Asia dominates global aquaculture production but Europe still holds most of the VC investment: report
November 27, 2024
VC investment into aquaculture broke records in 2023; 2024 may tell a different story.
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Tag: aquaculture
Kelp Blue unpacks the benefits of turning seaweed into biostimulants: ‘What we sell works better for a farmer’
November 22, 2024
Kelp Blue founder Daniel Hooft discusses the ups and downs of farming giant kelp and his journey from the oil industry to aquaculture.
Global demand for seafood is soaring but how well funded are aquatic food tech startups?
October 1, 2024
Global demand for seafood is set to soar in the coming years, yet in the first half of 2024 funding was down 40% compared to the first half of 2023.
MiAlgae nets $18.5m to scale production of omega-3s from microalgae
September 19, 2024
The firm will use the funds to develop an industrial-scale facility and expand its team, says founder and CEO Douglas Martin.
High-tech shrimp farmer Atarraya plans 200-tank facility in Northeastern US
August 6, 2024
“For the first 100 tanks there, we have already sold all our product,” says founder and CEO Daniel Russek.
A quarter of the planet faces extremely high water stress. Meet the innovators trying to change that
July 29, 2024
Water was the theme of the latest Foodshot Global challenge, and more specifically, how tech can help protect water as a resource for food and agriculture.
Meet the founder. Vertical Oceans’ John Diener on high-tech shrimp farming, “I have this obsession with efficiency’
January 5, 2024
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?
Entobel opens largest insect protein production facility in Asia, targets aquaculture
November 23, 2023
Entobel says it will demonstrate that “it’s possible to produce industrial volumes of insect protein at a competitive cost… and we expect this factory will be profitable early next year.”
FoodShot Global takes on one of the world’s most underinvested resources: water
November 15, 2023
Water remains one of the most undervalued and underinvested resources in agrifood innovation despite its intrinsic role in the food system.
Brief: Regulatory constraints are driving the world’s ‘looming seafood shortage,’ says McKinsey
October 10, 2023
Projections show a 14% growth in seafood demand by 2030 versus 2020 levels.
Data snapshot: Fish, flies and algae outshine crop CEA in the $600m+ of novel farming systems funding so far in 2023
September 6, 2023
The novel farming systems category has raised $826 million so far in 2023, according to preliminary data from AgFunder.
Our oceans are in a state of emergency. Aqua-Spark’s CEO explains how startups can help restore their health
August 28, 2023
Lissy Smit explains how the Aqua-Spark portfolio is addressing some of the greatest challenges right now for ocean and marine life.
Climate finance in agrifood is “strikingly low”, says new report from CPI & CLIC
August 10, 2023
Climate finance for agrifood systems must increase seven-fold to transition industries into taking climate mitigation and adaptation actions.
Data snapshot: Agrifoodtech funding in the Nordics goes upstream. . . and under the sea
July 26, 2023
Nordic agrifoodtech startups raised nearly $500 million across 39 deals from mid-July 2022 to mid-July 2023, according to AgFunder data.
What will it take to bolster food security in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions?
June 18, 2023
Innovators in New Zealand look to improve food production while weaving indigenous perspectives and sustainability throughout every step.
Brief: Aquatech startup eFishery raises $108m Series D to reach unicorn status
May 25, 2023
eFishery aims to increase aquaculture productivity while also creating more sustainable practices for both the environment and farmers.
Diving into Tepbac: Why AgFunder invested
May 1, 2023
Tepbac stands out for its unwavering commitment to bettering the lives of shrimp farmers and improving the aquaculture industry of Vietnam.
Shrimp farming platform Tepbac lands $2.25m from Aqua-Spark, AgFunder, Son-Tech
April 20, 2023
Tepbac will use the funding scale its hardware-software system that promises to equip shrimp farmers with more efficient, sustainable tools.
As demand for protein grows Sustainable Planet bets on water lentils as a viable alternative to soya
March 1, 2023
Sustainable Planet works with smallholder farmers in some of the world’s most arid places to produce water lentils that provide both food and income.
Farm software startups in Asia Pacific raised more funding in 2022 despite downturn
February 22, 2023
Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze food and agriculture technology investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more
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