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Category: FoodTech

Q&A: MoFo partners talk agrifoodtech exits, regenerative tech, and Covid-19

July 10, 2020

We catch up with Ward and Presser about agrifood tech investing as Presser joins NY-based law firm MoFo’s M&A and PE practices.

Cheap food fuelled the Covid death toll. Now it’s time to tackle the obesity epidemic

July 9, 2020

Of all the reports on the tragic and rising death toll resulting from Covid-19, there’s one underlying health condition that has been largely overlooked: obesity.

Karana gets $1.7m seed funding for its ‘whole plant-based’ meat alternative made from jackfruit

July 9, 2020

The Singapore-based startup has developed an “essentially 100% mechanical” process to improve upon traditional jackfruit-based meat substitutes.

Canada’s largest pension fund makes alt-dairy bet in Perfect Day’s $300m Series C

July 8, 2020

Perfect Day, a Californian startup using plants and fermentation techniques to manufacture animal-free dairy products, has expanded its Series C round to $300 million. Hawk

IntegriCulture and Shiok Meats partner to ramp up cell-based seafood production

July 8, 2020

Two of Asia’s highest-funded alt-protein startups have joined forces to bring cultured, cellular ag-grown seafood to the masses.

Chinese food delivery giant pumps $14m into robot maker PuduTech

July 7, 2020

PuduTech and Meituan Dianping will collaborate on robotics and catering digitization, and explore opportunities in “localized lifestyle services.”

Singapore led ASEAN with $177m funding for agrifoodtech startups last year

July 6, 2020

Singapore Economic Development Board’s John Eng says the city-state’s “unique” ecosystem of agrifood corporates and startups is winning investors over.

Southeast Asia’s food innovation scene bloomed last year with Shiok Meats, Alchemy Foodtech among top funded

July 1, 2020

Shiok Meats has just raised another $3 million in bridge funding as it sets its sights on commercialization of its cultured seafood products.

Dumpling raises $6.5m Series A for personalized eGrocery to give comfort to gig workers, wary online shoppers

June 30, 2020

Dumpling turns the traditional gig economy on its head by putting personal shoppers at the center of the platform and incentivizing good customer service.

Southeast Asia’s ag, food startups raised $423m last year: ASEAN Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2020

June 30, 2020

Between them, Singapore and Indonesia raised over five times the funding of all the other ASEAN countries put together.

Singapore government commits $40m to growing ag and aquaculture startups

June 29, 2020

Koh Poh Koon, the country’s senior minister for trade and industry, unveiled the grant scheme while visiting local indoor farming startup Singrow.

Singapore cell-based breastmilk startup TurtleTree Labs raises $3.2m seed funding

June 24, 2020

TurtleTree Labs has managed to reduce the price of its bioreactor cultured milk from $180 per liter last December to $30 per liter today.

Future Food 🎙️: The future and sustainability of protein in our diets

June 24, 2020

In every conversation I have with the FoodShot team, I learn something new. Now they’re turning their attention to the protein debate with a unique approach.

Dairy supply chain software maker Dairy.com purchases Orbis to up traceability offering

June 23, 2020

The dairy SaaS giant has positioned itself as the digital backbone of the dairy manufacturing supply chain since it launched in 2000.

Three AgFunder portfolio companies selected as World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers

June 18, 2020

We’re proud to announce Brightseed, Trace Genomics, and Phylagen were all recognized by the World Economic Forum as Technology Pioneers.

EU puts $20m into building a sugarbeet biorefinery to make organic acids

June 18, 2020

With the pursuit of carbon neutrality still looming large over political and corporate agendas, companies across Europe have been searching for new ways to unplug their production lines from petroleum-based products.

Grab lays off 5% of workforce as Covid-19 continues to chill food-delivery providers

June 17, 2020

Food delivery services are bigger than ever, as locked-down consumers turn to apps for meals and groceries. But the economic outlook for service providers remains tough.

‘Instant delicacies’ brand Baijia Food raises $28m in Series B funding

June 15, 2020

The Chengdu company is part of China’s booming trend in ‘new convenience foods,’ with online marketing channels such as livestreaming driving 55% of its sales.

Designing proteins to replace preservatives, Protera closes $5.6m Series A, moves to France

June 11, 2020

CEO Leonardo Álvarez said there were near-term gains to be made by zeroing in on replacing unhealthy and ineffective ‘E-number’ chemical preservatives.