Meet the GROWhort: Decomer proposes plant-based solution to food packaging problem
July 29, 2022
The Estonian startup is producing edible and compostable food-grade packaging materials from plant-derived polysaccharides.
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Meet the Founder: By digitizing ag, Verqor aims to make credit accessible for every farmer in Mexico
July 15, 2022
Smaller-sized farmers in Mexico have no access to credit. Verqor wants to change that by digitizing more of the country’s ag operations.
Meet the founder: Chinova Bioworks’ CEO Natasha Dhayagude delves into her journey in bio-foodtech
July 8, 2022
Natasha Dhayagude, co-founder and CEO of Chinova Bioworks reveals to Agfunder her journey and maneuvering the bio-foodtech space
Data Snapshot: Cultivated meat, supply chain tech lead Israeli agrifoodtech deals in 2021
July 6, 2022
The country saw four nine-figure US dollar funding deals last year – including two for startups working on cell-cultured meat.
Nubocha is churning out vegan gelato using sustainable nuts & cacao sourced direct from farmers
July 6, 2022
“Our farmers are part of the value chain and we impart the importance of quality and preserving natural resources,” says co-founder Gianluca Franzoni.
Growthwell Foods’ new CEO on joining an alt-protein family business as an outsider
July 4, 2022
Group CEO Manuel Bossi talks Asia plant-based opportunities, economic headwinds, and the pros and cons of family business setups.
Meet the Founders: How Evolved Meats’ novel cell-based meat bypasses need for scaffolding
July 1, 2022
Evolved Meats’ co-founders share how their startup makes whole-cut cultivated meat without scaffolding or binders.
Meet the Founder: Hello Savanna’s Oumar Barou Togola on creating market access for Malian female smallholder
June 17, 2022
Hailing from Mali, Oumar Barou Togola wanted to give back to his home country in a way that empowered and subsequently increased incomes for the project’s benefactors – female smallholders. Thus the journey of Hello Savanna began.
Why Japan’s Norinchukin Bank invested in AgFunder’s $100m agrifoodtech fund
June 7, 2022
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.
Q&A: How Harry Stebbings-backed Pachama is using to tech to improve forest carbon markets
June 3, 2022
Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.
Data Snapshot: Latin American agrifoodtech saw more big-money deals in 2021, upstream & downstream
June 1, 2022
2021 was “a year of momentum for ag biotech and alternative proteins” in the region.
Meet the founder: Carbon Collective’s Zach Stein on moving sustainable investing beyond ESG
May 31, 2022
Carbon Collective hopes to give individual sustainable investment portfolios more power and in doing so force corporations to decarbonize faster.
Data Snapshot: eGrocery still dominates China dealmaking, but upstream tech increases share
May 18, 2022
In 2021, eGrocery dominated dealmaking yet again; but upstream startups vastly increased their share of funding.
Data Snapshot: What Europe’s top 15 agrifoodtech deals in 2021 told us about investment trends
May 11, 2022
Most of the top deals involved eGrocers and Restaurant Marketplaces, highlighting the continent’s thirst for ‘quick commerce.’
GRDC’s new Tekfarm program seeks global agtech solutions for Australia’s grains sector
May 11, 2022
It’s scouting the globe for tech startups and solutions that can take the country’s world-leading grains industry to new heights.
How a fruit producer is adapting to climate change with genetics
May 5, 2022
IFG and other fruit breeders are racing against time to create new, climate-resilient varieties, the company’s CEO tells AFN.
Meet the founder: Future Crops CEO Gary Grinspan makes the case for soil-based vertical ag
April 25, 2022
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.
Meet the Female Founder: SuperMeat’s Shir Friedman says cultivated meat is ‘definitely scalable’
April 18, 2022
SuperMeat’s co-founder and head of communications talks regulatory approvals, transparency with consumers, and the long-term promise of cultivated meat.
Q&A: Tindle’s Rohit Bhattacharya on the trials & tribulations of being an alt-protein CFO
April 15, 2022
Bhattacharya tells AFN what Next Gen has planned for Tindle, and what it was about the startup that tempted him away from Temasek.
Q&A: Scaling CEA’s future farms with IUNU’s Allison Kopf
March 29, 2022
The chief marketing officer discusses the risks of CEA, the crops we’ll grow indoors in the future, and how indoor agtech will change.
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