A look into the flow of venture capital into the agrifootech industry shows Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo led in financing startups
Vendease is on a mission to be ‘Africa’s Amazon for food vendors’ by automating food supply.
Farmerline claims to have reached over 1.5 million farmers in 35 countries via its Mergdata platform.
The San Francisco startup says it has found a way to bring down the cost of cultivated meat manufacturing with biotechnology and machine learning.
Aqua-Yield’s concentrated liquid products can be added to most spray inputs farmers use for crop protection and soil and plant health.
Cargill joins Sucafina, Olam International and other corporates investing in ProfilePrint’s AI-based tech platform that accelerates the food grading process.
Farmley, India’s dried fruit and nuts marketplace, secured $6m in Series A funding led by DSG Consumer Partners and Alkemi Growth Capital
Argentina’s ucrop.it, a blockchain-enabled platform, announced the close of its pre-series A funding round to track sustainable farming practices.
The French startup is aiming to have its first biofungicide product on the market within the next three years.
Phytolon, an Israel-based a developer of natural food colors via precision fermentation of yeast, will use the round to hone its technology and commercialize its products, pending regulatory approval.
Fyto’s automated grow environments for aquatic plants promise to provide a more sustainable protein base for animal feed, human food, and soil amendments.
The US startup recently raised $5.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate development and adoption of its water management sensors.
It also announced the official opening of its manufacturing facility in North Carolina, where it will scale production of its kelp-based yarn.
The Canadian startup is producing a natural shelf-life extender from mushroom stems that’d otherwise be thrown away.
The Seattle startup also launched its first beanless coffee products to consumers.
Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round, which will enable SCiFi to continue R&D on its blend of plant-based and cultivated beef burgers.
It will use the capital injection to expand its geographic footprint, build out its supply chain capabilities, and introduce insurance products.
The US company’s soil carbon measurement, reporting, and verification platform could help corporates better meet their emissions reductions targets.
The two US-based companies will develop microbiome-based feed ingredients, health and therapeutics, and monitoring products for animal health innvoation.
The Cambridge, UK-based company aims to recreate ‘upcycling’ in nature by feeding our food waste to fly larvae – which are then fed to livestock.
