Faeth raises $20m from Khosla, AgFunder to battle cancer with food
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.
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.
Australia’s Jupiter Ionics says it has found a way to produce ammonia – a key fertilizer ingredient – on-demand, using only air, water, and renewable electricity.
The Berlin-based company will launch its liquid egg alternative in Germany and several other European countries early next year.
“Given we are operating in crops like palm, coffee, [and] pepper, we see the Southeast Asia region as a massive opportunity,” says co-founder Shailendra Tiwari.
The Tel Aviv-based startup “feeds microorganisms instead of cows,” allowing it to avoid many of the ecological pitfalls of traditional dairy cattle production, it says.
It’s on a mission to help India’s 100 million dairy farmers and workers get access to formal banking and other financial services.
The Ghanaian startup allows crowdfunders – which it calls ‘digifarmers’ – to invest in African smallholdings, and then digitalizes the ag value chain end-to-end.
The Ithaca, New York-based startup will use the funding to commercialize its biopesticide product and expand field trials to more row crops.
US-based Robigo engineers plant microbiota into ‘molecular vigilantes,’ according to co-founder Connor Sweeney.
E-grocers, online ordering, and door-to-door delivery have entwined how people buy and consume food with the gig economy. Mozare3 thinks how food is grown should be, too.
Cutting-edge Australian plant biosecurity research has delivered a revolutionary non-toxic and long-acting alternative for controlling stored-grain insect pests.
The Chicago-based company will use the funds to commercialize its seafood analogs made with microbial fermentation.
The Iowan platform helps growers manage soil health data to implement practices like no-till farming and cover cropping.
It links suppliers and buyers of fresh produce across the country, opening up more buy and sell opportunities while also facilitating timely payments.
The Ireland-based startup says it offers a more scalable and accurate way of measuring the carbon footprint of the agriculture and forestry industries.
The Jakarta-based company says it wants to become “the leader in creating delivery-first food and beverage brands in Southeast Asia.”
The Nigerian startup’s goal is two-fold: to offer affordable meat alternatives to African consumers, and to match local taste and texture preferences.
The Jakarta-based startup is relying on micro-fulfillment, refrigeration, and last-mile, ‘in-time’ delivery – as well as its 1,000-plus farmer partners – to do it.
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