Covid-19 has created new opportunities for acquisitions as startups struggle to fundraise, according to CropX CEO Tomer Tzach.
Israel’s SupPlant and US-based ClimaCell have joined forces to make precision ag insights more accessible to low-income farmers in emerging markets.
Is there a case to be made for distributed, hyper-local food processing models? SavorEat CEO Racheli Vizman thinks so.
The round’s large close amid Covid-19 further cements Taranis’ reputation as a dogged drone survivor in one of the most scrutinized areas of agtech.
CEO Erik Fyrwald previously told AFN that Syngenta’s takeover by ChemChina “gives us the freedom for increased investment around seeds and crop protection.”
Few would dispute that growing fish or strawberries in a desert is a remarkable idea, even in 2020.
In a hypothetical world where Covid-19 had never struck, a promise of ever more precise irrigation water use for the quality and quantity of yields could have gathered more Series B steam among investors.
Trials already indicate how a precision method like Greeneye’s can reduce a farmer’s herbicide usage by 65‒92%, according to Greeneye.
As investors seek diversity in order to weather the storms ahead, now, more than ever, FoodTech stands out for its value, its strength, its opportunities and the benefits it brings, writes PeakBridge Partners.
While other investors are tightening their purse strings as the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps the world, Jerusalem Venture Partners has neither stalled nor scrapped its new plant-based protein deal.
Growthwell, which has been making ‘mock meats’ for the Southeast Asian market since 1989, is looking to ride the plant-based new wave.
The New Zealand dairy farmers’ cooperative made its bid for Israel’s Afimilk before the worst of the pandemic hit, but says it’ll continue to seek investment opportunities.
Syngenta Ventures’ Michael Lee tells AFN how the firm is viewing the biologics space and why WeedOUT’s species-specific approach is so important.
Israel-based Fabric (formerly CommenSense) is currently working to expand its US footprint with its robot-backed software platform to provide micro-fulfillment almost anywhere
The established specialty mineral and chemical provider will combine Growers Insight’s platform with its agronomic services.
Equinom uses computational breeding, not genetic engineering, to breed crops with enhanced properties, such as a higher protein pea.
With the team at Yofix confirming the closure of a Series A funding round at $2.5 million, it is now clear that a few dairy behemoths have acquired a bit of a taste for plant-based yogurts.
The Israeli startup is hoping the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into the US breadbasket as agtech veterans predict more consolidation in 2020.
Sufresca, an Israeli startup designing edible fruit and vegetable coating solutions to reduce food waste and curb plastic packaging, has just raised $500,000 seed funding from the agri-foodtech VC Rimonim, the company disclosed to AFN.
ChickP uses what the company describes as “patent-pending technology to extract up to 90% pure protein out of the chickpea seed.”
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