Brief: Container farming startup Freight Farms to go public for $147m via SPAC
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
A successful Instacart IPO could go far in revitalizing the IPO market, including for other agrifoodtech companies.
Both companies have struggled to stay afloat and face further headwinds from the current downturn and rough economic climate.
Agtech expert and attorney Roger Royse shares his thoughts on what the agrifood industry should expect as one year closes and another begins.
After a brief slowdown at the start of the pandemic, agrifoodtech investing is back in full swing, with investors more eagerly chasing sustainable, disruptive solutions.
Kentucky’s AppHarvest will join the NASDAQ through a merger with special-purpose vehicle Novus Capital, while its new 60-acre facility prepares for launch.
A glitzy red carpet’s worth of celebrity investors contributed to Impossible Foods’ latest round as well as Singapore state fund Temasek as the company plans to scale in a big way.
Pontifax AgTech targets returns of three times its investments and sources close to the deal said it is likely the Precision Biosciences exit will come close.
President Trump and the Supreme Court weigh in on agriculture issues while startups launch new products in this week’s brief.
An agrifood tech investor takes leave after accusations of sexual misconduct, plus more personnel changes and agtech team-ups in this week’s brief.
In the last year at least three agrifood tech startups have listed on the ASX, suggesting that this may be the start of a funding trend.
Acquisitions in restaurant tech keep coming, HelloFresh is undeterred by Blue Apron’s disastrous IPO, new hires, new grants for Danforth, and more in this week’s brief.
Calyxt spun out from its parent company Cellectis to price an oversubscribed IPO at the bottom of the price range, while analysts remain concerned about gene editing regulation.
New Zealand in-field IoT provider CropLogic is set to go public on the Australian Stock Exchange while Japan’s Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co has acquired Canadian dairy-free, food company Daiya.
Blue Apron is the first meal kit company to IPO, with global competitors HelloFresh and SunBasket watching the outcome closely ahead of launching their own expected IPOs.
The high-cost of customer acquisition and a recent uptick in losses for the five-year-old food tech company could make the decision to list look precarious and spell bad news for competitors also considering listing.
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The famous Taggares family holds interested investors in limbo no longer, today announcing their IPO terms. Today, Taggares Agriculture, a Kennewick, WA-based farming company
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