Bayer, Bushel & AWS launch carbon measurement tool for US farmers
December 9, 2021
Project Carbonview aims to help corn growers to better report and analyze their carbon footprint across the entire supply chain.
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Perfeggt readies its chicken-less egg alternative with $2.8m fundraise
November 25, 2021
The Berlin-based company will launch its liquid egg alternative in Germany and several other European countries early next year.
Formo nets $50m for animal-free cheese fermented from microbes
September 13, 2021
The Berlin-based startup has set itself the target of replacing 10% of Europe’s dairy products with animal-free versions produced using precision fermentation by 2030.
Brief: Kalera agrees $153m deal to acquire &ever in vertical farming combo
August 12, 2021
Kalera will instantly expand its global presence by acquiring &ever, which operates vertical farms across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
Brief: Infarm plots major Canada expansion with strengthened Sobeys partnership
July 27, 2021
CEO Erez Galonska said the deal “represents one of the largest rollouts of any vertical farming company in North America to date.”
Choco raises $100m Series B funding to streamline restaurants’ ingredient purchasing
July 20, 2021
It’s taking aim at food waste by helping restaurant suppliers move expiring items more quickly.
RootCamp is looking for agritech startups to join its latest batch & disrupt the food value chain
July 15, 2021
Are you an agritech startup that wants to scale its business to its full potential and have a positive impact in the agrifood industry?
EXCLUSIVE: Agrando raises $14m in Europe’s biggest farmer marketplace Series A to date
July 6, 2021
The Munich-based platform said it will use the funding for international expansion, scaling its operations, and investment in R&D.
Future Food 🎙️: Why Bayer’s former CEO joined a startup working on microbial crop protection
June 3, 2021
AgBiome is using its intricate understanding of the plant-related microbiome to develop biological solutions to infections, insects, and nematodes.
Why Germany’s Amathaon Capital invested in autonomous tractor startup AgXeed
May 27, 2021
AgXeed offers an autonomous tractor that can be used with a variety of implements, which Amathaon thinks is vital to the future of robotics in ag.
Is this the fastest-growing vertical farming business in the world?
March 11, 2021
Indoor agriculture is highly competitive and highly funded. Who’s leading the race? We spoke to Henry Gordon-Smith of urban ag consultancy Agritecture to find out.
Brief: Infarm tops up Series C to $270m; moves into chilis, mushrooms & tomatoes
March 11, 2021
Infarm CEO Erez Galonska declined to comment on rumors that the startup has retained perennial IPO underwriter Goldman Sachs to help it raise more funds.
Brief: BASF to launch 30+ sustainable ag R&D projects worth $9bn by 2030
March 5, 2021
The projects will complement BASF’s offerings in seeds, seed treatments, biological and chemical solutions, and digital services.
Brief: Infarm launches modular growing & distribution center to expand footprint faster
February 24, 2021
The new growing center takes six weeks to construct and can produce the equivalent of up to 10,000-square-meters of farmland, according to InFarm.
Agtech CVC: BASF Venture Capital on ‘catalyzing change for the chemicals industry’
February 17, 2021
Bioinformatics. Drone surveillance. Farm robotics. BASF Venture Capital’s Markus Solibieda talks to AFN about tech innovations the company’s backing to complement and disrupt the agri-chemicals status quo.
Agrifoodtech firms are flocking to Singapore, with Perfect Day the latest to land
December 20, 2020
The city-state’s trade minister predicts “many other companies” will follow Perfect Day and others setting up R&D and manufacturing facilities there.
The rise of the reused machines: Germany’s E-Farm raises $5.3m Series A
October 1, 2020
The Hamburg-based startup has built an online marketplace for secondhand agricultural machinery, using AI-powered valuation and offering EU-wide warranties.
Infarm raises $170m in first close of Series C
September 17, 2020
Infarm says that by 2025 its operations will reach more than 5 million square feet to become the largest distributed vertical farming network in the world.
Denmark’s Plant Jammer scoops $4.7m from Dr Oetker, Miele to develop its ‘digital chef’
August 26, 2020
The foodtech startup is using AI to build a “digital chef” that creates sustainable, personalized recipes for home cooks.
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Mushlabs raises $10m for sustainable mycelium production
August 18, 2020
Singapore’s VisVires New Protein and Switzerland’s Redalpine co-led the Series A funding, which will assist Mushlabs with scaling up its mycelium growing operations.
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