The Week in AgriFoodTech: New Forests fund makes $300m first close, the EU invests in alt protein
Meanwhile in France, lawmakers are proposing a ban on cultivated meat, calling that alternative protein “junk food”
Meanwhile in France, lawmakers are proposing a ban on cultivated meat, calling that alternative protein “junk food”
NewLeaf will expand development of its microbial-based technology for biological crop protection and stimulant products.
Foodtech + agtech = agrifoodtech. Check out our potted history of one of the world’s most politically charged—and critically important—industries over the last 10 years, with data, analysis, and interviews with Climate Corp, John Deere, FBN, Impossible Foods, Mosa Meat, and more…
“As we matured and scaled, people got increasingly nervous about what that could mean for their business.”
Plus: ProfilePrint raises Series B funding & Vow gets a regulatory nod for cultivated quail.
Food processing and commodities giant ADM aims to have 4 million acres signed up for regenerative agriculture by 2027.
Food delivery is not the only restaurant tech category out there, but it’s been the most prominent over the last decade.
Agrela makes a monitoring platform that to monitor soil, moisture and other elements of cropland and other environments.
Invaio and Peptyde Bio will be able to speed up development of and access to reliable, more sustainable crop protection.
Milano Vice scoops up $9 million for pizza delivery and Clever Carnivore raises $7 million for cultivated pork.
Oishii’s Rubī Tomato is grown in the company’s state-of-the-art vertical farm and available now in select Whole Foods stores in the US.
US-based AgroSpheres has a novel delivery system that both encapsulates and delivers pesticides to plants in a more targeted approach.
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of indoor agriculture’s future, but there are many more to be optimistic.
As COP28 kicks off, other agrifoodtech news includes fundraises for aquatech startups and new stats about agriculture emissions.
Farmtech funding for Southeast Asia startups has steadily grown since 2018 despite the overall drop in VC dollars to the region.
Climate action levels remain “half baked” for 44% of the 83 companies examined in a new analysis by climate intelligence platform CarbonCloud.
Channeling his farm upbringing and biotechnology studies, Kyle Mohler founded Insignum to help farmers better detect stress signals in crops.
Plus, sugar refiner Nordzucker will invest more than $100 million into plant-based proteins.
Jorge Heraud, VP of automation and autonomy at John Deere, talks tractors, sprayers and educating the public about the vital role of farmers.
Plus: Grow-NY winners announced and Le Fourgon raises new capital to reuse old containers.
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