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Join us for Singapore Food Bowl Demo Day

October 8, 2020

Singapore Food Bowl is our fully-online impact accelerator program aimed at building a more resilient, sustainable, and decentralized agrifood system.

Tune in to NURTURE, our upcoming series of talks on the future of Asia’s agrifood system

August 27, 2020

Starting next week, NURTURE by GROW will feature talks from Asia-Pacific thought leaders on tech’s role in creating a more secure and sustainable food system.

Pivot East: the new program from GROW and Farm491 bringing UK and EU agrifood startups to Asia

August 13, 2020

Focused on food resilience, sustainability, and health, Pivot East will help UK and EU startups test-run their entry into Asia Pacific using Singapore as a springboard.

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

July 13, 2020

GROW’s first Singapore Food Bowl cohort specializes in areas including urban farming, ‘clean meat’ production, and food waste valorization.

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

June 18, 2020

We’re proud to announce Brightseed, Trace Genomics, and Phylagen were all recognized by the World Economic Forum as Technology Pioneers.

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

June 17, 2020

“We’re the largest beer company in the world and the largest user of malting barley, so when you think about where investment into breeding research or the supporting tech comes from, if we’re not going to do it, who will?”

Danone partners with Brightseed to discover precise health properties of plant-based ingredients, starting with soy

June 10, 2020

Less than 1% of the plant kingdom’s phytonutrients have been identified or studied, despite their prevalence in our diets. Brightseed wants to change that and help companies like Danone to ensure those that are beneficial are available in their food products.

Want to build Asia’s new agrifood ecosystem? Apply to Singapore Food Bowl now!

June 4, 2020

Singapore Food Bowl is the new online program from GROW, the Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech accelerator by AgFunder. Applications close in 4 days – so hurry!

GROW launches Singapore Food Bowl to build a resilient, decentralized agrifood system

May 16, 2020

This first-of-its-kind accelerator program brings industry and startups together to build more resilient local agrifood ecosystems in the wake of Covid-19.

It’s time to invest in a more resilient agrifood system

May 7, 2020

We’ve kicked the can down the road for too long when it comes to investing in our food system and Covid-19 is revealing its many weaknesses. We can do better.

Solinftec raises $60m as the Amazon of LatAM leads record-breaking Series B

February 4, 2020

“We chose Unbox Capital over other funds because of their huge knowledge of digital transformation and disruption, which they can share with us,” said Rodrigo lafelices dos Santos, Solinftec’s CEO.

How IGS reduces vertical farming costs

December 11, 2019

It can be hard to explain exactly how Intelligent Growth Solution’s tech works, so we caught up with Niall Skinner, lead mechanical engineer at IGS to get an in-depth explanation.

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

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

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

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.