2020: The year Chinese agrifoodtech funding headed upstream
April 13, 2021
AgFunder’s China 2021 AgriFood Investment Report reveals that funding for the sector rose 66% last year to reach $6 billion in total.
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China single-handedly kept downstream agrifoodtech funding afloat in 2020
March 25, 2021
In spite of the Covid-19 bump for consumer-facing solutions, downstream agrifoodtech funding actually decreased in 2020 if a few China oversize deals are discounted.
Foodtech exits continue to lag, but there is cause for optimism
March 18, 2021
As AgFunder’s 2021 AgriFoodTech Investment Report shows, exits in 2020 were centered on subsectors that grew in relevance in light of Covid-19 – such as digital platforms for food delivery.
Make sure your deals are counted in AgFunder’s global agrifoodtech investment report!
January 6, 2021
Our report is our love letter to the ecosystem. Here’s how you can help us share the love and make sure you’re included.
Dealmaking during Covid-19: Upstream and eGrocery win in AgFunder’s 2020 Mid-Year Investment Review
August 18, 2020
Agrifoodtech startups and investors are plugging away in 2020 as if we weren’t all caught in the midst of a global pandemic. Well, almost.
Dollars down, deals up as investors change tack: India Agrifood Startup Investment Report 2020
July 30, 2020
Downstream investment declined by 67% year-on-year. But upstream funding more than doubled, as startups and investors zeroed in on farm and supply chain solutions.
5 ASEAN startups tackling the messy middle of the agrifood value chain
July 17, 2020
While the bulk of funding went to downstream categories in 2019, startups in the middle of the agrifood value chain are attracting more and more interest.
Farm-to-fork models, new retail drove $165m agrifoodtech funding in Indonesia last year
July 14, 2020
Infrastructure, crop cultivation, and logistics and distribution are set to be the leading areas for funding in the years ahead, says East Ventures partner Melisa Irene.
Singapore led ASEAN with $177m funding for agrifoodtech startups last year
July 6, 2020
Singapore Economic Development Board’s John Eng says the city-state’s “unique” ecosystem of agrifood corporates and startups is winning investors over.
Southeast Asia’s ag, food startups raised $423m last year: ASEAN Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2020
June 30, 2020
Between them, Singapore and Indonesia raised over five times the funding of all the other ASEAN countries put together.
Global adoption of 25 farming practices could reduce CO2 emissions by 4.6 GT by 2025 – new McKinsey report
May 6, 2020
Technology has a role to play in helping farmers adopt these 25 practices which focus on everything from better resource management to smarter genetic selection in livestock
Chinese tech’s ‘Big Three’ BAT invested in agrifood deals worth $640m in 2019, a decline on 2018
April 6, 2020
The BAT group of companies may have invested less in agrifood startups in 2019 than in previous years – but they’re still betting big on the sector.
UPDATE: China’s biggest agrifood startup deals of 2019 include fraudulent Luckin Coffee
April 2, 2020
Luckin Coffee scored one of China’s top agrifoodtech startup fundings just before its May IPO, while e-grocer MissFresh landed the country’s biggest deal.
Chinese agrifood startups raised $3.6bn in 2019 as economic headwinds intensified
March 26, 2020
The third edition of AgFunder’s annual China AgriFood Startup Investing Report shows that the trade war and swine flu have taken a toll – but there are still plenty of reasons to be bullish.
Agrifoodtech is global: here’s a list of the top 15 deals outside the US in 2019
March 12, 2020
As US agri-foodtech investment slowed slightly in 2019, other markets picked up the slack. Here’s a list of the leading deals outside the US.
The USDA’s 2018 Census of Aquaculture shows 10.5% jump in sales
December 30, 2019
A UN FAO report also showed that global aquaculture production is catching up with catch-based production systems.
Young, male farmers are flocking to a truly global indoor ag industry, CEA census reveals
November 25, 2019
The inaugural census from Agritecture Consulting and Autogrow identified key trends in CEA including a large demographic of beginning farmers and an increasingly global industry footprint.
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