Cultured meat manufacturer Memphis Meat, UK farm-2-consumer company FarmDrop and Syngenta’s acquisition by ChemChina are some of this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
The food technology-focused accelerator’s new managing director, Andrew Ive, talks to AgFunderNews about getting to know the sector since joining in November.
AgFunderNews caught up with McDonald’s UK supply chain director Connor McVeigh to find out more about the fast food restaurant chain’s influence on farming practices and his views on agriculture technology.
Investment rounds by startups in the UK, Singapore, and the US contributed to the week’s funding volumes.
Food waste is becoming a serious problem globally. Winnow is just one of a growing number of startups hoping to mitigate its effects.
The first FoodBytes! Summit for 2016 is set to take place in Brooklyn, New York, on March 3, 2016, and applications are now open.
Japan’s Planet Table closes $850k Series A, India’s FreshMenu raises $16.5 million, while Lok Capital and Aspada Investment Company invest in supply chain tech.
The food waste-to-fertilizer startup is constructing its first commercial scale facility in Sacramento after signing a food supply agreement with a local supermarket.
Indian business incubator CIIE, which was responsible for India’s first agtech accelerator, contributed to the funding round alongside two angel investors.
The family office invested in the Series B round of MJ Freeway, a cannabis tracking software provider, as food e-commerce companies in Asia continued to raise funds.
Startups focused on food technology, ag biotech, GPS navigation and food e-commerce make up this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
The Center for Innovation and Technology is being sponsored by Bayer CropSciences, Farm Credit, Monsanto, Prophet North America, Toro Micro-Irrigation, Taylor Farms and JV Smith Companies, and is still open for applications.
The Californian startup is aiming to manufacture alternative dairy products with better nutritional and taste values than others on the market, according to co-founder Dr Neil Renninger.
This week’s news-in-brief covers the launch of a new crop-spraying drone, a $20m commitment by New Zealand to combat agricultural emissions, and agribusiness PE fund Arlon leads sugar business M&A.
Harvest Power wants to develop the organic food waste sector in the US through the expansion of its anaerobic digesters and consumer-facing soil supplement products.
Food processing technology provider 915 Labs recently closed a $3 million seed round. Here CEO Michael Locatis tells AgFunderNews more about the company.
As consumers scramble to find a bird to roast this holiday season, a non-profit organization has launched a new website to help them: BuyingPoultry.com.
This week’s industry news brief includes M&A news, a food e-commerce IPO, weather technology capital raising, a $46m farmland sale, and regulatory developments for the US food industry.
Welcome to another AgFunderNews’ Fundings in Brief, including food and agriculture technology funding news and industry insight from the week.
The meal kit delivery company is the latest food e-commerce company to raise venture funding and comes at the same time as HelloFresh, arguably the leader in the space, plans an IPO.
