Sprout Accelerator could be that opportunity you need to be part of New Zealand’s journey towards sustainability in ag and food tech. Read on for more.
Cricket One is another insect-based protein startup that’s taking off in Asia, but why? AFN speaks with its founder, Nam Dang, to find out.
LeadX Capital Partners, which is backed by German retailer Metro Group, led the round, joined by the likes of Ingka Group (IKEA), Northzone, D-Ax, and Norrsken.
This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A.
Asia’s getting richer faster than anywhere else, and there’s a huge need to produce enough food for growing populations. Here’s why you should get into it.
Are you an allergy sufferer and in need of peace of mind? Israeli startup allerguard could help out. It just got $1.5m in backing for its detection tech.
The Greek tech startup will use the funds to support commercialization of its real-time device that analyzes crops and manages input application.
EFKO Group is well known from Moscow to Vladivostok for its sunflower oils, milk products, margarine, and ketchup.
Seattle-based Barn2Door books a $3.4 million Series A, and plans to use it to continue building its tech linking farms with customers. Read on for more.
Indian food tech unicorn Zomato is said to be closing a $600m funding round, led by Temasek and Ant Financial, matching a similar move by rival, Swiggy.
Farmers and investors are making financial gains from regenerative agriculture, according to several speakers at the inaugural Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) Forum.
Just 8% of venture capital dollars invested in agri-foodtech in 2018 went to founding teams with at least one female, according to a new report by AgFunder, KK&P and The New Food Economy with support from S2G Ventures.
Alibaba’s Ant Financial teams up with Bayer Crop Science to create blockchain-based tech to improve the lives of farmers. Read on for details.
The firm closed the fund with new and existing investors from across the globe.
Evolv Ventures launched late last year as the venture arm of ketchup and mac-and-cheese behemoth Kraft Heinz with $100 million to invest in startups. We caught up with Steve Sanger, a partner at Evolv, to find out more about the fund’s strategy and his personal shift from startup to investor
The Vancouver-based venture capital firm has raised a further C$145 million to invest in environmental tech and sustainable consumer products, including organic food and alternative protein.
The Arizona-based startup initially developed to test pathogens on cannabis is now preparing to expand into the broader food and beverage space.
Vertical farm tech Intelligent Growth Solutions sealed a £7m Series A, after a second close of the round backed by Ospraie Ag Science and AgFunder.
The Israeli startup combs thousands of recipes, menus, and social media conversations to figure out what food and beverage trends consumers will crave next.
Indian VC firm Omnivore tells AFN that aquaculture tech app Aquaconnect has raised a $1.1m seed round from Omnivore and HATCH. Read on to find out more.
