“At Careem, we were barely scratching the surface. From tax filing [to] transportation, we realized no-one had tried to solve the problems of the retail industry.”
Slowly but surely, carbon markets are maturing across the world. In the US, farmers and the wider agrifood industry have a critical role to play in their development.
The early Twitter and Uber investor’s climate-focused VC firm has invested in several alt-protein and sustainable ag startups.
In the wake of a $160 million Series B round, 80 Acres CEO Mike Zelkind argues that some valuations in the indoor ag industry are exaggerated.
From the US and Bangladesh to Iceland and Senegal, governments around the world agreed Wednesday to change the way the world currently produces and consumes food, with technology and innovation playing a crucial role.
The Singapore-based startup has scored $30 million in seed funding from the likes of Temasek, GGV Capital, and England soccer star Dele Alli.
CRISPR is the best tool the EU has to achieve its ambitious agrifood sustainability goals. The bloc needs to keep that squarely in mind when regulating its use, write Rudi Ariaans and Ferdinand Los.
Carbon emissions reductions can, and should, go hand-in-hand with helping farmers to maintain the profitability and productivity of their operations.
When New Zealand came calling, other agrifoodtech investors saw ‘just sheep and cows.’ But Gil Meron sensed one of the sector’s biggest opportunities.
Ginkgo Bioworks said it will use the capital raised to “dramatically increase the scale” of its cell-programming tech platform.
The CEA Food Safety Coalition has launched a new certification for indoor leafy greens growers that takes into account the industry’s specific attributes.
The soil carbon market is nascent but growing, and with it, a lot of complex questions, including how to ensure that farmers see the value.
The French startup uses AI to help supermarkets identify items near expiration and determine whether they should be discounted or donated to charity.
The Mixing Bowl released its first Indoor AgTech Landscape in September 2019. This is their first update, zeroing in on this evolving ecosystem’s role in addressing challenges facing the entire agrifood value chain.
Two Artemis employees wanted to celebrate some of the incredible women whom they work with and who choose to challenge the agricultural industry, because “a challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change.”
Anuvia is hoping to clean up conventional fertilizer with its bio-basd input that improves yields while also reducing GHG emissions and sequestering carbon.
The PLANeT Partnership will allow Beyond Meat to reach more consumers and enter new product categories, while PepsiCo gets a bite of the booming alt-protein market.
Startups are stirring up a new class of alcohol-free beverages that taste, smell, and bite like booze – and consumers are saying cheers to the idea.
The New Mexico startup embeds quantum dot technology into glass and pliable films, offering a lighting source that doesn’t need a mains electricity supply.
The Covid-19 pandemic thrust food supply chain tech into the spotlight in a way that none of us could have anticipated.
