Agri-food Biotech Scaling-up call

In this guest blog, Paul Jeffrey, Director of the GFIL/Cranfield Technology Accelerator at Cranfield Water Science Institute, explains how engineering biology solutions for environmental applications face unclear and complex regulatory pathways.

Fermtech has raised £2.5m to scale Koji Cocoa™, a fermentation-based cocoa ingredient made from cocoa shells that delivers 25–33% cost savings and up to 98% lower carbon emissions.

British Growth Partnership Fund I achieves a first close of £200 million, with commitments from Aegon UK, Cushon Master Trust, M&G, and the British Business Bank.

Semarion has raised $3.8 million USD (£2.9 million GBP)