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Noroo’s ‘seed to table’ approach to powering Southeast Asia’s smallholders and vertical farmers

The Korean chemical giant’s Singapore agribiz hub will “pioneer solutions for the world food supply chain through innovation, not just plain food trading,” its CEO tells AFN.

BREAKING: BlackRock leads FBN’s $250m Series F as ag marketplace puts focus on sustainability

Pest control sensor startup Spotta raises $1.18m seed funding

Climate Neutral is on a mission to make carbon footprinting more accessible

AgFunder is launching an impact fund. Here’s why.

STARTUP FUNDING

Why we invested in SIMULATE

Why Cultivian Sandbox invested in chicken producer Cooks Venture

Dollars down, deals up as investors change tack: India Agrifood Startup Investment Report 2020

SavorEat gets funding for 3D printer that builds and broils plant-based patties

COVID-19

Nice Tuan nets another $80m amid China’s fresh food group-buying hype

EXCLUSIVE: Campbell’s Soup sells Acre VP agrifoodtech fund to StepStone

Australia’s indoor ag sector has been slow off the mark. Here’s how to give it the kickstart it needs

This vertical farming startup you may not have heard of says it has “industry-leading unit economics”

FOOD TECH

BREAKING: Better Meat Co gets $8.1m to ‘enhance’ animal products with its plant-based protein

BREAKING: Geltor brews up $91.3m Series B to offer collagen ingredients-as-a-service model

Bollywood stars show that agrifoodtech investing isn’t just for US celebs

Tencent, Goldman Sachs pump $495m into Chinese e-grocer MissFresh

AGTECH

Backyard black soldier flies: Grubbly grabs up $2.9m seed round led by Overline

BREAKING: Vive’s nanotech-powered crop inputs land $5.4m funding

Has the UK’s latest $31m agrifoodtech shellout gone anywhere useful?

Should regen ag include gene editing? AFN readers respond

@AGFUNDER

Meet the 12 startups joining Singapore Food Bowl, GROW’s local food resilience accelerator

IntegriCulture and Shiok Meats partner to ramp up cell-based seafood production

Three AgFunder portfolio companies selected as World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers

Why the world’s largest beer company is investing in agtech

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Syngenta invests in $7m seed round for Israeli autonomous chemical reduction tech Greeneye

Farm Tech investment up 370% in 6 years. How will Covid-19 impact 2020 trends?

Arise, robotic slug slayers

ALT MEAT/PROTEIN

Oprah, Jay-Z becoming keen foodtech funders after joining Blackstone for $200m Oatly round

Karana gets $1.7m seed funding for its ‘whole plant-based’ meat alternative made from jackfruit

Alibaba tie-up brings Beyond Meat to Chinese shoppers

NOVEL FARMING SYSTEMS

Protenga nets $1.6m from UK, Singapore investors for novel approach to Black Soldier Fly farming

AquaBounty’s GE salmon is coming to menus in the US Midwest – for real this time

Tenacious co-leads Goterra’s $6m Series A to launch Australia’s first agrifoodtech VC

Vertical farming in LatAm: AgroUrbana closes $1m seed funding

REGENERATIVE AG

Willie Nelson backs regenerative agriculture on his 500-acre Luck Ranch

Future Food: From software to regen ag, Soilworks says key to better health is in the ground

Opinion: Where the World Resources Institute got it wrong about regenerative agriculture

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