Cauldron awarded $2.8m to advance continuous fermentation tech, appoints CTO
August 13, 2024
“We’re talking about building smaller, smarter facilities with a lot less capital,” says cofounder and CEO Michele Stansfield.
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Guest article: Mercy Corps Ventures launches IoT-powered irrigation-as-a-service in rural Kenya
August 8, 2024
Mercy Corps Ventures has partnered with Stable Foods to launch a new pilot that will test IoT-based irrigation systems for smallholder farms.
AgFunder VC closes Fund IV oversubscribed on $102m, reveals deep tech portfolio focus
July 24, 2024
The successful close comes after months of upheaval for the venture capital industry globally that’s seen many startups and VC firms struggle amid the downturn.
Schmidt Sciences investing millions into biomass projects that can replace fossil fuel feedstocks
July 22, 2024
Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s nonprofit just announced $47.3 million in funding for five US-based teams converting biomass into useful products.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: $3.6bn for Flagship Pioneering, $379m for Kembara, $10m for Cartken’s delivery bots
July 11, 2024
Plus… Nestlé enters ‘blended meat’ space, Ahimsa acquires Good Catch alt-seafood production facility from Gathered Foods, and study probes ‘unexplored’ subsoil.
H&M-backed Syre plans to make textile-to-textile recycling a ‘hyperscale’ reality ‘in only a few years’ time’
May 30, 2024
“We have the financial model, investors, and playbook to scale rapidly,” says the Sweden-based company.
Regen ag investment pioneer SLM posts 40% AUM growth driven by US institutional interest, reveals first carbon assessment
May 22, 2024
Across its portfolio, SLM has also sequestered 100,000 tons of CO2e in soil and vegetation between 2016 and 2023.
Peakbridge closes $187m Growth Fund II, homes in on disruptive potential of AI
May 15, 2024
Agrifoodtech investor PeakBridge has closed its Growth Fund II at $187m in partnership with Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity, bringing its total AUM (assets under management) to more than $250m.
Data snapshot: From ‘lightning in a box’ to microbial carbon capture, agrifoodtech investment moves upstream in Australia as investors focus on climate mitigation
April 3, 2024
Funding into Australian agrifoodtech startups fell 33% last year according to AgFunder data… But it could have been worse: global agrifoodtech funding fell 49% over the same period.
How HeavyFinance plans to finance the regen ag transition for more of Europe’s small and medium farmers
April 1, 2024
The Lithuania-based firm recently unveiled a €50 million fund backed by the European Investment Fund.
Inside ADM’s mission to shift millions of acres to regenerative ag
March 27, 2024
The ADM regenerative ag program has signed up more than 2 million acres in the US and aims for for north of 4 million by 2025.
Khosla, Friedberg strike positive note amid agrifoodtech funding winter: ‘Exceptional founders have nothing to worry about’
March 26, 2024
Funding winter notwithstanding, “If you’re doing something different and really innovative, you will make money,” says Vinod Khosla.
Targeting $50m, Mad Capital unveils new fund aiming to de-risk regenerative-organic farming
March 20, 2024
Early commitments to the fund include The Rockefeller Foundation, Builders Vision, and the Schmidt Family Foundation.
Brief: Orbillion raises new capital for predictive modeling platform to de-risk cultivated meat scaleup
March 14, 2024
Berkeley-based Orbillion reckons it can achieve economic production for cell-cultured Wagyu beef “at around 2,000 liters in scale,” says cofounder and CEO Dr. Patricia Bubner.
Locus Fermentation Solutions raises $30m in debt financing following ‘strategic restructuring,’ revamps carbon farming scheme
March 14, 2024
“Through a strategic restructuring we parted ways with some former team members,” says the Ohio-based firm.
Letter from an underinvested category: agrifoodtech
March 13, 2024
There’s no way to sugarcoat this: investment in agrifoodtech startups is at its lowest point in six years. But considering the contribution of the agrifood sector to the global economy and livelihoods, has the correction gone too far?
Cultivated meat consolidation begins as UMAMI Bioworks to merge with Shiok Meats
March 12, 2024
Shiok Meats, which had raised more than $30m since 2018, couldn’t see a clear path forward under its own steam.
Tierra Biosciences raises $11.4m series A to expand designer protein-to-order platform
March 12, 2024
Ditch the cell, and use its internal machinery to produce proteins, and you can slash the cost and increase the speed of protein synthesis, says Tierra Biosciences.
Guest article: Who owns America’s farmland? Xenophobia and US agriculture… reality vs perceptions
March 11, 2024
According to USDA, as of Dec 31, 2022, foreign interests held 3.4% of all privately held agricultural land in the US, the ‘proverbial pimple on a whale,’ writes Ben Palen.
Umaro Foods raises $3.8m in new financing as it scales up meat-free bacon ‘at half the cost’ of animal bacon
March 6, 2024
Umaro Foods’ seaweed-fueled bacon will make its retail debut on the west coast with a leading food retailer.
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