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Food tech startup eniferBio gets €11M in funding to produce sustainable fungal protein

Espoo-based food tech startup eniferBio secures €11 million in funding to produce environmentally-friendly fungal protein derived from food and agricultural by-products.

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VTT's project boosts EU’s protein self-sufficiency with tasty meat alternatives

Tasty meat alternatives are developed from sunflower side-streams in the new Taste2Meat project coordinated by VTT Technology Center of Finland.

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Aalto University project finds solution to make greenhouses sustainable

Aalto University project creates a wood-built alternative to the conventional greenhouse that saves 50% of energy and 99% of water.

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VTT and Fazer achieve successful research results in cell-cultured cocoa production

VTT and Finland's food giant Fazer have achieved successful results in creating cocoa through cellular agriculture.

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Espoo serves a taste of food tech for our future

The future of food is created in Espoo's deep tech community. A well-established tradition of pioneering research and development remains a recipe for success for Espoo’s food tech innovation.

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Plant-based food startup MeEat wins €8 million investment

Espoo-based future food startup MeEat received an investment of €8 million that the company will use to open new markets in Germany, Denmark and the Benelux countries. (Content in FI behind link)

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Food program pilot in Espoo emphasises daily well-being for families

The collaboration of Venner, a food education startup, and the City of Espoo's Family and Social Services branch promotes nutrition and improves the management of family finances.

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Crickets and quantum tech — Espoo solving climate challenge with deep tech and unique innovations

Espoo is to become carbon neutral by 2030. In this article, you learn about some of the most intriguing sustainability innovations by Espoo-based players, big and small.

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VTT brews a cup of lab-grown coffee — and it smells and tastes like the real thing

Lab-grown coffee is now a reality in Espoo's innovation ecosystem. Using cellular agriculture, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has brewed a cup of lab coffee created in a bioreactor.

Founders of Origin by Ocean standing by water filled with algae

Introducing Origin by Ocean — interview with CEO Mikael Westerlund

A concern for our oceans united Origin by Ocean's two co-founders, Mikael Westerlund and Mari Granström. Now CEO Westerlund shares the story of the highly impactful company.

Algae streams in the ocean

Origin by Ocean develops algae-based products to fight for cleaner oceans

Origin by Ocean turns algae into a variety of ingredients while fighting the eutrophication problem in our seas. The company plans to open its first commercial biorefinery in 2025.

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Finland is ranked number 1 in food security — 2020 Global Food Security Index

Finland is ranked first in the 2020 Global Food Security Index. The index assesses 113 countries based on food quality, availability, affordability, and safety, along with natural resources and resilience.