BREAKING: Gro Intelligence lays off 60% of staff, secures some 11th hour funding
March 1, 2024
According to one industry source, Gro received “some money with a lot of conditions.”
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Exclusive: Ag insights platform Gro Intelligence unable to make payroll, replaces founder with new CEO
February 23, 2024
CTO James Cariello has been named as the new CEO at the firm, which recently laid off 10% of its staff and has been trying to raise fresh capital through a convertible bond.
Job cuts at AI-powered ag insights platform Gro Intelligence: ‘They have a great product, but I’m not sure they know how to sell it’
February 15, 2024
“The CEO got all [of the] company [together] in a less than five-minute call and the affected ones were disconnected less than an hour and a half afterwards.”
Overhauling the global food system would bring ‘multi-trillion benefits’ to the planet, says new study
January 30, 2024
Overhauling the global food system could end undernutrition by 2050 and provide sufficient income to millions, says nonprofit.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Agrotoken closes Series A, John Deere & SpaceX team up, MaxAB merges with Wasoko
January 18, 2024
Plus: much ado (and fundraising) about ag robotics and many updates from Israel’s startup scene.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: URB-E pivots to last-mile delivery, GoodBytz bags $12m, a new fund for regen ag
October 26, 2023
Overstory banks new funding to monitor vegetation with satellites, FarmInsect raises capital to turn insects into livestock feed.
From emissions to chronic disease, 3 agrifoodtech startups on a mission to improve planetary health
October 25, 2023
GROW Impact Accelerator startups CarbonFarm, FaunaTech and Exosomm are on mission to improve the health of animals, humans and the planet
Data snapshot: Farm management software adoption still low in Africa despite need for it
October 18, 2023
While VCs pumped just $3.2 million into farm management software for African agriculture, this is up from 2021.
Aussie agtech startups shaping the future of carbon capture
October 9, 2023
Australian startups are working hard to change the way we monitor, manage and report soil carbon sequestration.
Cersi, what are the biggest risks to my supply chain today? Helios launches AI supply chain analyst, raises $1.85m pre-seed round
October 3, 2023
AI analyst Cersi combines clients’ supplier data with ‘climate, economic, currency and political risk signals’ to create actionable insights for supply chain analysts and procurement teams at Fortune 500 companies in real time.
Bytes to Bites part two – From farm to fork: Leveraging AI in the food supply chain
September 28, 2023
In the second segment of a three-part deep dive into AI in food, Peakbridge explores how artificial intelligence could transform the food supply chain.
Mercy Corps Ventures pilots the blockchain to get cash transfers to communities ahead of climate shock
September 25, 2023
Mercy Corps Ventures is testing blockchain to get cash transfers to pastoral communities in Africa ahead of climate shocks.
5 crucial agtech tools for sustainable and productive farming
September 22, 2023
As artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics continue to evolve, smart farms will become even smarter.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: J.M. Smucker buys Hostess for $5bn, NotCo’s NotSnacks, Krucial monitors salmon from space
September 14, 2023
Plus, two startups raise new capital to improve access and standards for carbon credits.
Should ag lenders and crop insurers offer ‘good soil discounts’ to farmers? Land Core develops ‘actuarially sound model’ to make it possible
August 4, 2023
Insurers offer discounts for avoiding smoking and good driving, so should they incentivize farmers to invest in good soil health?
Meet the founder: PerPlant’s Rasmus Emil Hansen on taking precision agriculture to the edge
July 14, 2023
PerPlant says its tech can monitor fields and generate insights with centimeter-level precision at a fraction of the cost of other tools.
Brief: Omnivore to pump $150m into India’s agrifoodtech startups with first close of third fund
June 28, 2023
Omnivore has announced the first close of its third fund, with $150m to pump into India startups aiming to make farming more profitable, resilient, and sustainable.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Cosucra raises $49m, Carbon marketplace Supercritical raises $13m, Cox launches $300m fund, Getir exits France
June 22, 2023
This week, Omeat emerged from stealth with an ‘elegant’ solution to scaling cultivated meat; UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat finally got the green light to sell cultivated chicken in the US, and drone startup Guardian Agriculture raised $20m.
Africa’s next leap forward (part 1): Agrifoodtech startups to watch, from Cupmena to Aerobotics
June 19, 2023
Investment in agrifoodtech will be key to the stable, sustainable and prosperous development of Africa, says Saron Berhane.
Cultivated meat: Foodtech fantasy or the future of meat? ‘None of this stuff makes any commercial sense until everyone’s eating it’
June 1, 2023
Five or six years ago the press coverage around cultivated meat was almost universally positive. Today, we’re seeing headlines about cancerous cells, ‘vaporware,’ and business failures. So where does the industry go from here?
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