The Australian startup uses lighting, robotics, and AI to ‘program’ algae strains so they can more efficiently produce specialty ingredients for the food and ag sectors.
The funding will enable the Indian startup to take its rapid soil testing kit and analytics services to the country’s 130 million smallholder farmers.
Vivent uses AI to detect and interpret electrical biosignals within plants that are linked to stress, helping to diagnose pathogens and pests.
The Dutch-Danish startup thinks that toxicity and growing pathogen resistance to chemical aqua-pesticides means that now’s the time to shine for biological alternatives.
The Los Angeles-based startup has created a farm data API with the goal of helping agrifoodtech developers reduce data siloing and boost innovation.
The Danish startup runs what it calls “the smallest chewing gum factory in the world” – but with the new funding, that factory is set to get a little bigger.
Atomo! co-founder Jarret Stopforth happens to have a DIY food science lab in his garage. While some people build cars on their weekends, Jarret builds food.
S2G Ventures and Horizons Ventures co-led the seed round, with AgFunder and Bessemer Venture Partners also participating.
The team at Spotta wants to enable a lighter use of pesticides by building networks of accurate real-time insect detectors.
Mail order, frozen, plant-based chicken nuggets… Before we met Ben Pasternak, the founder of SIMULATE (formerly NUGGS), this would have sounded like the worst idea ever.
Is there a case to be made for distributed, hyper-local food processing models? SavorEat CEO Racheli Vizman thinks so.
Will this new chicken run spur a similar craze for backyard Black Soldier Flies — a tasty and nutritious snack for these trusty lockdown companions?
It offers a white-label solution to food manufacturers who want to make their meat go further with healthier, more sustainable plant-based protein.
The Singapore-based startup has developed an “essentially 100% mechanical” process to improve upon traditional jackfruit-based meat substitutes.
There’s space for vertical farming among Chile’s urban populations, where year-round fresh produce is not as abundant as you might think.
TurtleTree Labs has managed to reduce the price of its bioreactor cultured milk from $180 per liter last December to $30 per liter today.
Early Twitter and Uber backer Chris Sacca’s firm also invested in Australia’s Soil Carbon Co, which is developing a microbe-mediated method to sequester carbon.
Focusing on gardeners and commercial landscapers for now, Upcycle & Co closed its recent seed round during the pandemic.
Arkam Ventures led the pre-Series A investment in Jai Kisan, which wants to increase Indian farmers’ access to financial services – and lenders’ access to farmers.
The Canadian startup claims to have the only smart LED lighting technology that reproduces the full spectrum of the sun’s natural light.
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