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Category: FoodTech

Kraft Heinz leads $12m Series A for smart checkout startup Zippin

December 12, 2019

What does a CPG company want with smart checkout technology, you ask? Data, and lots of it.

Happy McVeganuary: McDonald’s to offer first fully vegan meal in UK in Q1 2020

December 11, 2019

In the UK, the practice of Veganuary — being vegan for the month of January — is starting to catch the attention of the fast-food giants.

Exploiting Intellectual Property rights in the UK’s food and drink sector

December 11, 2019

This article is intended to demystify IP in the food and drink industry and shed light on the full extent of the opportunities available to companies to protect and benefit from their IP, with a particular focus on the role patent protection can play.

BREAKING: Perfect Day closes $140m Series C led by Temasek to scale B2B dairy alternatives

December 11, 2019

We asked Perfect Day why they're leaving value on the table by focusing on partnerships and not marketing its own brand and how they're staying ahead of the competition.

UPDATE: Bond Pet Foods raises $1.2m seed round to take the animal out of pet food

December 6, 2019

Did you know that if America's cats and dogs were a country, they'd be the fifth largest consumer of meat products globally? Now add the world's pets into that; that's a big contribution to the carbon footprint of the world's meat industry.

From stem cells to pork chops: Meatable raises $10m seed funding to prototype cultivated pork

December 6, 2019

The raise — which brings Meatable’s total funding to date to $13 million — comes mainly from an existing investor base and The European Commission also contributed funds through its Eurostars Programme.

SoftBank-backed Accel Robotics is blending online & physical with check-out free technology

December 5, 2019

So far, checkout-free technologies appear to be using the same recipe of technology: will they be forced to diversify or die?

Tech can halt African Swine Fever in Asia

December 4, 2019

My time spent scouting out various ASF tech solutions at the Asia-Pacific Agri Tech Innovation Week in Singapore has given me cause for cautious optimism.

Will Smith-backed Jinx explains why we need “digitally native,” modern dog food

December 4, 2019

Hint: Jinx isn’t really about dogs. It’s about the people who own dogs.

Is every day Cyber Monday now?

December 2, 2019

As US consumers show more interest in online offerings, retailers are upping their digital game this holiday season -- including food retailers.

What the fork? Karana wishes “Happy Jacksgiving” with alt turkey

November 28, 2019

I tried Karana's alt turkey at the recent Asia Agri-Food Innovation Week in Singapore. Here's what I thought.

President Barack Obama or Eddie Vedder? My week at Dreamforce

November 27, 2019

Luckily I didn't have to choose. Here’s a few things I heard while living it up at the St Regis and bumping into celebs at every turn.

Picnic is betting food will be made by robots in kitchens that don’t exist

November 27, 2019

One could be forgiven for questioning why the world needs a robot that can make 300 pizzas an hour. Clayton Wood, CEO of robot making startup Picnic, often has to answer for that.

Booming, blooming micro-algae

November 25, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of species of micro-algae float through the world’s waterways. Just a fraction have been categorised or studied. It leaves an imaginarium of possibilities to explore.

For decades, the hottest and most tantalising possibility centered round biofuels.

AgFunder Network Partners

Category: FoodTech

Happy McVeganuary: McDonald’s to offer first fully vegan meal in UK in Q1 2020

Exploiting Intellectual Property rights in the UK’s food and drink sector

BREAKING: Perfect Day closes $140m Series C led by Temasek to scale B2B dairy alternatives

UPDATE: Bond Pet Foods raises $1.2m seed round to take the animal out of pet food

From stem cells to pork chops: Meatable raises $10m seed funding to prototype cultivated pork

SoftBank-backed Accel Robotics is blending online & physical with check-out free technology

Tech can halt African Swine Fever in Asia

Will Smith-backed Jinx explains why we need “digitally native,” modern dog food

Is every day Cyber Monday now?

What the fork? Karana wishes “Happy Jacksgiving” with alt turkey

President Barack Obama or Eddie Vedder? My week at Dreamforce

Picnic is betting food will be made by robots in kitchens that don’t exist

Booming, blooming micro-algae

Forward Fooding reveals FoodTech 500 2019 finalists

Food & agtech investors are most excited about the future in Asia

FoodChain ID acquires food tester Diversified Laboratories, As You Sow scores 14 food corps on pesticide residues

Investor Webinar for AgFunder’s Alternative Protein Fund

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Food Institute launches GFI Israel

Dean Foods goes bust thanks to a fatal error: shying away from alt-milk

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