The Week in AgriFoodTech: Textile impact company Syre raises $100m, Nestlé launches brand for GLP-1 consumers
May 23, 2024
Plus: more layoffs at Deere and new fundraising to bring AI into the hospitality biz.
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Regen ag investment pioneer SLM posts 40% AUM growth driven by US institutional interest, reveals first carbon assessment
May 22, 2024
Across its portfolio, SLM has also sequestered 100,000 tons of CO2e in soil and vegetation between 2016 and 2023.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hysata snags $111m for green hydrogen, Ocean 14 launches $200m+ fund
May 16, 2024
Plus: Rize raises new capital to decarbonize rice, Uber scoops up Delivery Hero’s Taiwan business.
Unilever brand The Vegetarian Butcher partners with ‘animal-free’ egg protein pioneer The EVERY Co
May 15, 2024
Like many players in the space, The Vegetarian Butcher has been exploring clean label binders that can serve as alternatives to egg white and methylcellulose in meat alternatives.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Voyage Foods raises $52m, ArkeaBio bags $27m, a ‘regulation-free’ zone for biotech
May 9, 2024
Plus: alt-protein investor Big Idea Ventures enters the biologicals sector.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oishii bags another $15m, BTG launches Betagro Ventures, HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine
May 2, 2024
Plus: Delivery platform Pipedream raises $13 million and Florida signs a ban on cultivated meat.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pula raises $20m for ag insurance, SOSV’s new planetary health fund, Impossible’s new ranch
April 25, 2024
Plus: Swiss cleantech startup Bcomp raises new funds and Shake Shack expands its carbon neutral shake offerings.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Mosa Meat cooks up $43m raise, Spiber bags $65m for sustainable fashion
April 18, 2024
Plus: more pesticide alternatives enter the agtech arena.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Windfall Bio scoops up $28m, TerraClear bags $15m, Ginkgo buys AgBiome assets
April 11, 2024
Plus: Science Based Targets initiative’s new rules for Scope 3 emissions are causing more than a little chaos.
Biologicals are ‘economically unfeasible’ for growers. Equipment manufacturers could change that
April 11, 2024
Equipment manufacturers have a critical role to play in changing both costs and regulations for biologicals, says a new report.
Rival Foods ramps up ‘shear cell’ texturizing tech for plant-based whole cuts
April 9, 2024
Dutch startup Rival Foods will start deploying shear cell technology—a novel approach to texturizing plant-based proteins that can create whole cuts—at a “commercially viable scale” this summer.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aqua Capital closes $450m fund, Onego Bio ‘poaches’ $40m, BurnBot raises $20m
April 4, 2024
Also: farm labor management platform Seso raises $26 million, L’Oreal backs sustainable pigment producer.
Q&A: Biomaterials startups are ‘not necessarily configured for venture capital,’ says GANNI co-founder
April 4, 2024
“You need to engage with deep tech to support the green transition,” says longtime investor and biomaterials champion Nicolaj Reffstrup.
Syngenta and Lavie Bio team up to speed up the R&D process for biopesticides
April 3, 2024
The R&D partnership aims to eventually develop a commercial product.
How HeavyFinance plans to finance the regen ag transition for more of Europe’s small and medium farmers
April 1, 2024
The Lithuania-based firm recently unveiled a €50 million fund backed by the European Investment Fund.
Meet the founder: ‘You cannot be green if you’re in the red’ when it comes to financing regen ag, says Agreena’s Simon Haldrup
March 29, 2024
The CEO and co-founder of soil-carbon startup Agreena talks agrifinance, regenerative agriculture, and how to help small farmers.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Kraft Heinz nets $171m for clean energy, ALOHA raises $68m, Poseidon raises $20m
March 28, 2024
Plus: more funding for ag robotics and bad news for Kroger’s e-commerce business.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: India’s Jumbotail nets $18m, new investment plans for Corteva, Mondelēz & others
March 21, 2024
Plus, meet the Internet of the Forest.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: HeavyFinance lands $55m, Bezos Fund commits $60m to alt protein
March 14, 2024
Plus: Impossible Foods unveils a “meatier” new look to attract more carnivorous customers.
Meet the founder: NitroVolt cofounder talks sustainability and farmer self sufficiency through green ammonia
March 8, 2024
Fresh off a fundraise, Denmark-based NitroVolt CEO and cofounder discusses the path from PhD student to CEO of a climate tech startup.
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