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January 8, 2024
Three of the top five venture capital deals in Indiana in 2022 were from agtech companies – a first for the state.
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Meet the founder. Vertical Oceans’ John Diener on high-tech shrimp farming, “I have this obsession with efficiency’
January 5, 2024
Coastal shrimp farming comes with a laundry list of problems. So how do you design an alternate system that can eliminate externalities that threaten coastal systems (extreme weather, disease) and still make a margin?
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Fasal bags $12m to expand precision farming operation, Danone offloads Horizon Organic
January 4, 2024
Plus… Steakholder Foods unveils a 3D-printed eel, and carbon removal startup Standard Biocarbon secures $5m for a new biochar production facility.
2023 in review: Beyond Meat in ‘survival’ mode, ‘jaundiced’ indoor ag investors, AI in every pitchdeck…
December 29, 2023
Here are some of highlights (and a few low lights😉) from 2023, plus some areas to watch in 2024, from designer probiotics to livestock methane reduction.
The top 20 agtech deals of 2023
December 28, 2023
Biowaste to biofuel. Ag Robotics. Cow collars. Here’s a sneak peek at the top 20 agtech rounds, based on preliminary data from AgFunder.
What were the most read articles on AgFunderNews in 2023?
December 26, 2023
Readers of AgFunderNews were glued to stories on indoor ag, regenerative ag, plant-based and cultivated meat, and an ugly spat between Miyoko’s Creamery and its namesake founder in 2023.
From precision ag primers to women entrepreneurs, here are our top 10 guest posts of 2023
December 26, 2023
Our top guest articles in 2023 are are a mix of recent thought leadership pieces and several items that date back as far as 2017.
‘It’s not sexy to talk about a grain elevator but it’s required’: Bushel’s Jake Joraanstad on 10 years of agtech evolution
December 22, 2023
Joraanstad unpacks the last decade spent trying to digitize agriculture, and what to look forward to in the next decade.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: New Forests fund makes $300m first close, the EU invests in alt protein
December 21, 2023
Meanwhile in France, lawmakers are proposing a ban on cultivated meat, calling that alternative protein “junk food”
NewLeaf Symbiotics bags another $45m to bring its ‘new class of microbial amendments’ to more row crops
December 21, 2023
NewLeaf will expand development of its microbial-based technology for biological crop protection and stimulant products.
AgFunderNews’ favorite stories of 2023: The good, the bad and the ugly of agrifoodtech
December 21, 2023
As well as taking stock of the best read articles of the year, the AgFunderNews team also wanted to highlight our favourite stories of the year; the articles we’re most proud of and enjoyed reporting the most.
Festive agrifoodtech vox pop part 1: From fundraising to hiring challenges, what keeps startups awake at night as we head into 2024?
December 20, 2023
To find out, foodtech editor Elaine Watson fired off a few emails to startups she’s covered on AgFunderNews this year to get a sense of what is disrupting their sleep, with a particular emphasis on the alt protein space.
Celebrating 10 years in agrifoodtech with special AgFunder e-zine!
December 18, 2023
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…
10 years of Farmers Business Network, from ‘tremendous fear and uncertainty’ to a ‘tremendously exciting future’
December 18, 2023
“As we matured and scaled, people got increasingly nervous about what that could mean for their business.”
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Ag marketplace Vegrow lands $46m, Yara acquires fertilizer business, Chipotle invests in ag robotics
December 14, 2023
Plus: ProfilePrint raises Series B funding & Vow gets a regulatory nod for cultivated quail.
Startup valuation correction will continue in 2024 but worst may be yet to come, say a third of agrifoodtech VCs
December 14, 2023
Some 28 leading agrifoodtech investors responded to AgFunderNews’ annual VC survey
2 million acres and counting: unpacking ADM’s regenerative agriculture progress report for North America
December 14, 2023
Food processing and commodities giant ADM aims to have 4 million acres signed up for regenerative agriculture by 2027.
Where plants, animals and people collide: Indiana is positioned to shape the next chapter in bioscience innovation
December 14, 2023
More than a century in the making, Indiana’s innovation track record encompasses human health, plant science and animal health.
Applications are now open for agrifoodtech founders to join the fifth cohort of the AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator
December 13, 2023
As part of GROW’s 2024 program, which kicks off in April, 10 founders will receive a $100k cash investment from AgFunder, introductions to its global network of co-investors, and mentorship and support from Singapore-based agrifoodtech accelerator, GROW, over a five-month period.
In-ovo sexing reaches 15% penetration in EU as tech to end male chick culling advances
December 13, 2023
Many consumers remain blissfully unaware that it slaughters billions of male chicks every year… but not to put meat on the table.
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