Argento Labs

🚀 Reflecting on an Incredible Year at Argento Labs! 🌟 What an eventful year it has been! Amidst the highs and challenges, our journey at Argento Labs has been truly remarkable. As we bid adieu to 2023, it's time to highlight the milestones that have shaped our growth and progress: 💠 Strategic MOUs: Partnering with The Next 150, a pioneering carbon removal venture developer in Switzerland, has been a game-changer. Their commitment to sustainability aligns perfectly with our mission to enhance climate solutions in emerging economies. 💠 Venturing into Southeast Asia: Moving from lab scale to pilot/commercial scale through our project LOI signing with ScaleUp Bio is an exciting leap forward, allowing us to make tangible impacts in a crucial region. 🧗♀️ 💠 Accelerator Success: Being part of the prestigious Startupbootcamp Accelerator and completing the Plug and Play Tech Center New Materials & Packing Accelerator has been an honor. The mentorship, resources, and connections gained have propelled us significantly! 🏌♂️ 💠 Carbon13 x Barclays Eagle Labs: Joining the latest cohort of the Carbon13 accelerator underscores our commitment to innovation and sustainability. 💡 💠 Seed Round Milestone: And last but not least receiving a term sheet offer from a European family office, for the entire amount needed for our seed round raise. 🎊 None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the dedication of our incredible team, the unwavering support of our partners, and the trust of our clients and stakeholders. 🤝 As we stride into 2024, we're poised and invigorated to leverage these achievements for even greater success. 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been part of this incredible journey so far. Here's to an even more spectacular year ahead!  👏 🎉 🍄   #ArgentoLabs #YearInReview #Innovation #Growth #startupjourney #biotechnology

Many thanks to our friends at Protein Production Technology International, for featuring our latest customer-partners announcements, showcasing the growing global interest in our unique value proposition. 🎉 🌏   The article covers our list of customer partnerships with Singapore-based companies, Allozymes and Algrow Biosciences, as well as the signed LOIs we received from Canada-based Terra Bioindustries and UK’s food tech start-up Argento Labs. They have secured their spots to work with Team ScaleUp Bio in areas of R&D and in ScalingUp to pilot production of their products from Singapore, to Asia and beyond. 🔬🚀   Check out the article below which shares further details on our latest customer-partners and our pioneering food-grade, submerged microbial and precision fermentation facilities. 🌱✨   Learn how we are helping food tech innovators like you ScaleUp for success, by reaching out to us now at [email protected].   #precisionfermentation #novelfood #agtech #foodtech #startups #innovation

🥙 Did you know that about one-third of food produced for humans, roughly 1.3 billion tons, ends up in landfills each year? 🪵On top of that, we also produce a lot of biomass waste, like leftover crops and other stuff we don't use. -- ♻️ Waste to Fuel is the process of converting various types of waste materials into usable forms of energy, such as electricity, heat, or fuel. 🌱 This process helps reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills, mitigates environmental impacts, and provides a reliable renewable energy source. 💵 The global waste-to-energy market was valued at USD 37.1 billion in 2022. It is expected to reach an estimated value of USD 68.78 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 7.10%. -- 👉 Shout out to the founders & innovators behind these startup companies that recently raised a lot of money: Enerkem - Dominique Boies Fulcrum Bioenergy - Eric Pryor Viridos - Oliver Fetzer Colipi- Maximilian Webers CleanJoule - Mukund Karanjikar Argento Labs - Anthony Efionayi WasteX - Pawel Kuznicki Buyofuel - Kishan Karunakaran Woodland Biofuels - Greg Nuttall 🚀 Did we miss any names? ✅ Please feel free to tag them!

Here's what you can find in the 58th issue of the Better Bioeconomy weekly newsletter: BIO BUZZ: 🇸🇬 ScaleUp Bio announced partnerships with Allozymes and Algrow Biosciences, plus LOIs with Terra Bioindustries and Argento Labs | Francisco M. Codoñer, PhD, Peyman Salehian (Ph.D.), Sudhir Kumar Pasupuleti 🐟 AQUA Cultured Foods collaborate with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. to optimise the production of fermentation-derived whole-cut seafood | Anne Palermo, Brittany Chibe, Stefan Baier, Ph.D., Mervyn de Souza 🥔 PoLoPo’s molecular farming technology uses genetically engineered potatoes to produce egg proteins | Maya Sapir-Mir, Raya Liberman-Aloni, Ido Eliashar Ⓥ 🥛 Imagindairy and Ginkgo Bioworks team up to optimise the development of animal-free non-whey dairy proteins | Eyal Afergan, Ph.D, Jennifer Wipf 🇳🇱🇸🇬 The Protein Brewery has received approval from the Singapore Food Agency for its mycelium-derived ingredient, Fermotein | Sue Garfitt MACRO STUFF: 🇮🇳 F&B launches with alt protein in India increased at a CAGR of 11% between 2019–2023 but challenges remain | Mansi Virmani, Abhishek Sinha 💡 McKinsey & Company survey shows that the majority of US consumers are open to trying foods with novel ingredients | Kimberly Stover, Roberto Uchoa de Paula 💬 Aleph Farms’ CEO expresses regret that the cultivated meat industry didn't manage public expectations better from the start | Didier Toubia 🚀 Despite a significant drop in agrifood tech funding, Vinod Khosla and Dave Friedberg remain optimistic about exceptional founders and tech 📉 Climate change and extreme weather events are projected to drive up food prices HackSummit: 🚀 Join Europe’s largest ClimateTech gathering. Use the code BetterBioeconomy20 to save 20% on your pass! BIO BUCKS: 🇬🇧 Clean Food Group received an additional £2.5M to accelerate the commercialisation of sustainable oils and fats | Alex Neves 🇩🇪 Innocent Meat secured €3M to develop an automated plug-and-produce solution for cultivated meat | Laura Gertenbach SOCIAL FEAST: 🤩 Novel food tech could scale the production of high-value agricultural products with less exploitation than traditional methods | Maya Benami, PhD 😐 Food system accounts for 22% of GHG emissions, but solutions only receive 6% of VC funding | Nathan Paumier 🤣 For the lolz Dive into the latest developments in biotech-enabled food innovation:

