• Big Idea Ventures added five startups to its Global Food Innovation Fund II portfolio: BioClé, CryoVera, RheaPlant, Saku Biosciences, XiA'H.
• The cohort targets food-system efficiency and resilience, spanning bioactive delivery, cold-chain stabilization, botanical ingredient biomanufacturing, fermentation output gains, clean-label enzyme extraction.
• Big Idea Ventures positioned the investments around scaling science-driven production while cutting costs through more efficient manufacturing and faster commercialization.

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