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Chinova Bioworks launches natural preservatives for dairy and alt-dairy

October 17, 2019

Developed for the dairy and plant-based dairy industries, CHIBER replaces current preservatives on the market today with a natural, clean-label alternative.

GROW Accelerator’s Christine Pitt on corporate approach to innovation and solving customer painpoints

August 6, 2019

Christine Pitt is executive director of GROW, the new foodtech and agtech accelerator we’ve launched with Rocket Seeder in Singapore. (Applications are now open until August 19 so apply now!)

AgFunder Co-Investment Fund III Now Open to Investors! Join Us to Fund the Next Food Revolution!

May 30, 2019

Twice annually we open up a special Co-Investment Fund to give investors the opportunity to co-invest with AgFunder on identical terms to us. We’re assembling one of the most exciting agrifood tech portfolios anywhere and five of the companies we invested in last eighteen months have already raised new rounds at 1.4x – 3.75x our original investment.

Who Are the Most Active AgriFood Tech Investors?

May 23, 2019

The majority of agrifood tech investors are generalist tech investors but there is also a growing number of dedicated funds focused on foodtech and agtech. Here's a list of the top 10 in 2018.

DeHaat Raises $4m Seed Round from Omnivore & AgFunder to Bring Indian Farmers Out of Poverty

March 17, 2019

DeHaat, an Indian agribusiness marketplace and supply chain technology, has raised Rs29 crore ($4 million) in seed funding from leading Indian agrifood tech venture firm Omnivore and online venture capital platform AgFunder (*yes, that’s us!)

The investment marks AgFunder’s first in India.

Thiel-Backed Breakout Ventures Invests in Phylagen $14m Series A with Cultivian, AgFunder For Microbe-Based Traceability

February 14, 2019

Microbiome data analytics company Phylagen has raised a $14 million Series A round led by Peter Thiel-backed Breakout Ventures, agrifood tech venture pioneer Cultivian Sandbox, supply chain innovation fund Working Capital with participation from AgFunder.

60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innovation Awards – Vote Now!

February 13, 2019

Voting will close at 5 pm PT on February 28. The winners will be exclusively announced at the ReThink Agri-Food Innovation Week in San Francisco on March 20 at a special networking evening bridging the World Agri-Tech and the Future Food-Tech Summits.

Legal Cannabis, Alternative Protein or Pre-Seed Stage Deals? Vote on AgFunder’s First Focus Fund

February 11, 2019

Since we started offering our Co-Investment Funds to investors last year, we’ve been getting requests for funds with more specific investment themes.

AgFunder is Hiring a Venture Capital Investment Analyst

February 7, 2019

We are looking for an exceptional Investment Analyst to join our venture capital team. This is a different job to the investment associate we advertised previously.

AgFunder is Hiring a Venture Capital Investment Associate

January 31, 2019

Note the position is now closed but if you’d like to be considered as a future role, please fill out the application below and we can keep this on file. If you’re looking for the Investment Analyst role, click here.

Brazilian Digital Ag Startup Solinftec to Invest $50m Establishing US Operations

November 29, 2018

Solinftec is establishing its US headquarters in Indiana, creating 90 jobs in 2019 and up to 334 high-wage jobs by 2022.

8 Transformational Food Tech Startups

November 22, 2018

This Thanksgiving, we at AgFunder are thankful for our portfolio companies. Over the last year, we have invested in transformational food system companies, operating across the supply chain, from farm to fork.

AgFunder Invests in Trace Genomics $13m Series A for First Scalable Soil Microbiome Test

November 15, 2018

Trace Genomics has built the first scalable soil microbiome test to help farmers predict soil disease, soil health, and crop quality, using high-throughput DNA sequencing and machine learning.

AgFunder Invests in Foodtech Startup Chinova Bioworks’ $2m Round With DSM, Rhapsody

August 9, 2018

Chinova Bioworks has discovered a natural preservative for food and beverages using chitosan from mushrooms that can be customized for individual food and beverage companies.

AgFunder Invests in Smart Pest Management Company Aerobotics

August 2, 2018

Aerobotics, a South African agtech company with a smart scouting platform to identify pests and diseases in tree crops, has closed a $2 million Series A.

AgFunder Closes First in Series of Food & Ag Tech Funds enabled by AI

July 24, 2018

Online venture capital platform AgFunder has raised a $2.25 million fund to invest in transformational food and agriculture startups alongside its internal fund.

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Interviewed by ImpactVision CEO at Davos

January 25, 2018

Ramanan interviewed the e-commerce giant in her capacity as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper — a network of teams of young people committed to solving global problems.

The Yield Expands into Agriculture, and the US, to Offer Growers Microclimate-based Decision Support

November 27, 2017

The AI-enabled ag sensor and IoT startup now offers an end-to-end microclimate sensing and predictions service for land-based crops as well as aquaculture.