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Category: FoodTech

New Innovation is Key to Growth in the Food Sector

October 24, 2016

Ahead of FoodBytes! in Boulder and Sydney, Rabobank’s Manuel Gonzalez and Nick Fereday write about the increasing role of innovation in our food chain today.

Agtech Funding Sheet: Valagro raises from Metalmark, Abraaj invests in African fertilizer co

October 20, 2016

Soil and crop technologies led the week with two crop enhancement technologies raising funding in Italy and Africa.

World Food Day: 6 Ways Agtech Can Help Improve Global Food Security

October 17, 2016

To celebrate World Food Day, we’ve put together a collection of stories from the AgFunderNews archives to shed light on some of the technologies that are addressing food security from several perspectives.

How GODAN Wants to Empower the World’s Farmers Through Big Data Sharing

October 17, 2016

On World Food Day, AgFunderNews caught up with Andre Laperriere, the executive director of the GODAN secretariat, to find out how the initiative hopes to use open data to reduce hunger worldwide.

Agtech Funding Sheet: AnelloTech Raises $1.5m, ZymoChem Raises Seed Round, more

October 13, 2016

Microbe manufacturing was the name of the game this week with two fundings in the space alongside alternative protein and non-food biomass technologies.

Beyond Meat Raises Series F Round from Tyson Foods and Humane Society of the US

October 11, 2016

Tyson’s investment comes just a couple of weeks after an investor coalition worth over $1.2 trillion put pressure on some leading food companies to incorporate more plant-based meat alternatives into their supply chains and consumer products.

Ag Industry Brief: Damian Marley Launches Cannabis Farm in Cali Prison, Terravion Partners with Pasture Map, WHO Recommends Antibiotic-Free Meat, more

October 7, 2016

Agritech startup news… Aussie Agritech Startup Takes Top IBM Prize Melbourne-based SenseAg, an IoT-focused big data startup, won first prize at the global Apache Spark

Agtech Funding Sheet: Singapore State Fund Temasek Invests in Seed Tech Company, ClearPath Robotics Raises $30m, more

October 6, 2016

This is Temasek’s 3rd agtech investment in a year.

Ag Industry Brief: Granular Partners on Crop Insurance, Plant Response Biotech Wins Award, Monsanto Invests $1.6m in GHG Measurement

September 30, 2016

American Farm Bureau Insurance Services and Granular have partnered to simplify crop insurance for their clients, and Proagrica will offer clients on its global ag analytics platform access to Iteris ag information services.

Agtech Funding Sheet: FreshDirect to Expand with $189m PE Deal, European and Argentinian Startups Raise, more

September 29, 2016

FreshDirect was the week’s biggest deal, followed by startups from Europe, Israel, and Argentina also raising capital, making this a very diverse week for agtech funding.

Ag Industry Brief: Monsanto Licenses CRISPR, Ginkgo Bioworks Partners with Cargill, California Wants to Regulate Cow Farts, more

September 23, 2016

Monsanto’s CRISPR license comes with restrictions.

Ag Industry Brief: Bayer to Acquire Monsanto, Coalition for Responsible Gene-Editing Launches, Farmigo Sells Delivery Business, more

September 16, 2016

Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto was the week’s biggest piece of news, but we also have items from agtech startups, such as Farmigo, accelerators such as Thrive, and legislators.

Agtech Funding Sheet: Harvard Angels Invest in IntelinAir, Wheatsheaf Invests in Animal Health Tech, BayoTech Raises $1.5m, more

September 15, 2016

IntelinAir, a San Jose-based automated aerial imagery analytics startup, closed its seed round consisting of $3 million in equity and $500k in venture debt from

S2G Leads $6m Series A for Gluten-Free Flour Alternative Blue Prairie Under New CEO

September 9, 2016

Blue Prairie Brands, a startup producing chicory flour to replace white flour in food, has raised $6 million in Series A funding.

Farmers, Food Waste, and CRISPR: What to Expect from This Year’s Ag Innovation Showcase in St. Louis

September 7, 2016

For the eighth round of this annual event, 20 companies will present across multiple technology categories while panel discussions will focus on food waste, gene-editing technology and a keynote from farmers.

Ag Industry Brief: Deere’s Purchase of Monsanto’s Precision Planting Questioned, Caribous Biosciences Hires Vonnie Estes, more

September 3, 2016

John Deere’s acquisition of Precision Planting from Monsanto has been called into question by US Anti-trust officials, while Caribou Biosciences expands and Virtrus Nutrition acquires Farmeron.