Tag: Food Colors

Biotech Food Colorant Startup Phytolon Closes $14.5 Million Series A Funding Round, Led by DSM Venturing

Post author By AgReads®
Post date July 6, 2022

Phytolon, a developer of fermentation-based natural food colors, announced today it has secured $14.5 million in funding, led by DSM Venturing, to further progress its technology towards commercialization, with participation from Cibus Fund, Ginkgo Bioworks (in-kind investment in the form of Foundry services) and The Trendlines Agrifood Fund. Participation in this Series A also includes […]

Tags Agricultural Technology Licensing, BioTech, Biotechnology, Fermentation, Food and Agribusiness, Food and Beverage, Food Colors, FoodTech, Fruits & Vegetables, Fund Raise, Investments, Natural Ingredients, Novel Foods, Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, tech transfer

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Phytolon and Ginkgo Bioworks Collaborate to Take Biological Production of Vibrant Food Colors to the Next Level

Post author By AgReads®
Post date March 2, 2022

Phytolon, a growing startup company making natural food colorants, announced a partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, to produce vibrant cultured food colors via fermentation of yeast. Under this partnership, Phytolon is leveraging Ginkgo’s ability to engineer biology at scale to work together on the production of vibrant […]

Tags Biotechnology, Business Partnerships in Food and Farming, Ecofriendly, Fermentation, Food and Agribusiness, Food Colors, Food Processing, FoodTech, Innovation in Food and Agribusiness, Natural Ingredients, Novel Foods, Sustainable Agriculture