Tag: impact investing

Letter from a still “niche” agrifoodtech industry

May 11, 2023

Despite the overall growth of investment and interest over the past 10 years, funding for agtech remains a small slice of the overall pie.

Brief: S2G Ventures launches new fund to offer ‘flexible’ financing for cap-intensive climate-tech startups

April 6, 2023

S2G will provide funding for startups in capital-intensive, asset-oriented industries including agriculture, energy and oceans.

Exclusive: GIIN launches performance benchmark for agriculture impact investment funds ‘living in a vacuum’

March 23, 2023

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a new tool for agriculture impact investment funds to measure the impact of their investments against others.

African agritech needs to focus more on boosting farmer productivity, says E4Impact

March 15, 2023

There’s still scope for innovation in boosting farmer producticity and efficiency as AFDB predicts 60% increased food insecurity.

Mondelēz International eyes sustainable snacking as 60% of consumers say they’d pay carbon tax

February 28, 2023

63% of consumers also agree that snacks with a higher environmental impact should cost more, according to Mondelēz International Malaysia & Singapore.

Look to other geographies for business models and not just their tech; takeaways from World Bank’s Africa-Korea Agtech Summit

February 14, 2023

Learn from other geographies with similar challenges, create room for blended financing and other snippets from the Africa-Korea Agtech Summit

BII eyes full-stack startups, ag marketplaces & embedded financing as it earmarks funds for Africa

February 7, 2023

BII plans to designate $250 million to African and Indian startups by 2026, including those developing solutions for smallholder farmers.

Omnivore achieves partial exit in Ecozen’s $25m Series C led by Nuveen for clean energy irrigation, cold chain tech

January 25, 2023

“Our work has always been at the intersection of climate tech and agri,” says Devendra Gupta, CEO of Ecozen.

Apply to the 2023 AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator

January 11, 2023

Agrifoodtech startups working to build a more sustainable, reliable agrifood system are invited to apply to the five-month-long program

Impact investing moves from niche to norm in agtech & foodtech

December 22, 2022

Expect a continued rise in impact investing to create more sustainable agtech and foodtech, and to build and manage more sustainable real estate, writes Gideon Soesman.

EXCLUSIVE: Mad Capital closes $4m round, aims to shift 10m acres to regenerative ag by 2032

December 13, 2022

Mad Capital will use the funding to build up its team as it prepares to expand its “unique capital structure” for farmers switching to regenerative ag.

A letter from Israel: Ecosystem-defining culture and the positive role of government

November 18, 2022

Israel’s overall culture shows how the country has built its agrifoodtech with collaboration, support and a sense of belonging you may not find elsewhere.

Good Food Innovation Fund’s first cohort gets $1m to make better food accessible to Africans

November 2, 2022

The chosen six startups aim to bring regenerative, nutritious, and sustainably and equitably produced food to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Innovation hub AgriFutures grow^AG. plans to make Australia the agtech capital of the Southern Hemisphere

October 30, 2022

The growAG platform connects startups, researchers, investors and other key players with opportunities in Australia’s agtech industry.

“This is not social media, this is not the internet, this is not gaming.” But agtech investors aren’t going anywhere

October 20, 2022

At this year’s AgTech NEXT event in St. Louis, Missouri, panelists discussed the different ways to deal with “a food system in crisis.”

Sign up to hear 9 international startups pitch at the GROW Impact Accelerator Demo Day

October 20, 2022

The 3rd GROW Impact Accelerator Demo Day will feature 9 agrifoodtech startups from across the globe. Tune in on November 10 to connect with them.

Meet the Founder: Solis Agrosciences’ Mary Fernandes on agbiotech, immigration and female entrepreneurship

October 14, 2022

Solis Agrosciences’ CEO discusses the future of biotech, role of farmers, and how her experience as a woman and an immigrant has informed her work.

Data snapshot: Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo lead Africa agrifoodtech investment

September 29, 2022

A look into the flow of venture capital into the agrifootech industry shows Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo led in financing startups

BREAKING: Farmerline nets $1.5m from Oikocredit in second close of $14m pre-Series A round

September 27, 2022

Farmerline claims to have reached over 1.5 million farmers in 35 countries via its Mergdata platform.

Data snapshot: 90% of African agrifoodtech investment went to Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya

September 21, 2022

Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya collectively secured close to 90% of agrifoodtech investments in 2021, according to the Africa AgriFoodTech Investment Report by AgFunder.