What is the Future of AgriFood Innovation in Southeast Asia?
Last week, the ReThink Agri-Food Innovation Week took place in Singapore for the first time. Here are the results of a survey of the event's 300 delegates.
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Crop One Signs $40m JV with Emirates to Build World’s Largest Vertical Farm
The JV with Emirates Flight Catering will involve the construction of a 130,000 square foot facility in Dubai to service all airlines and lounges operational out of Dubai International Airport.
Japan’s Indoor Ag Sector is Becoming More Collaborative
We caught up with Eri Hayashi, director of International Relations & Consulting of the Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA), a non-profit organization devoted to academic and business advancements in Japan's indoor ag industry.
Insects and Blockchain Win Big at the First Mekong AgriTech Challenge
The Mekong AgriTech Challenge (MATCh), the Mekong region's first AgTech pitch competition and market access boot camp, launched for the first time last week.
Future Food Asia Award Founder Discusses Sources of Asian AgriFood Tech Innovation Ahead of 2018 Competition
The Future Food Asia Award (FFAA), Asia’s first agrifood tech startup up competition, will be presented in Singapore for the second year on May 23.
Social Enterprise Raises $3m to Digitally Support Smallholder Farmers in Myanmar
The bulk of Impact Terra's new funding will support Smart Agriculture Myanmar (SAM), a project that uses remote sensing to provide advice to farmers about crop timing, pest management, and irrigation.
What You See Is What You Get With Agtech Entrepreneurs as Silicon Valley Moves Away from Hype – SparkLabs CoFounder
Agtech entrepreneurs may not have the sharpest, most polished pitches, but you can be sure that they're not over-hyping their businesses, according to Frank Meehan, cofounder and partner of SparkLabs Global Ventures and Asia's leading startup accelerator program.
Japan’s Nileworks Raises $7.1m for Crop Spraying Drones
Nileworks claims its multi-copter drones are able to see the shape of a field and spray pesticides just 30cm above, reducing drift.
SoftBank Invests in Largest Ever Agtech Deal, a $200m Series B for Indoor Ag Startup Plenty
SoftBank has invested in Plenty, a vertical farming startup in California, to help the company expand into new markets and crops.
Indian Agritech Startup Wins FFAA in Milestone for Asian AgriFood Tech
Future Food Asia Award marks a milestone in the the fledgling Asian agrifood tech industry as it was the first competition of its kind showcasing the region’s top startups in the sector.
Ag Industry Brief: Future Food Asia Announces Finalists, Nonprofit Files IRS Complaint Against Whole Foods, Humane Society, GAP, more
Asia’s first agritech and foodtech startup up competition will take place in Singapore later this month.
Japan’s Farmnote Raises $4.6m for IoT Device and Data Analytics in Livestock Farming
Farmnote will use the funding to expand overseas and to further develop its technology within Japan alongside its new partners and investors.
Taiwan: Home to the Total Supply Chain for Agriculture 4.0
There are few places in the world that have a better environment for building agtech devices and large scale smart farming projects than Taiwan, writes Matthew Ryan.
Wilbur-Ellis Launched Cavallo Ventures to ‘Remain Innovative’ and Sell New Tech to Customers
Cavallo Ventures is not just focused on investing in startups; it also wants to partner with them and distribute new products to its customers.
Agribusiness Innovators in Southeast Asia: USAID Wants to Partner with You!
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has issued a call to agribusiness innovators working in Southeast Asia’s ag industry to submit expressions of interest (EOI) in partnering with the agency on their innovations.
Q&A: How Setting Up Future Food Asia Award is the First Step in Developing Asia’s Foodtech Ecosystem
We caught up with Isabelle Decitre, founder of the awards, to find out more about her motivation for launch FFAA and why it's needed in Asia.
Q&A: One Family Office’s Approach to Investing in Agritech
John Kim, managing partner of Amasia, a multi-family office and cross-border venture capital firm based in Singapore, tells us how he got into agritech investing and his different approach to sourcing investments.
China is Ready for an Agri-Food Revolution
Here the team from Bits x Bites, China's first accelerator VC to invest in early-stage food tech startups, gives us a snapshot of the China food tech startup scene.
Lessons from Japan: What the Western Indoor Ag Industry Can Learn from the East
Japan's indoor agriculture industry is more developed than in the US and Europe. Here Pieter De Smedt offers his key takeaways from an event bringing the industry from both sides of the world together.
Vietnamese IoT Agtech Startup MimosaTEK to Showcase at Seedstars World
MimosaTEK, a Vietnamese agtech startup providing data, decision support, and remote control capabilities through sensors and a cloud platform, recently won the Vietnamese round of Seedstars World competition.