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Noa Weiss GreenProtein AI

Meet the founder: GreenProtein AI’s Noa Weiss shines a light into the ‘black box’ of extrusion

September 29, 2023
Elaine Watson

Counterintuitively, perhaps, for a technology that’s been around for decades, the extrusion process for transforming plant proteins into meat analogs remains something of a mystery, says Noa Weiss.

AI in the food supply chain

Bytes to Bites part two – From farm to fork: Leveraging AI in the food supply chain

infarm growing centre

Updated: Infarm ‘won’t be making any comments’ on rumored $50m raise from Middle East

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Paine Schwartz launches $1.7bn agrifood fund, Cricket One unveils new plant, Infarm ‘declared bankrupt’

Josh Tetrick founder and CEO Eat Just

10 years in foodtech with ‘remarkable’ and ‘polarizing’ alt protein pioneer Josh Tetrick

Yellow peas

The future of the US pea protein industry in ‘grave peril,’ says PURIS as US investigates flood of cheap imports from China

World Agri-Tech London: 4 ways to make agtech tools actually relevant to farmers

Insect olfactory receptors

Scentian Bio raises $2.1m seed round to build biosensors inspired by bugs

Data snapshot: the largest funding rounds of the decade for Africa agrifoodtech

FOOD TECH

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Cricket One edible insects

Edible insect startup Cricket One closes series A, opens Asia’s largest cricket processing facility

Pasi Vainikka, cofounder and CEO, Solar Foods

Meet the founder: Solar Foods’ Pasi Vainikki on decoupling food production from agricultural land… ‘Our fermenter is like a big SodaStream’

The Week in AgriFoodTech: MycoWorks opens mycelium plant, Flagship et al pump $250m into Indigo Ag, Pure Harvest bags $150m

STARTUP FUNDING

Atinary Technologies cofounders Dr. Hermann Tribukait (left) and Dr. Loïc Roch (right). Image credit: Atinary Technologies

AgFunder leads $5m seed round for ML-powered Atinary Technologies to turbocharge R&D process

foodtech

Foodtech VC funding declined for 6th consecutive quarter, but deal count is up, says PitchBook

Peter Rahal managing partner Humble Growth

Humble Growth closes $312m growth equity fund for disruptive CPG brands, seeks founders with humility: ‘It’s a misunderstood trait’

Fresh Start's CEO Noga Sela Shalev and CTO Dr. Tammy Meiron

Meet the founders: Israel’s Fresh Start incubator on what makes a great pitch, red flags, and ‘coachable’ entrepreneurs

AGTECH

AI in agriculture

AI harvest: Transforming agriculture through technological evolution

Technology can’t solve everything but more Africa agrifoodtech investment is critical as climate change impacts and food insecurity worsen

Image courtesy of Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps Ventures pilots the blockchain to get cash transfers to communities ahead of climate shock

5 crucial agtech tools for sustainable and productive farming

@AGFUNDER

NEW REPORT: African agrifoodtech startups face headwinds as VC funding drops sharply from record-breaking 2022

The Fermelanta team

Morphine from microbes? Fermelanta wins Japan agrifoodtech pitch

India Agrifoodtech report AgFunder May 2023

NEW REPORT: Indian agrifoodtech startups raise $2.4bn in 2022 as investors head upstream

Data snapshot: VCs bet on upcycling, insects and inventory management software to cut food waste in 2022

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Carbon Robotics laser weeder

Rise of the machines: What will drive adoption of robotics and automation in specialty crops?

Tevel named winner at World Ag Expo for advancing autonomous harvesting using flying robots

Carbon Robotics bags $30m to fight the war on weeds with autonomous laser bots

ALT MEAT/PROTEIN

Hoxton Farms pilot plant facility for cultivated fat

Hoxton Farms opens cultivated fat pilot facility, targets alt meat: ‘If you can’t get the fat right, it’s impossible to recreate the experience meat eaters crave’

Beyond Meat R&D

Beyond Meat facing ‘existential threat’ says TD Cowen: ‘The core problem is the product’

Mock up of new facility image credit UPSIDE Foods

UPSIDE Foods to pump $140m into commercial-scale cultivated meat plant near Chicago

NOVEL FARMING SYSTEMS

AeroFarms emerges from Ch. 11 with new CEO, focus on VA farm

Brief: Container farming startup Freight Farms to go public for $147m via SPAC

Data snapshot: Fish, flies and algae outshine crop CEA in the $600m+ of novel farming systems funding so far in 2023

Equilibrium & Bosch Growers submit winning bids to acquire AppHarvest’s KY greenhouse facilities

REGENERATIVE AG

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Why we need bio-agriculture to help feed the world while reducing chemical usage

‘Boil the weed inside out’: RootWave launches high-frequency, ‘regen ag-friendly’ weed zapper for orchards

Green ripening soybean field, agricultural landscape

Should ag lenders and crop insurers offer ‘good soil discounts’ to farmers? Land Core develops ‘actuarially sound model’ to make it possible

WOMEN

Women entrepreneurs are a missed opportunity in venture capital. Here’s how investors and policymakers can change that

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

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

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Frankly Speaking

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Data Snapshot

Data snapshot: Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt lead the way for agrifoodtech investment in Africa

Investor Insight

Investing in ag biologicals: “We are looking for reasons to say no”

Tailgate Talk

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

Research & Data

India Agrifoodtech report AgFunder May 2023

NEW REPORT: Indian agrifoodtech startups raise $2.4bn in 2022 as investors head upstream

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