The AgFunderNews team’s favorite stories of 2024 December 26, 2024 AFN Editorial Staff From the XPRIZE ‘no prize’ debacle to the Israeli agrifoodtech funding scene, here are the articles we enjoyed covering the most this year.
ClimateAi builds ‘adaptation playbook’ via long-range forecasting: ‘I think we’ll be profitable by Q3 or Q4 of next year’
Festive agrifoodtech vox pop part 2: From funding blues to bird flu, what keeps startups awake at night as we head into 2025?
Festive agrifoodtech vox pop part 1: From robotics to biologics, what are founders most excited about as we head into 2025?
New Culture: We can deliver ‘fully functional’ animal-free mozzarella with 50% less casein than dairy
Biostimulant-maker Sound Agriculture bags additional $25m, will pay growers to replace nitrogen and phosphorus
BREAKING: Relief as final text of defense spending bill spares DJI drones, but battle isn’t over yet, say distributors
Sponsored Chonex’s water dispersible granule formulation of StrongSoil is a breakthrough in soil health restoration
‘A huge milestone…’ Alpine Bio harvests first large-scale crop of soybeans containing casein proteins
BioDefense seeks to disrupt seafood market with ‘tasteless, odorless, and invisible’ coating that can boost shelf life 2-3x
Chef Robotics CEO: ‘A lot of robotics companies have made grandiose promises, but they haven’t really shipped any robots. We’re much more practical’
Meet the founder: Hyphen’s Stephen Klein on ‘humbling’ startup experiences, pandemic pivots, and why you don’t need a robotic sledgehammer to crack a nut
🎥Biomass fermentation in focus at MISTA growth hack: ‘The food of the future is going to be manufactured in a tank’
Asia dominates global aquaculture production but Europe still holds most of the VC investment: report
Kelp Blue unpacks the benefits of turning seaweed into biostimulants: ‘What we sell works better for a farmer’
Brief: Oishii raises additional funding to close Series B at $150m, preps first international expansion
New fund from Astarte & Toesca underscores the promise of investing in Latin America’s permanent crops
Q&A: CEO Sam Sneddon on how WollemAI plans to become the climate tech vendor of choice in Australia and Southeast Asia
Meet the founder: Werewool’s Chui-Lian Lee harnesses microbes to create colorful fabrics… without dyes
🎥Hyfé looks to waste streams to power the next generation of sustainable feedstocks for biomanufacturing
Sponsored Chonex’s water dispersible granule formulation of StrongSoil is a breakthrough in soil health restoration
Trump’s tariffs won’t help US agrifood industry, says ex-Congressman Charlie Dent: ‘There are no winners’
🎥Foodtech investing: ‘You can’t escape the fundamentals. You have to produce something that adds significant value’
BioDefense seeks to disrupt seafood market with ‘tasteless, odorless, and invisible’ coating that can boost shelf life 2-3x
Guest article: The real impact of tariffs on US produce prices