Norichukin Bank recently joined the first close of AgFunder’s $100m Fund IV as a limited partner to advance Japan’s agriculture, fisheries, and forestry industries.
The financial services provider will support UK farmers with green loans and carbon audits.
Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.
Waste streams from agriculture and food production can become an additional source of value for Asian economies, thanks to advances in technology.
Agri-SMEs in Africa and Southeast Asia need $160 billion in funding to tackle climate change; but they’re getting just a third of that, a new report says.
Elsewhere, US ag robotics specialist FarmWise teased a new weeding implement along with its latest fundraise.
As agriculture embraces sustainability, ESG-driven investors see a $3 trillion opportunity.
Nile, a fresh produce marketplace connecting farmers to enterprise buyers, will use the funds to expand beyond the Southern Africa region.
2021 was “a year of momentum for ag biotech and alternative proteins” in the region.
The San Francisco-based startup said it will use the funding to bring its new vegetable weeding implement to market.
The company aims to produce a new class of biomaterials and reduce fashion’s carbon footprint with its “microbial weaving” tech.
Carbon Collective hopes to give individual sustainable investment portfolios more power and in doing so force corporations to decarbonize faster.
Farm payments should mirror social welfare schemes in having both the short-term needs, and the long-term interests, of users in mind.
It will use the capital injection to expand its geographic footprint, build out its supply chain capabilities, and introduce insurance products.
It will use the Series B funds to grow its fintech platform which simplifies commodity hedging for farmers and food businesses.
Multiple restaurant tech startups made headlines this week; while a massive, multinational carbon initiative got off the ground in Africa.
Ag carbon markets are becoming more viable thanks to smart program design and innovative tech, Matthew Guinness writes.
With herbicide resistance on the rise, Moa Technology wants to “replenish the toolbox” available to farmers, says CEO Virginia Corless.
Administering a vaccine in animal feed is far safer for workers and requires a lot less labor than injecting each animal individually.
It also saw upstream agrifoodtech deal numbers surpass downstream deals for the first time, says Omnivore managing partner Mark Kahn.
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?