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Milk from safflower seeds

Posted on August 23, 2026

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has joined Israel’s “No cow milk” business. They have engineered a drought-tolerant safflower plant to produce beta-casein – a milk protein that helps give cheese its melting properties. (See Remilk, Plantopia, Imagindairy, Fantastic Farms, & … Continue reading →

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Israeli startup investments to 9/8/26

Posted on August 9, 2026

XSight Labs raised $300 million (value $2.3 billion); Glow Security raised $180 million (new Unicorn); Zenity raised $125 million; Onyx Security raised $113 million; Groundcover raised $100 million; Neo Security raised $100 million; Oligo Security raised $60 million; Faye Insurance … Continue reading →

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No-cow milk from oats

Posted on January 26, 2025

Israel’s Plantopia (formerly Pigmentum – see here previously) originally focused on lettuce as a production platform for milk (casein) proteins. It has now switched to using sprouted oats, as they can deliver higher expression levels of all four casein proteins. … Continue reading →

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