The Week in AgriFoodTech:Tidal Vision completes $140m B round, Oobli raises $18m, Agteria bags $6.2m
February 13, 2025
Also: India-based KiranaPro acquires grocery delivery service Joper.
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From fertilizer to machinery, how might tariffs impact the agtech sector?
February 13, 2025
“I don’t think we’d be able to sustain a trade war for very long without both countries’ economies being really badly damaged,” says Canadian Food Innovation Network CEO Dana McCauley. “So I am really cautioning folks to have backup plans for their backup plans.”
Exclusive: IBI Ag clinches $6.1m round led by Corteva to scale up ‘cost-effective’ bioinsecticides
February 13, 2025
IBI Ag says its approach to bioinsecticides produces eco-friendly solutions that land within the average farmer’s price range.
More pain to come? Agrifoodtech investors brace for a tumultuous 2025
February 10, 2025
If 2024 was a year of market corrections and recalibration, 2025 could be a year of “chaos,” “uncertainty” and “short-term decision making,” predict agrifoodtech investors.
Canada needs ‘larger and more engaged’ investor base for agrifoodtech: report
February 6, 2025
Despite growth, the Canada agrifoodtech sector lags behind other countries when it comes to investment, particularly the US and UK.
Burcon investor leads facility acquisition to scale up plant protein production in Illinois
February 3, 2025
“A dedicated commercial facility gives us a direct path to market for all our protein products, putting us in control of our own commercial production,” says Burcon CEO Kip Underwood.
Lever VC announces $50m first close of agrifoodtech Fund II
January 30, 2025
The first five investments are in novel fats producer Gavan, sweet protein maker Oobli, agtech software/digitization players Flox AI and HerdDogg, and mycelium producer Mush Foods.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Liberation Labs raises $50.5m, OCELL nabs $10m, Pluri to make lab-grown cocoa acquisition
January 30, 2025
Plus: Non-GMO project tackles ultra-processed foods with new labeling.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: ‘Carbon ratings’ agency BeZero Carbon raises $32m, alt-cheese maker Willicroft shuts down
January 23, 2025
Plus: Mosa Meat and NewCulture request market authorizations for alt meat and cheese
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
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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