High-protein, low-sugar “complete nutrition” brand Soylent sees opportunities to expand its retail presence and improve marketing, according to its CEO.
Wild Microbes has raised $3.3m in a pre-seed round to help unlock the potential of precision fermentation via gene editing technology it claims can enable the use of a broader range of microbial hosts.
Elo Life Systems has closed a $24.5m Series A to accelerate the development of a natural high-intensity sweetener, and Cavendish bananas engineered to resist the devastating Fusarium wilt fungal disease threatening global banana production.
The FBN bridge loan tool helps farmers compete against cash offers and larger ag companies and investors when securing land.
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Fresh from the recent acquisition of precision irrigation startup Tule, CropX explains how it balances M&A with internal development for agtech solutions.
Arkeon claims that ingredients are a bottleneck in the alternative proteins and is out to produce ingredients combined with vital amino acids.
Fable’s meaty mushroom products are minimally processed and clean label with all natural ingredients, a boon amid growing controversy about the alternative meat industry.
The Covid-19 pandemic had a clear impact on brick & mortar restaurants and retailers, forcing them to innovate to stay afloat, so while globally there was a dip in investment during 2020, it soon picked up in 2021 as these stores adjusted to a new normal that forced many of them to digitize.
BII plans to designate $250 million to African and Indian startups by 2026, including those developing solutions for smallholder farmers.
Other recent distress signals suggest the big priority for vertical farming company Kalera in 2023 is about surviving rather than scaling.
2022’s 10 most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms were dominated by American firms with other leaders spread across Europe.
The deal with Tule brings an additional layer of plant data and a foothold in the California speciality crops market to the table.
Entocycle, a UK startup that provides technologies and services for the insect farming industry, has secured $5 million in a Series A round from a
Operating both a B2B and B2C marketplace, Mayani has nearly 140,000 fish farmers on its platform.
The top 10 climate tech deals in agrifood in 2022 were almost exclusively upstream startups in vertical farming, alternative proteins and ag biotech.
The partnership will combine the Farmers Business Network’s customized crop protection plans with Greeneye’s AI-based precision weed spraying system.
“Our work has always been at the intersection of climate tech and agri,” says Devendra Gupta, CEO of Ecozen.
EarthOptics, a company based in Arlington, Virginia that provides soil data measurement technologies and services, has secured $27.6 million Series B funding. The round was
Whether it’s a large multi-national and publicly listed corporation, a startup or small business, or a family farmer, every business needs financing at one point or another. But the range of financing tools on the market today were not designed with the complexities of food and agriculture or social and environmental impact in mind.
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