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AppHarvest raises $28m as Martha Stewart & Impossible Foods’ CFO join board

August 7, 2020

AppHarvest is planning to build the world’s largest greenhouse facility in Kentucky to address Covid-19 produce supply chain woes.

Bollywood stars show that agrifoodtech investing isn’t just for US celebs

July 27, 2020

Indian actors Genelia and Riteish Deshmukh launched Imagine Meats with Good Food Institute and Archer Daniels Midland support, marking the latest celebrity foray into agrifoodtech in recent months.

Snoop Dogg takes investor activism to new heights with ‘Beyond D-O-Double G Sandwich’ creation

January 15, 2020

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. — better known by his hip hop alias Snoop Dogg — is bringing a whole new meaning to the term ‘activist investor.’

celebrities investing in food and agriculture technology

Agtech Funding Sheet: Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in LoveTheWild, ProducePay Raises $7m Series A, more

March 16, 2017

LoveTheWild, the Boulder-based frozen seafood brand that only sources farmed fish, has closed an undisclosed Series A round of funding with Leonardo DiCaprio and seafood-focused