The food reformulation startup will use the funding to hire more scientists, build out tech infrastructure, and expand R&D capabilities internationally to combat metabolic disease with healthier food.
Rebel Foods previously raised $125 million from Coatue, Goldman Sachs, Gojek, and Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick in its Series D round last year. It’s now expanding to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The ’30×30 Express’ grant program will fund local agrifood players – including urban farmers – who can increase domestic output of eggs, fish, and leafy vegetables.
The Japanese company was one of the top agrifood investors worldwide last year, and its Vision Fund has backed food and agriculture startups such as Plenty, Zume, and DoorDash.
TaniHub Group provides e-commerce, logistics, and financing services to Indonesian smallholders, helping them sell their produce to over 120,000 business and retail customers.
Alternative protein had a blockbuster year in 2019, doubling its 2018 funding dollars to $1 billion.
The Bengaluru-based company is reported to have paid $20 million for the online milk-delivery specialist.
Nusantics is aiming for a “bio-based future [of] value-added lifestyle products such as skincare, personal care, food, and beverage”.
Plant-based food products are often touted for their environmental benefits over those involving animal agriculture, but they’re certainly not perfect.
Jeff Bezos committing $10 billion to fight climate change through his new Earth Fund could not have been timelier. Climate change is for real. Here’s a look at some Indian agritech innovations that are trying to address climate change risks.
It’s hard to know how to respond to the spread of COVID-19. The virus is creating uncertainty across the world, impacting societies and businesses with varying degrees of severity.
In a world of African Swine Fever, increasing scrutiny of the meat industry and consumer demand for transparency, the pork industry needs to modernize. But according to Chris Bomgaars, founder of EveryPig, many in the industry are reticent to move on.
Find out the areas of agtech innovation Ankur Capital’s founder Ritu Verma thinks are primed for investment in India and beyond.
New Age Meats just raised $2.7m in seed funding to broaden its product offerings from sausages into bacon and pork belly.
As global aquaculture grows in scale and intensity, and governments wise up to the need to regulate it more closely, there’s plenty of call for technology that can foster supply chain transparency while boosting yields, improving welfare, and cranking down on costs. Step in Wittaya Aqua.
Agri-food tech events all too often fall victim to an extremely irritating shortcoming — the food served is bland and unimaginative. Thankfully, that stodgy fate did not await delegates at this year’s Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Week in Singapore.
We asked Perfect Day why they’re leaving value on the table by focusing on partnerships and not marketing its own brand and how they’re staying ahead of the competition.
GFI Israel could enable the country to become a leader in alternative protein innovation, writes AgFunder associate Yanniv Dorone.
Israeli insect farming startup Flying Spark has struck a partnership and investment deal with Thai Union, one of the world’s largest seafood producers.
We speak to two up and coming startups in the GROW accelerator’s latest cohort, as they tackle contemporary problems with age-old solutions.
