Future Food Aotearoa (FFA)

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China's BYD revenue speeds past Tesla for the first time 🔋🚗💨https://hubs.ly/Q02WWMvD0 "The Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has seen its quarterly revenues soar, beating Tesla's for the first time....It posted more than 200bn yuan ($28.2bn, £21.8bn) in revenues between July and September. This is a 24% jump from the same period last year, and more than Elon Musk's company whose quarterly revenue was $25.2bn." We are in the midst of the most profound disruption of the transportation sector in over a century. This disruption is being driven by the convergence of several key technologies—Autonomous Electric Vehicle (A-EV) technology and the coming Transport-as-a-Service (TaaS) model. Watch RethinkX co-founder Tony Seba explain this inevitable disruption: https://hubs.ly/Q02WWTFf0

SNEAK PREVIEW - next week on The Raise, I speak with Toby Hilliam (Skilton) Hilliam, co-founder of Appetise. What struck me about Toby, was his open-mindedness. After having a few "bites at the startup cherry," he founded Appetise with Elise Hilliam. Starting out as a consumer focused menu planning service, they pivoted into a B2B insights platform, sparked by a conversation with a friend who ran a beverage brand who said, "I have no idea whether people are buying 12 of our cans and drinking them on a night out with friends or they're just buying a six pack to drink on a sunny afternoon at the beach." Turns out, food brands are still stuck in the nineties when it comes to consumer insight, paying tens of thousands for reports with outdated data. Now, their consumer platform fuels the data for their #B2B insights business. Their meal planning and smart shopping service is completely free. Toby recalls with mixed feelings the moment they sent out the email to their users, moving everyone to a free plan: "There was a huge opportunity here to basically turn off our consumer revenue, which was a little bit daunting. A couple of hundred grand just turned off overnight. But we just went all in on B2B from there." #Subscribe for the full interview - You'll hear how their B2C customers responded to the service being free all of a sudden (*clue* - surprisingly not all positive), and some exclusive news about their Aussie launch kicking off in 2025!

Food is investable! 🤌🏻 Thank you Gustaf and team Gullspång Re:food for putting together this valuable report on how to think about investments into food systems to maximize impact and returns. Definitely worth a read! ✨ Thanks for letting me contribute! 🙏🏻

We didn’t say it… you did! These are direct quotes from our randomly chosen taste-testers after trying the final samples of the Incrediballs range. And I’m stoked, because I was a little bit terrified of what they’d think. The goal of these tiny balls is to make a big impact, by displacing some of the worst contributors to plastic waste — and they can only do that if they taste amazing. But taste is so super personal and trying to please everyone can result in pleasing no one at all. So of course it wasn’t all positive. So I thought we’d share that too, in the spirit of transparency. Thank you to our testers! More to come with future ranges, promise 😉 (And if you haven't followed us here on Linkedin... what are you doing?!) #plasticfree #sustainablebusiness #entrepreneur #startup #founder #incrediballs #ethicalbusiness #plasticfreedrinks

Getting ready for the MISTA Biomass Growth Hack 🚀 in San Francisco next week! If you're in town and would like to see (and taste) how #MarineWhey50 can enable affordable and complete nutrition reach out to our team Alex Worker Adrienne McKee Federico Duarte or our partners at MISTA Celine Schiff-Deb

Great times being recognised alongside Maia for winning NZ Entrepreneur of the Year - Services, last night. Our Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon spoke about the integral part our businesses played in the future of the countries we serve, and this feels very real right now with the challenges faced by aged and healthcare systems, globally. While we didn’t win the overall title, we were super proud to be recognised for winning a the Service category (+ being in a room with so many inspiring people). This one belongs to every aged and healthcare provider, resident, and 'Pure Foodie' who believes in our vision of creating better moments and outcomes for Seniors, for a full life. A massive thank you to EY, the judges, and everyone involved in making this program possible and congratulations to the other finalists & especially Jonny Hendriksen - go well in Monaco mate! Jason, Charlotte, Miria, Craig, Michael, Cecilia, Grant, Brianne, Phil, Sonya, Chris, Penny, Caroline, John, Chris, Dylan, Phillip, David, EY

American voters have made their choice of President & must live with it. The rest of the world must digest the implications of erratic leadership in the US for foreign policy & trade. NZ military realignment with a volatile US through #AUKUS looks even more unwise. https://lnkd.in/eBz-cTSD

Fantastic to see Coralus's recent investment in six emerging entrepreneurs including Debbie Stowe at Vince New Zealand & Timmy Smith at PAUSE for Tea NZ in the food & wellness space 🎉 'The network of Aotearoa New Zealand Coralus members has just selected six New Zealand businesses to be Coralus’s 2024 Ventures, rewarding companies for coming up with ideas solving real-world problems. The entrepreneurs, whose businesses are driven by #innovation, #environmentalstewardship and #whanaungatanga (connectedness) will receive five year #interestfreeloans, #expertmentoring and support from the Aotearoa New Zealand Coralus network as well as from Coralus members worldwide.'

🌊 Calling all scientists passionate about sustainable aquaculture! 🌊 Plant & Food Research is hiring a Scientist - Cell/Molecular Biologist to drive innovation in fish cell culture and cellular agriculture! Based in Nelson, New Zealand, this role will focus on developing cell-based solutions that promote fish health and sustainability, bridging traditional and cellular aquaculture. 💡 Be part of a dynamic team dedicated to impactful science and career growth! 🌍 Open to international applicants. 🌐 Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/gVv_caqw #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested?