Medical cannabis Syqe lays off 30% of its workforce

syqe-cannabis.jpg

This backing gave Syqe financial muscle and strategic reach—but also raises reputational and strategic risks, given tobacco’s fraught public perception in the health space. Imagine if McDonald’s bought into a regenerative kale farm. The cash infusion could scale production, but people would always wonder if the lettuce was being served with a side of fries. 

Read more

Startup FreezeM turns food waste into insect protein for fish and chicken

FreezeM.jpg

The core technology (PauseM®) is based on inducing a “paused” or “suspended animation” state in Black Soldier Fly (BSF) neonates so that they can survive transportation with extended shelf life before being revived, fed and grown for animal feed. They also have a partnership with Hermetia Baruth GmbH (Germany) for joint production / distribution of PauseM in Europe.

Read more

Sarah Jessica Parker and Jane Goodall Back Cruelty-free Lab Diamonds

jane-goodall-sarah-jessica.png

Sarah Jessica Parker has expanded her creative footprint, stepping into the world of fine jewelry as a partner and spokeswoman for Astrea London, a London lab-grown diamond company. Together with founder Nathalie Morrison, she will be shaping a 12-piece collection that houses stones graded at D-IF (just 0.01% of diamonds globally), each backed by IGI, […]

Read more

Eni Bets Big on Fusion and $1 Billion Deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Power a Carbon-Free Future

sparc-fusion.png

The PPA further validates that CFS is on the most promising path to deliver commercial fusion power in the coming years. The company has demonstrated its capabilities by developing key advances in high-temperature superconducting magnets and sustaining its execution velocity in the construction of the SPARC fusion demonstration machine in Devens, Massachusetts.

Read more

This furniture isn’t built, it grows from mushrooms

anomalia-mushroom-waste-furniture.webp

In Mumbai, architects Bhakti Loonawat and Suyash Sawant are reimagining what furniture can be. Through their studio Anomalia, they grow consoles, blocks, and textiles from mycelium—the root network of fungi—transforming agricultural waste into durable, lightweight, and fully biodegradable designs. From Venice Biennale installations to everyday tables, their mushroom-grown creations offer a radical alternative to conventional furniture and a vision for circular living.

Read more