Meanwhile, collaborative investment platform FoodShot Global announced the winners of this year’s esteemed GroundBreaker Prize.
Meanwhile, it’s more bad news for food delivery, with a quick-commerce startup shutting down and a major service leaving Australia.
PeakBridge and others participated in the Series A round, which Vow says will enable it to bring its cultivated quail to Singapore soon.
Other notable raises this week came from shelf-stable meal producer Proper Good and Mexico produce rescue company Perfekto.
Innovative Food startups garnered $356 million in 2021; much of that went to Singapore alt-protein companies as well as those in China and India.
The growAG platform connects startups, researchers, investors and other key players with opportunities in Australia’s agtech industry.
Investors poured a record-breaking $15.2 billion into Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech startups in 2021; in 2022, the region continues to break records.
Australia’s evokeAG Startup Program is instrumental in connecting local and global startups to farmers researchers, corporates, governments and investors.
Bread-baking robots get funding, GM invests in MycoWorks and Smart Asset raises new capital for its precision-spraying tech for orchards.
Meanwhile, Estonia-based FlyFeed lands funds to build insect farms and more delivery robots head to university campuses courtesy of Grubhub and Starship.
Canada’s Elevate Farms got a fresh injection of capital for its indoor farming business and Gourmey raked in funds for its cultivated foie gras ambitions.
The Factory 1 cultivated meat facility will handle commercial production for Vow’s “extremely delicious” first product it aims to launch this year.
Front-of-house restaurant software startup Zenchef cooks up new financing and Land O’Lakes’ Truterra arm lands a grant from the USDA.
The Australian company offers consumer and industrial versions of its compostable wrap that can replace petroleum-based plastic versions.
The Australian startup has developed an AI-powered platform that can identify, pick, and pack different types of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Source Global bagged a late-stage round for its drinking water tech and alt-protein startup Paleo unveiled some pre-historic meat analogues.
Canadian indoor farming company Fieldless Farms raised Series A funding and MycoWorks debuted hats made from mushroom roots.
It’s scouting the globe for tech startups and solutions that can take the country’s world-leading grains industry to new heights.
It recently announced the close of a $17.7 million funding round.
A recent roundtable involving several of the country’s ag thought leaders – now published as a white paper – explored how the country’s farming sector can help us get to net zero.
