Food waste technology startup Apeel Sciences has raised $250 million in funding taking its valuation over a billion dollars. Singapore state fund GIC led the
“You have 130 million farmers plus their families who are vulnerable… Traditional urban insurance brokers do not understand [their] needs,” founder Jatin Singh told AFN.
The funding will be used to construct what it describes as the largest mealworm facility for animal feed in North America.
European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to AgFunder’s latest research. Looking ahead to
The startup offers a molecular biology-backed line of crop inputs as well as a platform to rapidly create new seed traits without gene-editing techniques.
The Indian startup offers a suite of software and hardware tools for assessing the quality of fresh produce. It will use the funding to expand in Asia and the US.
The Indonesian startup will use the funds to expand at home and farther afield, as it bets on tech to change F&B after Covid-19.
The Yield – an AgFunder portfolio company – is “poised to be The Climate Corp of horticulture,” said Yamaha Motor Ventures’ Nolan Paul.
The Guangzhou-based startup raised a total of $29 million across two rounds last year. On-demand giant Meituan Dianping co-led the latest fundraise.
Ecoinno wants to offer a ‘third way’ between traditional, petroleum-based plastics, and bioplastics produced from non-naturally occurring polymers.
Duckweed is rich in protein and grows incredibly fast. It can double in biomass every two days.
The effort provides funding to organizations that can rescue food before its wasted and redirect it to individuals in need.
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.
The early-stage startup wants to help packers, and eventually retailers, better manage their inventories so that consumers never have to suffer overripe fruit again.
Sequoia Capital and Alpha JWC Ventures co-led the round, which brings the B2B marketplace’s total funding to $36 million in just 15 months.
As any fruit farmer will tell you, sunlight is great — until your trees get sunburnt. The scorching of high value fruits like apples or
GROW becomes an accredited mentor partner for the Singapore government program, while launching its ‘Pre Accelerator’ for “very early stage” startups.
Novel farming systems saw a 37% increase in funding over 2018 as maturing companies raised larger rounds for the diverse segment.
Covid-19 ravaged Asia before going global. We talk to three thought leaders in the region about how their strategies and investment priorities have changed.
The Welsh controlled environment farming company Phytoponics designs, develops, and supplies Deep Water Culture systems for large scale hydroponic crop production.
Americans need better access to healthy food to lower risk of Covid-19 complications