It leans on the community group-buying model popularized in China, allowing consumers to form teams in order to make bulk buys on its platform.
The Annapolis, Maryland-based startup uses anaerobic digestion to convert organic waste, such as discarded food or ag byproducts, into fuel and fertilizer.
Wolt CEO Miki Kuusi will become head of DoorDash International, leading its global expansion efforts and reporting directly to the US company’s CEO Tony Xu.
Pre- and post-production supply chain processes are already the main contributor to agrifood-related GHG emissions in advanced economies, a new study says.
US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack discussed the role of government in advancing climate-smart practices and resilient food systems.
The US startup brings work-from-home to the gig economy, giving drive-thru restaurants a virtual, on-demand workforce, writes AgFunder partner Manuel Gonzalez.
Agriculture 4.0 will give farmers the opportunity to diversify their businesses like never before, increasing both profitability and sustainability.
Swedish company Nick’s grabbed the biggest funding round of the week, while India’s cloud kitchen market grew and Twiga Foods got $50 million to expand across Africa.
Supply chain, warehousing, and logistics solutions led the investment rounds for Midstream Technologies in the first half of the year.
If this is really is our “last, best chance,” the UK royal’s well-researched and well-grounded approach is worth taking seriously.
Nuro and Google will additionally “explore opportunities together to strengthen and transform local commerce,” the Californian startup said.
Green Rebel Cheeze is made is from “locally and sustainably sourced” cashew, potato, and rice, according to the Jakarta-based startup.
TurtleTree said it will use the capital to move closer towards the commercial launch of its first cell-based milk protein products.
The US-based company wants to eliminate food waste by turning surplus grocery store inventory into animal feed via a closed-loop upcycling process.
The Bangkok-based startup makes pet food products out of black soldier fly larvae, feeding them “a diet from pre-consumed food waste” and other “food surpluses.”
The Melbourne-based startup has combined an easy-to-use handheld scanner with machine learning analytics to make non-destructive fruit testing and future quality predictions as easy as picking up cheap mangoes in summer.
Fabric raised $200 million for its fulfillment robotics platform, while farmer marketplace DeHaat scored India’s biggest-ever agtech round.
Soylent meal replacement drinks, reportedly beloved of some entrepreneurs and VCs, have proven somewhat controversial in the podcast’s ‘hot or not’ rounds.
The future of food is exciting and unknown; but one way or another, it’s going to require more consumer education, writes Soylent’s Demir Vangelov.
The top three destination countries for agrifoodtech investment remained the same in H1 2021 – but there were a few surprises further down the list.
