BREAKING: Robot Chefs That Can Serve 5m Types of Pizza: France’s Pazzi Raises Over $11m Series A
That is rather a lot of dough for a pizzeria.
AgTech Startup Spotlight: Crena Resources is Making a Stink About Ag’s Squandered Resources
Manure is considered an inconvenient byproduct by many, but Crena Resources sees it is pure gold in the battle to achieve more sustainability in agriculture.
The ongoing conversation about how to achieve greater sustainability in food production through technology has covered everything from fertilizer to food waste.
Cargill Pledges $30m to Fight Deforestation in Brazil’s Imperiled Cerrado Region
After being one of five grain trading houses slapped with a $29 million fine last year for engaging in activities related to illegal deforestation, Cargill is calling on competitors and colleagues alike to protect the region’s forests.
Vestaron Closes $40m Series B for Peptide-based Biopesticide with “Proven Modes of Action Unlike Microbials,” says CEO
Vestaron wants farmers to know that its peptide-based products are different from existing microbial products, offering more consistent efficacy with the same environmental benefits.
10 Minutes With Alexis Ohanian on Why He’s Investing in FoodTech & Agtech
In the wake of his firm Initialized Capital's investment in produce marketplace Silo, we caught up with the Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian to find out more his views on foodtech and agtech.
Is UK eGrocer Ocado’s $22m Vertical Farming Investment a Bargain? – updated
A $100m Series B round for Germany's Infarm soon eclipsed Ocado's deal with JCB and 80 Acres. But has the UK eGrocer got a good deal?
BREAKING: Indigo Launches Carbon Market to Incentivize Farmers to Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
Indigo Agriculture has unveiled its latest initiative, and it’s the most ambitious yet; the Boston-based agtech startup wants to reverse climate change.
InFarm Joins Vertical Farming Pantheon With Titanic $100m Series B
Berlin-based portable vertical farm startup InFarm on Tuesday disclosed a vast Series B raise of $100 million, bringing its total funding to over $134 million. The raise dramatically eclipsed the big vertical farming news from Britain’s Ocado, which had forked out $22m just a day before as part of a majority stake buyout of JFC, as well as for its new joint venture Infinite Acres.
Berry Picking Robot Hank Could be Perfectly Timed for Brexit Britain
Hank’s appearance on the British crop scene appears to be perfectly timed, with many UK farmers currently preparing for life without a steady flow of European Union (EU) fruit pickers and other seasonal workers.
BREAKING: Ÿnsect Secures €20m Grant from EU to Make France an Industrial Bug Hub
Paris-based insect farming venture Ÿnsect has been awarded a €20 million grant from the European Commission and a €3.7 billion European public-private partnership to build an industrial-size facility in northern France.
UK Supermarket Sainsbury’s Chews Over What Food Will Be Like in 2169, And It’s Kind of Bonkers
As part of its 150th birthday celebrations this year, the British supermarket giant J Sainsbury has released its Future of Food Report, which chews over what our food systems will be like in 2025, then in 2050 — and finally, with an act of somewhat extraordinary ruminating — in 2169.
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ADM Capital Leads $5m Round for Moleaer Expecting Boom in Nanobubble Tech for Indoor Ag
Nanobubbles -- yes, that's teeny tiny bubbles, can boost indoor farming and aquaculture yields, can be used in water treatment, preventing dangerous algal blooms and can aid waste and filtration systems as well as other industries like mining.
Hemp Week 2019: More Regulation May be Good Thing for Booming CBD Market
The FDA could take years to settle its official position on CBD including any formal regulations limiting production and sale, according to Ecofibre’s chief science officer Alex Capano, leaving consumers with few assurances about product quality in the meantime.
BREAKING: FoodShot Announces Winners of Soil 3.0 Challenge inc Trace Genomics & Carbon Sequestration Measurement
The multistakeholder investment platform catalyzed $3m in equity investment soil microbiome testing startup Trace Genomics and $535k in grant funding for three research projects.
The World’s Fastest Growing Protein Sector is Facing, and Creating, Serious Environmental Risks, and It’s Not Beef
You may not realize that seafood is the fastest-growing protein category, with an annual growth rate surpassing that of all land-based animal meat combined. But the fish farming industry is in need of innovation to mitigate and reduce environmental concerns.
China State-Owned Food Group COFCO Partners with Bits x Bites to Accelerate Food Tech Innovation
The goal of the partnership is to power the development of agriculture and food tech innovation in China by opening up COFCO's resources to qualifying tech companies.
Why We’ve Launched GROW, a New Singapore Agri-FoodTech Accelerator with Rocket Seeder
At the heart of the ASEAN region, Singapore is in a unique position when it comes to creating an ecosystem for startup innovation and success.
AgTech Landscape 2019: 1,600+ Startups Innovating on the Farm and in the ‘Messy Middle’
It’s been a wild ride watching the agtech landscape explode these past five years, writes Seana Day, who's now tracking 1,600+ startups globally and today releases her latest marketmap.
How Full Harvest is Using Technology to Connect the Dots in the B2B Food Waste Space
Full Harvest won the Most Innovative US Startup Series A and Beyond category at AgFunder’s 2019 AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards in March, so we caught up with the CEO to get an update.