Tag: middle east

Letter on the way to the desert via MEASA

November 16, 2023

The Middle East, Africa and South Asia have many ties between them that create a huge market opportunity for agrifoodtech.

Updated: Infarm ‘won’t be making any comments’ on rumored $50m raise from Middle East

September 28, 2023

Industry sources tell AgFunderNews that vertical farming startup Infarm is considering a move to Qatar in the wake of the bankruptcy.

MycoTechnology cofounder and CEO Alan Hahn

Meet the founder: MycoTechnology’s Alan Hahn on the magic of mycelium, global expansion, and staying focused

June 23, 2023

An IT sales executive turned foodtech entrepreneur, MycoTechnology cofounder and CEO Alan Hahn got the call that dramatically his career trajectory just over a decade ago.

The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs

February 2, 2023

New School Foods, E-TERRY, BloomX and many other agrifoodtech startups raised funds this week, even as food and ag industry layoffs continue.

Brief: Struggling vertical firm Kalera offloads its international business to Growy

February 2, 2023

Other recent distress signals suggest the big priority for vertical farming company Kalera in 2023 is about surviving rather than scaling.

UAE & Egypt will face a significant shortage of skilled labor for climate-smart farms. Here’s why that’s important.

December 19, 2022

No farmers. No food. No future. That is the saying that reminds us to value not just where our food comes from, but the farmers that grow it for us, writes Henry Gordon-Smith as an introduction to deep research his team has done into labor shortage in the Middle East.

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.

The Week in Agrifoodtech: Bayer backs high-protein chickpeas, Qwick lands $40m, vertical farms shut down

November 3, 2022

Ostara closes $70 million round and more than one vertical farming startup ceases operations.

Data Snapshot: It’s still early days for ghost kitchen investment

September 14, 2022

A couple mega-deals of $100 million and over are responsible for the bulk of ghost kitchen investment from the last 12 months.

Why Oman is investing in alt protein with a US 🍄 startup

August 1, 2022

When news hit about Oman’s central investment agency Oman Investment Authority partnering with a foodtech company – MycoTechnology – on protein supply, it was worth taking a closer look.

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.

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.

Billionaire Olayan family backs UAE’s Pure Harvest in $181m fundraise

June 30, 2022

The Abu Dhabi-based startup said it will use the funding to expand its presence in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and South Korea.

Imagindairy raises $15m in seed extension, set to launch alt-milk products in 2023

May 18, 2022

The Israeli startup’s total seed funding now stands at $28 million.

Meet the founder: Future Crops CEO Gary Grinspan makes the case for soil-based vertical ag

April 25, 2022

Future Crops vertically farms its produce in a soil-based substrate which “sticks with what Mother Nature tells us,” Grinspan tells AFN. Plus it’s kosher.

Growth in the US agtech sector can help solve water scarcity challenges

February 9, 2022

Water scarcity could soon become the ‘new normal’ in many parts of the US, imperilling crop cultivation. But agtech has solutions.

Retailo raises $36m Series A funding from AgFunder, Graphene & others

February 1, 2022

The Riyadh-based B2B marketplace said it’ll use the Series A funds for geographical expansion, and to launch new products and verticals.

Tevel CEO Yaniv Maor and chairman Eyal Desheh

Meet the founder: Tevel’s Yaniv Maor talks field trials with flying robots

January 20, 2022

Tevel is trialling its tethered drone-based system that can harvest fruit from treetops and carry out other tasks, such as pruning, trimming, and thinning.