evokeAG is the Asia Pacific’s largest agrifood tech event. Held in Melbourne on 18-19 February 2002, evokeAG brings together the industry’s brightest and boldest minds for a two day exploration of the up and coming agrifood tech trends.
The FIA Food for the Future Summit will bring together regional CEOs and senior executives from multinational and Asia-based food companies, entrepreneurs and innovators, leaders in government and experts from NGOs and academia.
Postmates, a San Francisco-based logistics company that operates a network of couriers who deliver goods – mostly food — locally, has closed a pre-IPO $100 million funding round led by BlackRock, Glynn Capital and Tiger Global, upping the company’s valuation to approximately $1.85 billion.
The first wave of European food tech companies has mostly focused on building technology and logistics platforms to deliver food to consumers. And while the plethora of new food e-commerce options across the globe has caused investor fatigue and failures, the five leading food delivery companies in Europe are now worth seven times more than their combined investment, an awesome feat, according to Niccolo Manzoni, partner of agrifood tech investment firm Five Seasons Ventures.
