The Deep Science Ventures PhD program aims to redefine what a scientist is while balancing academic rigor with commercial opportunity.
The growAG platform connects startups, researchers, investors and other key players with opportunities in Australia’s agtech industry.
There’s nothing new about agrifood corporates investing directly in strategic technologies – but it is now a mainstream approach.
The agrifoodtech sector not only rebounded quickly from Covid’s impacts, it far outpaced last year’s performance. Investor confidence speaks to a maturing sector and an environment ripe for new bets on next generation technologies.
Almost 4 million more farmers in Europe are ready to use online agribusiness marketplaces as their main sources of ordering than before Covid-19.
A shift in consumer habits in the region amid Covid-19 presents new opportunities for e-grocers, meal kit makers, and health-conscious food and drink brands.
Kuwait’s Wafra and UAE’s Abu Dhabi Investment Office have both made commitments to develop agtech in their countries, but are taking different approaches.
Britain’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is committing £5m ($6.9m) to fund the country’s farm sector PhD students in an effort to overhaul the UK industry’s “fragmented” innovation and skills pipeline.
Impossible Foods estimates that the new Oakland plant will be able to produce one million pounds of burgers per month, farms prepare for Hurrican Irma, and more.
Ahead of the release of his new data-heavy report, Patrick Keating of Keating International gives an exclusive insight into how the global food system has progressed since the earliest forms of food and agriculture technology.
With one of the world’s oldest agriculture sectors, the UK is home to a large amount of agricultural research in technologies and science. Here are three institutions offering funding or support to agtech entrepreneurs and startups.
For many agtech entrepreneurs and innovators, finding the cash flow to get their idea off the ground is the most important step. Here are some of the grants and programs available in the US.
Editor’s note: AFN recently had the chance to speak with Gregg Halverson, president of Black Gold Farms. Halverson will be speaking at the Forbes Reinventing
Microbiomes are all around us—and even inside us. According to The Human Microbiome Project, tens of trillions of the little cells live on and
Editor’s Note: AgFunderNews recently had the opportunity to speak with The Honorable Joe Gunter, Mayor of Salinas, on the relationship between agriculture and technology both in
Microbial DNA maker Zymergen recently announced a $42M Series A led by Data Collective, with a group of investors participating, including AME Cloud Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurveston,
Idaho is the latest state to announce a new agtech event, among a slew of local, national and international events cropping up across the globe. On
April 22nd – DuPont announced it’s acquisition of Taxon Biosciences for an undisclosed amount. Based in Tiburon, California, Taxon utilizes microbiome discovery to develop biological
Maybe scum isn’t such a bad thing. Over the last few weeks, studies and stories from around the world have indicated that both microscopic
New research says there’s a better way to make biofuel and paper. Scientists at the University of British Columbia have genetically modified trees to
