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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.

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.

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.

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.

Innovative Food startups raised more in H1 2020 than they did in the whole of 2019

September 7, 2020

Investment into Innovative Food – which includes cultured meat, plant-based and fermented proteins, and novel ingredients – has been bolstered by Covid-19.

Google leads $28m Dunzo funding as Indian food e-commerce receives pandemic pickup

September 2, 2020

Delivery app Dunzo reported a tripling in demand amid the country’s continuing Covid-19 outbreak, while rival e-grocer BigBasket saw new customer numbers rise 84%.

“No alternative”: India embraces a meat-based future, and other 2030 food trends

August 27, 2020

India will be home to more than 1.4 billion people by 2030. Unlike consumers in Europe and the US, they’ll be looking to eat more meat – not less.

Bioreactor breastmilk, farm tech, and (of course) Covid-19: AFN’s top 20 stories in H1 2020

August 24, 2020

Reader numbers were up 24% on H2 2019, with much of the growth coming from Asia Pacific and Africa – though the US retains its top spot.

Cargill, Soil Health Institute team up to find out if there’s a business case for soil health systems

August 21, 2020

The Soil Health Institute is partnering with Cargill and others to find out if adopting soil health practices can actually pay off for farmers.

Dealmaking during Covid-19: Upstream and eGrocery win in AgFunder’s 2020 Mid-Year Investment Review

August 18, 2020

Agrifoodtech startups and investors are plugging away in 2020 as if we weren’t all caught in the midst of a global pandemic. Well, almost.

Dollars down, deals up as investors change tack: India Agrifood Startup Investment Report 2020

July 30, 2020

Downstream investment declined by 67% year-on-year. But upstream funding more than doubled, as startups and investors zeroed in on farm and supply chain solutions.

A mini guide to Latin American agrifoodtech in 2020

July 22, 2020

The year 2019 was a breakout year for Latin American agrifoodtech and 2020 is already shaping up to beat those records, in spite of the global pandemic. Here’s a look at the key categories pushing the industry forward.

Australia’s indoor ag sector has been slow off the mark. Here’s how to give it the kickstart it needs

July 20, 2020

Australia is technologically advanced, highly urbanized, and has farmers aplenty – but its urban ag industry is practically non-existent. Sydney startup Blakthumb finds out why.

5 ASEAN startups tackling the messy middle of the agrifood value chain

July 17, 2020

While the bulk of funding went to downstream categories in 2019, startups in the middle of the agrifood value chain are attracting more and more interest.

Here are the most promising technologies for reducing food waste throughout the supply chain

July 15, 2020

A new report identifies key technologies to fight food waste at six key points of the food supply chain, including coatings, packaging, and sensors.

Farm-to-fork models, new retail drove $165m agrifoodtech funding in Indonesia last year

July 14, 2020

Infrastructure, crop cultivation, and logistics and distribution are set to be the leading areas for funding in the years ahead, says East Ventures partner Melisa Irene.

Singapore led ASEAN with $177m funding for agrifoodtech startups last year

July 6, 2020

Singapore Economic Development Board’s John Eng says the city-state’s “unique” ecosystem of agrifood corporates and startups is winning investors over.