The timing of KKR’s vote of confidence is particularly interesting as concerns mount about the future of some vertical farms, but Bowery CEO Irving Fain says it’s a positive inflection point for the industry.
It’s the norm for journalists to be skeptical of corporate partnering announcements. But am I reading too much into this one?
The overwhelming feedback from COP26 has been one of mixed emotions as delegates tried to grapple with announcements and figure out their impact on agrifood.
If this is really is our “last, best chance,” the UK royal’s well-researched and well-grounded approach is worth taking seriously.
Animal agriculture can become a more sustainable enterprise with the help of technology, investment, and entrepreneurialism.
“When we invested, what I loved about Bear Flag was that they were solving the right problem,” writes AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc about his firm’s exit from the ag automation startup.
Cell lines for cultivated meat R&D are proving hard to come by. But don’t point the finger of blame at startups, as a major UK newspaper appeared to do this week.
Conservis provided an exit to its investors 12-years after its founding and the “odd” deal showcases a key way forward for digital adoption on the farm.
It could file its prospectus – seeking to raise a reported $10 billion at a $60 billion valuation – as soon as next week.
Indoor agriculture is highly competitive and highly funded. Who’s leading the race? We spoke to Henry Gordon-Smith of urban ag consultancy Agritecture to find out.
We launched our new Clubhouse partnership with Food+Tech Connect in the best way possible: celebrating women innovators in food on International Women’s Day.
The Mexican e-grocer announced its $65m Series A led by General Atlantic this week, the biggest Series A round in Latin America for a decade.
Research released last month indicates that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda own the largest share of farmland in the US.
AFN regularly runs analysis, opinion, and expert commentary from guest authors. Here are the 20 most-read guest pieces we published this year.
If you’ve been so head-down focused on just getting to the end of 2020 that you forgot all about holiday gift planning, AFN has you covered with last-minute ideas that you can send and they can eat.
A year like no other… But while Covid-19 has been catastrophic for the agrifood sector in many regards, it has also put agrifoodtech into the limelight like never before.
Reader numbers were up 24% on H2 2019, with much of the growth coming from Asia Pacific and Africa – though the US retains its top spot.
Mail order, frozen, plant-based chicken nuggets… Before we met Ben Pasternak, the founder of SIMULATE (formerly NUGGS), this would have sounded like the worst idea ever.
UK Research & Innovation, the UK government’s tech grant body, has upped the amount handed out for its latest food production challenge. But grant success isn’t just about money.
Facebook’s first investment in an Indonesian company has echoes of its $5.7 billion Jio deal in India earlier this year.
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