Chinese plant protein startup clinches funding from Beyond Meat backer
New Crop Capital, a pre-IPO investor in Beyond Meat, has funded Shenzhen plant-based protein startup Starfield alongside Matrix Partners and others.
New Crop Capital, a pre-IPO investor in Beyond Meat, has funded Shenzhen plant-based protein startup Starfield alongside Matrix Partners and others.
The truce in the US-China trade war came just in time for the Chinese New Year of the Rat.
It’s been all about pork in the alternative meat space so far in 2020 and it’s a welcome shift from the focus on beef.
Alibaba’s Ant Financial teams up with Bayer Crop Science to create blockchain-based tech to improve the lives of farmers. Read on for details.
The goal of the partnership is to power the development of agriculture and food tech innovation in China by opening up COFCO’s resources to qualifying tech companies.
Chinese food tech VC Bits x Bites has created The China Food Tech Hub, a new model to foster cooperation between startups and corporations in
With the largest population in the world and as one of the largest agricultural economies in the world, China represents a major opportunity for startups
“Unless companies can solve supply chain issues and produce more food using novel tech, I don’t think the Chinese food industry will change tremendously,” Temasek’s Anuj Maheshwari told delegates at 2050 China Food Tech Summit.
The fledgling startup industry looks different to other global markets with the vast majority of innovation and investment ($1.7 billion) taking place downstream; but China’s agrifood startup scene has something the US market does not.
Indoor farming software startup Agrilyst has raised an undisclosed strategic round, bringing in new investors with the aim of expanding the scope of its product offering and entering the Chinese market.
With its irresistible market size and a growing appetite for healthier food options, a fertile ground for global startups is forming for meat alternatives in China.
Indoor farm Plenty makes plans in China while startups merge and launch new products in this week’s brief.
High-profile startup hires, a startup IPO, and new startup resources also make up part of this week’s brief.
After a series of high profile acquisitions and more likely on the way, China is poised to have a much larger footprint in the global food supply chain in the near future, according to a new report from Rabobank.
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China’s food industry is modernizing at its fastest pace ever, using more technology to scale up and meet higher standards, according to Alex Zhang, cofounder of Hosen Capital.
We caught up with Ping Chew, head of Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory for Asia at Rabobank, to get his thoughts on the growing food startup scene in China.
Here the team from Bits x Bites, China’s first accelerator VC to invest in early-stage food tech startups, gives us a snapshot of the China food tech startup scene.
Former partner at Khosla Ventures Andrew Chung today launched 1955 Capital, which will invest in the energy, food and agriculture, education and health sectors.
Singapore and China ventures Honestbee and Womai have joined the food e-commerce boom with $215m in combined funding this month.
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