Hectare nets $20m Series A to advance sustainable ag supply chains
UK’s Hectare nets $20m Series A to strengthen its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)offering, boost product development and expand into new international markets.
UK’s Hectare nets $20m Series A to strengthen its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)offering, boost product development and expand into new international markets.
63% of consumers also agree that snacks with a higher environmental impact should cost more, according to Mondelēz International Malaysia & Singapore.
The Fresh Field Catalyst program seeks solutions for climate challenges as they relate to the produce and floral industries.
A US patent recently granted to Perfect Day— the highest-profile startup in the ‘animal-free’ dairy field—has been challenged by an anonymous petitioner
Agridex says it’s bringing transparency, connectivity and accessibility to ag value chains and its COO, Henry Duckworth believes blockchain is the solution.
Future Fields has raised US $11.2 million to scale up fruit flies as production vehicles for high value ingredients including growth factors for cultivated meat production and human recombinant proteins for medical research and biopharmaceuticals.
Reeiwld says users its database of over 2 million products allows users to view a product’s carbon score and track their daily carbon calories.
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Nine foodtech startups—from animal-free dairy companies to firms making meaty flavors for meat alternatives—have joined forces to create a new trade association: the Precision Fermentation Alliance.
Learn from other geographies with similar challenges, create room for blended financing and other snippets from the Africa-Korea Agtech Summit
Arkeon claims that ingredients are a bottleneck in the alternative proteins and is out to produce ingredients combined with vital amino acids.
The Covid-19 pandemic had a clear impact on brick & mortar restaurants and retailers, forcing them to innovate to stay afloat, so while globally there was a dip in investment during 2020, it soon picked up in 2021 as these stores adjusted to a new normal that forced many of them to digitize.
BII plans to designate $250 million to African and Indian startups by 2026, including those developing solutions for smallholder farmers.
2022’s 10 most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms were dominated by American firms with other leaders spread across Europe.
Entocycle, a UK startup that provides technologies and services for the insect farming industry, has secured $5 million in a Series A round from a
‘Building an Africa that feeds itself’ is what RiceAfrika says it’s out to accomplish. Ibrahim Maigari its founder and CEO believes that if we’re serious
Operating both a B2B and B2C marketplace, Mayani has nearly 140,000 fish farmers on its platform.
The top 10 climate tech deals in agrifood in 2022 were almost exclusively upstream startups in vertical farming, alternative proteins and ag biotech.
“Our work has always been at the intersection of climate tech and agri,” says Devendra Gupta, CEO of Ecozen.
EarthOptics, a company based in Arlington, Virginia that provides soil data measurement technologies and services, has secured $27.6 million Series B funding. The round was
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International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator