Brief: Ginkgo Bioworks buys Zymergen for $300m
July 26, 2022
Zymergen will be acquired by fellow cell manufacturing company Ginkgo Bioworks for $300m, a sharp fall from Zymergen’s once $3 billion valuation.
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Q&A: VanEck ETF aims to bring agrifoodtech to retail masses & avoid ‘stasis’ of passive funds, says manager
March 1, 2022
VanEck launched its Future of Food ETF at the end of last year. AFN checks in with portfolio manager Shawn Reynolds to find out more.
Data Snapshot: 2021 started out as year of the ag SPAC. How’s that going?
September 23, 2021
Since the start of the year six agtech SPAC deals have been announced – most involving indoor farming or biotech, and all valued at over $1 billion.
Brief: US vertical farming group AeroFarms joins unicorn club, strikes SPAC deal to go public
March 26, 2021
The Newark-based company is set to merge with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp, raising as much as $357 million in gross proceeds at a $1.2 billion valuation.
What the SPAC?! A brief explainer on the next exit tool for agrifoodtech investors
March 4, 2021
SPACs are all the rage these days, and in agtech, we saw our first high profile SPAC earlier this year when AppHarvest listed on the NASDAQ at a $1 billion valuation.
Eat Beyond IPO: ‘We’re making it possible for retail investors to participate in this thriving market’
November 27, 2020
Patrick Morris, CEO of the Vancouver-based foodtech fund, tells AFN why it decided to go down the IPO route – and what it has planned for the future.
Why did Argentina’s leading agtech startup list on the New York stock exchange?
August 1, 2019
Ahead of AgTech Week in Argentina next week, Bernardo Milesy sat down with Federico Trucco, CEO of the country’s most successful agtech startup Bioceres to find out more about the company’s recent New York Stock exchange listing.
Argentina’s Top Agritech Startup Bioceres to List on NYSE Raising $100m+ in SPAC Listing
November 19, 2018
Bioceres, the Argentinian ag biotech business, is set to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) early next year through a reverse listing with a company controlled by Uruguyuan presidential hopeful Juan Sartori.
New Food Index Reveals ‘High Risk’ Meat & Fish Stocks Worth $152bn inc McDonalds, KFC Suppliers
May 30, 2018
A new food index has labeled 36 meat and fish suppliers as “high risk” for public market investors because they fail to manage critical business risks such as greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics risk.
Plant Impact Raises $5m on LSE to Launch New Chemical Crop Enhancers
August 23, 2017
The raise will support late stage development for several chemical crop enhancement products in the company’s R&D pipeline.
Blue Apron: Why IPO and What Does it Mean for Meal Kit Competitors?
June 16, 2017
The high-cost of customer acquisition and a recent uptick in losses for the five-year-old food tech company could make the decision to list look precarious and spell bad news for competitors also considering listing.
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