Kicking off our new Clubhouse partnership by celebrating women innovators in food
We launched our new Clubhouse partnership with Food+Tech Connect in the best way possible: celebrating women innovators in food on International Women’s Day.
We launched our new Clubhouse partnership with Food+Tech Connect in the best way possible: celebrating women innovators in food on International Women’s Day.
Japfa has partnered with AgFunder’s impact accelerator GROW to identify startups that can improve nutrition for billions of people – and help the industry emerge stronger from Covid-19.
LeapFrog primarily invests in African and Asian companies, with a focus on improving access to financial services and healthcare for low-income consumers.
The Nature Conservancy has made a major commitment around advancing soil-smart farming – and it has realized that technology is key to achieving its goal.
The UK-based network for smallholders secured funding from new and existing investors including AgFunder, Octopus Ventures, and Rabo Frontier Ventures.
It’s environmentally clean, growing at double digits, and able to increase the convenience of doorstep grocery delivery, writes Manuel Gonzalez.
The UK food delivery app also said it will pay its self-employed drivers IPO bonuses of up to $13,827 each.
The Iowa Farm Bureau Rural Vitality Fund was created in partnership with other leading organizations to provide financing to grow Iowa-based businesses.
The projects will complement BASF’s offerings in seeds, seed treatments, biological and chemical solutions, and digital services.
SPACs are all the rage these days, and in agtech, we saw our first high profile SPAC earlier this year when AppHarvest listed on the NASDAQ at a $1 billion valuation.
TenderCuts is the first consumer-focused investment by the VC arm of state-owned agricultural bank NABARD, the fund’s CEO Rajesh Ranjan tells AFN.
The Winnipeg-based precision ag company’s share price leapt by almost 18% in its first day of trading.
FMC Ventures’ Amar Singh speaks with AFN about the advantages and challenges of being the newcomer in agrifood corporate venture investing and its laser-focus on crop protection.
“We are excited to accelerate Seiyu’s digital transformation […] to become Japan’s leading omnichannel retailer,” said new CEO Tsuneo Okubo.
While the number of women founders, leaders, and innovators in the agrifoodtech sector continues to grow, women voices in the industry remain few and far between. Here’s a directory to help you find them.
The agreements mark a significant amping-up for Beyond Meat, which has so far only launched limited foodservice trials in the US, Canada, and China.
ADM Ventures’ Victoria de la Huerga talks with AFN working for a company that was acquired by ADM–then helping the corporation build its venture investing strategy.
The agrifoodtech sector not only rebounded quickly from Covid’s impacts, it far outpaced last year’s performance. Investor confidence speaks to a maturing sector and an environment ripe for new bets on next generation technologies.
Next Gen will use the funds to launch its first brand, plant-based chicken substitute TiNDLE, in Singapore and other Asian cities.
Consumer Physics will apply its SCiO technology, which uses near-infrared spectrometers and cloud-based software, to Driscoll’s quality measurement process.
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