M&A activity was concentrated in the US, which hosted over half of all deals – with Europe and Asia Pacific accounting for 19% and 11% respectively.
Meat for human and animal consumption is responsible for 57% of food production’s emissions – with beef alone making up 25%.
While mega-deals involving seven Chinese e-Grocery startups accounted for $3.8 billion of H1’s figure, funding to other countries is still on track to outpace 2020 levels, according to the latest data from AgFunder.
The State of the Agrifoodtech Union.
Novel Farming Systems – which includes CEA, aquaculture, and insect production – was the second best-funded agtech category last year, according to AgFunder.
However, the survey’s choice of terminology may be problematic.
AgFunder’s 2021 Farm Tech Investment Report, released earlier this month, showed that Ag Biotechnology deals increased 58% year-on-year.
Investor backing for technologies focusing on or close to the farm soared to $7.9 billion in 2020, or 41%, representing a bigger year-over-year jump than both agrifoodtech and global VC investing.
Upstream categories – that is, technologies and business models nearer the farm or lab – outstripped downstream funding in 2020 for the first time in seven years.
A new report from the investor group examines how 10 major animal health companies are tackling – or failing to tackle – antibiotic resistance in animal agriculture.
There’s nothing new about agrifood corporates investing directly in strategic technologies – but it is now a mainstream approach.
Artemis, which provides data analytics to indoor farms, has just released its annual ‘State of Indoor Farming’ report based on a survey of 205 enterprises.
Two recent research reports have shone a light on the potential role that pulses could play in delivering the Asia-Pacific region’s protein needs.
It wasn’t only the pandemic that shifted trends in Europe’s agrifoodtech scene. 2020 was the start of a new innovation cycle on the continent.
Sovereign wealth funds are focusing on “property and infrastructure while multi-asset and whole portfolio approaches are still rare,” a new report says.
Five major fast food brands have – or will – set “science-based” targets after interventions led by sustainability advocates FAIRR and Ceres.
Stakeholders can no longer put off investment into food supply chain tech – but where do they start? Seana Day and Brita Rosenheim offer some clues.
The USDA is now seeking public comments on how to improve and revamp food supply chains including production, processing, and distribution.
AgFunder’s China 2021 AgriFood Investment Report reveals that funding for the sector rose 66% last year to reach $6 billion in total.
Farmers that adopted soil health practices for at least five years saw net incomes leap an average $52 and $45 per acre for corn and soybeans respectively.
He says it’s not about climate. So why is Bill Gates investing in farmland?