Evolv Ventures launched late last year as the venture arm of ketchup and mac-and-cheese behemoth Kraft Heinz with $100 million to invest in startups. We caught up with Steve Sanger, a partner at Evolv, to find out more about the fund’s strategy and his personal shift from startup to investor
The Vancouver-based venture capital firm has raised a further C$145 million to invest in environmental tech and sustainable consumer products, including organic food and alternative protein.
The Arizona-based startup initially developed to test pathogens on cannabis is now preparing to expand into the broader food and beverage space.
I tucked into my first ever breakfast in Israel early this Sunday morning faced with a blatantly biblical reminder, but there’s nothing typical about the future milk and honey being developed by the country’s booming foodtech scene.
People are recognizing the potential opportunity for indoor growing to address many of the challenges in food and ag. Since the Plenty funding in late 2017, we have seen a surge of funding for both sunless and greenhouse approaches, says The Mixing Bowl releasing its first Indoor AgTech Landscape.
Vertical farm tech Intelligent Growth Solutions sealed a £7m Series A, after a second close of the round backed by Ospraie Ag Science and AgFunder.
What is dronemaker XAG working on with Bayer and Huawei? Its co-founder Justin Gong gives us the details, along with his outlook for China.
GrainChain is linking up Honduras’ disjointed coffee supply chain with blockchain. We speak to its CEO on how it helps coffee’s journey from plant to mug.
Indian VC firm Omnivore tells AFN that aquaculture tech app Aquaconnect has raised a $1.1m seed round from Omnivore and HATCH. Read on to find out more.
The Pittsburgh-based startup has developed 40 different robots to shave labor costs so that it can offer produce at a competitive cost.
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The Israeli agritech company FruitSpec — which is carving out a niche using hyperpectral imagery to count fruits —is set to officially close its $4 million Series A fundraise at the Agrivest conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Get the scoop here!
In this episode of Future Food, AFN editor Louisa Burwood-Taylor speaks to Klaus Kunz, head of Sustainability and Business Stewardship at German agro-pharma giant Bayer.
Mareese Keane, the program director of agtech accelerator THRIVE presented the Animal AgTech Landscape Map at the inaugural Swine Innovation Summit last week.
Remember, remember! The sixth and seventh of November!
These two dates will mark the autumnal moment when fifteen fledgling agri- and foodtech startups try to make an explosive impression on FoodBytes! by Rabobank at Victoria House in London.
Britain’s leading vaccinology center, the Pirbright Institute, is on the global front lines of preventing the spread of all manner of livestock diseases including FMDV and African swine flu.
The WorldFish and IFPRI join forces to carry out research into a future of seafood, without the sea, and how it could improve the world.
Tia Lupita Foods, LocalCoho and Capro-X won at FoodBytes! Chicago yesterday.
The PMA Science and Technology team visited Brazil last month for Fresh Connections: Brazil with 900 participants from the fruit and vegetable industry. They also convened a Science and Technology Dinner, conducted member visits and visited the AgTech Garage in Piracicaba. Here’s 5 things Vonnie Estes heard.
Indigo Agriculture is looking for new technologies that can help restore the world’s soils through regenerative agriculture. Apply now to the Terraton Challenge!
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International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator