The Week in AgriFoodTech: Colossal Biosciences raises $200m, Chipotle invests in methane reduction
January 16, 2025
Plus: Syngenta launches partnership to speed up R&D for biologicals
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Cultivated Meat at a crossroads: Highlights from the Tufts cell ag innovation day
January 10, 2025
With funding for cultivated meat almost drying up in 2024 and key players warning the sector could collapse without a huge influx of public money, where does it go from here?
The Week in AgriFoodTech: India’s Botanic Healthcare bags $29m, Fermata secures $10m, Plenty facing value cut
January 9, 2025
Plus: Ohalo teams with Florida farmers on “disease-resistant strawberries.”
Guest article: Why agtech needs new capital models to transcend the caloricene — and investors who can keep up
January 7, 2025
The same venture capital funding models that built the likes of Google and Uber will not feed the world or save it.
Eggs, coffee, chocolate, and the culture wars: Foodtech in 2024
December 27, 2024
“A lot of foodtech founders in this dry capital environment are beating their heads against the wall with the conviction that the wall will break before their heads do,” observes Paul Shapiro at The Better Meat Co. “That said, deals are still getting done.”
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Rebel Foods raises $210m, Terradot bags $58m, Plenty shutters Compton farm
December 19, 2024
Plus…John Kempf’s Advancing Eco Agriculture nabbed a USDA rural development award.
Exclusive: SP Ventures makes first close of new fund with backing from AGCO, FMC & others
December 19, 2024
Key areas for potential investments include bio-based crop protections, agrifintech, supply chain sectors and education.
New fund from Astarte & Toesca underscores the promise of investing in Latin America’s permanent crops
December 13, 2024
Chile is becoming increasingly attractive to investors looking to back nature-based and/or sustainable agriculture-based solutions.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Nexus W2V raises $140m, Haber nets $44m, Planet A Foods bags $30m
December 12, 2024
Plus: GE salmon company AquaBounty winds down its only remaining operating farm: “We’ve been working for over a year to raise capital… Unfortunately, these efforts have not generated enough cash to maintain our operating facilities.”
Agrovision passes “significant milestone” for superfruits with acquisition of Chile’s ZurGroup
December 9, 2024
The company will launch Agrovision Chile to build out a premium cherry operation and continue its global expansion.
Japan rising through the ranks as an agrifoodtech hub after 58% increase in YoY funding
November 28, 2024
With $280 million raised across 93 deals, in 2024 to date the country ranked third in total agrifoodtech funding in Asia Pacific, due to a 58% increase in funding
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November 27, 2024
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Muddy Machines ‘addresses critical labor shortages’ in horticulture with acquisition of logistics robot
November 26, 2024
Muddy Machines will use the acquired tech to assist with the ongoing labor shortages in global agriculture, specifically with berry crops.
Almanac acquires Gro Intelligence IP to deliver ‘actionable insights across the global agricultural sector’
November 21, 2024
“We acquired the assets through an auction, so we’ve acquired the brand name, all the data sets, the customer contacts, essentially all the assets, and none of the liabilities,” says Almanac CEO Sumer Johal
NEW REPORT: Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech funding recovers with 38% YoY increase to $4.2bn so far in 2024
November 21, 2024
In 2024 Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech startups have shown resilience against global market headwinds, securing $4.2 billion in funding and 31% of the global investment in the sector this year.
Farmland marketplace CommonGround talks cash-lease insurance and going ‘back to basics’ as a company
November 13, 2024
CommonGround is staying laser-focused on its farmland marketplace and its recently launched insurance business.
Israel-Gaza conflict not “the whole story” behind plunge in agrifoodtech funding
October 23, 2024
Israel-based agrifoodtech startups have closed just 17 funding rounds since the start of the conflict. Raising some $161 million since October 7, 2023, the total is a 72% drop on the same period the year before, and some 73% fewer deals.
A new $75m investment pilot offers innovative finance for smallholders in low-income countries
October 18, 2024
“BIFT is a significant step forward in addressing the smallholder financing gap by unlocking much-needed private capital.”
NEW REPORT: African agrifoodtech funding recovers 1.6% YoY in H1 2024 amid global funding challenges
October 17, 2024
While it accounts for a small fraction of global investment in the field, Africa’s agrifoodtech sector is showing mild growth in 2024, with startups raising $145 million in the first half of 2024, a 1.6% year-over-year increase vs H1, 2023.
Terviva pushes into biofuels after investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group
October 15, 2024
Crude pongamia oil can be converted into biodiesel, renewable diesel, or sustainable aviation fuel, says Terviva founder and CEO Naveen Sikka.
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