In the second segment of a three-part deep dive into AI in food, Peakbridge explores how artificial intelligence could transform the food supply chain.
Tikehau Capital invested in a biologicals startup and agrifoodtech layoffs continued.
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Scentian Bio—a New Zealand-based startup making biosensors inspired by bugs—has raised a $2.1m seed round.
Since 2013, investors have poured $1.76 billion into the continent’s agrifood startups, with growth climbing upward much of that time.
European agrifoodtech innovators are showing particular strength in plant-based, bee-tech and methane reduction, according to research.
Vietnamese edible insect startup Cricket One has opened what it claims is Asia’s largest cricket processing facility and closed a financing round led by Singapore-based investor Robert Alexander Stone.
Gas fermentation startup Solar Foods is gearing up to open a new plant to demonstrate its technology at larger scale.
After a pretty dry spell, agrifood investors were throwing around the big bucks this week, with the launch of two sizeable funds from Astanor Ventures and Humble Growth. There was also big news from MycoWorks…
GROW accelerator startups Amatera and OlsAro are adopting approaches that both accelerate the breeding process for climate-resilient crops and ease their regulatory path.
Foodtech VC funding declined for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q2, 2023, dropping 13.9% vs Q1 and by more than 70% year-over-year, according to PitchBook data.
Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt cumulatively raised 86% of all funding in 2022 for African agrifoodtech startups.
London-based startup Hoxton Farms has opened a pilot facility to make cultivated fat, the ‘magic ingredient that makes meat smell, brown, sizzle, and taste incredible…’
Multi-stage impact investment firm Astanor will continue to invest in agrifood startups with a focus on sustainability.
Realizing the vast potential of ancient grains to sustainably nourish billions will require collective action across sectors.
Entrepreneurship is a “bit like manic depression, without the pills,” say the founders of Israel’s Fresh Start incubator. “You go up and you go down, so you have to have a certain ability to move on through the challenges and frustrations.”
Plus, two startups raise new capital to improve access and standards for carbon credits.
Given the “fragility of its financial situation and the weak consumption patterns in the meat alternatives category,” Beyond Meat faces an “existential threat,” say analysts at TD Cowen.
UPSIDE Foods aims to break ground on a commercial-scale cultivated meat facility in Glenview, Illinois, later this year that will become operational in 2025.
African agrifoodtech investment declined 77% year on year in the first half of 2023 as global macroeconomic trends curtailed growth.
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