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Category: Industry

Why Dan Vradenburg joining Trace Genomics as CEO is a big deal

October 9, 2019

Daniel Vradenburg is the former president of Wilbur-Ellis and the board chair of Cavallo Ventures and now he's joining soil science startup Trace Genomics.

What the Fork? A review of Good Day’s CBD cold brew & UbU’s hemp tonic

October 9, 2019

What’s this? A product review? On AFN? I know; we’re moving out of our comfort zone and spreading our wings – or rather our tastebuds - to sample the cutting edge of consumer food products with a new series.

UPDATE: Food allergy detection startup allerguard raises $1.5m post-seed round

October 9, 2019

Are you an allergy sufferer and in need of peace of mind? Israeli startup allerguard could help out. It just got $1.5m in backing for its detection tech.

Women in AgTech: Fighting machismo in Latin America

October 9, 2019

"I am woman, hear me roar," belts Helen Reddy. That bravado reverberates in Chipsafer's Victoria Alonsoperez & Agrosmart's Mariana Vasconcelos' daily lives.

Augmenta raises $2.5m seed round from Hardware Club, Marathon VC

October 8, 2019

The Greek tech startup will use the funds to support commercialization of its real-time device that analyzes crops and manages input application.

BRIEF: Motif hires agrifood industry veteran from Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, DuPont as CTO

October 7, 2019

The microbe-based food ingredients company has hired a new chief technology officer: Michael Leonard

One small steak for man, one giant leap for space-grown meat!

October 7, 2019

Aleph Farms — a startup designing bio-reactor grown and 3D-printable beef steaks — has been busily turning the International Space Station into, well, an International 'Space Steak' Station.

BRIEF: Barn2Door raises $3.4m Series A to connect farmers to customers

October 6, 2019

Seattle-based Barn2Door books a $3.4 million Series A, and plans to use it to continue building its tech linking farms with customers. Read on for more.

Microfluidics mastery earns Switzerland’s Creoptix $8m Series C

October 4, 2019

Much attention on the work at Creoptix has been on the use of their bioanalytical instruments in the discovery of new drugs and cures for diseases. But there is a relevant agtech application as well, a spokesperson for the company tells AFN

BRIEF: Foodtech Unicorn Zomato ‘finalizing’ $600m round led by Ant Financial, Temasek – ET

October 4, 2019

Indian food tech unicorn Zomato is said to be closing a $600m funding round, led by Temasek and Ant Financial, matching a similar move by rival, Swiggy.

Fitch says more Chinese are nihao-ing fake meat

October 3, 2019

China is hungry for fake meat. But it turns out - it always has been. Find out what's causing the world's largest pork consumers to drop steak for tofu.

How to combat food safety concerns in Asia

October 3, 2019

Zebra Technologies helps mega corporations like Disney tackle the issue of food safety with its smart tech. Read on to find out why it's important.

Making the investment case for regenerative agriculture

October 3, 2019

Farmers and investors are making financial gains from regenerative agriculture, according to several speakers at the inaugural Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) Forum.

Perception is reality: data reveal gender bias in agri-foodtech investing

October 3, 2019

Just 8% of venture capital dollars invested in agri-foodtech in 2018 went to founding teams with at least one female, according to a new report by AgFunder, KK&P and The New Food Economy with support from S2G Ventures.

BRIEF: Alibaba and Bayer to create Blockchain-based Ag Tracking System

October 2, 2019

Alibaba's Ant Financial teams up with Bayer Crop Science to create blockchain-based tech to improve the lives of farmers. Read on for details.

Startup Spotlight: Seed-X wants to help farmers find the right seed using AI and computer vision

October 1, 2019

Through its Genetic Traits Detection Platform, the company is hoping to make seed selection more accurate and reliable for farmers.

Paine Schwartz closes $1.425bn food & ag private equity fund

October 1, 2019

The firm closed the fund with new and existing investors from across the globe.

Checking in with Aerobotics

October 1, 2019

Word has been getting around about Aerobotics' incredible decision support technology for tree crops. Rob Leclerc shares some facts and figures about the startup's rapid growth to-date.

Can tech save our bacon as ASF spreads?

September 30, 2019

As the deadly African Swine Fever keeps spreading, we identify tech that could potentially help farmers win in the battle against it.

From biz dev at Grubhub to Kraft Heinz’s VC arm, Steve Sanger is still selling hard

September 30, 2019

Evolv Ventures launched late last year as the venture arm of ketchup and mac-and-cheese behemoth Kraft Heinz with $100 million to invest in startups. We caught up with Steve Sanger, a partner at Evolv, to find out more about the fund's strategy and his personal shift from startup to investor