Tag: israel

A Middle Eastern milk alternative bubbles into view: Chickpea

November 22, 2019

ChickP uses what the company describes as "patent-pending technology to extract up to 90% pure protein out of the chickpea seed."

Why Prospera started in greenhouses before taking AI tech into the fields

November 15, 2019

Prospera recently announced its partnership with Valley Irrigation to combine its sensor-based analytics software with Valley’s pivot irrigation systems.

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Food Institute launches GFI Israel

November 14, 2019

GFI Israel could enable the country to become a leader in alternative protein innovation, writes AgFunder associate Yanniv Dorone.

Adama acquires Peruvian crop protection company AgroKlinge to target large-scale farmers in the region

October 30, 2019

Adama is hoping to gain a stronger foothold in Peru’s agricultural market and to target large-scale industrial farmers with the acquisition.

Thai Union piles into alt protein with Flying Spark investment, new VC, incubator

October 22, 2019

Israeli insect farming startup Flying Spark has struck a partnership and investment deal with Thai Union, one of the world’s largest seafood producers.

Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo

October 17, 2019

Trigo’s technology uses computer vision and AI to see what shoppers put in their carts, charging their accounts when they walk out the door. Tesco invested just after its Series A round.

UPDATE: Future Meat Technologies raises $14m Series A as Memphis Meats eyes jumbo Series B

October 10, 2019

This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat's $17 million Series A.

One small steak for man, one giant leap for space-grown meat!

October 7, 2019

Aleph Farms — a startup designing bio-reactor grown and 3D-printable beef steaks — has been busily turning the International Space Station into, well, an International 'Space Steak' Station.

The land of alt milk and AI honey: notes from Israel’s AgriFood Week

September 26, 2019

I tucked into my first ever breakfast in Israel early this Sunday morning faced with a blatantly biblical reminder, but there's nothing typical about the future milk and honey being developed by the country's booming foodtech scene.

Hyperspectral tech company FruitSpec secures $4m Series A

September 24, 2019

The Israeli agritech company FruitSpec — which is carving out a niche using hyperpectral imagery to count fruits —is set to officially close its $4 million Series A fundraise at the Agrivest conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Get the scoop here!

Trigo Vision raises $22m Series A for the checkout-free future of grocery

September 16, 2019

The Israeli computer vision company uses AI to track the items shoppers place in their cart for a frictionless checkout experience.

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” – how crop tech startups like Lavie Bio chart the market

September 10, 2019

The Tel Aviv-based biologicals startup is leveraging an investment from Corteva to introduce and market a new line of biological crop treatments.

Why Fieldin stood out in crowded farm management software space

September 5, 2019

You’d be forgiven for finding the growing farm management software space overwhelming; there are now hundreds of different software tools for farmers across crop types globally. At AgFunder, we’ve reviewed many of them so it takes something special to capture our attention.