Tag: france

Brief: Agriconomie lands €60m ($60m) to help Europe’s farmers transition to regen ag

November 8, 2022

With fresh Series B funding, Agriconomie aims to become the European leader in the organics and regenerative inputs market.

The next generation of ghost kitchens: 10 new startup concepts around the world

October 13, 2022

From old timers with mega deals to up-and-comers just entering the space, here are the ghost kitchen startups leading the pack of a growing if somewhat controversial segment of the food industry.

Brief: French insect farm InnovaFeed scoops up $250m led by Qatar, plans expansion to US

September 21, 2022

The insect protein startup plans to operate 10 facilities that farm insects for protein by the end of the decade, starting wtih the US.

Data snapshot: Germany topped European agrifood investment in 2021 while UK was more diverse

August 3, 2022

Roughly 70% of German agrifood’s $3.3 billion in funding went to just two companies, both part of the now-struggling instant-delivery sector.

Micropep scores $8.8m Series A+ funding, heads Stateside to bring peptide controls to market

July 11, 2022

The French startup is aiming to have its first biofungicide product on the market within the next three years.

Sencrop closes $18m Series B round to go global with its ag weather stations

May 10, 2022

The French startup will use the funding to accelerate its expansion into North America.

ADM & InnovaFeed’s insect protein partnership examined

February 8, 2022

The Paris-based startup will supply insect protein to ADM’s pet foods division, to create “high-quality nutritional” products with “a significantly lower carbon footprint and land requirement.”

Danone partners with nutrient discovery startup Brightseed amid ‘plant-based 2.0’ push

August 4, 2021

The pair are expanding on their earlier collaboration, which “uncovered 10 times more bioactives than previously known” in the soybean plant.

EXCLUSIVE: France’s Gaïago raises $15m to scale up natural soil solutions

July 14, 2021

The Breton startup claims its products can stimulate beneficial fungi growth, improve soil structure, fix nitrogen, and improve root nutrition.

EXCLUSIVE: France’s Farmitoo scores $12 million as European farmers turn to online shopping

July 12, 2021

The Paris-based platform allows European farmers to browse and buy 150,000 products from 350 ag equipment manufacturers.

Micropep’s small peptide ag inputs get $10m from FMC, others

July 8, 2021

The Toulouse-based startup has developed technology that can enhance favorable genetic traits in crops without the need to tinker with their DNA.

Why impact investor Astanor Ventures backed MiiMOSA’s ag financing platform

June 14, 2021

MiiMOSA recently raised $9 million in venture funding from Astanor and other investors in an effort to expand its market reach.

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.

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.