Better Bioeconomy

€56M to Scale AI-Powered Imaging for Food Inspection, and Women’s Nutrition Gets Rebuilt Around Life Stages

Also: MrBeast tried cultivated chicken, fibre becomes programmable, and barns turn into early-warning systems.

Feb 2 • Eshan Samaranayake

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January 2026

€30M for Gut-Health Binding Proteins, and Robot Cowboys Comes to Ranches

Also: Why transformative ag companies can be built in any macro environment to drive outlier VC returns.

Jan 19 • Eshan Samaranayake

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Engineering the Exit: How to Get Acquired in Deep Tech

Cyril Ebersweiler, General Partner at SOSV, on the deep tech exit reality check, how founders build real buyer pull, and when to build more vs sell now.

Jan 12 • Eshan Samaranayake

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Agrifood Returns Are Low, but the Winners Keep Winning

Here’s what they do differently.

Jan 5 • Eshan Samaranayake

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December 2025

Why Agrifood Solutions Fail to Scale in Emerging Markets, and What Works Instead

Orbit Ventures’ Oscar Ramos on logistics, adoption, localisation, and scaling solutions in emerging markets.

Dec 23, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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What One of Food Tech’s Most Active Investors Learned from 150+ Startups

Big Idea Ventures’ Andrew D. Ive on founder dynamics, alt protein’s reset, the roles of startups, corporates and governments, and the themes shaping…

Dec 16, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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AI in Agrifood: Signals and Reflections from November 2025

AI-powered pesticide discovery advances, whole-genome models accelerate crop breeding, and more

Dec 11, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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How Agrifood Tech Investing Is Shifting and Where Value Will Be Created

Yoni Glickman, Managing Partner at PeakBridge, on the agrifood investing thesis that misfired and where smart capital is deploying now.

Dec 8, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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How Ajinomoto Group Ventures Invests in the Future of Food and Health

Ajinomoto Group Ventures’ Hiroyuki Saito on how the CVC balances strategic and financial returns, and what startups need before reaching out.

Dec 1, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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November 2025

Turning the Industrial Biomanufacturing Graveyard Into a Winning Playbook

First Bight Ventures’ Veronica Breckenridge on what failed biomanufacturing companies reveal and how to build biotech companies that scale, survive, and…

Nov 24, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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How Food-as-Medicine Is Becoming Investable Beyond the Hype

Thia Ventures’ Mirasbek Kuterbekov on consumer agency, measurable outcomes, and moats that last in food-as-medicine.

Nov 17, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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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.

Nov 3, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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