UPDATE: Why is insect-based protein sprouting wings in Asia?
August 20, 2019
From the bustling streets of Bangkok and into labs in the APAC region, here’s how start-ups here are harnessing the power of the insect kingdom.
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French Insect Farming Startup Ynsect Raises $125m Series C Breaking European Agtech Record
February 20, 2019
This is the largest early-stage agtech funding deal on record in Europe.
A List of Food Tech Startups That Defined 2018 Trends and What to Expect in 2019
January 8, 2019
As the sun sets on food tech in 2018 and the dawn of a new year arrives, what can we say about 2018 and what can be expected of 2019?
ReFED: US Food Waste Startups Have Raised $125m+ in 2018 as Grant Funding in the Space Grows 70%
November 15, 2018
A new report from ReFED also revealed that grant funding from foundations reached $134 million in the first three quarters of 2016, increasing 70% over five years.
Enterra Feed Eyes World’s Largest Insect Farm in Wake of Series B Raise
August 28, 2018
Last week, Enterra Feed Corporation, an insect farming business from Canada, announced its latest round of funding and plans to construct three new insect factories in Canada and the US.
Wilbur-Ellis Backed Insect Startup Beta Hatch Closes $2.1m Seed Round
April 5, 2018
Beta Hatch cultivates mealworms for animal feed using patent-pending equipment, a trade-secret process and unique genetic stock, developed by entomologist and founder Virginia Emery.
Who are the Leading Insect Farming Startups?
October 17, 2017
Since 2014, insect startups raised $124 million. Of this, $4.2 million went to companies creating consumer products for human consumption – the rest went to insect farming operations.
Aquaponics Operation Raises $6.5m in Series A and USDA-backed Debt
August 30, 2017
The company will soon break ground on a 117-acre property in Boynton Beach, Florida, which contains a 55-acre man-made lake where the firm will operate a “de-coupled” aquaponics system.
Protix Raises $50m in Largest Insect Farming Investment on Record
June 14, 2017
Protix farms insects predominantly for animal and aquaculture feed, and has cracked the scalability challenge, according to new investors.
Five Startups Win Accelerator Backing to Fight Food Insecurity, Waste, and Unsustainable Food Systems
May 25, 2017
The Good Kitchen, launched last year as Europe’s first accelerator program for social startup businesses tackling food issues, will award low-interest loans to the startups to get their businesses off the ground.
Microalgae-based Aquaculture Vaccine Tech Wins Nutreco Feed Tech Challenge
February 24, 2017
MicroSynbiotiX, a startup creating a novel oral delivery process for fish, has won the Nutreco Feed Tech Challenge.
AgriProtein Raises $17.5m to Build Second Waste-to-Insect Protein Factory and License Tech
December 1, 2016
This values the company at $117 million making AgriProtein not only one of the best-funded insect farming businesses globally with around $30 million raised to-date but the most valuable, according to its founders.
Fish 2.0: Helping to Fill 3 Gaps in Aquaculture
November 20, 2015
Mike Betts, director of investments at AgFunder, shares his key takeaways from the event and his thoughts on the growing aquaculture sector.
Armed with $8.7m in fresh capital, Nasekomo builds insect ag franchise model
January 24, 2024
Industrial-scale insect farming is not for the faint-hearted. So what business models make sense, and who is going to fund the next wave of facilities?
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Food delivery’s latest unicorn, $80m for virtual restaurants, Pat Brown’s new venture
September 29, 2022
Cloud kitchens continue to rake in the funds; agtech investors swarm around insect protein startups.
SavorEat gets funding for 3D printer that builds and broils plant-based patties
July 29, 2020
Is there a case to be made for distributed, hyper-local food processing models? SavorEat CEO Racheli Vizman thinks so.
AgriProtein Raises $105m for Insect Farms
June 4, 2018
AgriProtein is constructing insect factories across the Middle East, Asia and South Africa that use municipal waste as feedstock.
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