Agriculture & Food Tech

A country that imports most of its food built one of the world's most ambitious alternative-protein industries — deliberately, as national strategy.

The hype money is gone. What it left behind is a clearer picture of who actually funds Israeli food-tech — and who's still standing.

It doesn't grow cells or print steaks. It brews the exact proteins found in milk — and it may be the most scalable food-tech Israel has.

Most plant-based meat lost the consumer war by competing with the cheapest thing on the shelf. Israel's biggest bet went the other way — for the steak…