潜水简介:
- 食品技术公司Motif Foodworks经历了重组后，已经放弃了数量的员工。这个消息是first reported by FoodNavigator.
- “Given the current economic conditions, we’re pivoting our focus to key priorities that we know will return maximum ROI for our customers and investors,” a Motif spokesperson told Food Dive in a statement. “As a result, we will tighten our employee base in some areas.”
- 主题said it将投资于与其食品技术和成品有关的优先领域，在那里看到强劲的需求。News of the layoffs at Motif FoodWorks — whichspun off from biotech firm Ginkgo Bioworks in 2019to create ingredients for protein alternatives — comes as growth in the plant-based meat segment has slowed and startup funding has started to fall.
潜水见解：
主题FoodWorks’ past year has had its share of knockout news. It included a$226 million fundraising round,推出植物性肉系for foodservice and securing a high-profile investment from Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition Ventures.
12月，总部位于波士顿的主题计划开始在马萨诸塞州一个65,000平方英尺的市场开发中心工作，并设有用于发酵，成分和成品生产的试验工厂。它还宣布其Hemami成分 - 一种通过精确发酵产生的血红素蛋白 - 是ready for large-scale distribution. And it positioned itsnext product for debut今年晚些时候：Appetex, a plant-basedhydrogel它说可以改善植物性肉的质地。
Hemami和Appetex都出演了针对餐馆，具有私人标签品牌和分销商的零售商的新食品服务系列。在这里，主题的积极新闻转向了。3月，基于植物的巨人Impossible Foods sued Motif使用新的Hemami成分侵犯其至少一项专利。主题作出回应，挑战了不可能食品专利的有效性，该专利要求美国专利商标局撤销。
主题has not provided further details on how many workers it laid off or which areas were affected, nor did it share any particulars of the restructuring when asked by Food Dive. However, some of the tailwinds that helped propel Motif just over a year ago appear to be flagging. For one, growth in the plant-based meatsegment has stalled，CPG包括超越肉类，枫叶食品和凯洛格观察到动量的下降。
And, after a banner year offood-tech funding in 2021，2022年的趋势是相反的。Crunchbase最近的分析found that funding for North American startups slipped in the second quarter, and were off 25% compared to a year ago. This could make the need to operate efficiently and lean a top priority for Motif, which operates in a capital-intensive space.
