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🎥 Talking farming robots with Muddy Machines at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

October 13, 2023

The UK-based farm robotics company talks labor shortages, AI, startup collaboration and more in this interview with AgFunderNews.

NutrEvent food and nutrition conference 2022

NutrEvent probes AI in food, personalized nutrition and next gen petfood Oct 17-18

October 2, 2023

What’s new in food supplements for cognitive health? How can AI be deployed in the product development process? And how are health and wellness trends in human foods impacting the petfood industry?

Why AgFunder invested in Azaneo’s low-power electric weeding tech

September 11, 2023

Azaneo is developing a quick-pulse, low-power electrical weeding technology it hopes will reduce dependence on chemical herbicides.

What makes a good food & agriculture leader? 6 questions with INSEAD’s Shekshnia

August 23, 2023

We caught up with senior professor of entrepreneurship at Europe’s leading business school ahead of the Future Food & Ag leadership program at INSEAD to discuss the key attributes of a food and agriculture leader.

🎥 Building Latin America’s biggest ag retailer: In conversation with Ruy Cunha at Lavoro Agro

July 12, 2023

Louisa Burwood-Taylor caught up with Lavoro Agro CEO Ruy Cunha in São Paulo to explore how it is helping farmers boost productivity as farmland becomes more expensive.

🎥 Where is the smart money in agrifoodtech going? In conversation with Roberto Vitón at The Yield Lab Latam

July 4, 2023

Which agrifoodtech segments are ripe for investment in Latin America? Louisa Burwood-Taylor catches up with Roberto Vitón at The Yield Lab Latam.

Louisa Burwood-Taylor, head of media and research, AgFunder

🎥 Reporting on the Latin American agrifoodtech ecosystem from São Paulo, Brazil

July 4, 2023

Louisa Burwood-Taylor heads to São Paulo, Brazil, to explore the latest developments in foodtech and agtech.

What does effective and ethical leadership look like in the future food & agriculture industry?

April 28, 2023

Running a business is demanding at the best of times. Throw in today’s unprecedented challenges and business leaders are being pulled in all directions. Introducing the Future Food & Ag Leadership program.

Apply to the 2023 AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator

January 11, 2023

Agrifoodtech startups working to build a more sustainable, reliable agrifood system are invited to apply to the five-month-long program

Sign up to hear 9 international startups pitch at the GROW Impact Accelerator Demo Day

October 20, 2022

The 3rd GROW Impact Accelerator Demo Day will feature 9 agrifoodtech startups from across the globe. Tune in on November 10 to connect with them.

Why Japan’s Norinchukin Bank invested in AgFunder’s $100m agrifoodtech fund

June 7, 2022

Norichukin Bank recently joined the first close of AgFunder’s $100m Fund IV as a limited partner to advance Japan’s agriculture, fisheries, and forestry industries.

BREAKING: Mazen raises $11m Series A from AgFunder, Fall Line, others to make animal ag safer, cheaper

May 25, 2022

Administering a vaccine in animal feed is far safer for workers and requires a lot less labor than injecting each animal individually.

How a little known restaurant tech provider TRAY beat 82 competitors to land IHOP

May 23, 2022

IHOP is updating its technology stack in the wake of Covid and labor shortages, picking TRAY after a competitive process with world-leading POS providers.

AgFunder-backed GROW Impact Accelerator reveals its latest cohort of cutting-edge startups

April 11, 2022

The 10 latest startups to join the GROW Impact Accelerator include tech solutions for protein deficiency, beekeeping, and livestock antibiotic resistance.

AgFunder captures increasing, urgent investor demand for agrifoodtech with $60m Fund IV first close

March 22, 2022

Fund IV will invest in seed and Series A rounds with a focus on impactful themes such as decarbonization, farm automation, and food-as-medicine.

Apply for AgFunder & GROW’s 2022 Impact Accelerator

January 18, 2022

The GROW Impact Accelerator is focused on innovations that allow for scalability while delivering tangible impact at an environmental or social level.

Make sure your deals are counted in AgFunder’s global agrifoodtech investment report!

December 17, 2021

Our report is our love letter to the ecosystem. Here’s how you can help us share the love and make sure you’re included.

AgFunder raises $21m for New Carnivore alt-protein fund from ADM, Alexandria & others

August 26, 2021

New Carnivore has made seven deals to date, co-investing with leading VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and DCVC.

AgFunder’s hiring a Partner-track venture capital Investment Associate/VP

June 24, 2021

In this role, you’ll represent AgFunder to some of the smartest and most talented founders and investors in the industry, and you’ll need to be at least their equal.