areas: personal care, pet care, flowers and plants, nutrition and supplements, and home products such as cleaning, laundry and décor. Read more
OLSARO | Raises €5 million, which will support international field trials, commercial work with seed partners and further R&D. Read more
AIRPONIX | Partners with Dyson Farming Research to assess whether England can produce its own disease-free Generation Zero seed potatoes, the first clean generation from which all later seed crops are multiplied. Read more
BIOCONSORTIA | secures $15 million in equity from an entity affiliated with John Pasquesi, managing member of existing investor Otter Capital. The funding will support commercial launches, manufacturing, regulatory and commercial infrastructure, and its wider biostimulant, biofertilizer and biocontrol pipeline. Read more
PLANET FARMS | Builds a UK plant to meet demand that now exceeds its Italian production. Read more
CROPX | To provide its AI-powered digital agronomy platform, soil moisture sensors, weather monitoring, and technical support to a long-term research initiative to advance data-driven farming practices in New Zealand. Read more
ENKO | Announces that its ENKOMPASS™ platform has rapidly and cost-effectively identified novel modes of action (MOAs) for fungicides and insecticides, drawing on previously untapped biology. Read more
VIVICI | Together with NIZO Food Research, BFF, DAB.bio, dsm-firmenich and Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, have formed the new Dutch research project ECOFERM consortium, which aims to make animal-free proteins cheaper to manufacture. Read more
RIVAL FOODS | Takes the top prize at the SIAL Innovation Awards 2026 with its Plant Based Steak winning the Alternative Food Products category. Read more
NOVAMEAT | Brought its range of pulled alternative meat products to SIAL Paris. Read more
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