Health foods portal CureFit raises $110m from Temasek, Unilever
March 30, 2020
Users can order health-conscious meals, groceries, and supplements through the Indian startup’s wellness marketplace.
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DiMuto scores funding to take its traceability tech global
March 30, 2020
The Singaporean startup’s blockchain platform offers enhanced supply chain visibility to the fruit industry – and it has Latin America in its sights.
Indian e-grocery unicorn Bigbasket acquires rival DailyNinja as Covid-19 lockdown comes into force
March 27, 2020
The Bengaluru-based company is reported to have paid $20 million for the online milk-delivery specialist.
Chinese agrifood startups raised $3.6bn in 2019 as economic headwinds intensified
March 26, 2020
The third edition of AgFunder’s annual China AgriFood Startup Investing Report shows that the trade war and swine flu have taken a toll – but there are still plenty of reasons to be bullish.
Unfazed by Covid-19, Infarm arrives InJapan and InCanada
March 26, 2020
Vertical farming venture Infarm’s Emmanuel Evita shares with AFN how Covid-19 is disrupting and driving its expansion and demand for hyper-local fresh food.
AgFunder, GROW, and UN Development Programme team up to align tech with impact in agrifood
March 26, 2020
Agrifood tech accelerator GROW and VC firm AgFunder will work with the UNDP’s Global Centre to select successful entries for its Cultiv@te innovation challenge.
Twelve years on from China’s melamine milk scandal, digitalization is driving food safety
March 25, 2020
Here’s how tech firms are working to prevent repeats of deadly food safety incidents like 2008’s adulterated infant formula scandal in China and 2018’s E. coli outbreak in the US.
There are more apps for farmers than ever before, but Southeast Asia’s smallholders aren’t biting
March 25, 2020
The region’s smallholders are increasingly active users of mobile tech, according to a new study – but adoption of solutions developed specifically for them remains low.
Indonesian microbiome profiling startup Nusantics scores seed funding
March 23, 2020
Nusantics is aiming for a “bio-based future [of] value-added lifestyle products such as skincare, personal care, food, and beverage”.
Sensoterra joins network provider to take its soil moisture probes to the world’s most parched farms
March 22, 2020
Starting with its native Australia, NNNCo will roll out the moisture sensing tech across the Asia-Pacific region.
BRIEF: Chinese tech giant pumps $85m into farm produce platform
March 22, 2020
The investment dovetails neatly with Meituan Dianping’s wider offerings, including doorstep meal delivery, groceries delivery, and restaurant reservations and recommendations.
One of Southeast Asia’s biggest food delivery apps raises $1.2bn, lays off workers: reports
March 18, 2020
Gojek and archrival Grab are rumoured to have held discussions about a potential merger.
How Indian agritech can help address climate risks
March 17, 2020
Jeff Bezos committing $10 billion to fight climate change through his new Earth Fund could not have been timelier. Climate change is for real. Here’s a look at some Indian agritech innovations that are trying to address climate change risks.
Asia drives $786m global investment in Agribusiness Marketplaces last year
March 17, 2020
Here’s a list of the top 20 deals in the Agribusiness Marketplace category. Six involved Chinese companies. Indian and Japanese startups also closed big rounds.
How health and environmental benefits are fostering the acceptance of GM food
March 17, 2020
Genetically modified foods have a long history of opposition but today’s consumers are giving them another look.
Impossible Foods closes bumper $500m funding round dominated by Asian investors
March 16, 2020
South Korea’s Mirae Asset led the round, with existing backers including Hong Kong-based Horizons Ventures and Singapore sovereign fund Temasek joining in.
Chinese plant protein startup clinches funding from Beyond Meat backer
March 13, 2020
New Crop Capital, a pre-IPO investor in Beyond Meat, has funded Shenzhen plant-based protein startup Starfield alongside Matrix Partners and others.
Agrifoodtech is global: here’s a list of the top 15 deals outside the US in 2019
March 12, 2020
As US agri-foodtech investment slowed slightly in 2019, other markets picked up the slack. Here’s a list of the leading deals outside the US.
Meat alternatives and indoor agriculture drive investment growth in agri-foodtech startups
March 9, 2020
Venture capital investment across all industries dropped in 2019 — around 16%, according to the VenturePulse report — against a backdrop of global uncertainty related
How did that fish get on your plate? A short look at fish farms
March 5, 2020
How do you farm in the ocean? It turns out there are lots of ways, as Scott Nichols explains.
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