The Week in AgriFoodTech: GALY lands $33m for lab-grown cotton, EarthOptics & Pattern Ag merge, new CFO at Tyson
September 5, 2024
Plus: Matt Crisp joins Alpine Bio, AgroSpheres gets EPA approval on pesticide.
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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Climate tech co Root Global lands $8.8m, Innovafeed does pet food, Regrow does layoffs
August 22, 2024
Plus: High-protein foods maker David and a hand full of others announced new funding.
Fresh off a new funding round, precision ag startup BemAgro plans to optimize forest management with AI
August 22, 2024
Precision ag startup BemAgro will expand its focus into forest management via a new partnership with Suzano Ventures.
Superfruit specialist Agrovision closes $100m round with $1bn+ valuation after period of ‘meteoric growth’
August 1, 2024
In its next growth phase, Agrovision will invest in establishing new growing regions in Egypt and Indonesia and expanding its operations in markets such as China, says CEO Steve Magami.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Rohlik raises $170m, eAgronom bags new capital for carbon
July 4, 2024
Plus: Tyson’s backpedaling on its beef pledge and another biomaterials startup makes a splash.
Exclusive: With $12m in fresh funding, Brazil’s Genica tackles soil health, the next phase for ag biologicals
July 1, 2024
The investment from Mitsubishi and others will enable Genica to broaden its reach both in Latin America and globally.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: quick-grocery app Zepto bags $665m, Lululemon backs $66m round for recycled plastics
June 27, 2024
Plus: Denmark to tax livestock farming emissions and Ohio lawmakers create a stink about cultivated meat.
Western Growers & Wharf42 initiative Platform 10 launches global grower trial network to speed up adoption of biologicals
June 26, 2024
The grower trial network will conduct extensive global field trials of promising biologicals on grower farms.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hysata snags $111m for green hydrogen, Ocean 14 launches $200m+ fund
May 16, 2024
Plus: Rize raises new capital to decarbonize rice, Uber scoops up Delivery Hero’s Taiwan business.
Middle-income countries hold 75% of all climate mitigation opportunities, says new World Bank report
May 6, 2024
MICs have “an outsized role to play” when it comes to climate mitigation, says a new report from World Bank.
BREAKING: Apps are open for 2024 GLOCAL Game Changers Latin America agrifoodtech accelerator!
April 29, 2024
The Game Changers program offers Latin American startups the chance to join GLOCAL’s portfolio and grow their businesses.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pula raises $20m for ag insurance, SOSV’s new planetary health fund, Impossible’s new ranch
April 25, 2024
Plus: Swiss cleantech startup Bcomp raises new funds and Shake Shack expands its carbon neutral shake offerings.
Exclusive: Mexico’s Verqor and Brazil’s Traive partner, plan new product to bring more AI to agrifinance
April 22, 2024
Using Verqor’s market reach and Traive’s AI tech, the new product will speed up access to credit for smallholder farmers.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aqua Capital closes $450m fund, Onego Bio ‘poaches’ $40m, BurnBot raises $20m
April 4, 2024
Also: farm labor management platform Seso raises $26 million, L’Oreal backs sustainable pigment producer.
Q&A: Following a $38m raise, ProducePay discusses growth, partnerships, and the boogeyman of the supply chain
February 21, 2024
Fresh off a $38 million fundraise, ProducePay chats about problems and solutions in the fresh produce supply chain.
Data snapshot: 10 years of restaurant tech funding shows the rise and fall of food delivery
December 13, 2023
Food delivery is not the only restaurant tech category out there, but it’s been the most prominent over the last decade.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Delivery startup Crisp bags $38m, ‘mindful drinking app’ Sunnyside lands $11m, Bowery layoffs
November 16, 2023
Plus: Grow-NY winners announced and Le Fourgon raises new capital to reuse old containers.
Meet the 10 startups chosen to pitch at GLOCAL’s Game Changers 2023
November 7, 2023
At its recent Game Changers LatAm Series 2023, GLOCAL unveiled the 10 companies that won awards for their agrifoodtech innovations.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Beyond Meat does layoffs, Fibmold lands $10m for alt plastic, Athian & Elanco team up
November 2, 2023
Bioomix announced funding for its microbial ag solutions and Doritos is on a mission to silence its chips.
Verqor lands $7.5m from Yara, Accion and others to offer farmers ‘the fastest credit for agriculture in Mexico’
October 31, 2023
Verqor will become a direct financial lender to farmers and approve loan applications in “48 hours or less.”
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