What’s Possible: 26th November, 2021

We hope you enjoy this week's hand-picked selection of important and interesting stories from the frontiers of tech.

Animoca Brands Leads $18M Series A for Play-to-Earn Upstart Avocado Guild

The guild wants to empower members to participate in virtual worlds and Web 3. (read)

No bones, no scales, no eyeballs: appetite grows for cell-based seafood

Lab-grown fish taste the same as their wild and farmed counterparts, offering an alternative to traditional seafood. But will it ever make economic sense to produce this kind of protein? (read)

The Gene-Synthesis Revolution

Researchers can now design and mass-produce genetic material — a technique that helped build the mRNA vaccines. What could it give us next? (read)

The third wave of biomaterials: When innovation meets demand

Today, the Bio Revolution continues to play out its third wave, with rapid advances each year in DNA sequencing, gene editing, AI, and other technologies that ultimately benefit the development of biomaterials. However, what is truly different this time around is that sustainability is changing the basis of competition in chemicals and materials and is creating demand-side disruption. (read)

$10B Bezos Earth Fund earmarks $2B for land restoration and food production efforts

As the United Nation’s COP26 climate talks in Glasgow kicked off this week, the Bezos Earth Fund on Monday announced its plans for $2 billion of the $10 billion fund: programs supporting land restoration and food production. (read)

Saber Astronautics signs with Axiom Space to develop formal Australian Astronaut Programs

Saber Astronautics will develop the first formal program to enable Australians and Australian industry to, via Axiom, access the Station’s orbiting microgravity laboratory and develop a new generation of space-developed products for human health, materials, electronics, cleantech, and more. (read)

Podcasting platform Podimo hits the record button, lays down $78 million in new funding

Copenhagen-founded open podcast platform that offers a subscription service for creators, Podimo has raised $78 million in a Series B funding round. The capital will be used to enter new markets, create more original content and increase payments to creators. Since 2019, Podimo has raised $115 million. (read)

Interesting adjacencies

• Legendary crypto investor, Zhu Su, nuked ethereum earlier this week and then quickly reeled it back in. Watch this space.
• Casey Newton: Is the music industry's future on the blockchain? (read)
• Messari: How to explain Web3 to your family (read)
• Packy’s Idea Legos and Woodbury’s IP Legos

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