Remote sensing startups like France’s SpaceSense generate satellite data insights for precision agriculture by developing pattern recognition algorithms.
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.
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.
CEO Leonardo Álvarez said there were near-term gains to be made by zeroing in on replacing unhealthy and ineffective ‘E-number’ chemical preservatives.
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,
The acquisition will add 1,800 weather stations to the company’s existing European network to support hyper-local weather data for farmers.
The French feed ingredient developer uses a proprietary encapsulation technology to make fish feed more efficient once its consumed.
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.”
Sencrop’s Series A marks The Yield Lab’s first French startup investment.
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