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Zomato looks to boost balance sheet, plug China gap in advance of IPO with $52m funding

October 16, 2020

The Indian food delivery unicorn is planning to go public in H1 2021.

LatAm Agrifoodtech Market Map: From seed to consumer

October 15, 2020

Our visual market map includes 78 South and Central American agrifoodtech startups that cover the value chain from farm inputs to consumer-facing solutions.

Startup Spotlight: Forager wants to help local food digitalize by connecting farmers and buyers

October 13, 2020

Forager was dedicated to growing local food economies well before Covid-19 but is seeing a new bout of opportunity as consumer habits change.

McKinsey: European online farming market could exceed $12bn by 2025

October 12, 2020

Almost 4 million more farmers in Europe are ready to use online agribusiness marketplaces as their main sources of ordering than before Covid-19.

Meet 4 Singapore Food Bowl startups who want to revolutionize farming with tech

October 12, 2020

In the last of our series profiling the first-ever Food Bowl cohort, AFN speaks to four startups offering solutions to make farming more sustainable.

Farmers Edge partners with Radicle to launch ‘data-fueled’ carbon credit program

October 9, 2020

Farmers Edge will assist growers in tracking and verifying production data, while Radicle will help them identify opportunities to qualify for credits.

Join us for Singapore Food Bowl Demo Day

October 8, 2020

Singapore Food Bowl is our fully-online impact accelerator program aimed at building a more resilient, sustainable, and decentralized agrifood system.

To meet its billion-dollar agricultural output goal, Australia must do more to support agtech innovation

October 7, 2020

The Australian government has released its annual budget, featuring several leg-ups for the ag industry. But more tech investment is key for longer term security.

BREAKING: Syngenta acquires biologicals company Valagro

October 6, 2020

Italy’s Valagro produces biostimulants and specialty nutrients for farming, as well as specialty ingredients for use in food, cosmetics, and animal feed.

Fermentation sees foodtech investors bubbling up in 2020

October 5, 2020

Microbes such as mycoprotein and microalgae can be used to produce biomass, improve plant-based products, and create paradigm-changing functional ingredients.

3 Singapore Food Bowl startups strengthening the supply chain after Covid-19

October 5, 2020

AFN meets 3 startups bringing more efficiency and sustainability to the agrifood supply chain, with blockchain, coconut husks, and cold storage in the mix.

Targeted RNA crop protection – the next frontier in biopesticides

October 2, 2020

RNA plays an essential role in the genetic machinery of all living things – so there are myriad potential uses of bio-targeted RNA beyond agriculture, too.

The rise of the reused machines: Germany’s E-Farm raises $5.3m Series A

October 1, 2020

The Hamburg-based startup has built an online marketplace for secondhand agricultural machinery, using AI-powered valuation and offering EU-wide warranties.

Step aside, alt-protein: Bioplastics are the real agrifoodtech opportunity

September 30, 2020

Despite ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ drives, single use of petroleum-based plastic has grown 5x since 1980 – with a mere 5% recycled. Plastic pollution remains a problem in need of a solution.

Farmer Mac & TerViva want to help farmers finance pongamia cultivation in Florida

September 29, 2020

Oakland-based TerViva and Farmer Mac want to help farmers with the cost of cultivating pongamia, which takes several years to become productive.

On #FLWDay, meet the Singapore Food Bowl startups tackling Asia Pacific’s food waste problem

September 29, 2020

To mark International Food Loss & Waste Awareness Day, AFN spoke to three startups who are taking three very different approaches to food waste reduction.

Open innovation is driving growth, opportunities for startups & leading companies alike

September 28, 2020

Iowan companies are bringing new ideas to market faster than ever before thanks to collaborations with startups, farmers, and universities.

Indoor ag gets social with new Farmbook networking & data collection initiative

September 28, 2020

The US-based project’s co-founders are creating a networking space for indoor growers, while also aggregating data to establish much needed benchmarks.

The South American opportunity for US agtech entrepreneurs

September 25, 2020

An agriculture tech consultant shares his insights on how to make the most of the burgeoning market for agtech solutions in South America.

Startup Spotlight: How robotics startup Vinergy is making the grape harvest more efficient

September 24, 2020

The Bakersfield-based startup aims to improve the most time-consuming, labor-intensive, and riskiest part of the grape harvest: moving fruit to the end of the rows.