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Japan rising through the ranks as an agrifoodtech hub after 58% increase in YoY funding

Agtech

FoodTech

Brief: Oishii raises additional funding to close Series B at $150m, preps first international expansion

Agtech

Novel farming systems

EDITOR'S PICK

Shiru invites brands to harness its AI platform to explore ‘natural’ GLP-1 activation: ‘The opportunity is immense’

Artificial intelligence

Biomanufacturing & biologicals

Dr Jasmin Hume, founder and CEO, Shiru

‘Prioritizing taste over timelines’: amidst ongoing market correction, vertical farming company Oishii raises $134m Series B

Meet the founder – IntegriCulture’s Yuki Hanyu: ‘We’re a cellular ag infrastructure company, not just a cultivated meat company’

BlueNalu boosts Asia partnerships, aims to break ground on large-scale facility in 2026

Morphine from microbes? Fermelanta wins Japan agrifoodtech pitch

Startups & funding

The Fermelanta team

Brief: Japanese dairy giant Megmilk forms JV with Agrocorp to build pea protein facility in Malaysia

Alternative protein

FoodTech

Japanese dairy giant Megmilk forms JV with Agrocorp to build pea protein facility in Malaysia

Toray and Mitsui unlock potential of cellulosic sugars to fuel biomanufacturing revolution with upcycled feedstocks

FoodTech

Startups & funding

Sugarcane bagasse is a source of cellulosic sugars

Why Japan’s Norinchukin Bank invested in AgFunder’s $100m agrifoodtech fund

EXCLUSIVE: IntegriCulture debuts animal serum-free tech to radically reduce cultivated meat costs

Japan’s IntegriCulture scores $7m from AgFunder, others for ‘outside-factor-free’ cell ag

Investor Q&A: Why Toyota Ventures invested in Burro’s farm robots

Ginkgo Bioworks partners Asian chemicals giant Sumitomo

Oishii sees itself as ‘the Tesla of vertical farming.’ Here’s how it’s cracking CEA strawberries

Brief: Japanese company brings ‘world’s first genome-edited tomato’ to market

Brief: Walmart, Tencent join $2.2bn funding for Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten

Vertical farming startup Oishii raises $50m for bee-assisted, carbon-neutral strawberry cultivation

Brief: Rakuten, KKR buy into Walmart’s Japanese supermarket giant Seiyu

FoodTech

Investing

Thai precision ag startup ListenField gets strategic backing from Kubota

Agtech

Investing

EDITOR'S PICK

Infomercial exec Yasir Abdul emerges as prospective buyer for Meati as firm navigates ABC process

Alternative protein

Biomanufacturing & biologicals

Meati breakfast patty Image credit Meati Foods

IntegriCulture and Shiok Meats partner to ramp up cell-based seafood production

IntegriCulture raises $7.4m at Series A from AgFunder, others to ‘democratize’ cell ag

SoftBank reports $24bn loss on startup investments, with agrifood performance unclear

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