Why AgFunder invested in Jüsto
February 11, 2021
The Mexican e-grocer announced its $65m Series A led by General Atlantic this week, the biggest Series A round in Latin America for a decade.
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Brazilian blockchain startup Ecotrace gets funding for traceability tech
January 15, 2021
The São Paulo startup began by applying its traceability tech to Brazilian beef, and has since expanded into tracking poultry and cotton through the supply chain.
EXCLUSIVE: SP Ventures gets bullish on livestock tech with second close of LatAm fund
December 22, 2020
The Brazilian firm’s AgVentures II fund now exceeds $25 million, with animal nutrition company Adisseo and US miner Mosaic leading the latest raise.
Orbia launches $130m venture fund, injects $3m into plant health startup SeeTree
November 25, 2020
Orbia Ventures will target Series A and B deals with a $1 million to $6 million check size, focusing on startups that are strategically aligned with its Mexican parent company.
Startup Spotlight: ClearLeaf is tackling worker & environmental welfare through crop inputs
November 19, 2020
The Costa Rican startup tells AFN about its experience of raising capital in its home country.
The Yield Lab LatAm talks accelerators in the time of Covid-19 as it announces newest cohort
November 12, 2020
The Buenos Aires-based accelerator has selected four startups for its latest program, which is adopting a virtual format amid Covid-19.
LatAm Agrifoodtech Market Map: From seed to consumer
October 15, 2020
Our visual market map includes 78 South and Central American agrifoodtech startups that cover the value chain from farm inputs to consumer-facing solutions.
The South American opportunity for US agtech entrepreneurs
September 25, 2020
An agriculture tech consultant shares his insights on how to make the most of the burgeoning market for agtech solutions in South America.
EXCLUSIVE: SP Ventures announces first close of Syngenta Ventures, BASF-backed LatAm Fund
August 27, 2020
SP Ventures’ new fund will focus on seed and Series A-stage deals across a variety of sectors in Latin America’s agrifoodtech sector.
A mini guide to Latin American agrifoodtech in 2020
July 22, 2020
The year 2019 was a breakout year for Latin American agrifoodtech and 2020 is already shaping up to beat those records, in spite of the global pandemic. Here’s a look at the key categories pushing the industry forward.
Vertical farming in LatAm: AgroUrbana closes $1m seed funding
July 2, 2020
There’s space for vertical farming among Chile’s urban populations, where year-round fresh produce is not as abundant as you might think.
Andes Ag is integrating seeds with beneficial microbes to combat inherent delivery challenges for biologics
June 9, 2020
You’ve probably heard of microbials used as seed coating and soil amendments but what about incorporating them directly into seeds?
Dole and Boragen team up to stop consumers going bananas over deadly Black Sigatoka disease
May 22, 2020
The world’s banana crop is at risk due to a number of diseases that threaten to wipe it out.
Pivot Bio raises $100m Series C to meet demand for sold-out nitrogen-fixing microbe product
April 30, 2020
Farmers have been so hungry for the corn and wheat amendments that the startup has sold out multiple times flying in the face of skepticism over microbes’ efficacy.
Tailgate Talk: the labor, pricing and logistics rollercoaster for Generation Farms
April 15, 2020
While Gaston Marquevich is thankful his fresh produce operation Generation Farms in Florida and Georgia has always sold into grocery stores, the Covid-19 pandemic has placed other pressures on his vertically-integrated farm business.
DiMuto scores funding to take its traceability tech global
March 30, 2020
The Singaporean startup’s blockchain platform offers enhanced supply chain visibility to the fruit industry – and it has Latin America in its sights.
Meat alternatives and indoor agriculture drive investment growth in agri-foodtech startups
March 9, 2020
Venture capital investment across all industries dropped in 2019 — around 16%, according to the VenturePulse report — against a backdrop of global uncertainty related
Can a 15 minute survey help farmers adopt more tech? Growers Insight is betting on it
February 12, 2020
Farmers are inundated with tech offerings and short on time to assess them but a 15-minute survey could help them plan for better tech use, according to a new consultancy called Growers Insight.
Solinftec raises $60m as the Amazon of LatAM leads record-breaking Series B
February 4, 2020
“We chose Unbox Capital over other funds because of their huge knowledge of digital transformation and disruption, which they can share with us,” said Rodrigo lafelices dos Santos, Solinftec’s CEO.
EXCLUSIVE: Acre VP holds first close of Fund II, brings on Greylock’s Bill Helman as partner & LP
January 29, 2020
The firm has already made two investments from the new fund: Agrofy, the Argentinian agribusiness marketplaces that made waves a couple of weeks ago with its record-breaking Series B round, and Inari, the gene-editing for ag startup.
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