Exciting news: 2021 was the best ever for synthetic biology startups, which raised a total of nearly $18 billion – nearly as much as the entire amount in all prior years since the emergence of the field in 2009. What might be surprising to many is the fact that sustainable food companies led all investor sectors in Q4, surpassing health and medicine by an order of magnitude. According to industry analyst Mark Bünger and BWB Partner, “Synthetic biology will change the game for the food industry, offering massive benefits inside the food itself as well as the people and planet outside.” To read more, please see our report here.