Agtech innovation will be key to Kenya’s Covid-19 economic recovery
Kenya has emerged as a hotspot for agtech innovation in Africa, developing more than 100 solutions driving growth, productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector.
Kenya has emerged as a hotspot for agtech innovation in Africa, developing more than 100 solutions driving growth, productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector.
The US startup brings work-from-home to the gig economy, giving drive-thru restaurants a virtual, on-demand workforce, writes AgFunder partner Manuel Gonzalez.
It saw an explosion of activity after the onset of Covid-19 as farmers sought ways to meet consumers’ rising demand for locally-produced food.
The Kenyan startup is hoping its inventory management app can digitalize supply chains and mitigate financing challenges for food businesses across Africa.
The Singapore-based startup secured the Series A funding from Exfinity Venture Partners, pi Ventures, and AgFunder, among others.
The Memphis, Tennessee-based startup provides a platform for restaurants which allows casual workers to log in and take customer orders remotely.
The ag biotech company, which uses the RNA tech made famous by Covid-19 vaccines, will list on the Nasdaq – eventually providing an exit for investors including AgFunder, S2G Ventures, and Continental Grain Company.
Global Incubator Programme – Gateway to Asia will help UK agrifoodtech startups expand into the Asia-Pacific region remotely.
The Barcelona-based company started out as an online store for cut flowers. Since then it has gone B2B and added houseplants to its lineup – and now it’s using tech to revolutionize floriculture.
It’s taking aim at food waste by helping restaurant suppliers move expiring items more quickly.
The South Korean startup will set up packing and warehousing facilities in 50 “strategic” countries while hiring to expand its engagement, fulfillment, and platform development teams.
On World Zoonoses Day, a call for farms in emerging markets to get access to the same tech and knowhow as their counterparts elsewhere.
In this roundtable article, AFN hears from team members at three GROW startups which are playing their part in the plant-based protein revolution.
It wasn’t only the pandemic that shifted trends in Europe’s agrifoodtech scene. 2020 was the start of a new innovation cycle on the continent.
The Seattle-based startup seeks to lower costs for employers in ag and food manufacturing by automating processes like hiring, training, and payment of wages.
The USDA is now seeking public comments on how to improve and revamp food supply chains including production, processing, and distribution.
As AgFunder’s 2021 AgriFoodTech Investment Report shows, exits in 2020 were centered on subsectors that grew in relevance in light of Covid-19 – such as digital platforms for food delivery.
AI can help solve one of the greatest practical challenges facing agriculture: the problem of food security, writes Joseph Byrum.
Japfa has partnered with AgFunder’s impact accelerator GROW to identify startups that can improve nutrition for billions of people – and help the industry emerge stronger from Covid-19.
The agrifoodtech sector not only rebounded quickly from Covid’s impacts, it far outpaced last year’s performance. Investor confidence speaks to a maturing sector and an environment ripe for new bets on next generation technologies.
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