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.”
Prospera recently announced its partnership with Valley Irrigation to combine its sensor-based analytics software with Valley’s pivot irrigation systems.
GFI Israel could enable the country to become a leader in alternative protein innovation, writes AgFunder associate Yanniv Dorone.
Adama is hoping to gain a stronger foothold in Peru’s agricultural market and to target large-scale industrial farmers with the acquisition.
Israeli insect farming startup Flying Spark has struck a partnership and investment deal with Thai Union, one of the world’s largest seafood producers.
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.
This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A.
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.
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.
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