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Augmenta raises $2.5m seed round from Hardware Club, Marathon VC

October 8, 2019

The Greek tech startup will use the funds to support commercialization of its real-time device that analyzes crops and manages input application.

Perception is reality: data reveal gender bias in agri-foodtech investing

October 3, 2019

Just 8% of venture capital dollars invested in agri-foodtech in 2018 went to founding teams with at least one female, according to a new report by AgFunder, KK&P and The New Food Economy with support from S2G Ventures.

Renewal Funds eyes earth-friendly food for its C$145m fourth fund

September 30, 2019

The Vancouver-based venture capital firm has raised a further C$145 million to invest in environmental tech and sustainable consumer products, including organic food and alternative protein.

Rockstart reveals first agri-foodtech cohort with €15m to invest in 10 startups

September 18, 2019

The 10 startups yield from Europe, India, and Chile, and will be making the most of the €15 million Rockstart recently raised to invest in them from early through to late stage.

BRIEF: Picterra raises $3.3m to democratize AI-based geospatial mapping

September 17, 2019

The Swiss company's software that can be programmed to identify and map objects in satellite and drone images for a wide range of uses, from precision agriculture to humanitarian aid.

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” – how crop tech startups like Lavie Bio chart the market

September 10, 2019

The Tel Aviv-based biologicals startup is leveraging an investment from Corteva to introduce and market a new line of biological crop treatments.

Aker Technologies scores $2.6m for automated crop scouting tech

September 4, 2019

The St. Louis-based company is on a mission to boost precision farming with a remote monitoring and analytics platform that gives growers, retailers and suppliers better in-field insights.

Oxford spin-out MoA is rebooting decades-old science to tackle “herbicide crisis”

August 22, 2019

The startup is hunting for new “modes of action” to kill weeds, which would open up opportunities to develop entirely new classes of herbicides. It has just raised £6.3 million in Series A funding.

Rabobank and Caspian partner to fill the debt gap for India’s agri-foodtech startups

August 12, 2019

Dutch banking giant Rabobank is teaming up with impact investment firm Caspian to lend $2 million to India's agtech startups, which are hot with venture capital firms, but not so much with banks.

Agrosavfe snags €35 million to bring bio-crop protection products to market

August 8, 2019

The Belgium-based company will use the Series C financing round to get its first product, a biofungicide, to market.

Gamaya raises €10.9m Series B led by India’s Mahindra & Mahindra in new partnership strategy

July 25, 2019

Gamaya launched in 2015 to bring high-tech imaging and analytics solutions to industrial-size farms. A new partnership with Indian tractor manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra is going to shift the Swiss company’s focus the other way, to small-scale farms.

The Numbers Don’t Add up for Meat-Free Future, says 3F BIO Founder in €17m Alt Protein Partnership

July 22, 2019

3F manufactures mycoprotein as a plant-based protein ingredient for food companies, but the founder is more positive about the potential for hybrid meat products than meat-free and has partnered with various industry players in Europe to work on it.

Corporate Inaction on Deforestation Amounts to $30bn in Losses – and Counting – new report

July 16, 2019

Corporations with commitments to end deforestation across their supply chains are woefully at risk of failure, according to a report identifying Associated British Foods, The Kraft Heinz Company, and Avon among others at risk.

Does This Smell Off? Aryballe’s “Digital Nose” Can Tell You

July 15, 2019

Remember doing the “smell test” before you poured the contents of your questionable, perhaps expired milk bottle on your morning cereal? French startup Aryballe has a solution to that deep, apprehensive whiff.

Porter Road Founder Talks Consumer Consciousness and the Future Butcher

July 8, 2019

"Regenerative agriculture is a buzzy new term, but we did it this way 60, 70 years ago, before we started trying to commoditize everything. It can be done that way again," Chris Carter from online butcher Porter Road tell AFN.

Agri-FoodTech News in Europe: $178m in Venture Funding this Week

June 27, 2019

Catch up on the latest funding activity for European foodtech and agtech startups.

Whoa! Canopy Rivers Backs ZeaKal with $10m to Revolutionize Cannabis Plant Science

June 20, 2019

Cannabis crop science and growing practices are decades behind almost every other cultivated crop.

Future Positive Capital’s Vision for the Future of Farming and Food

June 20, 2019

Armed with $57 million, Future Positive Capital intends to place more bets on wonky tech ideas that have the potential to drive systems change while reaping profits in long-established markets, like food and agriculture.

Ÿnsect Secures €20m Grant from EU to Make France an Industrial Bug Hub

June 11, 2019

Paris-based insect farming venture Ÿnsect has been awarded a €20 million grant from the European Commission and a €3.7 billion European public-private partnership to build an industrial-size facility in northern France.

FarmBackup’s Vision for “Borderless Farming” in Denmark and Beyond

June 4, 2019

Søren and Anders Knudsen have developed FarmBackup, an online marketplace where farmers and contractors can advertise and arrange for equipment-based services.

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Jessica Pothering

Augmenta raises $2.5m seed round from Hardware Club, Marathon VC

Perception is reality: data reveal gender bias in agri-foodtech investing

Renewal Funds eyes earth-friendly food for its C$145m fourth fund

Rockstart reveals first agri-foodtech cohort with €15m to invest in 10 startups

BRIEF: Picterra raises $3.3m to democratize AI-based geospatial mapping

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” – how crop tech startups like Lavie Bio chart the market

Aker Technologies scores $2.6m for automated crop scouting tech

Oxford spin-out MoA is rebooting decades-old science to tackle “herbicide crisis”

Rabobank and Caspian partner to fill the debt gap for India’s agri-foodtech startups

Agrosavfe snags €35 million to bring bio-crop protection products to market

Gamaya raises €10.9m Series B led by India’s Mahindra & Mahindra in new partnership strategy

The Numbers Don’t Add up for Meat-Free Future, says 3F BIO Founder in €17m Alt Protein Partnership

Corporate Inaction on Deforestation Amounts to $30bn in Losses – and Counting – new report

Does This Smell Off? Aryballe’s “Digital Nose” Can Tell You

Porter Road Founder Talks Consumer Consciousness and the Future Butcher

Agri-FoodTech News in Europe: $178m in Venture Funding this Week

Whoa! Canopy Rivers Backs ZeaKal with $10m to Revolutionize Cannabis Plant Science

Future Positive Capital’s Vision for the Future of Farming and Food

Ÿnsect Secures €20m Grant from EU to Make France an Industrial Bug Hub

FarmBackup’s Vision for “Borderless Farming” in Denmark and Beyond

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