Aquaconnect raises $15m to digitize India’s aquaculture supply chain for smallholder farmers
Aquaconnect will use the new capital to build up its product portfolio for both pre-harvest and post-harvest services for the aquaculture industry.
Aquaconnect will use the new capital to build up its product portfolio for both pre-harvest and post-harvest services for the aquaculture industry.
Pink Farms aims to provide some or possibly all of its vertical farming technology to the grain and fiber production in the next 10 years.
Eratani, an Indonesian startup providing digital farm management solutions has secured $3.8m in a seed round led by Singapore’s TNB Aura
Led by Swiggy, Restaurant Marketplaces raised $1.95 billion in FY22, scooping up the most funding of any agrifoodtech category.
Mad Capital will use the funding to build up its team as it prepares to expand its “unique capital structure” for farmers switching to regenerative ag.
Forsea, an Israeli cultured seafood startup is using organoid technolog, mostly used in phrama and developmental biology, to produce cultured seafood.
Verdant Robotics recently announced a $46.5 million Series A funding, led by Cleveland Avenue. AgFunder first invested in the seed stage round a few years ago when the company was still in stealth. Here AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc explains why.
Vertical farms in Calgary and Montreal will enable GoodLeaf Farms to serve Canadian customers coast to coast starting in 2023.
The California-based startup will build up a team to scale its nutrient delivery product beyond its current 1 million acres.
Indian farmtech startups raised $1.5bn in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, which was around 30% of total funding but 60% of deal count.
Nigerian agrifintech startups are taking up the challenge of addressing the 78% of Nigerian farmers who lack access to formal financial services.
DeHaat says the Series E round will help the company reach break-even profitability within the next 12 months.
A mix of high inflation, drought conditions, and high energy costs are making the chance of food shortages and food insecurity in the UK ever more likely this winter. We need circular solutions, argues one startup.
Investment in farm technologies was particularly buoyant, increasing 185% year-on-year and accounting for 60% of the total number of deals closed.
Verdant technology can spray for weeds, fertilize and treat plants for pests while simultaneously scanning a field and collection data.
The segmented and unstructured nature of Africa’s food and FMCG supply chains calls for interventions, which investors seem to be leaning into.
Enriched Ag wants to equip ranchers with tools and insights to manage grazing practices on their land as well as make decisions around carbon capture.
Late-stage deals in the Asia-Pacific region grew by more than 30% in 2021; in H1 2022, the median size of deals dropped for the first time in three years.
PeakBridge and others participated in the Series A round, which Vow says will enable it to bring its cultivated quail to Singapore soon.
Sessions at the AfricArena Grand Summit had diverse panels discussing investments and changing narratives on the perception of Africa’s startup ecosystem.