Tepbac deploys software & IoT to boost Vietnam’s shrimp farming sector
The startup provides automation software, connected hardware devices, and an e-commerce platform to create efficiencies for the local industry.
The startup provides automation software, connected hardware devices, and an e-commerce platform to create efficiencies for the local industry.
While foodtech startups feel the crunch of the current downturn, fundraising in agtech and alternative protein keeps coming.
Plus: alt-cheesemakers raise new funds, delivery ‘bots head to college campuses, and IKEA strikes a deal with indoor ag startup Infarm.
Climate investors may want to take a closer look at emerging opportunities in vertical farming. Or insect farms. Or pea milk. Or vegan leather. In fact, there’s a long list of agrifood technologies that are climate-positive investments, according to new research from AgFunder and Invest-NL.
Norichukin Bank recently joined the first close of AgFunder’s $100m Fund IV as a limited partner to advance Japan’s agriculture, fisheries, and forestry industries.
Elsewhere, US ag robotics specialist FarmWise teased a new weeding implement along with its latest fundraise.
Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, is setting its sights further afield in DRC, Tanzania and Rwanda.
It’s raising the insects on organic byproducts such as food waste, before converting them into proteins and oils for use in animal feed.
The 10 latest startups to join the GROW Impact Accelerator include tech solutions for protein deficiency, beekeeping, and livestock antibiotic resistance.
Over in the US, meanwhile, The Every Company launched the world’s first chickenless egg white.
The Jakarta-based startup links sellers of fertilizers, seeds, and other inputs with local ag stores that serve smallholder farmers across Indonesia.
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s largest meat, fish, and dairy suppliers present a “high risk” of spreading zoonotic disease from livestock to humans.
The Paris-based startup will supply insect protein to ADM’s pet foods division, to create “high-quality nutritional” products with “a significantly lower carbon footprint and land requirement.”
Three of the biggest funding rounds announced in the last week involved on-demand food and grocery delivery startups from various countries.
Co-founder and CEO Jason Green discusses its new 250,000-square-foot facility and the importance of the microbiome.
US hospitality software provider Flipdish raised $100 million in a Tencent-led round, while UK indoor farming startup Vertical Future scored $29 million.
The Dutch VC invested in the 25-year-old tilapia farming company to curb Africa’s reliance on food imports and address skyrocketing protein needs.
The GROW Impact Accelerator is focused on innovations that allow for scalability while delivering tangible impact at an environmental or social level.
Remilk was one of a bevvy of agrifoodtech startups to close funding rounds above or around the $100 million mark this week.
The Bandung-based startup plans to launch into other major fish and shrimp farming markets, including China and India.