The Week in AgriFoodTech: Rebel Foods raises $210m, Terradot bags $58m, Plenty shutters Compton farm
December 19, 2024
Plus…John Kempf’s Advancing Eco Agriculture nabbed a USDA rural development award.
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GoodSAM Foods is blazing a path for regen ag that brings value (and money) back to farmers
December 18, 2024
This “direct trade” model cuts out the middlemen so that GoodSAM works directly with the growers and their farmer associations.
Biostimulant-maker Sound Agriculture bags additional $25m, will pay growers to replace nitrogen and phosphorus
December 17, 2024
Plant-and-soil health startup Sound Agriculture will use the new funding to enter new markets and develop new products.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Nexus W2V raises $140m, Haber nets $44m, Planet A Foods bags $30m
December 12, 2024
Plus: GE salmon company AquaBounty winds down its only remaining operating farm: “We’ve been working for over a year to raise capital… Unfortunately, these efforts have not generated enough cash to maintain our operating facilities.”
UC Davis spinoff One Bio raises $27m Series A to bridge the fiber gap
December 12, 2024
One Bio has patented technology to chop up polysaccharides from agricultural waste into “odorless, colorless, and tasteless” oligosaccharides to bridge the fiber gap.
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November 27, 2024
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NEW REPORT: Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech funding recovers with 38% YoY increase to $4.2bn so far in 2024
November 21, 2024
In 2024 Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech startups have shown resilience against global market headwinds, securing $4.2 billion in funding and 31% of the global investment in the sector this year.
Brief: Oishii raises additional funding to close Series B at $150m, preps first international expansion
November 20, 2024
The vertical farmer best known for its strawberries is also gearing up for its first international expansion via a new R&D center in Tokyo.
Keychain raises $15m to expand CPG manufacturing platform; firm will ‘change how the CPG industry works,’ says General Mills
November 19, 2024
For a sector that deploys cutting edge tech in everything from logistics to pathogen control, the food industry is still stuck in the dark ages when it comes to finding co-manufacturers, says Keychain CEO Oisin Hanrahan.
Plantible Foods raises $30m Series B to scale duckweed protein, deliver on ‘multi-million dollar offtake agreements’
November 15, 2024
The fact Plantible has secured long-term offtake agreements and is able to scale in a modular fashion –scaling out rather than scaling up with proven tech—has helped build trust with investors, says its CEO.
Klim raises ‘massively oversubscribed’ Series A, adds financial services layer to its insetting platform
November 12, 2024
Germany-based Klim will introduce a financial services layer to its insetting platform to aid in the transition to regenerative agriculture.
Shiru raises $16m series B to expand AI-powered ingredient discovery platform
November 12, 2024
Shiru is “building a comprehensive platform that will revolutionize ingredient discovery across multiple molecular classes,” claims founder and CEO Dr. Jasmin Hume.
YoLa Fresh founders on how a more efficient food system can reduce emissions and water consumption in Africa.
November 4, 2024
In an interview with AgFunder News YoLa Fresh co-founders explain how their company is addressing key challenges like food waste, inefficiencies in fresh produce distribution, and limited market access for smallholder farmers.
Rare Earth Global raises $1.3m to expand access to industrial hemp products
October 29, 2024
“Our basic focus is making full use of the whole hemp plant: seed for feed and stalks for construction,” says cofounder Suneet Shivaprasad.
Danforth Technology Center launches startup to open new research pathways through metabolite analysis
October 28, 2024
Metablify officially launched this week out of the Danforth Technology Company, a subsidiary of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Qarbotech turbocharges photosynthesis with carbon quantum dots: ‘We’re kind of cheating the plant to capture more light’
October 28, 2024
QarboTech’s tiny carbon dots integrate with chloroplasts, the tiny factories in plants that turn sunlight into energy, optimizing light absorption and electron transfer.
Ag Marketplaces & Fintech startups are the most popular category of African agrifoodtech investment in 2024
October 28, 2024
Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category have taken the top spot for funding in recent months, bringing in $65 million, or 41% total investment on the continent so far in 2024
Israel-Gaza conflict not “the whole story” behind plunge in agrifoodtech funding
October 23, 2024
Israel-based agrifoodtech startups have closed just 17 funding rounds since the start of the conflict. Raising some $161 million since October 7, 2023, the total is a 72% drop on the same period the year before, and some 73% fewer deals.
Carbon Robotics eyes new regions, products with $70m raise: ‘We’re focused very intently on the field’
October 23, 2024
Series D funding will go to a few different areas, including expanding availability of the LaserWeeder into new geographies.
Entosystem president: ‘The whole purpose of our company is based on diverting organic waste from landfill’
October 21, 2024
Plenty of commentators—and jaundiced investors—may query the economics of insect agriculture given the struggles of some high-profile players. But what about the touted environmental benefits? Is it a given that it is more sustainable to feed animals insect protein than, say, corn or soybean meal?
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