2022’s 10 most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms were dominated by American firms with other leaders spread across Europe.
Entocycle, a UK startup that provides technologies and services for the insect farming industry, has secured $5 million in a Series A round from a
Operating both a B2B and B2C marketplace, Mayani has nearly 140,000 fish farmers on its platform.
AgFunder led a $3 million round for farm real estate marketplace CommonGround, and a cultivated meat company has achieved kosher status.
Public support from President Xi for cellular agriculture and synthetic dairy last year was a positive move, but China has never been the first one in the world to approve novel agrifood technology, writes Chinese agrifoodtech VC Bits x Bites.
“Our work has always been at the intersection of climate tech and agri,” says Devendra Gupta, CEO of Ecozen.
Despite an overall increase in agtech adoption, farmers around the world still lag in terms of adding new sustainability practices to their operations.
Stalling progress and slumping valuations might feel disappointing to many. Heck, these are challenging times. But this could be the best year yet to invest in agrifoodtech.
Plus: Multus Biotechnology secures Series A funding, Danone announces plans to reduce methane and Nest’s co-founder launches a circular economy trash bin.
It’s been a tough few months for the alternative protein startup category, particularly companies developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood alternatives
Good Meat says the approval of its new serum-free media is the first of its kind and will enable them to increase the production of its cultivated chicken while lowering its manufacturing costs.
Over the last year, we have seen a fierce and accelerating backlash against food tech. But it’s time to move on, writes Johan Jörgensen.
The week also saw new deals for ingredient tech startups and funding for revitalizing the world’s forests.
Agrifoodtech startups working to build a more sustainable, reliable agrifood system are invited to apply to the five-month-long program
As demand for greater food security and traceability increases, so too will the size of the rounds for Novel Farming Systems in APAC.
Over 60% of the global population lives in Asia with just 20% of farmland, and a growing middle class demanding high-status animal protein. We need to create better alternative protein products for the Asian consumer, writes Sonalie Figueiras.
Alterpacks raised $1 million while greenhouse grower AppHarvest entered a sale-leaseback deal for one if its Kentucky facilities.
Food delivery, cultivated meat, and bio-energy startups across Asia, North America and Oceana landed agrifoodtech’s top five deals of 2022.
No farmers. No food. No future. That is the saying that reminds us to value not just where our food comes from, but the farmers that grow it for us, writes Henry Gordon-Smith as an introduction to deep research his team has done into labor shortage in the Middle East.
NotCo has big plans for its AI tool, while nutrition platform HealthKart will expand its business and Winter Farm will grow a new crop.
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