2022’s 5 biggest foodtech deals
December 28, 2022
Food delivery, cultivated meat, and bio-energy startups across Asia, North America and Oceana landed agrifoodtech’s top five deals of 2022.
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Why AgFunder invested in Verdant Robotics
December 8, 2022
Verdant Robotics recently announced a $46.5 million Series A funding, led by Cleveland Avenue. AgFunder first invested in the seed stage round a few years ago when the company was still in stealth. Here AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc explains why.
The UK wastes £19bn of food each year. As food shortages loom, we need circular solutions, says insect startup
December 1, 2022
A mix of high inflation, drought conditions, and high energy costs are making the chance of food shortages and food insecurity in the UK ever more likely this winter. We need circular solutions, argues one startup.
BREAKING: Brightseed unveils first AI-discovered bioactive ingredient, partners with plant-based producer Puris
October 26, 2022
Brightseed Bio 01 is a dietary fiber ingredient meant to be incorporated into food and beverage items in order to boost gut health properties.
Robotics use growing “at breathtaking speed” as food & bev industry automation increases 25% – IFR report
October 17, 2022
The food and beverage industry in the US installed 25% more robots last year , according the International Federation of Robotics.
Deere’s investment in InnerPlant is about changing Big Ag. More corporates need to follow suit
September 29, 2022
Deere is investing in not one company but an entirely new way of doing crop protection and, ultimately, commodity farming.
Meet the Founder: To tackle stress, Big Pharma veteran Rachel Yarcony launched a foodtech startup
September 2, 2022
Co-founder and CEO Rachel Yarcony discusses the personal nature of stress, the role of tech in managing it, and why she left Big Pharma to create myAir.
Startup profile: Peptyde Bio targets high costs and chemical-resistant pests with new bio-fungicide platform
August 25, 2022
St. Louis-based Peptyde Bio hopes to strengthen the power of bio-fungicides with its platform that designs and discovers anti-microbial peptides.
Cargill joins list of agrifood corporate investors in food grading startup ProfilePrint
August 23, 2022
Cargill joins Sucafina, Olam International and other corporates investing in ProfilePrint’s AI-based tech platform that accelerates the food grading process.
Meet the GROWhort: LYRO builds produce-packing robots to fix food’s broken supply chains
August 12, 2022
The Australian startup has developed an AI-powered platform that can identify, pick, and pack different types of fresh fruits and vegetables.
EXCLUSIVE: xFarm Technologies banks €17m ($17.4m) to expand ‘freemium’ digital ag platform
August 5, 2022
The Swiss-Italian startup will expand availability of its farm management software to help growers farm more efficiently while addressing climate change.
Brief: Agreena acquires Hummingbird Technologies to ‘strengthen the integrity of carbon farming’
July 28, 2022
Agreena will bring Hummingbird’s remote monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) technology in-house to further scale and validate its carbon market.
AgroFides is unlocking capital for remote Ghanaian farmers with its agrifintech platform
July 28, 2022
Ghanaian agrifintech AgroFides is linking farmers to lenders and using its credit scoring tools to build their financial profiles to unlock more financing.
Q&A: How Harry Stebbings-backed Pachama is using to tech to improve forest carbon markets
June 3, 2022
Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.
FarmWise’s weeding robots haul in $45m Series B funding from Taylor Farms, others
June 1, 2022
The San Francisco-based startup said it will use the funding to bring its new vegetable weeding implement to market.
Ai Palette expands to the US, launches new tool for faster food trend predictions
May 19, 2022
The Singapore-based trend-spotting platform for food will grow its partnerships in North America and launch a new tool to speed up CPG product development.
Brightseed bags $68m Series B funding from Temasek, AgFunder, others to launch ingredients biz
May 9, 2022
The San Francisco-based startup will use the funds to bring its first ingredient, which is aimed at improving gut health, to market.
Meet the female founder: Future Acres CEO Suma Reddy on farm robots & entrepreneurship
March 28, 2022
The entrepreneur discusses her path to agtech and the role farm robots have in helping growers address crops, yields, and labor challenges.
Brief: Chipotle trials kitchen automation with new tortilla chip-making robot Chippy
March 28, 2022
The US restaurant chain has teamed up with Miso Robotics to pilot kitchen automation solution Chippy.
IUNU raises $24m Series B funding to bring ‘true autonomy’ to CEA
March 16, 2022
Seattle-based IUNU will use the new funds to expand its platform, which provides computer vision and data analytics to CEA growers.
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