Agtech Funding Sheet: Gene-editing, Food Waste, Insects, Algae, Impact, Biotech, Farmland, more
Catch up on a diversified week of fundings in the food and agtech market as things start to heat up as we approach the end of the year.
Catch up on a diversified week of fundings in the food and agtech market as things start to heat up as we approach the end of the year.
French startup Algama raised a $3.76 million venture round led by Hong Kong billionaire Li-Ka Shing’s venture arm Horizons Ventures as algae continues to make new waves with diversified uses.
New Wave Foods CEO is confident about the potential for her shrimp alternative to sustainably disrupt the conventional shrimp market at affordable prices.
Asparagopsis is one of the most promising tools in the enteric methane reduction toolkit, but there are challenges to growing it at scale and establishing tools to deliver a return on investment for farmers, says FutureFeed.
Funding into Australian agrifoodtech startups fell 33% last year according to AgFunder data… But it could have been worse: global agrifoodtech funding fell 49% over the same period.
Plus: more funding for ag robotics and bad news for Kroger’s e-commerce business.
We caught up with FYTO to talk duckweed and manure management: “Manure is a great input because we’re growing probably the fastest nitrogen consumer on the planet.”
According to the new definition, precision fermentation combines the process of traditional fermentation with the latest advances in biotechnology.
The startup has entered into an assignment for the benefit of the creditors (ABC), an alternative to formal bankruptcy proceedings that transfers a distressed company’s assets from the debtor to a trust.
Phytolon aims to launch natural colors produced by genetically engineered baker’s yeast in the US this year, pending regulatory approvals.
We caught up with Dr. Flatt to discuss the gut barrier, the power of AI, and lessons learned after 30 years of working in biomanufacturing…
Funding in Novel Farming Systems—an AgFunder category spanning indoor farming, insect ag, aquaculture, and algae production—fell off a cliff last year.
Coastal shrimp farming comes with a laundry list of problems. So how do you design an alternate system that can eliminate externalities that threaten coastal systems (extreme weather, disease) and still make a margin?
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.
AgFunderNews catches up with two players in this nascent field: Dr. James Petrie at Australian startup Nourish Ingredients, and Dr. Yulin Lu at US startup Yali Bio.
An online auction for the assets of Florida-based Lemnature AquaFarms—which produced proteins and fibers from fast-growing aquatic plant lemna (a.k.a. duckweed)—will be held on Dec 12.
Two years ago, investors were throwing money at alt protein startups. Today, the environment is way more challenging. Â
The binder will be available in the US in 2024 as part of a multi-year agreement between Plantible and ICL.
Everyone agrees that the cost of cell culture media has got to come down dramatically if cultivated meat is going to gain market traction. But what’s the most efficient way to do it?
What’s new in food supplements for cognitive health? How can AI be deployed in the product development process? And how are health and wellness trends in human foods impacting the petfood industry?
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