Connecting African smallholders with agronomic services, Climate Edge scores seed funding
The UK-based startup secured the funds from US investor Regenerate Ventures.
The UK-based startup secured the funds from US investor Regenerate Ventures.
Fund II will invest in ag biotech and digital solutions up and down the agrifood value chain, from fintech solutions to crop science and animal health.
F&A Next 2022 is taking place in Wageningen, the Netherlands, and online next week. AFN readers can get a discount on last-minute tickets.
Mashgin builds contactless self-checkout machines; while Absolute is vertically integrating the ag value chain. Elsewhere, Brightseed banked $68 million.
The F&A Next 2022 conference highlights 12 startups solving issues ranging from food wastage to providing alternative protein sources. Here are six.
Most of the top deals involved eGrocers and Restaurant Marketplaces, highlighting the continent’s thirst for ‘quick commerce.’
The French startup will use the funding to accelerate its expansion into North America.
“Instant delivery” e-grocer Zepto got closer to unicorn status with its Series D round, while VitroLabs raised funds for its cell-cultured animal leather.
IFG and other fruit breeders are racing against time to create new, climate-resilient varieties, the company’s CEO tells AFN.
The Swiss startup will use the proceeds to “deploy pilot units with our prospective clients” in the commercial greenhouse space, CEO Henri Lalande tells AFN.
UAE restaurant platform Foodics is expanding overseas, while Saudi Arabia-based Red Sea Farms will take its indoor farming tech global.
Future Crops vertically farms its produce in a soil-based substrate which “sticks with what Mother Nature tells us,” Grinspan tells AFN. Plus it’s kosher.
More funding went to vertical farming in the US while delivery heavyweight Just Eat Takeaway is having second thoughts about buying Grubhub.
Agrifood SMEs in Europe could do with some additional support from investors and industry – especially in terms of help with scaling-up, the report suggests.
Choco became a unicorn with its latest fundraise, Leaft is making protein from leaves, and Alt Farm is 3D-printing waygu beef alternatives.
Members of the agrifoodtech community issue a joint “call to arms” for innovation to mitigate the fertilizer crisis – and a looming food crisis – invoked by the war in Ukraine.
The crisis in Ukraine has damaged an already weakened post-Covid global food system. It has also highlighted the vulnerabilities of that system’s interconnectedness, write FAIRR’s Helena Wright and Alexander Burr.
Elsewhere, the Gates Foundation and Qatar’s development fund pledged $200 million to help African smallholders with climate change adaptation.
The Cambridge, UK-based company aims to recreate ‘upcycling’ in nature by feeding our food waste to fly larvae – which are then fed to livestock.
Beewise aims to save the world’s bee population with robotic beehives; while Arzeda creates enzymes for use in food, personal, and homecare products.
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