Plant-based lamb pioneer Black Sheep Foods bags $5.3m funding from AgFunder, others
January 27, 2022
The US alt-protein startup will launch its product in more Bay Area restaurants following its October 2021 debut.
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Meet the founder: Tevel’s Yaniv Maor talks field trials with flying robots
January 20, 2022
Tevel is trialling its tethered drone-based system that can harvest fruit from treetops and carry out other tasks, such as pruning, trimming, and thinning.
Japan’s IntegriCulture scores $7m from AgFunder, others for ‘outside-factor-free’ cell ag
January 19, 2022
It aims to create a “universally accessible cellular agriculture platform” by providing growth media and other solutions at relatively low cost.
Faeth raises $20m from Khosla, AgFunder to battle cancer with food
January 18, 2022
It uses “precision therapies, software, and nutrition to help treat cancer, for the millions of patients who desperately need better outcomes,” according to CEO Anand Parikh.
Apply for AgFunder & GROW’s 2022 Impact Accelerator
January 18, 2022
The GROW Impact Accelerator is focused on innovations that allow for scalability while delivering tangible impact at an environmental or social level.
Brief: MycoWorks banks $125m Series C funding to build alt-leather factory
January 13, 2022
Its animal-free leather analog, Reishi, is produced using mycelium – the vegetative ‘roots’ of fungi.
India AgriFood Startup Report 2021: Upstream agrifood deals surpass downstream in India for first time
December 16, 2021
The latest edition of AgFunder’s India Agrifood Startup Investment Report, released today, also reveals that food delivery platforms raked in the most dollars during a difficult year.
Addressing the ‘cow in the room’: Applications open for 2022 GROW Impact Accelerator
November 17, 2021
The 20-week program, backed by AgFunder, provides agrifoodtech startups with support to scale up and create lasting global change.
Data Snapshot: Bowery’s $300m round tops H1 2021 Novel Farming Systems deals
November 10, 2021
Novel Farming Systems ventures raised a total of $911 million in funding during the first six months of the year, according to AgFunder data.
Bite Ninja raises $4m seed round. Here’s why AgFunder invested
November 5, 2021
The US startup brings work-from-home to the gig economy, giving drive-thru restaurants a virtual, on-demand workforce, writes AgFunder partner Manuel Gonzalez.
IGS banks $58m to cement its place as the John Deere of vertical farming
November 4, 2021
“We’ve spent the money to take the R&D risk away” for vertical farm operators, IGS’s David Farquhar says on the sidelines of COP26.
Indonesia’s Green Rebel adds plant-based cheese to lineup
November 2, 2021
Green Rebel Cheeze is made is from “locally and sustainably sourced” cashew, potato, and rice, according to the Jakarta-based startup.
Farmer marketplace DeHaat scores $115m in India’s biggest-ever agtech round
October 27, 2021
The Patna-based startup says it serves 650,000 smallholders and collaborates with 3,000 rural micro-entrepreneurs.
AFN Africa: Investing in knowledge & information to accelerate innovation in African agriculture
October 26, 2021
FMO is partnering with AFN to launch a dedicated Africa news edition, strengthening Africa’s agrifoodtech ecosystem through knowledge-sharing and research.
Data Snapshot: Upstream Series A investment hit $1.9bn in H1 2021
October 20, 2021
Foods from the lab, such as cultivated meat, drove a greater amount of early-stage investment in upstream technologies and business models in the first half of 2021.
Brief: Mexico’s Jüsto acquires Peruvian counterpart Freshmart
October 20, 2021
Freshmart was founded in 2016 and claims to have an 18-20% share of the online food market in Peru.
FYTO: The startup growing protein with robots to decarbonize agriculture
October 14, 2021
The US startup is growing a plant that can help to reduce the carbon footprint of animal agriculture and become a new ingredient for alt-proteins.
GROW, Food Futures Co & Austrade select 8 agrifood innovators for new program
October 6, 2021
GROW2Asia will help the eight Australian companies validate their market fit and co-develop an internationalization roadmap to establish their presence in Asia.
Data Snapshot: 2021 set to break new record for agrifoodtech investment; $24bn raised in H1
September 9, 2021
While mega-deals involving seven Chinese e-Grocery startups accounted for $3.8 billion of H1’s figure, funding to other countries is still on track to outpace 2020 levels, according to the latest data from AgFunder.
Meet the GROW grads concocting climate-smart ag solutions with robots & seaweed
September 9, 2021
Don’t forget to register for the GROW Impact Accelerator’s virtual Demo Day taking place next week.
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