Major CPGs and other agrifoodtech players weigh in on what regenerative agriculture entails as it becomes an increasingly crucial pillar of farming.
Expect a continued rise in impact investing to create more sustainable agtech and foodtech, and to build and manage more sustainable real estate, writes Gideon Soesman.
In agtech, deals from Grow Indigo, FreezeM and others were all about insect farming, forest restoration and capturing more carbon.
The Midstream Technologies category in India saw a 2.5X funding increase in FY22, making it one of the country’s most active agrifoodtech investment areas.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s time for the research team at AFN’s parent company AgFunder to start compiling its global foodtech and agtech investment report, which will be released in early March.
Aquaconnect will use the new capital to build up its product portfolio for both pre-harvest and post-harvest services for the aquaculture industry.
Pink Farms aims to provide some or possibly all of its vertical farming technology to the grain and fiber production in the next 10 years.
No farmers. No food. No future. That is the saying that reminds us to value not just where our food comes from, but the farmers that grow it for us, writes Henry Gordon-Smith as an introduction to deep research his team has done into labor shortage in the Middle East.
From space bakeries to bioreactors, here’s what excites Urban Crop Solutions’ founder Maarten Vandecruys about controlled environment agriculture.
The just concluded African Agri Investment Indaba hosted ag stakeholders, chiming in on the sector’s state of financing, inclusion and productivity.
With over 20,000 farmers across 13 countries, multinational brewing company AB InBev employs a range of tactics when it comes to boosting soil health.
NotCo has big plans for its AI tool, while nutrition platform HealthKart will expand its business and Winter Farm will grow a new crop.
Eratani, an Indonesian startup providing digital farm management solutions has secured $3.8m in a seed round led by Singapore’s TNB Aura
Today, just about everywhere we look, there are claims about carbon sequestration being akin to the holy grail for agriculture, and by extension, the environment. But what do US farmers think about carbon markets? Ben Palen surveyed 50 of them to find out.
Mad Capital will use the funding to build up its team as it prepares to expand its “unique capital structure” for farmers switching to regenerative ag.
Achieving food security and boosting smallholder farm incomes go hand in hand; Robert Madziva aims to do both with his digital agribusiness platform.
Restaurant tech company MarginEdge and AgFunder portfolio company Black Sheep Foods also raised money, as did forest tech platform Gaia AI.
From widespread soil degradation in Africa to Iowa’s quickly disappearing “black gold,” the numbers show how urgent the world’s soil situation is.
Verdant Robotics recently announced a $46.5 million Series A funding, led by Cleveland Avenue. AgFunder first invested in the seed stage round a few years ago when the company was still in stealth. Here AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc explains why.
Vertical farms in Calgary and Montreal will enable GoodLeaf Farms to serve Canadian customers coast to coast starting in 2023.
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