India’s Proeon raises $2.4m seed funding to supply plant-based protein industry
The Pune-based startup aims to grow its presence in North America and Europe, including the establishment of an R&D facility in the Netherlands.
The Pune-based startup aims to grow its presence in North America and Europe, including the establishment of an R&D facility in the Netherlands.
They’re hoping the insights they derive will revolutionize outdoor production, too.
The US tech giant also said it’s building “robust temperature-controlled supply chain infrastructure” to preserve food quality and reduce waste.
The biggest headlines in agtech and foodtech over the past seven days.
Agroforestry has a multitude of benefits in terms of soil health, water quality, and food security – so long as it is done right.
The e-commerce company said it’ll re-invest its profits into a new ‘non-commercial’ initiative aimed at promoting agtech, digitalization, and rural development in China.
New Carnivore has made seven deals to date, co-investing with leading VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and DCVC.
Two of the past week’s biggest stories were AFN exclusives from the ag carbon market, both involving Microsoft.
Founder and CEO Jaisimha Rao claims it’ll have “the world’s largest fleet of agriculture robots in the next 18 months.”
The Singapore-based startup secured the Series A funding from Exfinity Venture Partners, pi Ventures, and AgFunder, among others.
The startup will use the capital to cement its presence in India and expand its food quality assessment platform to the Middle East and Europe.
Wendy’s is working with Reef to place kitchens in parking lots, while an ingredients marketplace serves up $72 million in funding.
In a world first, the GM crop – developed in the early 1990s to provide higher levels of vitamin A – was recently approved for commercial planting in the Philippines.
Regrow was formed in February following the merger of Australian crop science company FluroSat and US soil health startup Dagan.
A collaborative ecosystems approach is urgently required if we really are to ‘fix’ the food system, writes Edible Planet Ventures CEO Sharon Cittone.
Biteback is creating edible oils from mealworms, while Cellular Agriculture has designed a new type of bioreactor to bring down cultivated meat’s costs.
AgFunder’s 2021 Farm Tech Investment Report, released earlier this month, showed that Ag Biotechnology deals increased 58% year-on-year.
The Australian startup is producing whole-food meat analogs out of shiitake, with celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal creating a signature burger using the product.
Trimble Ventures will invest in agricultural digitalization, among other areas; while a New Zealand meat industry group is raising a few carbon questions.
The deal “sets an example for a novel way of building and growing a company as part of the accelerating [alt-protein] industry,” said Shiok Meats CEO Sandhya Sriram.