food tech

This NC food tech company is about more than crops – it’s addressing waste, hunger as well

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 20, 2023

You could call SinnovaTek a Raleigh-based food technology company. But that would miss some significant nuances. Here’s why.

Raleigh meatless food startup looking to grow with first $105,000 raised

Posted by Jason Parker | Feb 18, 2023

A Raleigh-based food technology company is growing in the Triangle, following closing on its first pre-seed investment capital, $105,000 from two investors.

That’s sweet: Durham food tech startup Elo Life Systems lands $24.5M

Posted by Jason Parker | Feb 15, 2023

Elo Life Systems has hit major milestones in product development and has closed $24.5 million in a Series A funding round.

Raleigh food tech company opens ‘first of its kind’ precision-scale aseptic food facility

Posted by WRAL News | Oct 14, 2020

Called FirstWave, the facility provides a platform for companies and entrepreneurs to launch and test new products in a high-quality high acid and low acid aseptic format without the minimum order quantities that are normally required for a launch.

Durham’s Beyu Caffé, using tech to stay alive amid pandemic, raises $220K; $500K is goal

Posted by WRAL News | Aug 25, 2020

Eight investors contributed to the round, which kicked off on August 12, with a minimum investment of $10,000 from any outside investor. The filing does not indicate the use of proceeds.

Fake meat Slim Jims? ConAgra latest to eye tasty plant-based proteins

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 27, 2019

ConAgra, the owner of Slim Jim, Marie Callender’s frozen meals and Birds Eye, is the latest big food company to disappoint investors with lackluster results. But the company is hoping to turn things around by investing more in plant-based proteins.

‘We have the meats’ Arby’s counters meatless craze with ‘megetables’

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 26, 2019

Arby’s is turning the plant-based meat craze on its head by testing meat-based plants. Really.

‘It’s not going to be my daddy’s farm:’ 5 megatrends that will reshape agriculture

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jun 26, 2019

In speculating about the future of agriculture, David Hollinrake, president of Syngenta Seeds and North America region director, is certain of one thing: “It’s not going to be my daddy’s farm moving forward.” Here are the megatrends he believes will reshape agriculture.