Middle-income countries hold 75% of all climate mitigation opportunities, says new World Bank report
May 6, 2024
MICs have “an outsized role to play” when it comes to climate mitigation, says a new report from World Bank.
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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oishii bags another $15m, BTG launches Betagro Ventures, HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine
May 2, 2024
Plus: Delivery platform Pipedream raises $13 million and Florida signs a ban on cultivated meat.
New report: India’s 60% drop in agrifoodtech investment is ‘a reversion to the mean’
April 30, 2024
Bucking the overall global agrifoodtech investment trend, funding returned to pre-Covid levels.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Mosa Meat cooks up $43m raise, Spiber bags $65m for sustainable fashion
April 18, 2024
Plus: more pesticide alternatives enter the agtech arena.
How biotech startup Seadling is turning seaweed into a high-impact crop for smallholder farmers
April 9, 2024
Proprietary tech and proprietary strains of seaweed provide a model that’s scalable anywhere in the world, says Seadling founder Simon Davis.
Gates Foundation’s agtech arm sets up shop in St. Louis to help smallholders in Africa
April 5, 2024
Gates Ag One will focus on crop innovations that benefit yields and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aqua Capital closes $450m fund, Onego Bio ‘poaches’ $40m, BurnBot raises $20m
April 4, 2024
Also: farm labor management platform Seso raises $26 million, L’Oreal backs sustainable pigment producer.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Kraft Heinz nets $171m for clean energy, ALOHA raises $68m, Poseidon raises $20m
March 28, 2024
Plus: more funding for ag robotics and bad news for Kroger’s e-commerce business.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: India’s Jumbotail nets $18m, new investment plans for Corteva, Mondelēz & others
March 21, 2024
Plus, meet the Internet of the Forest.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: HeavyFinance lands $55m, Bezos Fund commits $60m to alt protein
March 14, 2024
Plus: Impossible Foods unveils a “meatier” new look to attract more carnivorous customers.
Cultivated meat consolidation begins as UMAMI Bioworks to merge with Shiok Meats
March 12, 2024
Shiok Meats, which had raised more than $30m since 2018, couldn’t see a clear path forward under its own steam.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: ProteinDistillery brews up $16m, Rozana raises $22m for rural commerce in India
March 7, 2024
Plus: Plant-based “NotDogs” from Oscar Mayer and NotCo, John Deere’s “right to repair” case drags on, new meat labeling beef in Iowa.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: New funds from Gresham House, Chipotle & BFG, Unilever launches regen ag program
February 29, 2024
Meanwhile, France bans the meat from plant-based meat labeling, the US aims for more wind-powered farms.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Captain Fresh reels in $25m, Trace Genomics lands $10.5m, new beef at Beyond Meat
February 22, 2024
Plus: Syngenta develops new bioinsecticide, layoffs at Meati, and Miruku raises $5m for molecular farming.
Varaha raises $8.7m to help smallholders in Asia & Africa transition to climate-friendly farming methods
February 21, 2024
The Varaha platform measures and quantifies carbon sequestration for regenerative agriculture, afforestation and biochar projects.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: ProducePay banks $38m, Heura ‘promises profitability,’ Deere & Corteva partner
February 8, 2024
Plus… 150 job cuts at Plenty, a new green agri fund from Temasek and Norinchukin Bank, cultivated scotch eggs at Fortnum & Mason.
Reflecting on 10 Years of AgFunder
January 15, 2024
AgFunder partner Michael Dean on discovering the huge opportunity for new technology development and deployment across the food system.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Picnic bags $388m, GeoSalmo reels in $14m, Kost Capital launches foodtech fund
January 11, 2024
Plus, corporate restructuring at FreshDirect and R.I.P. for RIP Foods.
What business model makes sense for cultivated meat? ‘Startups cannot be in the capex business,’ says UMAMI Bioworks
January 9, 2024
Who will fund cultivated meat facilities if VC funds are no longer willing to stump up cash for capex projects?
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Fasal bags $12m to expand precision farming operation, Danone offloads Horizon Organic
January 4, 2024
Plus… Steakholder Foods unveils a 3D-printed eel, and carbon removal startup Standard Biocarbon secures $5m for a new biochar production facility.
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