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  • For Lululemon and Zara fermentation and recyclability are the new black

    For athletic apparel company Lululemon, fermentation is fashion-forward, and for fast-fashion giant Zara Let's start with Lululemon where fossil fuels are out and fermentation is in. Lululemon partnered with Genomatica, also known as Geno, which combines advanced bioengineering like fermentation According to Schilling, the biomanufacturing process uses fermentation to create the same nylon precursor made with 50% recycled polycotton textile waste and polyester garments with 43% recycled polycotton

  • From the lab to the runway: Gozen produces leather with microorganisms through fermentation

    development, and scaling of its flagship biomaterial, Lunaform, a biomaterial that’s produced through the fermentation As Ece Gozen explained via TechCrunch, “We are using a fermentation transplantation system which creates

  • Chocolate needs to change and WNWN has $5.6 million to make it green with... fermented barley

    The secret sauce is in fermentation, a process that converts sustainable ingredients like British barley chocolate from the fermented kimchi, kkakdugi, fish sauce, gochujang, and doenjang she grew up around All of this fermentation knowledge came in candy, and as a financier and advisor, Pak partnered with fermentation expert and materials scientist Dr. In traditional chocolate making, cacao beans are fermented and roasted to bring out their full flavor

  • Moo-ve over burgers -- Chunk Foods is launching the plant-based meat of the summer: whole-cut steaks

    According to CEO Amos Golan via AgFunder News it's a fermentation platform that turns recognizable ingredients According to Golan the fermentation process not only contributes to texture but also to taste: “The product

  • With $30 million Prime Roots is bringing a first-of-its-kind plant-based deli meat to your sandwich

    Each of these options is made through the process of fermentation. After growing the kogi, Prime Roots drains the sugary fermented liquid, mixes it in a stand mixer, seasons of fungi protien, slices into perfect meaty slivers, as shown in a video by Financial Times Tech on fermented Le was inspired by the kogi fermentation she grew up seeing her mom use in the kitchen, and thus she

  • With $1.3 million Farmless believes they can use the world’s tiniest creatures to outperform big ag

    Farmless, a Dutch protein fermentation startup, is emissions-less, animal-less, virtually land-less, Precision fermentation is a process used by a myriad of startups including FootPrint Coalition Venture The basic process of fermentation converts a carbohydrate, such as starch or sugar, into an alcohol or Farmless isn’t the only fermentation startup working for regulatory approval. Thus, Farmless won’t be in the push for fermentation protein in Europe alone.

  • With FPC-backed Chunk Foods, Florida steak house is the first in the U.S. to serve plant-based steak

    filet mignon made by Chunk Foods, a FootPrint Coalition portfolio company, that uses a process called fermentation filet mignon made by Chunk Foods, a startup backed by FootPrint Coalition, which uses a process called fermentation To make the steak, Chunk Foods uses a patented fermentation process that is similar to the traditional Chunk uses a shortlist of ingredients: fermented soy and wheat, beet juice, coconut oil for rendering Instead, the fermentation process is what allows Chunk to achieve the ideal meaty texture at a large

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill backs Zero Acre Farms, a developer of sustainable cooking oil

    deforestation and carbon emissions, and "Zero Acre Farms has a new category of healthy oils and fats made by fermentation deforestation and carbon emissions, and Zero Acre Farms has a new category of healthy oils and fats made by fermentation

  • There’s an incubator for new dairy technology (insert Wu Tang joke here)

    Startups in the program include: Real Deal Milk (Spain) develops milk proteins through precision fermentation products (certainly the world’s first in A2 milk protein) using microbial bioengineering & precision fermentation De Novo Dairy (South Africa) uses precision fermentation technology to produce animal-free dairy proteins group RethinkX predicted that by 2030 almost 90% of U.S. dairy protein demand will come from precision fermentation

  • A new spin on replacing pork and chicken gets a multi-million dollar windfall

    Using a process known as solid state fermentation means that the company has fewer inputs and can make At Bosque Foods, the solid state fermentation approach it's taking to whole cut meat replacements with “We’re seeing a major shift in the alternative protein space as fermentation technology is set to replace

  • Nature’s Fynd is expanding its vegan dairy and sausage options

    essentially a microbe with 9 essential amino acids that can be turned into meat and dairy products through fermentation This fermentation process, which is also being used by companies like Perfect Day and Remilk for dairy

  • Worried about the chemicals coloring your M&M's? These startups make treats non-toxic

    Based in the US, Michroma is a precision fermentation company creating natural colors and flavorings Through the fermentation process, Michroma is able to achieve a powdery product with stable pH levels sustainable practices like upcycling and waste management, using agro-industrial waste as a feedstock for its fermentation that its molecular technology platform allows them to produce compounds at a fraction of the cost of fermentation

