Brief: Sofina Ventures & Temasek lead $60m round for ag marketplace DeHaat
December 1, 2022
DeHaat says the Series E round will help the company reach break-even profitability within the next 12 months.
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Data snapshot: Agribusiness Marketplaces poised to ‘positively impact’ Asia-Pacific’s smallholder farmers
November 23, 2022
The category’s strong fundraising performance underscores its potential to positively impact Asia-Pacific, especially when it comes to smallholder farmers.
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.
Q&A: How Seedz is digitizing Brazilian agriculture & attracting clients like Deere, Mosaic
October 4, 2022
The Seedz platform aims to transition more farmers in Brazil online while also giving major suppliers more actionable data.
Meet the Founder: By digitizing ag, Verqor aims to make credit accessible for every farmer in Mexico
July 15, 2022
Smaller-sized farmers in Mexico have no access to credit. Verqor wants to change that by digitizing more of the country’s ag operations.
Phospholutions will promote more judicious phosphorus usage with its latest fundraise
July 13, 2022
Ahead of its forthcoming Series B fundraise, the US-based company has landed $5.3 million in new capital for its phosphorus fertilizer additive.
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.
How can the global agrifood system build resilience amid climate change? Look to Ukraine
June 21, 2022
Panelists on a recent webinar about Ukraine and the global agrifood industry didn’t mince their words when discussing the current dire climate situation.
Data Snapshot: Food security & sustainability drove $2.6b in funding for Ag Biotech in 2021
May 5, 2022
Top Ag Biotech investment deals in 2021 covered gene editing, farm inputs, animal health solutions, and biofertilizers, among others.
The Ukraine crisis shows climate stability & biodiversity are crucial to long-term food security
April 12, 2022
The crisis in Ukraine has damaged an already weakened post-Covid global food system. It has also highlighted the vulnerabilities of that system’s interconnectedness, write FAIRR’s Helena Wright and Alexander Burr.
Kellogg’s-Benson Hill deal aims to fix alt-meat’s sustainability issues
April 7, 2022
Benson Hill aims to scale its Ultra-High Protein soy by incorporating it into Kellogg’s MorningStar Farms alt-meat range.
An eventful week for African agtech as 2 startups raise close to $100m
March 25, 2022
Nigeria’s ThriveAgric and Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raised close to $100 million between them this week in a watershed moment for African agrifoodtech.
Shell & Sound Ag partner to explore carbon credit potential of nitrogen reduction
March 22, 2022
Sound Ag claims the pilot could cover 3 million farm acres, reducing up to 350,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, by 2027.
Indonesian ag marketplace AgriAku raises $6m to democratize farmer access to inputs
March 3, 2022
The Jakarta-based startup links sellers of fertilizers, seeds, and other inputs with local ag stores that serve smallholder farmers across Indonesia.
Agrolend aims to connect Brazilian farmers with much-needed credit after $21m raise
January 19, 2022
Agrolend will use the funds to increase its credit portfolio, enabling more options for farmers using its fintech platform.
Crop biologicals market predicted to hit $19bn value by 2026 – but chemicals to continue growth
January 7, 2022
The biological inputs market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 11.9% over the next five years, compared to chemicals’ 3.7%, according to recent market research.
The 4 paradigms of agriculture: What are you sourcing from?
December 2, 2021
Regenerative agriculture can perhaps be best explained in terms of how it contrasts with other farming paradigms, writes HowGood’s Ethan Soloviev.
AgBiome closes $116m Series D round led by Blue Horizon, Novalis LifeSciences
September 14, 2021
The Raleigh, North Carolina-based startup captures and screens microbes found in the natural world to identify apt candidates for pest control and crop protection.
EXCLUSIVE: Crop CRISPR startup Hudson River Biotechnology raises $5.9m Series A funding
August 5, 2021
The Netherlands startup is using CRISPR to perform non-transgenic genome edits on plant varieties – in addition to developing nanotech-enabled delivery of crop inputs.
Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round
July 19, 2021
The Berkeley, California-based startup said it’ll use the capital to “rapidly” scale its US business while expanding its global presence and releasing new nitrogen fixation products.
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