Data Snapshot: Investment in premium food brands slowed in India last year, but grew in China
Premium Branded Foods remained one of India’s most active categories, despite a pandemic-related slowdown.
Premium Branded Foods remained one of India’s most active categories, despite a pandemic-related slowdown.
But the startup needs to get regulatory approval before it can sell its cell-cultured salmon to US consumers.
The Dakar-based startup is boosting linkages between smallholder farmers and small-scale vendors in Senegal’s informal retail sector.
Food retailers need technologies that can automate the supply chain to minimize disruptions and optimize inventory management.
Equip scored $58 million while Tindle parent company Next Gen Foods raised the largest Series A round to date for plant-based protein.
Hyphen’s robotic restaurant system replaces the traditional makeline setup popularized by Chipotle and other assembly line-style concepts.
Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
Next Gen Foods has secured plant-based protein’s biggest Series A funding to date from investors including Temasek, GGV Capital, and Paul McCartney’s MPL Ventures.
The Center launched the Danforth Technology Company to commercialize its research and technology and launch new agtech startups from its own campus.Â
The US-based investment platform’s third installment wants to make food more nutritious, sustainable, and accessible through bioactive elements.
Check out AFN’s list of corporate climate commitments, net-zero pledges, and regen ag initiatives.
Protix bagged big bucks this week for its insect protein; while Cooks Venture secured capital to breed slower-growing chickens.
Cultivated meat and other “future foods” startups raised a total of $127 million in China during 2020.
The woman-led fund has raised $5.7 million to help the country’s ag sector embrace technology, improve climate resilience, and empower women.
The Paris-based startup will supply insect protein to ADM’s pet foods division, to create “high-quality nutritional” products with “a significantly lower carbon footprint and land requirement.”
Widespread adoption of plant-based diets would result in lower emissions and higher carbon sequestration, researchers claim.
Fresh off its $110 million funding round, Nigeria’s TradeDepot is pushing the boundaries of digitalization and financing for Africa’s small food businesses and retailers.
Meanwhile, it has been forecast that the plant-based protein sector needs to invest $27 billion in production capacity by 2030 to meet demand.
The US company’s e-commerce portal provides a more efficient way to source proteins for novel food ingredients, drug discovery, and more.
The Riyadh-based B2B marketplace said it’ll use the Series A funds for geographical expansion, and to launch new products and verticals.
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