AppHarvest raises $28m as Martha Stewart & Impossible Foods’ CFO join board
August 7, 2020
AppHarvest is planning to build the world’s largest greenhouse facility in Kentucky to address Covid-19 produce supply chain woes.
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Category: Novel farming systems
Noroo wants to power Asia’s smallholders and vertical farmers with its ‘seed to table’ model
August 4, 2020
The Korean chemical giant’s Singapore agribiz hub will “pioneer solutions for the world food supply chain through innovation, not just plain food trading,” its CEO tells AFN.
Aquaponics startup Seed & Roe snags $15m, rebrands to Upward Farms
July 24, 2020
The funding will be used to construct its new headquarters farm in Brooklyn, which will enable the wholesaler to scale up its operations 20x.
Australia’s indoor ag sector has been slow off the mark. Here’s how to give it the kickstart it needs
July 20, 2020
Australia is technologically advanced, highly urbanized, and has farmers aplenty – but its urban ag industry is practically non-existent. Sydney startup Blakthumb finds out why.
This vertical farming startup you may not have heard of says it has “industry-leading unit economics”
July 16, 2020
Kalera recently announced plans to open what it describes as the largest vertical farm in Texas.
Vertical farming in LatAm: AgroUrbana closes $1m seed funding
July 2, 2020
There’s space for vertical farming among Chile’s urban populations, where year-round fresh produce is not as abundant as you might think.
EU puts $20m into building a sugarbeet biorefinery to make organic acids
June 18, 2020
With the pursuit of carbon neutrality still looming large over political and corporate agendas, companies across Europe have been searching for new ways to unplug their production lines from petroleum-based products.
Sollum Technologies raises $3m to grow its greenhouse LED tech
June 17, 2020
The Canadian startup claims to have the only smart LED lighting technology that reproduces the full spectrum of the sun’s natural light.
Want to build Asia’s new agrifood ecosystem? Apply to Singapore Food Bowl now!
June 4, 2020
Singapore Food Bowl is the new online program from GROW, the Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech accelerator by AgFunder. Applications close in 4 days – so hurry!
Israel’s Saturas secures an initial $3m of Series B funding
May 28, 2020
Former investors in Saturas — Gefen Capital and Hubei Forbon Technology — have committed to the round, alongside the Trendlines Agrifood Fund
Syngenta invests in $7m seed round for Israeli autonomous chemical reduction tech Greeneye
May 27, 2020
Trials already indicate how a precision method like Greeneye’s can reduce a farmer’s herbicide usage by 65‒92%, according to Greeneye.
Fly, my pretties! NextProtein closes $11.2m Series A to scale up insect production in Tunisia
May 27, 2020
NextProtein, a French-Tunisian startup working on new ways to produce insect-based animal feed and fertilizer, has raised €10.2 million ($11.2 million) in Series A funding,
Insects for animal feed startup Beta Hatch raises $3m Series A1
May 22, 2020
The funding will be used to construct what it describes as the largest mealworm facility for animal feed in North America.
Agri-FoodTech in Europe boomed in 2019, with funding up 70% YoY. What’s in store for 2020?
May 21, 2020
European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to new research from AgFunder in collaboration
Singapore food and housing agencies to rent out public rooftops for urban farms
May 21, 2020
Urban farming gets a boost as the Singapore Food Agency and Housing & Development Board tender out nine multi-storey car park rooftops to growers.
Farmshelf wants to take home growing systems from gimmick to grocery store replacement
May 14, 2020
The startup is now taking pre-orders for a bookshelf-sized at-home growing system producing leafy greens, herbs, and more.
EXCLUSIVE: Lemna cultivator DryGro closes $4.7m Series A to sustainably replace soy in livestock feed
May 7, 2020
Duckweed is rich in protein and grows incredibly fast. It can double in biomass every two days.
Hatch 4.0 accelerator is open for innovators who can bring sustainability to aquaculture
May 7, 2020
Hatch is inviting startups to apply for the fourth cohort of its aquaculture-focused program, which has accelerated the likes of Finless Foods and Jala.
Top 20 Novel Farming System Deals of 2019
May 1, 2020
Novel farming systems saw a 37% increase in funding over 2018 as maturing companies raised larger rounds for the diverse segment.
BRIEF: Welsh hydroponics startup Phytoponics raises fresh round of £500k
April 30, 2020
The Welsh controlled environment farming company Phytoponics designs, develops, and supplies Deep Water Culture systems for large scale hydroponic crop production.
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