The Week in AgriFoodTech: BlueWhite, Protix & IGS raise funding, Eatable Adventures program investing in agrifood
Swiggy makes more cuts to its workforce, France contemplates a ban on cultivated meat.
Swiggy makes more cuts to its workforce, France contemplates a ban on cultivated meat.
Industrial-scale insect farming is not for the faint-hearted. So what business models make sense, and who is going to fund the next wave of facilities?
Plus: much ado (and fundraising) about ag robotics and many updates from Israel’s startup scene.
AgFunder partner Michael Dean on discovering the huge opportunity for new technology development and deployment across the food system.
Plus, corporate restructuring at FreshDirect and R.I.P. for RIP Foods.
A spinoff from VTT in Finland, Enifer is targeting human food, petfood, and aquaculture markets with its mycoprotein, produced from a fungal strain first commercialized in the 1970s.
Here are some of highlights (and a few low lights😉) from 2023, plus some areas to watch in 2024, from designer probiotics to livestock methane reduction.
Meanwhile in France, lawmakers are proposing a ban on cultivated meat, calling that alternative protein “junk food”
Plus: ProfilePrint raises Series B funding & Vow gets a regulatory nod for cultivated quail.
Food delivery is not the only restaurant tech category out there, but it’s been the most prominent over the last decade.
Milano Vice scoops up $9 million for pizza delivery and Clever Carnivore raises $7 million for cultivated pork.
As COP28 kicks off, other agrifoodtech news includes fundraises for aquatech startups and new stats about agriculture emissions.
Plus, sugar refiner Nordzucker will invest more than $100 million into plant-based proteins.
Plus: Grow-NY winners announced and Le Fourgon raises new capital to reuse old containers.
4AG has developed an autonomous harvesting robot it says can greatly alleviate labor challenges in the mushroom industry.
Trace Genomics partners with EarthOptics, Dreamfarm secures $5 million for alt-mozzarella.
Bioomix announced funding for its microbial ag solutions and Doritos is on a mission to silence its chips.
The loan will help In Ovo expand its technology that determines the sex of hatching eggs, eliminating the need to cull day-old male chicks.
Areas of interest include sustainable packaging, fermentation, agriculture biologicals, crop disease resistance, soil health and regenerative agriculture.
Overstory banks new funding to monitor vegetation with satellites, FarmInsect raises capital to turn insects into livestock feed.
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International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator