Tag: corporate venture capital

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

Agtech CVC: Leaps by Bayer on adopting an impact lens for corporate venturing

January 26, 2021

The agrifood industry wondered how Bayer would approach venture investing after its acquisition of Monsanto. Derek Norman talks with AFN about the company’s turn to impact investing.

Agtech CVC: Syngenta Ventures on ChemChina, business model innovation & ‘agri-fintech’

January 12, 2021

Syngenta Ventures was one of the earliest corporate VC initiatives dedicated to agriculture. Shubang Shankar talks with AFN about the group’s priorities and opportunities.

Orbia launches $130m venture fund, injects $3m into plant health startup SeeTree

November 25, 2020

Orbia Ventures will target Series A and B deals with a $1 million to $6 million check size, focusing on startups that are strategically aligned with its Mexican parent company.

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

AgTech NEXT 2020: Impossible’s Pat Brown in his own words, corporate partnerships, and the new realities of “risk” after Covid

September 17, 2020

This post is part of a collaboration with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. The research institute is hosting its first AgTech NEXT conference—virtually—from September

Farmer survey encourages Syngenta to commit $2bn to sustainable ag by 2025 & two tech breakthroughs each year

June 30, 2020

The Good Growth Plan is a response to a recent survey showing that 72% of farmers have concerns about the impact of climate change.

LIC lost out on Afimilk courtesy of Covid-19. But it’s still hunting for tech deals, says CEO

June 11, 2020

One of Covid-19’s biggest agrifoodtech casualties so far is the New Zealand farmer co-op’s scuppered $70 million investment in Afimilk.

Tokyo: People walk by SoftBank mobile phone network store in Tokyo, Japan. There are 146.6 million mobile phones in use in Japan (2013).

SoftBank reports $24bn loss on startup investments, with agrifood performance unclear

May 19, 2020

SoftBank was among the world’s most active investors in the agrifoodtech space last year, according to AgFunder research.

How should agtech startups approach exits? 5 tips from AgTech:Acquired webinar

May 6, 2020

Find out where and when exits will come, how startups can get acquisition-ready, and how the landscape is changing with Covid-19.

Agrifood corporates turn to startups to hedge disruptions and get an edge on trends

May 4, 2020

The Covid-19 crisis offers a stark warning of how vulnerable the food chain is to shocks, and underscores the value of corporations’ engagement with startups to spur new agri-foodtech solutions ahead.

SoftBank, one of 2019’s top agrifood investors, forecasts $24bn loss on its startup bets

April 15, 2020

While Covid-19 has made things worse for SoftBank investees, much of the loss can be ascribed to the already poor performance of companies across the Japanese firm’s portfolio.

BRIEF: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son predicts bankruptcy for 15 Vision Fund portfolio cos

April 7, 2020

The Japanese company was one of the top agrifood investors worldwide last year, and its Vision Fund has backed food and agriculture startups such as Plenty, Zume, and DoorDash.

Coca-Cola affiliate invests in Indonesian startup backed by Uber founder

March 31, 2020

Amatil X has invested in Kargo Technologies, a ‘truck-hailing’ platform that also counts Travis Kalanick’s VC firm as an investor.

Syngenta leads Series A for WeedOut to commercialize first species-specific biological herbicide

March 5, 2020

Syngenta Ventures’ Michael Lee tells AFN how the firm is viewing the biologics space and why WeedOut’s species-specific approach is so important.

Food’s Future Summit

October 10, 2019

The award-winning Food’s Future Summit is a 2-day Summit in Hong Kong examining food innovation in Asia drawing 1000+ attendees each day and offers multiple

Corporate-startup partnerships aren’t an easy win-win. Here’s why.

September 18, 2019

A startup needs reliability and funds, while a corporate needs fresh ideas. Sounds like a win-win, doesn’t it? But there’s more than meets the eye.

Why did global food giant ADM invest in volcanic microbes?

February 13, 2019

ADM Ventures is purposeful about the types of companies it considers investing in.

Why is Europe Behind in Food Tech Investment?

December 12, 2018

European food tech startups are on course to have raised between €750 million to €1 billion in 2018, according to different estimates. That will be around a 40% decline on 2017 funding levels.

Don’t Trust Corporate Venture Capitalists! (Or What You Need to Know First)

December 6, 2018

You will find a lot of views online on why not to take corporate venture money in your startup. However, the reality today is that corporate venture capital (CVC) is becoming an important part of the startup ecosystem, writes Amit Sridharan.