there are a few ways to interpret this $19.8 billion figure. Though it signals a 4.8% drop in funding and 15% decline in deal activity year-over-year, it also represents a staggering 250% growth in five years, and proves that the huge scale of investments in 2018 was no freak outlier.
Israel-based Fabric (formerly CommenSense) is currently working to expand its US footprint with its robot-backed software platform to provide micro-fulfillment almost anywhere
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A Wageningen spin-out, the company claims its non-GMO animal-free replacement is more cost-effective than traditional egg whites.
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The firm has already made two investments from the new fund: Agrofy, the Argentinian agribusiness marketplaces that made waves a couple of weeks ago with its record-breaking Series B round, and Inari, the gene-editing for ag startup.
Plant-based protein is leading many consumers to ask deeper questions about where their protein comes from regardless of where it comes from.
The Swiss company has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from California-based Agroecology Capital, an agtech venture capital firm.
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Noquo has yet to settle its core ingredient(s), admitting it’s a hard problem to crack, but a list of heavyweight investors clearly thinks the team can go the distance.
Lever VC, a firm specializing in alternative protein investments, led the round, which was joined by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud’s VC firm KBW Ventures and Silicon Valley investors K2 Global. The investment sums involved were not disclosed on record.
The new funding follows Rockstart AgriFood’s September announcement that it had raised its first €15 million and invested in 10 startups.
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The lead investors were Clean Energy Ventures and Skyview Ventures, with participation from Autodesk Foundation, the philanthropic investing arm of multinational software corporation Autodesk.
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