Health foods portal CureFit raises $110m from Temasek, Unilever
March 30, 2020
Users can order health-conscious meals, groceries, and supplements through the Indian startup’s wellness marketplace.
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Future Food Holiday Special: AgFunder’s Rob Leclerc on the last decade in ag and foodtech
December 24, 2019
This episode is perhaps a tad awkward as I interview my boss Rob Leclerc, founding partner of AgFunder, but Rob was as insightful as ever, sharing his thoughts on working in and around the agriculture sector for the past decade.
It’s time for investors to embrace nutritious foods
December 18, 2019
Most ag investment flows to high-income countries, and currently very little reaches the food systems of low-income regions like Africa, with virtually none going to support highly nutritious foods, according to GAIN.
As agtech moves from “more with less” to higher quality, Benson Hill Seeds has right idea for 2020
December 9, 2019
Do more with less. It’s probably fair to say that’s been the key mantra for the agtech industry over the past decade. As we approach 2020, expect more attention on improving the quality of the food we produce. Benson Hill is one example.
EXCLUSIVE: Former USDA Sec’y & UNICEF director Ann Veneman joins board of Full Harvest
October 29, 2019
Ann Venemean tells AFN her thoughts on where agri-foodtech can improve, plant-based protein, and one of the biggest takeaways from her career to date.
The Modern Acre podcast: Restoring food as medicine with Brightseed
September 5, 2019
In partnership with AgFunder, Tim & Tyler Nuss have produced a 4-part series including three of our portfolio companies. Here’s the first one, enjoy!
Future Food: ‘From the moment we’re born, we’re going to know exactly what foods we should eat, for what purpose’
July 29, 2019
Did you know one of our most common drugs was derived from plants? In this episode of Future Food, I speak to Sofia Elizondo, cofounder of Brightseed.
DouxMatok Raises $22m Series B to Commercialize Sugar Reduction Tech
June 19, 2019
The deal was led by Singapore-based BlueRed Partners, Südzucker AG, Royal DSM, and Singha Ventures.
The FDA and Food Entrepreneurs Need to Better Define the Consumer
May 30, 2019
Here Shmuel Rausnitz writes about his concerns relating to the FDA and foodtech entrepreneur’s tendency to oversimplify consumer demands and needs across demographics.
Food Tech Innovators Need to Focus More on Global Nutrition
May 13, 2019
Despite their ingenuity and a commendable focus on sustainability and food loss, entrepreneurs are missing a huge opportunity by not prioritizing nutrition, writes Amy Beaudreault.
‘Over Ten Thousand Times Sweeter Than Sugar’: Meet The Man Making Some of The World’s Sweetest Proteins
April 11, 2019
Dr. Ilan Samish is the CEO and founder of Amai Proteins — an Israeli startup lab-designing hyper-sweet, thermo-stable, zero-calorie proteins out of exotic fruits.
5 Things Vonnie Estes Saw at World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit This Week in San Francisco
March 22, 2019
With the growth of the event, we are hearing different voices, including changing corporate cultures and new business models.
Reclaiming the Promise of Food for Health
March 14, 2019
The real power to endow people with fundamentally longer, healthier lives resides in the hands of the food industry, writes Jim Flatt.
Why 2019 is The Year of the Mushroom
February 6, 2019
One month into 2019, it’s clear that this year’s “it” produce is gourmet mushrooms. Smallhold’s Andrew Carter tell us why.
Food Tech Startup Spotlight: Noluma’s Innovative Packaging is Reducing Risk of Milk Degradation
January 30, 2019
Noluma has developed a unique technology that measures the light protection of packaging as a function of its effects on the product contents by placing a marker ingredient in a solution inside a test package, which is then exposed to intense light.
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.
Saxon & Parole Exec Chef Farmerie on Food Tech, Impossible Burger, and Consumer Acceptance
June 1, 2017
We caught up Brad Farmerie to find out how he’s incorporated tech and innovation into his farm-to-table philosophy and why he’s all-in with today’s hottest plant-based burger.
Five Startups Win Accelerator Backing to Fight Food Insecurity, Waste, and Unsustainable Food Systems
May 25, 2017
The Good Kitchen, launched last year as Europe’s first accelerator program for social startup businesses tackling food issues, will award low-interest loans to the startups to get their businesses off the ground.
How a Startup from KSU is Replacing Fat in Chocolate with a Low Calorie Alternative
February 14, 2017
It may sound too good to be true, but according to David Rowe, founder and president at Choco Finesse, the proof is in the chocolate pudding.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Habit Raises $32m from Campbells Soup for DNA Testing Nutrition Kit, Eaze Raises $13m Series B, more
October 27, 2016
A bumper week for agtech fundings includes a diverse mix of cannabis tech, nutrition tech, food e-commerce, weather monitoring, and indoor agriculture.
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