⚡FUTURE FOOD QUICK BITES ⚡ This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers IKEA’s cheaper-than-meat vegan hot dogs, a new range of blended dairy products, and plant-based restaurant openings in New York City. 👉 Swipe left for the details. 🛒 New Products and Launches IKEA Jumbo Supermarkten Groupe Aoste, Better Balance Foods SHINSEGAE FOOD Ras Plant Based JUST Egg, Peet's Coffee Homemade Vegan Dumpling House, Sen Saigon, Siete Kerry Dairy, Smug Dairy MIKUNA®, Erewhon Neggst 💵 Partnerships and Company Updates IFF, Coperion Triplebar Bio, FrieslandCampina Cauldron Foods Limited Errigal Bay dsm-firmenich ScaleUp Bio, Allozymes, Algrow Biosciences, Terra Bioindustries, Argento Labs ⚖ Policy and Finance USDA National Institute of Cellular Agriculture, Tufts University NuKoKo Clean Food Group Harvard University Innocent Meat Macalat, MyFOREST Foods, Ocean's Halo, Minor Figures, Burroughs Family Farms, Konscious Foods, GoodPop, The Coconut Cult, LeGrand Find out the latest in the alt protein space here: https://lnkd.in/eGVq7nnX #GreenQueen #altprotein #futurefood #funding #investment #foodtech #sustainability -------- Want to see more posts like this? Hit the 🔔 button on our profile so you don't miss any updates. Or subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest in alt protein and sustainability: https://lnkd.in/eMJ7WwXC

🚀 Great news for our friends at ScaleUp Bio in Singapore - new customers for the specialist CDMO in fermentation plus letters of intent from two others in the UK and Canada! Boom! "ScaleUp Bio has scaled quickly since we were formed in 2022 and announced our first round of customer-partners even before the opening of our R&D facility. Today, we add to that roster, and with others currently in our pipeline, we look forward to enabling and empowering these dynamic food innovators from around the world to realise their ambitions,” said Francisco M. Codoñer, PhD, Executive MBA, CEO of ScaleUp Bio, who is one of +85 speakers at The Future of Protein Production Chicago on 24/25 April 2024. The new strategic customer partnerships are with Allozymes and Algrow Biosciences and the LOIs are with Terra Bioindustries and Argento Labs. #foodtech #precisionfermentation #fermentation #alternativeproteins

Exciting news: ScaleUp Bio Announces New Customers, Allozymes and Algrow Biosciences, and LOIs with Terra Bioindustries and Argento Labs! Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/e3f8NKjm

Hatcher+ and Brinc are thrilled to announce the addition of Argento Labs to our portfolio. Argento Labs is a UK biotech firm pioneering high-value products through multi-sectorial natural solutions optimisation. Visit www.aglabs.co.uk to learn more

On the eve of Future Food-Tech, the world’s largest conference for the novel foods revolution, Team ScaleUp Bio is proud to announce our latest milestone: expanding our list of customer-partners! ✨🌏   Our new collaborations with Singapore-based food tech start-ups, Allozymes and Algrow Biosciences, along with signed Letters of Intent from Canada’s Terra Bioindustries and the UK’s Argento Labs, underscore the global appeal of our unique value proposition.   Through these partnerships, we're spearheading research and development at ScaleUp Bio's Fermentation Joint Lab within Nurasa’s Food Tech Innovation Centre (FTIC).   As we prepare to launch our pilot-scale commercial manufacturing facility in Tuas, western Singapore, in the coming weeks, Team ScaleUp Bio is ready to support our partners every step of the way – from concept to commercialisation. 🚀💡   We're proud to be part of Singapore's vibrant ecosystem, where collaboration between government, academia, and industry fuels innovation and growth for the food tech industry. 🇸🇬🌱   None of this would be possible without the support and guidance of our corporate parents, ADM and Temasek – through its Nurasa unit. 🙌   If you’re a global food tech start-up wanting to know how we can help you ScaleUp for success, DM us here or reach out to [email protected].   #fermentation #precisionfermentation #singapore #customers #startup #foodtech #partners #news #announcement

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