Latam startups fight food insecurity and inequality with agrifoodtech tools like farmer financing logistics and healthier ingredients.
eFishery aims to increase aquaculture productivity while also creating more sustainable practices for both the environment and farmers.
Current Seedz customers already include major North American agrifood corporations John Deere, Mosaic, and Syngenta.
The Yield Lab Latam is targeting a $50m final close by the end of the year.
Arado’s digital agribusiness marketplace connecting farmers directly with retailers and restaurants grew 30x in 2022.
Latin American agrifoodtech startups hoping to scale their solutions can now apply to the GLOCAL Game Changers LatAm Series 2023.
All continents except Africa recorded an over 30% decline in agrifoodtech investments in 2022.
There’s still scope for innovation in boosting farmer producticity and efficiency as AFDB predicts 60% increased food insecurity.
UK’s Hectare nets $20m Series A to strengthen its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)offering, boost product development and expand into new international markets.
Agridex says it’s bringing transparency, connectivity and accessibility to ag value chains and its COO, Henry Duckworth believes blockchain is the solution.
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BII plans to designate $250 million to African and Indian startups by 2026, including those developing solutions for smallholder farmers.
Operating both a B2B and B2C marketplace, Mayani has nearly 140,000 fish farmers on its platform.
Aquaconnect will use the new capital to build up its product portfolio for both pre-harvest and post-harvest services for the aquaculture industry.
Eratani, an Indonesian startup providing digital farm management solutions has secured $3.8m in a seed round led by Singapore’s TNB Aura
Achieving food security and boosting smallholder farm incomes go hand in hand; Robert Madziva aims to do both with his digital agribusiness platform.
DeHaat says the Series E round will help the company reach break-even profitability within the next 12 months.
Investment in farm technologies was particularly buoyant, increasing 185% year-on-year and accounting for 60% of the total number of deals closed.
The category’s strong fundraising performance underscores its potential to positively impact Asia-Pacific, especially when it comes to smallholder farmers.
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