Category: AgTech

World Food Day 2019: Cooking up new crops for the future

October 16, 2019

#WorldFoodDay calls for action to make healthy and sustainable diets affordable and accessible to everyone. We find out what chefs and suppliers are doing.

9 questions with FoodBytes! Chicago pitch company Agremo

October 16, 2019

Serbian startup Agremo pitched its farm data management software last month to a panel of judges and audience.

French poultry tech startup Tibot Technologies raises €3m seed round for health-boosting robot

October 16, 2019

The startup’s robots roam around poultry houses floors to encourage more bird movement and to prevent hens from laying eggs outside designated nest boxes.

CORRECTION: Hummingbird Tech closes Series B on $10m with BASF, Telus joining SALIC-led round

October 15, 2019

UK startup Hummingbird Technologies tells us it plans to expand into North America with its fresh injection of funds from BASF VC and TELUS Ventures.

A startup cheat-sheet for London’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

October 15, 2019

The cheat-sheet comprises 14 international agri-tech start-ups that will present their tech at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London on October 15-16; they come with a special seal of approval from the organizers, the Brighton-based Rethink Events.

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Provivi raises $85m Series C to combat field pests with pheromones

October 15, 2019

Provivi produces pesticide alternatives for farmers based on insect pheromones, the natural secretions animals use to find one another for mating.

EXCLUSIVE: Pontifax AgTech holds first close of Fund II on $140m with $170m committed

October 14, 2019

Pontifax AgTech Fund II is targeting $250m overall.

UK wants agriculture to be carbon neutral by 2040. But £20m here and there won’t do the trick

October 14, 2019

Prodded by rising public concerns about climate change, the UK government wants its agricultural sector to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. This is a bold target and there isn't enough heft in the right places, British investors have warned AFN.

BREAKING: Roboscientific triumphs at Tesco Agri-T Jam

October 14, 2019

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the Tesco's Finest of them all? Ten agri-tech start-ups have been flinging 7-minute pitches at UK supermarket giant Tesco and its supply chain partners for most of Monday.

Why should you be part of Sprout’s latest cohort in New Zealand?

October 13, 2019

Sprout Accelerator could be that opportunity you need to be part of New Zealand's journey towards sustainability in ag and food tech. Read on for more.

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: 500 Startups leads seed round for Vietnam’s Cricket One

October 13, 2019

Cricket One is another insect-based protein startup that's taking off in Asia, but why? AFN speaks with its founder, Nam Dang, to find out.

Vertical Future raises £4m seed round to take vertical farming to Mayfair

October 11, 2019

Vertical Future plans to cut down London's carbon ‘foodprint’ with its latest £4m seed round, led by impact investor Earthworm. Read on to find out more.

UPDATE: Future Meat Technologies raises $14m Series A as Memphis Meats eyes jumbo Series B

October 10, 2019

This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat's $17 million Series A.

Climate change-minded tech accelerator is funding innovation across the food value chain

October 10, 2019

Editor’s Note: Danya Hakeem is director of innovation, agriculture & circular economy at Elemental Excelerator. Here she writes about their latest cohort.

With recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and others illustrating that it will be impossible to keep global temperatures at safe levels unless there is also a transformation in the way the world produces food and manages land, the time to address systemic problems across the food value chain is now.

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Category: AgTech

World Food Day 2019: Cooking up new crops for the future

9 questions with FoodBytes! Chicago pitch company Agremo

French poultry tech startup Tibot Technologies raises €3m seed round for health-boosting robot

CORRECTION: Hummingbird Tech closes Series B on $10m with BASF, Telus joining SALIC-led round

A startup cheat-sheet for London’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Provivi raises $85m Series C to combat field pests with pheromones

EXCLUSIVE: Pontifax AgTech holds first close of Fund II on $140m with $170m committed

UK wants agriculture to be carbon neutral by 2040. But £20m here and there won’t do the trick

BREAKING: Roboscientific triumphs at Tesco Agri-T Jam

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: 500 Startups leads seed round for Vietnam’s Cricket One

Vertical Future raises £4m seed round to take vertical farming to Mayfair

UPDATE: Future Meat Technologies raises $14m Series A as Memphis Meats eyes jumbo Series B

Climate change-minded tech accelerator is funding innovation across the food value chain

The extraordinary opportunity in Asian Ag & Food Technology

Why Dan Vradenburg joining Trace Genomics as CEO is a big deal

Women in AgTech: Fighting machismo in Latin America

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

BRIEF: Barn2Door raises $3.4m Series A to connect farmers to customers

Microfluidics mastery earns Switzerland’s Creoptix $8m Series C

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