A look into the flow of venture capital into the agrifootech industry shows Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo led in financing startups
Vendease is on a mission to be ‘Africa’s Amazon for food vendors’ by automating food supply.
Farmerline claims to have reached over 1.5 million farmers in 35 countries via its Mergdata platform.
Mzansi Meat’s Brett Thompson and Tasneem Karodia discuss how their company and South Africa’s cultivated meat industry could evolve in the near future.
Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya collectively secured close to 90% of agrifoodtech investments in 2021, according to the Africa AgriFoodTech Investment Report by AgFunder.
The Nutrition Technologies system leverages black soldier fly larvae to produce proteins for animal feed and fertilizers.
The Africa Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2022 by AgFunder, FMO and BII reveals that $482.3 million was invested into the agrifoodtech industry in 2021
The UK alternative protein sector could be a leader but it needs to improve its regulatory process and provide more funding to support its growth.
Neruva Technologies is a Kenyan-based startup that’s leveraging indoor farming to simplify agriculture and bring food production to urban markets.
The trend for African alternative protein startups is coming to the African continent. Here’s a closer look at five of them.
The partnership claims to already support close to five million people’s water supplies in Ethiopia and Kenya.
Ivy Farm, a cultivated meat startup in the UK, just unveiled what it claims to be Europe’s largest cultivated meat pilot plant.
Tridge, a South Korean B2B platform connecting buyers and sellers of fresh agricultural produce, is doing around $15m in sales per month, according to the company.
Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm secures $3.4m seed round led by Omnivore and WaterBridge to scale up research and development and production.
Vive Crop Protection, a Canadian developer of crop protection products, plans to hold a second close of the round later this year as other investors continue due diligence.
Kenya’s iProcure closes $10.2 M in a Series B led by impact investor I&P
Ghana’s Wangara Green Ventures is an impact and climate focused fund supporting small and growing climate-friendly businesses.
American ag equipment manufacturer John Deere made a minority investment into the tractor sharing and management platform, Hello Tractor. Here’s why.
UM6P, the venture arm of the Moroccan university with the same name, says the deals are “investment-partnerships” as the two startups stand to benefit from scientific support and testing of their technologies at the university.
Farmley, India’s dried fruit and nuts marketplace, secured $6m in Series A funding led by DSG Consumer Partners and Alkemi Growth Capital
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?