2022 was a grim year for agrifoodtech investment, with funding down 44% year-on-year globally, in part driven by an 81% drop in funding in China. So why did funding fall off a cliff and what can we expect in 2023 and beyond?
If you’re in space for three days, says Phnam Bagley, food is fuel. If you’re on a three-year round trip to Mars, it’s mission critical, a matter of life and death.
Running a business is demanding at the best of times. Throw in today’s unprecedented challenges and business leaders are being pulled in all directions. Introducing the Future Food & Ag Leadership program.
While the world is facing the challenges of sustainable food production intensification, new technologies offer a tremendous opportunity to address these issues, writes Marco Brini in the wake of publishing a book about digital ag adoption.
Several biomaterials startups made headlines with fundraises, partnerships and other developments for leather, wood and oil alternatives.
Key barriers to widespread adoption are ‘not enough measurement and not enough funding’ for food waste solutions, says ReFED.
Later-stage deals for food waste startups increased in 2022, while larger platforms are starting to acquire smaller solution providers.
Arado’s digital agribusiness marketplace connecting farmers directly with retailers and restaurants grew 30x in 2022.
Advancing the food system in the 21st century requires a hands-on approach to innovation that connects business and technology with deep science.
Erika Summers explains mechanical side of vertical farming and why you can’t build a vertical farm just anywhere, despite what the hype says.
Unlike almonds, which rely on honeybees for pollination, a dwindling and increasingly expensive resource, pistachio crops are pollinated by wind, which is both abundant and free-of-charge. So why are some growers turning to artificial pollination?
Latin American agrifoodtech startups hoping to scale their solutions can now apply to the GLOCAL Game Changers LatAm Series 2023.
Plus, $53 million for restaurant tech platform Odeko, new CRISPR-based research and non-browning bananas.
Tepbac will use the funding scale its hardware-software system that promises to equip shrimp farmers with more efficient, sustainable tools.
All continents except Africa recorded an over 30% decline in agrifoodtech investments in 2022.
The N-OVATOR program in 2023 opens to all Pivot Bio customers hoping to replace synthetic nitrogen and bring down on-farm emissions.
Copenhagen is one of several markets impacted economic headwinds and Infarm’s decision to focus on markets headed towards profitability.
Tevel is partnering with ag machinery manufacturers and integrating its robots and ground computing software system with harvesting machinery.
Only half of agrifood corps have used startup scouting in open innovation efforts, preferring to collaborate with research, according to new report.
Ÿnsect will shutter its Netherlands facility and shift from animal feed production to pet feed as the company strives for profitability.
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