“This strategy aligns with our commitment to scaling up responsibly,” says CEO Didier Toubia.
Here are some of highlights (and a few low lights😉) from 2023, plus some areas to watch in 2024, from designer probiotics to livestock methane reduction.
As well as taking stock of the best read articles of the year, the AgFunderNews team also wanted to highlight our favourite stories of the year; the articles we’re most proud of and enjoyed reporting the most.
To find out, foodtech editor Elaine Watson fired off a few emails to startups she’s covered on AgFunderNews this year to get a sense of what is disrupting their sleep, with a particular emphasis on the alt protein space.
The consortium led by Solar Foods will produce whey proteins from bacteria fed with atmospheric carbon and hydrogen instead of sugar, decoupling production from agricultural land.
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of indoor agriculture’s future, but there are many more to be optimistic.
Perennial grains are emerging as a promising strategy for reducing the dramatic effects of tillage on our topsoils.
Can cultivated meat make the transition from a loss-making novelty served at a handful of high-end restaurants to a commercially viable alternative to animal agriculture?
The Australian startup claims its tech can transform the unit economics of growing red seaweed to produce feed additives for livestock methane reduction.
Could the sustainability credentials—and the unit economics— of alt proteins be improved by tapping into ag industry side streams?
From low pressure hydroponics to customized enzymes, 30 agrifoodtech startups will showcase their wares at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit in Singapore, Oct 31-Nov 2.
“When it comes to soil carbon, there are more questions than answers in terms of whether it’s investable.” and other quotes from the sidelines of the World Agri-Tech and Future Food-Tech conferences in London last week.
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.
Nobell Foods is creating cheese and other dairy products from plant-derived dairy proteins for the 99% of people who are unwilling to compromise on taste
Is there a market for ‘animal-free’ dairy? Is making it via precision fermentation commercially viable, and how do you talk to consumers about it?
Which agrifoodtech segments are ripe for investment in Latin America? Louisa Burwood-Taylor catches up with Roberto Vitón at The Yield Lab Latam.
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This week, Neat Burger raised $18m to take its plant-based restaurant chain into new markets, while synthetic biology startup Debut raised $34 million to expand its cell-free biomanufacturing platform.
2022 was a lousy year for agrifoodtech investing, and India was not immune to the headwinds impacting global markets, with funding to Indian startups in the field dipping 33% year-over-year to $2.4 billion, according to AgFunder’s new India AgriFoodTech Investment Report 2023.
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