Tag: fintech

Apply to GLOCAL’s 2023 program to help advance Latin American agrifoodtech

April 20, 2023

Latin American agrifoodtech startups hoping to scale their solutions can now apply to the GLOCAL Game Changers LatAm Series 2023.

Digitizing the supply chain drove investment increase in African agrifoodtech in 2022

April 19, 2023

All continents except Africa recorded an over 30% decline in agrifoodtech investments in 2022.

How 3 AgTech & FoodTech startups are growing with equipment financing

February 20, 2023

For many startups, the challenge isn’t getting a first round of funding; it’s getting the kind of funding that can truly propel growth.

Meet the founder: FoodShot winner About Fresh talks transforming healthcare to improve food accessibility

February 3, 2023

With a fintech platform and food prescription program, About Fresh is making food accesiblity a reality for more Americans.

Despite economic uncertainty, agtech adoption is up for farmers around the world, says McKinsey

January 24, 2023

Despite an overall increase in agtech adoption, farmers around the world still lag in terms of adding new sustainability practices to their operations.

Meet the founder: Ahmed Umar on how his fintech platform addresses food security for Nigerians

October 21, 2022

FoodInsure’s Ahmed Umar wants to offer a path to food savings insurance while connecting Nigerians with smallholder farmers and cheaper food prices.

BREAKING: Africa agrifoodtech startups raise $1bn in 5 years, but just 1% of global investment

September 20, 2022

The Africa Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2022 by AgFunder, FMO and BII reveals that $482.3 million was invested into the agrifoodtech industry in 2021

Meet the Founder: By digitizing ag, Verqor aims to make credit accessible for every farmer in Mexico

July 15, 2022

Smaller-sized farmers in Mexico have no access to credit. Verqor wants to change that by digitizing more of the country’s ag operations.

Africa saw 7.5x increase in agrifintech venture funding in 2021, Europe lags: report

July 5, 2022

A new report by Graze indicates that agrifintech claimed almost 1% of the $600 billion in total worldwide VC investment last year.

Bushel’s new payments network is a major step towards digitizing US agriculture

July 4, 2022

Bushel Wallet aims to digitize, speed up, and simplify the process of moving payments between farmers and agribusiness partners in the US.

2 trends to watch in $1.6bn agri-fintech startup investment scene

June 16, 2022

Agri fintech startups raised $1.6bn in 2021 across 93 deals. Here the report author digs into two more trends: a booming Africa and stilted Europe.

Stable raises $60m to help farmers manage food price volatility

May 26, 2022

It will use the Series B funds to grow its fintech platform which simplifies commodity hedging for farmers and food businesses.

These 2 agri-fintech startups want to help Europe’s farmers get cheaper finance

May 19, 2022

Eastern and Southern Europe have recently seen the entry of Tarfin and Agro.Club, two agri-fintechs that are expanding into new markets. These regions have sufficient data availability which can be used to localize risk algorithms. They also have a large population of small to medium-sized farmers.