The Week in Agrifoodtech: Finless Foods nets $34m; CPGs & QSRs quit Russia
Clean Crop Technologies closed a round for crop protection tools and Protenga nabbed capital for its insect farming operations.
Clean Crop Technologies closed a round for crop protection tools and Protenga nabbed capital for its insect farming operations.
Starship’s delivery bots move into new markets, Source.ag aims to make greenhouses smarter, and cultivated meat arrives at Singapore’s hawker stalls.
The Jakarta-based startup links sellers of fertilizers, seeds, and other inputs with local ag stores that serve smallholder farmers across Indonesia.
Latin America and the Middle East also saw their respective shares of global alt-protein funding increase year-on-year.
Vertical farming and alt-protein saw sizable financings this week, with companies like GrowUp Farms, Novameat, and Wildtype closing significant rounds.
The firm has made the first close of its $15 million maiden fund, which it claims is the first to exclusively back Asia Pacific alt-protein startups.
It’s developing a range of services for the agrifood industries based around handheld spectrometers and AI.
Equip scored $58 million while Tindle parent company Next Gen Foods raised the largest Series A round to date for plant-based protein.
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s largest meat, fish, and dairy suppliers present a “high risk” of spreading zoonotic disease from livestock to humans.
Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
Next Gen Foods has secured plant-based protein’s biggest Series A funding to date from investors including Temasek, GGV Capital, and Paul McCartney’s MPL Ventures.
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Protix bagged big bucks this week for its insect protein; while Cooks Venture secured capital to breed slower-growing chickens.
Cultivated meat and other “future foods” startups raised a total of $127 million in China during 2020.
Meanwhile, it has been forecast that the plant-based protein sector needs to invest $27 billion in production capacity by 2030 to meet demand.
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The Riyadh-based B2B marketplace said it’ll use the Series A funds for geographical expansion, and to launch new products and verticals.
‘Future food’ is one of several areas outlined in a new document setting out agricultural policy objectives under the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan.
Cannabis has been removed from the country’s narcotics list, potentially paving the way for a new industry around hemp-based products and services.