What makes a good agtech investment? ‘Clear ROI at the farm level,’ says Fulcrum Global Capital
November 8, 2024
“Fulcrum maybe isn’t the most trendy investor, but we care a lot about what has real impact on the farm.”
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‘Four more years of chaos’ or a ‘historic opportunity’? Food & ag organizations respond to Trump victory
November 7, 2024
A resounding win for Donald Trump in the US election is prompting enthusiasm in some quarters of the food industry and intense anxiety in others.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Indoor ag unicorn Bowery shuts down, Pymwymic launches second fund
November 7, 2024
High-tech shrimp farming company Oceanloop reels in a fresh round of capital.
Worms to wealth? Loopworm scales up insect protein plant, plans recombinant proteins from silkworms
November 6, 2024
Loopworm is ramping up production at a facility in Bangalore capable of churning out 6,000t of silkworm and black soldier fly protein a year.
Oberland Agriscience nets new capital to scale Nova Scotia BSFL plant
November 5, 2024
The startup aims to be fully scaled up at a 108,000sq ft facility next year, with production capacity of 3,500t of dry black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) protein and 9,000t of frass.
Sponsored post: The innovator’s dilemma: why agbioscience innovation must focus on the farmer first
November 5, 2024
“Those innovators that are directly linked to the farmer and to the customer are the ones that are going to win.”
Phytoform says its gene-edited tomato could produce ‘up to 400% more fruit’ in a vertical farm
November 4, 2024
Phytoform utilizes gene editing to accelerate changes that might naturally occur through traditional breeding methods.
YoLa Fresh founders on how a more efficient food system can reduce emissions and water consumption in Africa.
November 4, 2024
In an interview with AgFunder News YoLa Fresh co-founders explain how their company is addressing key challenges like food waste, inefficiencies in fresh produce distribution, and limited market access for smallholder farmers.
Are agtech stakeholders actually collaborating? FIRA USA 2024 attendees weigh in
November 1, 2024
The industry is moving in the right direction, said various growers, startups, agribusinesses and investors polled by AgFunderNews.
More than half of all cyber attacks in agrifood are ransomware, ‘any size’ business at risk, says threat intelligence group
November 1, 2024
“The opportunistic nature of cyber attacks, especially ransomware, means a company of any size is at risk.”
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Funding for mealworms & green hydrogen, Ohalo unveils a new kind of almond
October 31, 2024
Plus: Australia firm banks new funds for biopackaging innovations.
GLOCAL 2024 challenge picks two winners to ‘drive systemic change’ across Latin America’s food system
October 31, 2024
Winners of the GLOCAL challenge highlight the role of AI, data science and fintech in kickstarting change across Latin America agrifoodtech.
What’s driving ag robotics innovation? ‘Labor, labor, labor,’ say FIRA USA 2024 attendees
October 30, 2024
FIRA attendees agreed that ag robotics and automation will create more jobs for the industry, and typically better ones, too.
Rare Earth Global raises $1.3m to expand access to industrial hemp products
October 29, 2024
“Our basic focus is making full use of the whole hemp plant: seed for feed and stalks for construction,” says cofounder Suneet Shivaprasad.
Danforth Technology Center launches startup to open new research pathways through metabolite analysis
October 28, 2024
Metablify officially launched this week out of the Danforth Technology Company, a subsidiary of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Qarbotech turbocharges photosynthesis with carbon quantum dots: ‘We’re kind of cheating the plant to capture more light’
October 28, 2024
QarboTech’s tiny carbon dots integrate with chloroplasts, the tiny factories in plants that turn sunlight into energy, optimizing light absorption and electron transfer.
Ag Marketplaces & Fintech startups are the most popular category of African agrifoodtech investment in 2024
October 28, 2024
Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category have taken the top spot for funding in recent months, bringing in $65 million, or 41% total investment on the continent so far in 2024
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Agtonomy raises $32.8m, NVentures backs Orbital Materials, NotCo unveils ‘fragrance formulator’
October 24, 2024
Plus: More funding deals for ag robotics and automation.
Predator too? BioArmix tackles bacterial pathogens with novel ‘predatory’ biologicals
October 24, 2024
“We are the only ones we know of [developing biological products using predatory bacteria] in the field of agriculture,” says BioArmix CEO Dr. Tzvi Zvirin.
Feeding cattle whole seaweed is more effective than bromoform alone for methane reduction, says study
October 23, 2024
“Bioactive compounds in the Asparagopsis armata biomass other than bromoform are responsible for about 40% of the reduction of methane emissions in our study,” say the authors.
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