As investors seek diversity in order to weather the storms ahead, now, more than ever, FoodTech stands out for its value, its strength, its opportunities and the benefits it brings, writes PeakBridge Partners.
The US coffee chain and Sequoia China will make “strategic co-investments” in emerging, tech-driven food and retail startups “created in China, for China.”
While other investors are tightening their purse strings as the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps the world, Jerusalem Venture Partners has neither stalled nor scrapped its new plant-based protein deal.
KFC Plant-Based Chicken Nuggets go on sale today for a limited period, as Cargill and other alternative protein makers jostle for pole position in Asia.
The heavyweight list of project owners includes ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO, Louis Dreyfus Company, and Glencore Agriculture.
Growthwell, which has been making ‘mock meats’ for the Southeast Asian market since 1989, is looking to ride the plant-based new wave.
Bira is one of a new crop of premium food, beverage, and restaurant brands in India and China that are garnering interest from tech VCs.
It “has blown away everyone’s expectations about how fast an agritech startup can grow in India,” hitting $150 million GMV within a year of launch, said investor Mark Kahn.
Ergos allows farmers to deposit their grain at a local micro-warehouse so that it can be ‘withdrawn’ at a different location, Aavishkaar’s Vineet Rai explains.
A shift in consumer habits in the region amid Covid-19 presents new opportunities for e-grocers, meal kit makers, and health-conscious food and drink brands.
For Earth Day, we asked satellite imagery analytics company Geosys to provide an overview of how climate change has impacted agriculture industries all over the world using data from its 2019 Climate & Crop Report.
Facebook’s move to acquire 10% of the Indian telco is about a lot more than agriculture and supply chains. But its impact on the sector could be massive – here’s how.
Products from Hong Kong’s Omnipork and Sweden’s Oatly will also debut at some of the coffee chain’s 3,500-plus stores throughout the country.
The collaboration brings private-sector tech players into the mix to extend the scope of the NGO’s contract farming program for rice-growing smallholders.
The food reformulation startup will use the funding to hire more scientists, build out tech infrastructure, and expand R&D capabilities internationally to combat metabolic disease with healthier food.
Moka, a Jakarta-based startup offering POS software for food merchants, could help the on-demand ‘super app’ build out its service offering to restaurants.
Big Blue claims its weather monitoring tools can help farmers and agritech startups save costs and improve revenues through better decision-making.
Agriculture has not been immune to the sweeping societal changes of the last two months as everyone adjusts to the Covid-19 virus. Here’s a high-level look at the impact from farm gate to consumer.
Hyperledger Fabric tech allowed the agribiz giants to settle a North America-Southeast Asia transaction that would normally take a month in just five hours.
While Covid-19 has made things worse for SoftBank investees, much of the loss can be ascribed to the already poor performance of companies across the Japanese firm’s portfolio.
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