🔬 €12 million for “synthetic addiction” technology

🇩🇰 Danish biotech Enduro Genetics raised €12 million Series A funding to advance its patented “synthetic addiction” technology, which enhances biomanufacturing efficiency by ensuring only high-producing microbial cells survive, reducing costs and emissions across industries like alternative proteins, enzymes, and pharmaceuticals.

🔢 Edacious raised $8.1 million, in a seed funding round led by Patagonia’s Tin Shed Ventures, to scale its rapid testing and data platform that analyses nutrient density in whole foods and provides insights linking farming practices to nutritional outcomes.

🥬 Oslo-based Avisomo secured €5 million to advance its automated vertical farming technology, supporting an industrial pilot with Coop set to produce 100 tons of lettuce annually by 2025 to enhance local food production and reduce imports.

🍄 Belgian startup BiocSol raised €4.4 million to advance its sustainable crop protection solutions, supporting R&D and global proof-of-concept for its biofungicides aimed at mitigating crop losses caused by fungal and oomycete pathogens.

🧒 PlantBaby, based in the US, secured $4 million seed funding to expand its plant-based Kiki Milk’s retail presence, launch new products—including a grain-free option—and accelerate R&D for plant-based dairy and supplements for kids.

🧀 French plant-based cheese producer Jay&Joy acquired competitor Les Nouveaux Affineurs and raised €2 million in funding to expand its production capacity and product range across France and Europe.

🐟️ Barcelona-based KOA Biotech secured €2 million to develop a biosensor system that detects waterborne infections in fish farms before they spread, reducing fish mortality, antibiotic use, and environmental impact through real-time monitoring and early-warning alerts.

💰️ Mosa Meat quickly surpassed its crowdfunding goal this week, raising €1.5 million in just 24 minutes and over €2.5 million so far, with funds supporting final R&D, marketing, and the launch of its first cultivated beef burgers. The cultivated meat pioneer also filed for regulatory approval in Switzerland this week.

🍺 London-based non-alcoholic beverage innovator Impossibrew raised over £1.2 million—more than double its £500,000 target—through a Crowdcube campaign, with funds earmarked for growth and further development of its patent-pending Social Blend technology, which uses nootropics and adaptogens to create alcohol-free beers that promote relaxation.

🔍️ Researchers at METU secured funding from Horizon Europe for a four-year project to develop plant-based alternative proteins from staple Turkish crops like chickpeas and lentils for use in dairy alternatives and ready-to-eat foods.

🌾 Google’s X “moonshot factory” latest graduate, Heritable Agriculture, raised a seed funding round. It is a data- and AI-driven startup using machine learning to optimise crop growth and reduce agriculture’s environmental impact by transforming vast datasets into actionable insights for farmers.