The Week in Agrifoodtech: E-grocer BigBasket bags $131m, Choco lands $111m to fight food waste
Choco became a unicorn with its latest fundraise, Leaft is making protein from leaves, and Alt Farm is 3D-printing waygu beef alternatives.
Choco became a unicorn with its latest fundraise, Leaft is making protein from leaves, and Alt Farm is 3D-printing waygu beef alternatives.
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Cultured Decadence has developed “proprietary cell lines and cell feed” for seafood products including lobster and other crustaceans.
Better tracking around waste, water, and energy usage could help the CEA industry more accurately measure the sustainability of their operations.
The Melbourne-based startup has combined an easy-to-use handheld scanner with machine learning analytics to make non-destructive fruit testing and future quality predictions as easy as picking up cheap mangoes in summer.
Biomilq, Cometeer, and WayCool were among the startups raising big-ticket rounds this week.
Regenerative ag topped the headlines over the past seven days as agrifood colossi Cargill, Heineken & Nestlé each announced new initiatives.
The Hollywood actor, who’s also joining the startups in an advisory capacity, said they’re solving “some of the most pressing issues [in] industrial beef production.”
Auckland-based Accuro is one among this new crop of startups, and it’s attracting worldwide attention with its innovative system for maturing wine and spirits.
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.
This marks the third acquisition for CropX since the start of 2020 as it aims to offer the most comprehensive suite of tech services to farmers.
Sales Manager at deep learning agritech startup £45,000 – £70,000 Outline Outfield is a Cambridge-based early stage agri-tech startup with a rapidly growing team and
Sprout is accepting applications for its upcoming accelerator program until tomorrow. Read the success stories of 5 past participants here.
Ginkgo Bioworks said it will use the capital raised to “dramatically increase the scale” of its cell-programming tech platform.
Vence aims to use the Series A funds to support more rotational grazing with its GPS-enabled collars that can keep livestock within virtual boundaries.
Some tech tidbits from around the week’s wider food-o-sphere to finish off your Friday.
Here are a few extra bits and bytes of agrifoodtech news from around the web this week.
The Brisbane-based startup wants to lower the financial and ecological costs of crop pest management with its low-power insect sensor technology.
Sea Forest will use the funds to start supplying commercial quantities of seaweed that Australian science agency CSIRO has shown to reduce cattle methane emissions by as much as 80%.
Getting the device through regulatory approvals required the team behind it to jump through more than a few hoops – and across a few continents.