Global agrifoodtech funding is still dominated by the US – but a few massive deals in China, India, and other countries are stealing a greater share.
The South African private equity firm’s second fund invests in the tech enablement of Africa’s SME agribusinesses – the backbone of the continent’s agriculture sector.
The Myco-Protein Innovation Call is focused on scaling the use of fungi as a protein source.
In a sign of the times, an agrifood exec was invited to deliver the opening keynote at Singapore’s annual tech festival.
It’s the norm for journalists to be skeptical of corporate partnering announcements. But am I reading too much into this one?
The farm laws “were for the benefit of farmers, but we could not convince a section of them despite our best efforts,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kenya has emerged as a hotspot for agtech innovation in Africa, developing more than 100 solutions driving growth, productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector.
“The insights from this agreement will [inform] how we grow, separate, and treat our cranberries to optimize for target health benefits and sustainability.”
The 20-week program, backed by AgFunder, provides agrifoodtech startups with support to scale up and create lasting global change.
The category continues to evolve as digital tools blur the lines between mealkits, virtual restaurants, and dark grocery stores.
Cooperative Ventures will seek out startups in three core investment areas: crop production, supply chain, and sustainability.
The Ghanaian startup allows crowdfunders – which it calls ‘digifarmers’ – to invest in African smallholdings, and then digitalizes the ag value chain end-to-end.
The Asia Sustainable Foods Platform will co-invest $22.2 million alongside Singapore’s national R&D agency into the new Food Tech Innovation Center.
At Davos in 2019, an acquaintance of mine had been cornered by a journalist into committing to net zero. It might just have got him out of COP26.
REG sustainability head Kristin Dillavou said its roots in ag, and Iowa, are a strong driver behind its ability to innovate for more environmentally-friendly solutions.
The Rwandan company has experienced — and taken on — the full range of food production, manufacturing, and distribution challenges one would expect in a frontier market, says founder Lauren Nkuranga.
The overwhelming feedback from COP26 has been one of mixed emotions as delegates tried to grapple with announcements and figure out their impact on agrifood.
Novel Farming Systems ventures raised a total of $911 million in funding during the first six months of the year, according to AgFunder data.
The Kenyan fund’s CEO talks about its own hard-learned lessons in everything from promoting tech as a tool, to fighting climate change on the continent.
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