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.
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 is technologically advanced, highly urbanized, and has farmers aplenty – but its urban ag industry is practically non-existent. Sydney startup Blakthumb finds out why.
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.
A new report identifies key technologies to fight food waste at six key points of the food supply chain, including coatings, packaging, and sensors.
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 Economic Development Board’s John Eng says the city-state’s “unique” ecosystem of agrifood corporates and startups is winning investors over.
Shiok Meats has just raised another $3 million in bridge funding as it sets its sights on commercialization of its cultured seafood products.
Between them, Singapore and Indonesia raised over five times the funding of all the other ASEAN countries put together.
The Good Food Institute Asia-Pacific has also named who it believes to be the top 35 alt-protein investors in the region, and calls for more upstream focus on areas like raw materials.
Two prominent academics from UC Davis and Wageningen agree that there is no time — either for the health of people or the planet — to be imprecise with our approach to protein, a macronutrient that is so resource-intensive and consequential to the environment.
Take a first look at Seana Day’s new Farm Tech Landscape 2020 here, and some insights into what to expect next.
The authors of the Soil Wealth report are collecting data to help identify opportunities for finance to support regenerative ag during and after the pandemic.
Poor meat hygiene is suspected of causing Covid-19. Forty-four major animal protein firms pose a high risk of starting the next pandemic, new research says.
New research suggests that there are big opportunities for alt-protein makers in the Indian market – as long as they know who their audience is.
European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to new research from AgFunder in collaboration
US alternative protein investment in the first quarter of 2020 reached $741m, just shy of the $741m total in the whole of 2019, according to GFI.
Despite a slow down in investment in 2019, Ag Biotech was still one of the top categories for seed funding, and the most active upstream category.
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Come rain, shine, or coronavirus, there’s just no halting the AgFunder Research mothership. AgFunder just unfurled its new 2020 Farmtech Investment Report — a data-driven snapshot of global investment in startups building technologies for the farm.
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