Top 20 Novel Farming System Deals of 2019
Novel farming systems saw a 37% increase in funding over 2018 as maturing companies raised larger rounds for the diverse segment.
Novel farming systems saw a 37% increase in funding over 2018 as maturing companies raised larger rounds for the diverse segment.
Armed with $57 million, Future Positive Capital intends to place more bets on wonky tech ideas that have the potential to drive systems change while reaping profits in long-established markets, like food and agriculture.
Since 2014, insect startups raised $124 million. Of this, $4.2 million went to companies creating consumer products for human consumption – the rest went to insect farming operations.
Chris Powers, an entrepreneur, writer, and urban agriculture evangelist, offers his four key takeaways from the Association for Vertical Farming’s Summit in Amsterdam two weeks ago.
AgFunderNews speaks to a fruit grower, a precision farming technology company and producer of the Precision Farming Expo about developments in the space.
Novel Farming Systems ventures – which include tech-enabled vertical farms and greenhouses – may be losing their luster for investors.
Agrifoodtech startup investment has hit its lowest point in six years as a result of fewer and smaller deals.
Farmtech funding for Southeast Asia startups has steadily grown since 2018 despite the overall drop in VC dollars to the region.
Empowering African agrifoodtech startups in terms of funding and business strategy remains at the core of the new program.
Asia-Pacific has long been a hotbed for agrifoodtech innovation; the recent decline in VC funding isn’t likely to change that.
We’ve all felt the impacts of climate change this season but they’re especially pronounced in Africa; of the 20 nations ranked as most vulnerable to climate change, all but four are African. Meanwhile acute food insecurity has dramatically increased in the past year.
African agrifoodtech investment declined 77% year on year in the first half of 2023 as global macroeconomic trends curtailed growth.
Nordic agrifoodtech startups raised nearly $500 million across 39 deals from mid-July 2022 to mid-July 2023, according to AgFunder data.
UK agrifoodtech startups raised nearly $400 million across 77 deals, according to the latest data from AgFunder.
Latam startups fight food insecurity and inequality with agrifoodtech tools like farmer financing logistics and healthier ingredients.
Agrifoodtech investment in France surged 39% to $1.3 billion in 2022 against the backdrop of a 46% decline in Europe and a 44% slump in global agrifoodtech funding over the same period.
California startups raised nearly twice as much funding as the second-largest global market for VC investment in agrifoodtech.
Panelists at the AgFunder 2023 Global Report launch party discussed the challenges for alt protein and eGrocery, and why capital is swimming upstream.
The macro headwinds startups face right now are also driving more interest in agrifoodtech as a solution to some of today’s most pressing climate issues.
63% of consumers also agree that snacks with a higher environmental impact should cost more, according to Mondelēz International Malaysia & Singapore.
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