Tag: Europe

Letter from London: Britain’s ‘Food Waste Tsar’ Wants Radical, Drastic Change

May 29, 2019

These notes from our London-based reporter include a food waste symposium, London Food Tech Week and a bevy of startups.

Farm Tech & Supply Chain Tech Drive $1.6bn in Funding to European AgriFood Tech Startups in 2018

May 23, 2019

Europe’s agrifood tech ecosystem raised just 9% of the funding that went to foodtech and agtech startups globally in 2018. But deal activity increased 23% as agrifood tech startups in the region closed a similar number of deals as in the US.

Applications Open for Rockstart AgriFood’s Inaugural Accelerator Program

May 20, 2019

Every accelerator participant will receive a convertible note of €100k for participating in the program, and Rockstart can invest up-to €2 million in those it supports into later stage alongside investor partners.

Why Grain IoT Startup Telesense Acquired Webstech

May 2, 2019

Telesense, which counts major international shipping outfit Maersk Growth among its investors, says its acquisition of Webstech gives it the largest remote-sensed dataset for grain storage in the world.

Empowering Innovative Businesses to Unseat and Disrupt the Agricultural Giants

April 29, 2019

At last year’s F&A Next conference, Adam Anders, managing partner at Anterra Capital, talked to legendary entrepreneur and principal at Future Shape, Tony Fadell about why investors are being drawn to the sector, and why we need to unseat the giants of the agricultural industry to empower innovation to flourish.

Dutch Biotech Startup Ceradis Secures €9m for New Biofungicide

April 24, 2019

It has taken the team of scientists at Ceradis more than a decade to develop a line of earth-friendly agriculture products. Now, with several on the market, the Dutch company has raised €9 million ($10 million) to commercialize a new biofungicide that prevents crop disease.

5 Key Quotes from Crop Innovation in Business in Amsterdam

April 24, 2019

Consumers and digitization were at the forefront at the Crop Innovation in Business Conference hosted in Amsterdam this week. The conference is conducted every other

Europe’s Gene Editing Regulation Exposes the Messy Relationship Between Science and Politics

April 10, 2019

A lot of the questions surrounding the technology are not really scientific but about what this technology is feeding into: power politics, the changing structure of agriculture and smallholder farmers, and long-term effects.

Got an Innovative Food Idea? The European Union Wants to Know

April 8, 2019

The agrifood industry needs more qualified entrepreneurs to enter the space, according to a new initiative from the European Union (EU) that wants to propel more entrepreneurs and innovators into the sector.

Global Engineering Group Bühler Wants to Tackle Food Safety with A.I. Talent from Asia

April 8, 2019

Over a quarter of the world population eat food each day that’s been through Bühler equipment in some shape or form. And in some food segments, the market share is even higher with 65% of the world’s grain processed through Bühler products.

Transforming a 10,000 Year Old industry: Why LocalGlobe Invested in Breedr

March 14, 2019

Today, LocalGlobe announced its lead role in the £2 million seed round for Breedr, a UK digital ag startup for the animal agriculture sector. Breedr joins Wefarm and Infarm in LocalGlobe’s agtech portfolio. Here Brett tells us more and why they invested.

These London Vegetables Can Survive A Bomb Blast

March 11, 2019

Two urban farmer-founders have been using a Second World War air-raid shelter as their first controlled environment agriculture site for their London-based agtech startup Growing Underground.

Digital Agtech Spotlight: Intterra is Integrating Farmers, Suppliers, Advisors, Traders, Bankers on 5m Acres

March 8, 2019

Earlier this month, a Russian agtech startup called Intterra entered into a partnership with global agribusiness Syngenta to use its digital platform in Russia, connecting more than 100 farmers across 2 million hectares (nearly 5 million acres) of cropland in 2019.