  • The startup reviving a 1970s-era protein brewed from paper-making byproducts for the modern, warming world

    Mycroprotien is developed using a fermentation process utilizing fungus that is similar to how we brew Additionally, FootPrint Coalition’s portfolio company, MyForest Foods, also uses a fermentation process

  • Shaking up fast food: FootPrint-backed Zero Acre Farms brings its sustainable oil to Shake Shack

    Zero Acre takes a different approach, using fermented sugar cane that when compared to Shake Shack's This sugar is then converted into oil through fermentation (just like the way beer and wine are made)

  • An Israeli company thinks microalgae is the future of food... on Earth and in space

    company has found a way to combine the efficiency of outdoor growing with the productivity of indoor fermentation "The challenge with doing what we do with fermentation and light is that if you want to add sugar to

  • Bacterial chocolate is coming soon thanks to QOA

    The fermentation approach that QOA hopes to use means that the company will reach a commercial scale

  • Interest in sustainable fashion is skyrocketing and investors are scrambling to provide alternatives

    demand, in 2021, bio-energy and bio-materials startups raised $2.1 billion, accounting for about 4 percent Its “Brewed Protein” process relies on sugar and microbe fermentation. Their Bioleather1 (BL1) reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent compared to traditional bovine leather and bluewater consumption and land use by over 95 percent. While bio-energy and bio-materials represent a fairly small category in the ag world, occupying just 4 percent

  • Why are companies making CO2 a commodity?

    in a myriad of ways, CCU is divided into four umbrella categories: direct use (in the case of EOR), fermentation In the first approach, fermentation, captured carbon lasts for months to decades. Through fermentation, carbon is put into juicy steaks and scallops by companies like AirProtein. Fermentation is the same process used to make spirits like wine and beer, so it should come as no surprise Other startups like Terra CO2, are working to make the cement itself carbon-capturing.

  • Meet the first animal-free chocolate bar (made with dairy, but not from cows)

    Studies performed by the company found that its fermentation process uses up to 99% less water and produces

  • Companies are racing to turn captured CO2 into solid carbon for batteries, tires, and even cement

    Carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas that's the biggest contributor to global warming, could have a second life in heavy industry -- and its use could go a long way toward solving the problems its emissions have helped create. Around the country a clutch of startups are speeding up efforts to turn captured carbon dioxide into carbon nanotubes, carbon black, and in some cases... just carbon as a way to do more than just capture emissions. These companies intend to store the carbon in industrial products that can last for decades. And these businesses are getting closer to commercialization. One of these businesses is SkyNano Technologies. Founded by Anna Douglas, and initially developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories outside of Knoxville, Tenn., SkyNano is about to flip the switch on a continuous production line of carbon nanotubes made from carbon dioxide. It's a big jump up from the batch processing the company had previously done and SkyNano is already selling samples to undisclosed customers ranging from battery manufacturers, to tire companies, and even coatings companies, Douglas said. "We are the only company making really high quality, small-diameter carbon nanotubes from CO2," Douglas said in an interview. "There are groups that are doing that are doing other structures of carbon." A growing number of startups are looking at converting carbon dioxide into something other than synthetic fuels or plastics. That's because these products are potentially longer lasting and could lock up CO2 for longer periods of time. That's what Saratoga Energy is pursuing with its work into carbon nanotube production as well. Back in 2019 when the company graduated from the prestigious startup accelerator program, YCombinator, chief executive Drew Reid touted the promise of Saratoga's technology. “The current carbon nanotube market is only about $5 billion,” Reid said at the time. “But if you can sell carbon materials for one-twentieth the price — which we can do — this market explodes. Completely new applications in aerospace, batteries, roads, concrete, and carbon fiber open up, and carbon nanotubes become a $100 billion market. And no one else can compete with us on technology or on price.“ For Douglas, the idea is that size matters. Her manufacturing process can make much smaller nanotubes that have a broader range of applications than her competitors. Stuart Licht and his team at Carbon Corp. are among those competitors. Licht and his team at George Washington University have been researching ways to convert carbon dioxide into solid nanotubes since 2015. Just last year, the Carbon Corp team was named a semifinalist in the $100 million Musk Foundation carbon capture X-Prize (a competition to identify the most promising new carbon capture technologies). We know it is absolutely imperative to do everything in our power to stop the catastrophic impacts of climate change,” said Licht, the founder of Direct Air Capture and Carbon Corp. “With our DAC technology, we have the capability to turn harmful greenhouse gases into nanocarbons of amazing strength and conductivity that will one day be applied to help create better bridges, less polluting plastics, better lubricants, and advanced electronic, impervious textiles, medical and consumer devices.”

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