Tomorrow Farms lands $8.5m to develop next-gen pantry staples
The company is recreating classic refrigerator and pantry staples using novel ingredients and will launch its first product in Spring 2022.
The company is recreating classic refrigerator and pantry staples using novel ingredients and will launch its first product in Spring 2022.
The Swiss startup will use the proceeds to “deploy pilot units with our prospective clients” in the commercial greenhouse space, CEO Henri Lalande tells AFN.
When it comes to crops, biologicals are all the rage as a means to reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint – and increasingly as a solution to supply chain disruption. Decoy says livestock will be next.
It says revenue from its marketplace for new and used farm vehicles grew 7x over the past two years.
It’s raising the insects on organic byproducts such as food waste, before converting them into proteins and oils for use in animal feed.
The agribusiness marketplace for Ghanaian smallholders has raised $6.5 million in equity and $6.4 million in debt.
Kenya’s Tushop is scaling to allow communities to purchase groceries in groups, thereby getting wholesale prices for goods.
The Californian startup is helping to make seaweed “the most abundant, most sustainable” source of protein on Earth.
Lowercarbon Capital led the round.
Future Crops stands to benefit from Tencent’s deep domain expertise in AI and automation – as well as its massive footprint in the Asian tech ecosystem.
The startup recently raised $10 million in a seed round led by Acre Venture Partners.
The Jakarta-based startup links sellers of fertilizers, seeds, and other inputs with local ag stores that serve smallholder farmers across Indonesia.
The Dakar-based startup is boosting linkages between smallholder farmers and small-scale vendors in Senegal’s informal retail sector.
The Center launched the Danforth Technology Company to commercialize its research and technology and launch new agtech startups from its own campus.
Pandemic-related labor shortages and supply chain issues drove early-stage investment in solutions closer to the farm for India’s agrifood startups.
The US alt-protein startup will launch its product in more Bay Area restaurants following its October 2021 debut.
The Kirkland, Washington startup offers farmers high-precision plant and soil health management.
It uses “precision therapies, software, and nutrition to help treat cancer, for the millions of patients who desperately need better outcomes,” according to CEO Anand Parikh.
OKO Finance offers crop insurance to smallholder farmers in Mali – one of the few fintech companies focusing on the landlocked West African country.
The Lagos-based startup is aiming to make the country’s food supply chain much more predictable for stakeholders by using data, drivers, and loans.
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