Jay-Z, Serena Williams-backed Kopi Kenangan scores $109m in Sequoia-led Series B round
The Indonesian startup will use the funds to expand at home and farther afield, as it bets on tech to change F&B after Covid-19.
The Indonesian startup will use the funds to expand at home and farther afield, as it bets on tech to change F&B after Covid-19.
Maintaining a functioning global food chain has catapulted agrifoodtech to ‘essential’ status. During the F&A Next virtual summit, eight will showcase the latest innovations shaping the future of food.
The Canadian icon will ramp up its expansion in China and improve its digital capabilities with a helping hand from the Shenzhen-based tech giant.
The Guangzhou-based startup raised a total of $29 million across two rounds last year. On-demand giant Meituan Dianping co-led the latest fundraise.
In this roundtable, execs from Waycool, Future Group, and RipePlanet give a detailed picture of Covid-19’s impact on the fresh produce sector.
The failings of the US food system have left 88% of the population metabolically unhealthy. Frighteningly that means they’re all at a higher risk of complications from the Covid-19 virus compared to the 12% who are deemed metabolically healthy. This startup wants to help.
The effort provides funding to organizations that can rescue food before its wasted and redirect it to individuals in need.
Hatch is inviting startups to apply for the fourth cohort of its aquaculture-focused program, which has accelerated the likes of Finless Foods and Jala.
The early-stage startup wants to help packers, and eventually retailers, better manage their inventories so that consumers never have to suffer overripe fruit again.
Sequoia Capital and Alpha JWC Ventures co-led the round, which brings the B2B marketplace’s total funding to $36 million in just 15 months.
Uber is pulling out of the food delivery business in 7 countries to “reinvest… in priority markets.” Here are some clues as to where it should refocus.
The Covid-19 crisis offers a stark warning of how vulnerable the food chain is to shocks, and underscores the value of corporations’ engagement with startups to spur new agri-foodtech solutions ahead.
GROW becomes an accredited mentor partner for the Singapore government program, while launching its ‘Pre Accelerator’ for “very early stage” startups.
PlantEver is the name under which the US agribusiness giant’s fake meat will be marketed to Chinese shoppers, starting from the end of June.
Covid-19 ravaged Asia before going global. We talk to three thought leaders in the region about how their strategies and investment priorities have changed.
As investors seek diversity in order to weather the storms ahead, now, more than ever, FoodTech stands out for its value, its strength, its opportunities and the benefits it brings, writes PeakBridge Partners.
We’ve seen microbes for crop health but what if they can help prevent dangerous heavy metals from entering food, too?
The news cycle for the entire Covid-19 pandemic crisis has been awash with crises in the food industry, forcing various tech providers to step up to the challenge. But which will be left wanting when the virus eventually subsides?
Interesting things are happening in the Nordics. MatHem (literally “Food Home”), the market leader in online groceries in Sweden, has teamed up with a local financial colossus and industrial enfant terrible to re-draw the food map, writes Johan Jorgensen.
The US coffee chain and Sequoia China will make “strategic co-investments” in emerging, tech-driven food and retail startups “created in China, for China.”
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