CropX acquires precision irrigation startup Tule, its fourth acquisition
January 31, 2023
The deal with Tule brings an additional layer of plant data and a foothold in the California speciality crops market to the table.
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The week in agrifoodtech: Drive-thru grocery Addie’s bags $10m, Bill Gates invests $12m into methane reduction
January 26, 2023
AgFunder led a $3 million round for farm real estate marketplace CommonGround, and a cultivated meat company has achieved kosher status.
Top 10 alternative protein startups brought in $1.3bn in 2022 vs $2.3bn in 2021
January 18, 2023
It’s been a tough few months for the alternative protein startup category, particularly companies developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood alternatives
Israeli incubator The Kitchen plans to ‘intensify’ its venture studio model for foodtech startups in 2023
January 18, 2023
The Kitchen expects “at least half” of new investments to result from venture studio activities rather than from direct investments into existing ventures.
Exclusive: Evigence raises $18m for food freshness tech that’s extending shelf life by 20%, reducing food waste by 30%
January 17, 2023
Evigence is a food freshness sensing and analytics company that counts meal kit company Marley Spoon By Martha Stewart as a client.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Liberation Labs’ $20m seed round, Deere unveils robotic fertilizer system
January 5, 2023
Alterpacks raised $1 million while greenhouse grower AppHarvest entered a sale-leaseback deal for one if its Kentucky facilities.
How Forsea is avoiding the “scaffolding challenge” of cultivated meat and seafood
December 12, 2022
Forsea, an Israeli cultured seafood startup is using organoid technolog, mostly used in phrama and developmental biology, to produce cultured seafood.
A letter from Israel: Ecosystem-defining culture and the positive role of government
November 18, 2022
Israel’s overall culture shows how the country has built its agrifoodtech with collaboration, support and a sense of belonging you may not find elsewhere.
Where will agtech exits come from next? 3 corporates weigh in
November 8, 2022
All three agreed that mergers & acquisitions were more likely to deliver the next big exit over public market listing via IPOs and SPACs, and that the next big exit will be disappointingly low value.
Jewish-American entrepreneur Bruce Gurfein wants to unite Middle Eastern agritech startups – and drove 9,000km across region to do so
November 7, 2022
Bruce Gurfein, a UAE entrepreneur has completed a 9,000 km road trip across six countries: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Palestine, and Israel.
Meet The Founder: InnovoPro’s Taly Nechushtan on why we need more versatile, clean-label ingredients
November 4, 2022
InnovoPro CEO Taly Nechushtan talks about building an innovative chickpea ingredient company that caters to clients’ tastebuds sustainably
Brief: Trigo nabs $100m, plans expansion of its Amazon Go-like cashierless checkout tech
October 27, 2022
Trigo will further deploy its cashierless checkout system across Europe and the US, and develop its store and inventory management software, StoreOS.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Trigo’s $100m, Dutch gov’t backs cultivated meat, Bill Gates wants to decarbonize rice
October 27, 2022
Local Bounti raises new funds for indoor farming while Bill Gates and others start a new venture to decarbonize rice production in Asia.
Foodtech in focus: BioBetter bets on tobacco to bring down cultivated meat costs
October 6, 2022
BioBetter says it can bring down the cost of growth factors from the normal range of $50,000 – $500,000 per gram to a mere one dollar per gram.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Afresh grabs $115m to fight food waste, rural fintech firm Jai Kisan lands $50m
August 11, 2022
Layoffs, cuts, and reorganizations continue across the foodtech industry, especially for restaurant-related businesses like Sweetgreen and Deliveroo.
Morocco’s UM6P Ventures invests in 2 gene editing and food waste reduction technologies
August 11, 2022
UM6P, the venture arm of the Moroccan university with the same name, says the deals are “investment-partnerships” as the two startups stand to benefit from scientific support and testing of their technologies at the university.
Brief: $2bn ‘integrated ag parks’ to be established in India to tackle global food insecurity
July 14, 2022
The tech-enabled parks are a joint project between India, Israel, the UAE, and the US.
Yeap squares food demand & food waste with its protein made from spent yeast
July 14, 2022
Yeap Proteins is using yeast recovered from industrial sidestreams to produce a complete protein ingredient.
Food colorant startup Phytolon closes $14.5 million Series A led by DSM Venturing
July 8, 2022
Phytolon, an Israel-based a developer of natural food colors via precision fermentation of yeast, will use the round to hone its technology and commercialize its products, pending regulatory approval.
Data Snapshot: Cultivated meat, supply chain tech lead Israeli agrifoodtech deals in 2021
July 6, 2022
The country saw four nine-figure US dollar funding deals last year – including two for startups working on cell-cultured meat.
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