Why Japan’s Norinchukin Bank invested in AgFunder’s $100m agrifoodtech fund
Norichukin Bank recently joined the first close of AgFunder’s $100m Fund IV as a limited partner to advance Japan’s agriculture, fisheries, and forestry industries.
Norichukin Bank recently joined the first close of AgFunder’s $100m Fund IV as a limited partner to advance Japan’s agriculture, fisheries, and forestry industries.
Do you also feel like you’re drowning in new food products? It can’t be just me who’s starting to feel confused about where the world’s change-energy is directed, writes Johan Jorgensen.
Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.
Waste streams from agriculture and food production can become an additional source of value for Asian economies, thanks to advances in technology.
As agriculture embraces sustainability, ESG-driven investors see a $3 trillion opportunity.
2021 was “a year of momentum for ag biotech and alternative proteins” in the region.
Carbon Collective hopes to give individual sustainable investment portfolios more power and in doing so force corporations to decarbonize faster.
Farm payments should mirror social welfare schemes in having both the short-term needs, and the long-term interests, of users in mind.
Agriculture in Ukraine is significant globally. Here’s how the international community can help.
Ag carbon markets are becoming more viable thanks to smart program design and innovative tech, Matthew Guinness writes.
US urban zoning laws need a rethink if the benefits of vertical farming are to be fully realized, writes real estate lawyer Jared Burden.
In 2021, eGrocery dominated dealmaking yet again; but upstream startups vastly increased their share of funding.
Agtech and foodtech startups can apply for Game Changers LatAm Series 2022 until June 15.
Most of the top deals involved eGrocers and Restaurant Marketplaces, highlighting the continent’s thirst for ‘quick commerce.’
It’s scouting the globe for tech startups and solutions that can take the country’s world-leading grains industry to new heights.
IFG and other fruit breeders are racing against time to create new, climate-resilient varieties, the company’s CEO tells AFN.
A recent roundtable involving several of the country’s ag thought leaders – now published as a white paper – explored how the country’s farming sector can help us get to net zero.
Future Crops vertically farms its produce in a soil-based substrate which “sticks with what Mother Nature tells us,” Grinspan tells AFN. Plus it’s kosher.
Keeping tabs on meat and dairy corporate climate goals is vital to holding these companies accountable for meaningful emissions reductions.
The theme of Earth Day 2022 is “invest in our planet.” In the agrifoodtech community, we’re taking it literally – and must push governments to do the same.
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