China’s Sysco wannabe Lehe Food raises $56m in Series C round
May 11, 2020
The Guangzhou-based startup raised a total of $29 million across two rounds last year. On-demand giant Meituan Dianping co-led the latest fundraise.
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Indonesia’s GudangAda raises $25m at Series A with $100m in monthly food & ag transactions
May 5, 2020
Sequoia Capital and Alpha JWC Ventures co-led the round, which brings the B2B marketplace’s total funding to $36 million in just 15 months.
EXCLUSIVE: Fulcrum Global Capital closes $36m agrifoodtech fund and four investments
March 12, 2020
Fulcrum raised the fund from a pool of high net worth investors to support early-stage upstream agriculture technologies in animal health, precision agriculture, food safety, and supply chain logistics
AFN introduces… Intello Labs, the computer visionaries of food quality control
February 27, 2020
IntelloLabs is working to solve the logistical and potentially brand-busting challenge of quality control in the high-value crops industry using computer vision.
Farm Tech & Supply Chain Tech Drive $1.6bn in Funding to European AgriFood Tech Startups in 2018
May 23, 2019
Europe’s agrifood tech ecosystem raised just 9% of the funding that went to foodtech and agtech startups globally in 2018. But deal activity increased 23% as agrifood tech startups in the region closed a similar number of deals as in the US.
How a Little Sensor is Making a Big Impact on the Global Cocoa Industry
April 15, 2019
Handheld near-infrared spectral imaging devices are giving cocoa farmers and processors a way to set fairer prices in a matter of seconds while also cutting
Top 20 Startups Tackling the Middle of Food’s Supply Chain in 2018
April 4, 2019
Startups in the category we call Midstream Technologies raised $1.35 billion in 2018, climbing from the third-best funded category to the second-best funded sector behind Ag Biotechnology.
Wheatsheaf Acquires Purfresh’s Ozone Tech Reducing Food Waste in Shipping Containers
February 7, 2019
It is possible for as many as one out of 15 containers to get rejected when they arrive at their destination, an expensive outcome when containers carrying high-value food can be worth as much as $500,000.
Indian AgriFood Supply Chain Sensor Startup AgNext Raises $2m Pre-Series A Round with Kalaari Capital
January 22, 2019
Kalaari joins existing investor Omnivore, the India-focused impact venture fund focused on agrifood startups.
Why Syngenta Ventures Invested in India’s Ninjacart
December 14, 2018
Ninjacart aims to increase farmers’ incomes, reduce food wastage, introduce competitive prices for retailers, and ensure quality food for all consumers. But how can this benefit Syngenta?
UPDATE: AgFunder Opens New Food Tech/AgTech Fund to Investors, Commitments Reach $4m in 1 Week
November 1, 2018
On our mission to democratize venture capital and increase investment in the food and agriculture industry, our fund is open to accredited investors as well as institutional investors, and we already have commitments from both.
Clear Labs Raises $21m in Series B-2 Funding to Make Food Safety Testing Quicker and Cheaper
October 30, 2018
Clear Labs, a Californian startup using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to test food for dangerous pathogens like Salmonella, has raised $21 million in an extension to its
Mimica is Creating Alternative Food Labels for Consumers to Feel When Food Has Expired
October 24, 2018
Solveiga Pakštaitė is founder and director of Mimica, a food labeling technology startup that recently won the People’s Choice Award at Rabobank’s startup pitch event FoodBytes! in
TeleSense Closes $6.5m Series A for Grain Monitoring IoT Platform to Reduce Spoilage
August 28, 2018
TeleSense’s proprietary sensor collects data about the condition of grains in storage to detect nonoptimal storage conditions and reduce spoilage.
Alibaba’s Jack Ma Interviewed by ImpactVision CEO at Davos
January 25, 2018
Ramanan interviewed the e-commerce giant in her capacity as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper — a network of teams of young people committed to solving global problems.
Which AgriFood Tech Products Are Going Mainstream in 2018?
December 27, 2017
Every year, grocery retailers and food media put out trend lists for the coming year, predicting what’s going to be big in food. A careful look at these lists can help us predict, not what technologies are going to get a vote of confidence from VCs and investors – but rather, which technologies are going to have the attention of consumers in the year ahead.
ImpactVision Raises $1.4m Seed Round to Determine Food Quality with Hyperspectral Images
October 31, 2017
ImpactVision, a software startup using hyperspectral imaging to help food supply chain companies determine the quality and ripeness of food products, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding in a round led by Acre Venture Partners.
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