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Meet the GROWhort: LYRO builds produce-packing robots to fix food’s broken supply chains

The Australian startup has developed an AI-powered platform that can identify, pick, and pack different types of fresh fruits and vegetables.

PepsiCo climate check-in: 345k out of 7m acres using regen ag, emissions reductions a mixed bag

The Week in Agrifoodtech: Afresh grabs $115m to fight food waste, rural fintech firm Jai Kisan lands $50m

Morocco’s UM6P Ventures invests in 2 gene editing and food waste reduction technologies

Data Snapshot: California agrifoodtech investment still outpaces the rest of US by billions

How the Dutch nitrogen revolt highlights ESG investment risks

Indian dried fruit and nuts marketplace Farmley secures $6M in Series A

We taste-tested GOOD Meat’s cultivated chicken. Here’s our verdict

The Week in Agrifoodtech: Vertical farmer Spread raises $30m, McWin launches $500m restaurant fund

FOOD TECH

Meet the GROWhort: Veggie Victory makes animal-free meat alternatives for African palates

Nutreco buys Indian aquatech Eruvaka for $40m-$50m in exit for Omnivore

Data snapshot: Germany topped European agrifood investment in 2021 while UK was more diverse

Meet the GROWhort: Decomer posits plant-based solution to food packaging problem

STARTUP FUNDING

EXCLUSIVE: xFarm Technologies banks €17m ($17.4m) to expand ‘freemium’ digital ag platform

How Taimba’s farm-to-retail marketplace, logistics, cold chain & fintech platform is fighting food waste

BREAKING: Nufarm leads $70m Series C for crop protection startup Enko

BREAKING: Meati bags $150m to make nutrient-dense meat analogues ubiquitous

AGTECH

Benson Hill’s closed-loop system is front and center of first-ever ESG report

Sponsored

AgTech NEXT 2022 will examine how technology, trade and talent can reinforce our food system

Brief: Exit for CoverCress as Bayer buys majority stake in gene-edited cover crop startup

Q&A: Inside AgriCapture’s 50,000-plus-acre cover cropping program in the US

@AGFUNDER

Meet the GROWhort: LYRO builds produce-packing robots to fix food’s broken supply chains

Meet the GROWhort: Veggie Victory makes animal-free meat alternatives for African palates

Meet the GROWhort: Decomer posits plant-based solution to food packaging problem

Tepbac deploys software & IoT to boost Vietnam’s shrimp farming sector

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Chipotle hopes new $50m fund will continue its ‘technological transformation’

Bowery’s strawberry bot buyout

Meet the founder: Tevel’s Yaniv Maor talks field trials with flying robots

ALT MEAT/PROTEIN

Why Oman is investing in alt protein with a US 🍄 startup

Meet the founder: Marica Quarsingh of Sea-Stematic on creating the ‘Tesla of Seafood’

Nubocha is churning out vegan gelato using sustainable nuts & cacao sourced direct from farmers

NOVEL FARMING SYSTEMS

Data Snapshot: Novel farming leads sustainable farming investments in Europe in 2021

Data snapshot: Europe’s agrifood sector is building a pipeline of climate tech startups

Re-Nuble partners with Cruz Foam to create indoor farm nutrients from seafood

Why indoor farming needs to seize the energy efficiency opportunity

REGENERATIVE AG

Brief: Agreena acquires Hummingbird Technologies to ‘strengthen the integrity of carbon farming’

BREAKING: ProducePay & ALLCOT announce a carbon offset program for produce growers

Q&A: HowGood exec on linking regenerative farming to food industry impact

WOMEN

Vestaron banks $82m Series C funding for its crop-protecting peptides

How Anuvia aims to spend $66m advancing biofertilizer for large-scale agriculture

Umaro’s $3m AgFunder-led seed round hints at a ocean-based future for alternative protein

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