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People moving on: Trios of new execs for GoodLeaf & Danone, CFO shuffle at Cargill, Beyond Meat’s branding head leaves

February 3, 2023
Jennifer Marston

Agtech startup FarmWise gets a new CEO, Cargill sees a CFO shuffle, and Beyond Meat saays good-bye to its longtime branding executive.

Meet the founder: FoodShot winner About Fresh talks transforming healthcare to improve food accessibility

Debating infinite growth on a finite planet. John Fullerton and Manuel Gonzalez weigh in.

The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs

Kalera &ever

Brief: Struggling vertical firm Kalera offloads its international business to Growy

Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022?

BREAKING: Michroma lands $6.4m seed round to build a better synbio platform for food coloring

BREAKING: CropX acquires precision irrigation startup Tule, its fourth acquisition

BREAKING: Entocycle lands $5m Series A from Climentum, Lowercarbon Capital to roll-out precision ag tech for insect farms

FOOD TECH

‘Proven science is an anomaly’: Why Middleland Capital invested in gut microbiome startup BIOHM

Rarebird serves up coffee with a splash of mental wellness in new Kickstarter campaign

The week in agrifoodtech: Drive-thru grocery Addie’s bags $10m, Bill Gates invests $12m into methane reduction

Where is China with protein alternative regulatory approvals?

STARTUP FUNDING

AgFunder impact fund leads Mayani’s $1.7m seed round to scale Filipino farm and fisheries produce marketplace

With $3bn in deals, top 10 climate x agrifoodtech startups prove themselves a vital part of climate tech ecosystem

Omnivore achieves partial exit in Ecozen’s $25m Series C led by Nuveen for clean energy irrigation, cold chain tech

Brief: EarthOptics nets $27.6m Series B to advance soil sensing and data platform

AGTECH

RiceAfrika founder Ibrahim Maigari poses agri mechanization as a productivity and gender empowerment tool in Africa

vertical farming in action

Startups and scientists weigh in on future of vertical farming: “A lot of it is still a DIY hobby industry right now”

FBN invests in and partners with Greeneye herbicide reduction tech in “ironic” deal

Brief: Plenty confirms closure of South San Francisco vertical farming facility

@AGFUNDER

Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022?

AgFunder impact fund leads Mayani’s $1.7m seed round to scale Filipino farm and fisheries produce marketplace

2022’s 5 biggest foodtech deals

Why AgFunder invested in Verdant Robotics

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Iron Ox

Brief: Another blow for indoor farm robotics as Iron Ox lays off nearly half its staff

Data snapshot: Climate-related agrifoodtech in majority of upstream African investment, but more funding needed

Robotics use growing “at breathtaking speed” as food & bev industry automation increases 25% – IFR report

ALT MEAT/PROTEIN

Meet the Founder: (cultivated) tortoise vs. chicken with Vow’s George Peppou

Top 10 alternative protein startups brought in $1.3bn in 2022 vs $2.3bn in 2021

Brief: GOOD Meat set to significantly cut costs with Singapore’s approval of new cell meat growth material

NOVEL FARMING SYSTEMS

Letter from 2023: a vintage year to invest in foodtech and agtech

Pyramidia Ventures: a “founder on steroids” building agrifood x climate tech startups in Africa

Data snapshot: Novel Farming Systems in APAC are growing far beyond leafy greens

Vertical farm fail, a unique agtech SPAC: AFN’s best read of 2022

REGENERATIVE AG

Despite economic uncertainty, agtech adoption is up for farmers around the world, says McKinsey

Brief: Gene editing companies Calyxt and Cibus plan merger to become Cibus Inc amid signs of struggles

Temasek, Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota, Felicis invest in $21m Series A for Living Carbon’s ‘super trees’

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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Data Snapshot

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Smoke & mirrors, not worth the extra cost: 50 US farmers speak out on carbon markets

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