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The Venture Studio Building What the Food Industry Actually Wants
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio’s Giacomo Cattaneo on the problem-first, CEO-first model turning “trapped” food science into real adoption.
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Eshan Samaranayake
Inside Sumitomo’s Playbook for Turning Agrifood Startup Pilots into Commercial Rollouts
Takeo Kojima, Head of Sumitomo’s Agri-Innovation unit, on how a trading house sequences the anchor, proof, and distribution to turn pilots into repeat…
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Eshan Samaranayake
Between Ozempic and Oat Bran: Can Biomimetic GLP-1 Supplements Bridge the Gap?
If they do, what does it mean for the food industry?
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Eshan Samaranayake
Food-Grade GLP-1 Actives Emerge, and APAC Benchmarks Fermentation Readiness
Also: AI-driven crop genetics, palm-free infant fats, and low-cost plant-cell bioreactors.
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Eshan Samaranayake
Investing in Europe’s B2B Production Stack for a Better Food System
Kost Capital’s Bodil Sidén on the fund-and-studio model, founder signals that matter at pre-seed, and AI.
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Eshan Samaranayake
€54M for Dutch Fermented Proteins, and First Real-Time Crop Disease Alerts
Also: Bee-saving RNAi, precision fats from waste, and AI for smarter seeds.
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Eshan Samaranayake
VC Math in Agrifood Tech: What It Takes to Return the Fund
How ownership, dilution, and exits shape fund returns through an agrifood lens.
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Eshan Samaranayake
$50M for Climate-Smart Fertiliser, and Precision-Fermented Dairy Hits Shelves
Also: First cultivated pork dinner, next-gen breast milk fat, and farmers enter the cell-ag loop
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Eshan Samaranayake
How ‘Tricking’ Cells Into High Production Can Transform Biomanufacturing
What if microbes in a bioreactor had only one rule: make the product or perish?
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Eshan Samaranayake
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