BREAKING: Ÿnsect acquires Protifarm to raise insects for human consumption
April 13, 2021
Ÿnsect will initially target the sports nutrition segment following the EU’s approval of mealworms as safe for humans to eat.
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Smartway snags $12m to reduce food loss, boost profits for supermarkets
April 7, 2021
The French startup uses AI to help supermarkets identify items near expiration and determine whether they should be discounted or donated to charity.
EXCLUSIVE: Tractor retrofitter Augmenta raises $8m in Series A round led by CNH Industrial
March 23, 2021
The Paris-based startup offers AI-powered hardware that can be mounted onto the roof of a tractor, sprayer, or spreader to automate operations.
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese precision ag platform Kebai secures Series B funds from Auchan owners
January 14, 2021
The Beijing-based startup will use the funding to accelerate its global expansion, partnering with other agrifood businesses in Creadev’s portfolio.
With $1.2m in fresh funding, SpaceSense sees satellite data as agtech’s next frontier
October 22, 2020
Remote sensing startups like France’s SpaceSense generate satellite data insights for precision agriculture by developing pattern recognition algorithms.
Ÿnsect extends Series C to $372m, targets pet food & aims for carbon-negative status
October 6, 2020
The French startup – which farms mealworms to produce ingredients for fish feed, pet food, and crop fertilizers – claims it’s the biggest insect protein round ever.
EU puts $20m into building a sugarbeet biorefinery to make organic acids
June 18, 2020
With the pursuit of carbon neutrality still looming large over political and corporate agendas, companies across Europe have been searching for new ways to unplug their production lines from petroleum-based products.
Designing proteins to replace preservatives, Protera closes $5.6m Series A, moves to France
June 11, 2020
CEO Leonardo Álvarez said there were near-term gains to be made by zeroing in on replacing unhealthy and ineffective ‘E-number’ chemical preservatives.
Fly, my pretties! NextProtein closes $11.2m Series A to scale up insect production in Tunisia
May 27, 2020
NextProtein, a French-Tunisian startup working on new ways to produce insect-based animal feed and fertilizer, has raised €10.2 million ($11.2 million) in Series A funding,
France’s Sencrop acquires sensor maker Visio-Green in start of consolidation play
February 13, 2020
The acquisition will add 1,800 weather stations to the company’s existing European network to support hyper-local weather data for farmers.
Huddle Corp raises €1.5m to launch efficient aquafeed products
February 5, 2020
The French feed ingredient developer uses a proprietary encapsulation technology to make fish feed more efficient once its consumed.
‘Vive la AgRobolution!’ Naïo Tech raises €14m Series A to build more agri-robots
January 9, 2020
Naïo co-founder Gaëtan Séverac is bullish about the imminent and radical adoption of agri-robots; his company placed signs at its recent event calling for an “agrobolution.”
France’s Sencrop Closes $10m Series A to Expand Agro-Weather Station Network
January 15, 2019
Sencrop’s Series A marks The Yield Lab’s first French startup investment.
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