Mastodawn

Reality crushed Ÿnsect startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/how-reality-crushed-ynsect-the-french-startup-that-had-raised-over-600m-for-insect-farming/

#HackerNews #RealityCrushed #Ÿnsect #InsectFarming #StartupNews #TechCrunch #AgricultureInnovation

How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming | TechCrunch

French insect farming company Ÿnsect was recently placed into judicial liquidation for insolvency, despite raising over $600 million.

TechCrunch

TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News Dec 26

How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/how-reality-crushed-ynsect-the-french-startup-that-had-raised-over-600m-for-insect-farming/

VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ Nov 16

I've been following the story of the "insect farming" promise for years, on and off. It's the basis of the famous conspiracy minded carnist. The thing is that it hasn't panned out, as expected by those who understand the physics and biology. There's no free energy machine. And it is also animal farming.

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#insectFarming #entomology #BigMeat #agriculture #foodSecurity #technohopium #hype #eatingBugs

Molecular Ecology Sep 18, 2025

🎉🙌🥳New paper out! funded by @fwf Interkingdom communication in mass-reared insects: A pathway to improved organic waste management

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2025.101427

@FliesFacility @fromwastetofeed @uniinnsbruck

#InsectFarming #CircularEconomy #Hermetiaillucens #waste #BlackSoldierFly

Bongolian Nov 12, 2023

Nicolás Rivero: Why companies are racing to build the world’s biggest bug farm

"The race is on to build the world’s biggest bug farm. A nascent drive to cut greenhouse emissions from animal feed has spawned a new industry, flush with venture capital, that promises to one day produce vast amounts of protein with fewer greenhouse emissions than traditional suppliers."

#ClimateChange #insects #insectfarming
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/11/12/biggest-insect-farm-record

Why companies are racing to build the world’s biggest bug farm

Companies are building bigger and bigger insect farms that rear crickets, mealworms and fly larvae as a low-carbon protein source for pet and livestock feed.

The Washington Post

Molecular Ecology Jan 26, 2023

We welcome Elisa Gemassmer @Mol_Ecol @fromwastetofeed @uniinnsbruck!

She does her master thesis on the #BlackSoldierFly (oviposition attraction, microbial cultivation)

https://molecular-ecology.at/elisa-gemassmer

#InsectFarming #CircularEconomy #hermetiaillucens #WomenInSTEM