Brief: Square Roots taps URB-E’s last-mile fleet to deliver CEA grown greens
Square Roots will leverage URB-E’s fleet of last-mile, small electric vehicles to deliver vertically-grown greens faster and cheaper than traditional vans.
Square Roots will leverage URB-E’s fleet of last-mile, small electric vehicles to deliver vertically-grown greens faster and cheaper than traditional vans.
The US restaurant chain has teamed up with Miso Robotics to pilot kitchen automation solution Chippy.
Over in the US, meanwhile, The Every Company launched the world’s first chickenless egg white.
Venture investors pumped $51.7 billion into agrifoodtech startups in 2021, according to AgFunder’s latest global investment report.
A small but growing list of agrifood companies are pledging to go net water positive or making other commitments around water reduction.
Fund IV will invest in seed and Series A rounds with a focus on impactful themes such as decarbonization, farm automation, and food-as-medicine.
GROW’s Land x Launch™ platform helps late-stage agrifoodtech ventures expand into Asia.
The Nairobi-based startup – formerly known as Sokowatch – enables informal grocery retailers to restock and finance their stores via its mobile app.
Brown, who founded the plant-based protein pioneer in 2011, will continue in the newly created role of ‘chief visionary officer’.
Elsewhere, Plantish scored $12 million for plant-based fish – and Mzansi Meat unveiled ‘Africa’s first’ cultivated beef burger.
CGIAR’s Alliance of Biodiversity International aims to “climate-proof” tropical food systems through its brand-new plant genebank.
The pressure is on for Cargill, Danone, Pepsi, and other corporates to make good on the growing list of regen ag commitments in agrifood.
Late-stage investment into European agrifoodtech ventures totalled $476 million in 2020 – less than a third of what they raised the previous year.
The region is still not among the top destinations for climate tech capital, despite its huge potential.
Lowercarbon Capital led the round.
The Nairobi-based startup raised $1 million in pre-seed funding last year.
Xi said that China “should shift our focus from farmland only” and use biotechnology to “obtain calories and protein from plants, animals, and microorganisms.”
Clean Crop Technologies closed a round for crop protection tools and Protenga nabbed capital for its insect farming operations.
Impossible says its patent on a beef substitute containing synthesized heme – which gives the effect of blood – is being infringed by Motif.
East Africa faces drought, livestock deaths, and starvation. Rapid digitalization is helping – but infrastructure development needs to keep pace.
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