Read about Japanese farm management tool Farmnote, two M&A deals with Indian animal health companies and a $6m Series A for IoT company LinkLabs.
Kuli Kuli’s moringa-based products are now available in 500 stores across the country after the company received an endorsement from Chelsea Clinton last month.
MycoTechnology closed the first round of its Series A this week on $6.7m but is set to bring on another venture capital investor next week, Alan Hahn, CEO, told AgFunderNews.
Technology veteran John Hartnett talks to AgFunderNews about why he got involved in ag, his firm’s $100m agtech fund and establishing links between Silicon Valley and farmers in Salinas Valley.
The venture capital arm of UK food company Tate & Lyle has launched a £30 million ($37 million) fund. Here Simon Barnes, managing partner, describes the fund’s strategy and independence from the sugar manufacturer.
The week’s fundings in brief include acquisitions by Cargill in Mexico and aquaculture, Solyent’s legal pressure from environment watchdog and even more e-grocery fundings in India.
The company, which is developing a probiotic formula to resolve a microbial imbalance in some babies’ microbiome, also raised capital from Tate & Lyle Ventures and angel investors.
Green Blender, the DIY green smoothie kit service, is an alumnus of Food-X and the latest in a string of food e-commerce investments in the wake of an operational downsizing by Good Eggs last week.
Next Millennium Farms and Exo have raised capital for their cricket protein production projects as investors and consumer become more comfortable with the concept.
Fish 2.0 is a biennial business competition designed to group sustainable seafood technology and supply chain companies together for investors.
A group of researchers at Washington State University have been working with Ultraviolet C light, or UVC light, to help organic producers make sure their produce is safe without having to use any chemical-based sanitization products.
What a start to the year! Today AgFunder releases its Midyear AgTech Investing Report (Free Download) and 2015 has already lived up to expectations. Nearly surpassing
A group of researchers conducting project Fish SCALE at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are using DNA sequencing to combat seafood fraud.
AgFunderNews recently had the opportunity to ask Professor Zhang of Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Engineering five questions about his research into turning cellulose into edible starches and biofuel.
Israel-based biomedical engineer Amit Gefen is developing a laboratory-grown chicken breast. Based at Tel Aviv University’s Iby and Aladar Fleischman School of Engineering, the biomedical
For many agtech entrepreneurs and innovators, finding the cash flow to get their idea off the ground is the most important step. Here are some of the grants and programs available in the US.
Sprout Organic foods recently announced a new investment partnership with North Castle Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm investing in the health, wellness and active living sectors.
Clara Foods differs from plant protein-focused Hampton Creek by genetically modifying yeast to produce egg white liquid for cooking. The company attracted an impressive line-up of angel investors.
Zesty, the online healthy food delivery service, will use the proceeds for expansion beyond San Francisco after attracting investment from Founders Fund and Index Ventures.
The Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad business school, has selected eight food and agriculture technology start-ups to take part
