Most of the top deals involved eGrocers and Restaurant Marketplaces, highlighting the continent’s thirst for ‘quick commerce.’
Top Ag Biotech investment deals in 2021 covered gene editing, farm inputs, animal health solutions, and biofertilizers, among others.
A recent roundtable involving several of the country’s ag thought leaders – now published as a white paper – explored how the country’s farming sector can help us get to net zero.
The US government must do more to diversify food systems, support farmers, and fund research to make regen ag a climate solution.
Innovative Food was 2021’s most active agrifoodtech investment category, driven by mega-deals for the likes of Impossible Foods and Perfect Day.
It’s raising the insects on organic byproducts such as food waste, before converting them into proteins and oils for use in animal feed.
How does agrifoodtech’s share of VC funding compare to agrifood’s share of GDP in the US?
Peter Tasgal of Farmbook Project delves into the costs, benefits and other considerations for pursuing vertical farming in light of Agricool’s receivership.
Enabling wider access to manure management tech such as anaerobic digesters is necessary for reducing dairy emissions in the US.
Consumer-facing downstrream technologies bagged $32 billion in VC investment in 2021; the bulk of it was thanks to a few big eGrocery deals.
Alternative proteins have been touted as a solution to greening emissions-heavy food systems and have attracted billions in investment. But a new report warns they “will not save the planet.”
Venture funding across all sectors reached a record $643 billion in FY 2021 – and agrifoodtech’s $51.7 billion made up a significant chunk.
Food and ag offer significant emissions reduction opportunities; but only if changes are made to farming, eating, and everything in between, the report states.
China’s Furong Xingsheng and rapid delivery services in the US, Germany, and Turkey made eGrocery the most funded agrifoodtech category of 2021.
Venture investors pumped $51.7 billion into agrifoodtech startups in 2021, according to AgFunder’s latest global investment report.
Late-stage investment into European agrifoodtech ventures totalled $476 million in 2020 – less than a third of what they raised the previous year.
The region is still not among the top destinations for climate tech capital, despite its huge potential.
East Africa faces drought, livestock deaths, and starvation. Rapid digitalization is helping – but infrastructure development needs to keep pace.
Hemp hulls are normally discarded. But Brightseed says they contain compounds that could help treat metabolic diseases.
Data from AgFunder shows a steady increase in the number of female founders in both upstream and downstream agrifoodtech startups.
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?