Tag: biotech

Future Food-Tech San Francisco

March 11, 2021

Moonshot Solutions for a Food System Under Stress Our food system is undergoing a revolution. Covid-19 and the threat of climate change are driving

EXCLUSIVE: WeedOUT closes Series A at $4.2m; appoints former Monsanto M&A chief

November 17, 2020

The Israeli bio-herbicide startup will use the funding for product development, scaling its operations, and regulatory advancements.

BREAKING: MycoWorks banks $45m Series B funding; DCVC, AgFunder & celebs invest

November 17, 2020

John Legend and Natalie Portman have backed the San Francisco startup, which also announced a new plant that will increase production of its mycelium-based leather alternative by 10x.

Bits x Bites raises $30m for new China fund, backs biotech startup Mojia Bio

November 5, 2020

The Shanghai-based firm has joined the Series A round of Mojia Bio, which synthesizes essential nutrients for human and animal consumption.

BREAKING: Benson Hill raises $150m in GV & Wheatsheaf-led Series D round

October 29, 2020

The US startup has developed a non-GMO soybean with 50% more protein than conventional varieties with the hope of tapping into the plant-based alternatives market.

Future Food-Tech London

October 22, 2020

The Future Food-Tech Summit returns to London and brings together over 500 leaders, senior executives, pioneering innovators and VCs from around the globe. The

BREAKING: Syngenta acquires biologicals company Valagro

October 6, 2020

Italy’s Valagro produces biostimulants and specialty nutrients for farming, as well as specialty ingredients for use in food, cosmetics, and animal feed.

Targeted RNA crop protection – the next frontier in biopesticides

October 2, 2020

RNA plays an essential role in the genetic machinery of all living things – so there are myriad potential uses of bio-targeted RNA beyond agriculture, too.

Vivent is helping plants ‘speak’ to humans by tapping into their electrophysiology

October 2, 2020

Vivent uses AI to detect and interpret electrical biosignals within plants that are linked to stress, helping to diagnose pathogens and pests.

SynBioBeta 2020: The Global Synthetic Biology Conference

September 29, 2020

Discover How Synthetic Biology is Disrupting Consumer Products, Food, Agriculture, Medicine, Chemicals, Materials, and More… 3-Days of interactivity packed with exceptional content and delivered entirely

The Root of It: Rejuvenating the Ag Ecosystem (A Three-Part Series)

September 17, 2020

With the recent collapse of supply chains, looming sustainability challenges and a commodity market that has punished farmers year over year, it’s time to envision

EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Mushlabs raises $10m for sustainable mycelium production

August 18, 2020

Singapore’s VisVires New Protein and Switzerland’s Redalpine co-led the Series A funding, which will assist Mushlabs with scaling up its mycelium growing operations.

How do farmers feel about cover crops? We asked a cover crop coach

August 10, 2020

Pennsylvania farmer Steve Groff has spent his career working to maximize the benefits of cover crops. Now he teaches other farmers to do the same.

Should regen ag include gene editing? AFN readers respond

July 24, 2020

AFN readers had quite a bit to say about whether regenerative agriculture should embrace gene editing and biotech at large.

AquaBounty’s GE salmon is coming to menus in the US Midwest – for real this time

July 20, 2020

AquaBounty has been swimming upstream against a wave of opposition since receiving FDA approval for its GE salmon in 2015. But it has finally caught a rising tide.

Temasek leads $46m Series B for Ascus Bio’s microbe-based animal feed additives

June 8, 2020

Although microbe-based feed additives are nothing new in animal feed, the space has fallen behind on innovating new solutions.

Tropic Biosciences banks $28.5m in Temasek-led Series B for gene-editing, RNAi approach

June 3, 2020

Tropic plans to use the funding to commercialize its tech and to add rice to the roster of tropical crop cultivars it has in development.

Startup Spotlight: With a decade of R&D under its belt, MustGrow wants to make biopesticides easy for growers to adopt

June 1, 2020

The publicly-traded company is responding to the increasing number of countries banning chemical inputs by innovating bio-based solutions.

Oprah, Katy Perry, AgFunder join Singapore’s GIC to take Apeel Sciences to unicorn status with $250m funding round

May 26, 2020

Editor’s Note: Disclosure – Apeel Sciences is an AgFunder portfolio company. Food waste technology startup Apeel Sciences has raised $250 million in funding taking its