Of all the reports on the tragic and rising death toll resulting from Covid-19, there’s one underlying health condition that has been largely overlooked: obesity.
Prime Impact Fund led the company’s seed round to support its safe, chemical-free approach to killing crop mold and toxins.
Before Covid-19 hit, ESG was fast becoming the phrase of 2020 when it came to investment. Where does agri-foodtech fit and what happens to sustainability priorities and impact investing in our space when a pandemic hits?
Ergos allows farmers to deposit their grain at a local micro-warehouse so that it can be ‘withdrawn’ at a different location, Aavishkaar’s Vineet Rai explains.
Dutch company VanderSat’s technology is kind of out of this world; measuring and mapping the soil’s moisture from a constellation of satellites in space using “passive microwave” technology, accompanied by a lot of complex mathematics to make sense of the data.
Agrifood tech accelerator GROW and VC firm AgFunder will work with the UNDP’s Global Centre to select successful entries for its Cultiv@te innovation challenge.
We joined DCVC Bio, Novo Holdings, 8VC and others to invest in sustainable leather startup MycoWork’s $17m Series A. Here’s why.
Mission-driven investment firms are writing early stage checks to companies that aim to replicate, improve, and restore natural growing environments.
Find out the areas of agtech innovation Ankur Capital’s founder Ritu Verma thinks are primed for investment in India and beyond.
India has a massive farm economy but the supply chain suffers from major inefficiencies that prevent farmers from optimizing farm profits.
The global situation right now is stark. Cotton supports the livelihoods of over 250 million people, yet less than 20% of cotton is grown sustainably. The Better Cotton Innovation Challenge is on the lookout for global game-changing innovations to change this.
There’s been no greater pressure for the agriculture industry to account for its environmental footprint than there is today. Sprout is looking for startups approaching this challenge to apply for its accelerator.
Recent academic work has found that oyster farming can remove nitrogen, phosphate and sediment from the water column making it more than just a profitable business with growing global demand, writes Chip Terry.
The UK startup just raised a £3.7 million ($4.77m) venture round for its climate modeling service aimed at decision-makers in business and government.
People often ask us if agtech will have a Facebook or Google and we’ve told them to look to marketplaces in emerging markets. It’s also important to us at AgFunder that startups have a clear mission and there’s no more noble mission than uplifting the fortunes of the world’s largest workforce.
The Kenyan B2B food distribution company’s combined Series B equity and debt round represents the largest early stage investment in African agrifood tech in 2019 to date.
The Vancouver-based venture capital firm has raised a further C$145 million to invest in environmental tech and sustainable consumer products, including organic food and alternative protein.
“Bellwether Coffee has a dream team of sustainability and coffee experts and is addressing a large market ripe for improvement,” Nancy Pfund, managing partner at DBL Partners, tells AFN.
Dutch banking giant Rabobank is teaming up with impact investment firm Caspian to lend $2 million to India’s agtech startups, which are hot with venture capital firms, but not so much with banks.
Armed with $57 million, Future Positive Capital intends to place more bets on wonky tech ideas that have the potential to drive systems change while reaping profits in long-established markets, like food and agriculture.
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