UPDATE: Elemental Excelerator extends deadline for 9th climate-tech focused cohort
The non-profit program backs growing companies solving key challenges in agriculture with up to $1 million in funding — apply by March 26!
The non-profit program backs growing companies solving key challenges in agriculture with up to $1 million in funding — apply by March 26!
Jeff Bezos committing $10 billion to fight climate change through his new Earth Fund could not have been timelier. Climate change is for real. Here’s a look at some Indian agritech innovations that are trying to address climate change risks.
Thought For Food (TFF) and Food Lab Accelerator at Google (FLAG) have unveiled a Brazilian banana peel-inspired winner of this year’s TFF x FLAG Circular Economy of Food Prize.
Scale-up businesses contend with a unique set of challenges to startups, which an emerging group of programs and resources like ScaleUp Food are trying to address.
The Dutch company recently launched an innovation lab to let promising startups make good use of its unparalleled database in a bid to tackle greenhouse cultivation’s biggest challenges.
The animal nutrition and aquafeed company has added alternative protein to its list of categories this year alongside sustainable farming, welfare, and digital tools.
IntelloLabs is working to solve the logistical and potentially brand-busting challenge of quality control in the high-value crops industry using computer vision.
It’s hosting an inaugural tech-agnostic challenge targeting 13 countries and seeking scalable solutions that address smallholder farmers’ biggest needs.
And then there were 10! Thought For Food (TFF) has sent AFN a list of 10 startup teams have secured their spots in the finals of the 2019/20 TFF Challenge, as well as 5 teams that will also take part in an inaugural TFF Boost Program.
Michelle Egger and Leila Strickland are the founders of BIOMILQ, a biotech company seeking to optimize a woman’s breastmilk by culturing it in a bioreactor, rather than the natural way.
The top startup companies that made the 2019 FoodTech 500 list represent every sector of the FoodTech ecosystem, from farm to fork, and they are all success stories in their own right, which is why we are so proud to share them with you.
Apply to pitch at F&A Next in The Netherlands in May in front of leading corporations such as Unilever and Nutreco, investors and media and be in with a chance of becoming the ‘Next Hero in Food & AgTech 2020’ and other perks.
The Swiss company has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from California-based Agroecology Capital, an agtech venture capital firm.
Tortuga is debuting a commercial robotics-as-a-service model this spring after quitely working with farmer partners during stealth mode R&D.
The program links farmers who want to help with farmers who need labor, equipment, or a place to keep livestock as well as providing a tool for calculating losses for insurance claims.
The new funding follows Rockstart AgriFood’s September announcement that it had raised its first €15 million and invested in 10 startups.
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. — better known by his hip hop alias Snoop Dogg — is bringing a whole new meaning to the term ‘activist investor.’
What’s the latest with CafeX and its robotic cafes?
As global aquaculture grows in scale and intensity, and governments wise up to the need to regulate it more closely, there’s plenty of call for technology that can foster supply chain transparency while boosting yields, improving welfare, and cranking down on costs. Step in Wittaya Aqua.
“The last decade has been great, yet not without challenges,” Pat Christie, founder of Conservis tells AFN.
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