Tag: Research & Data

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.

A mini guide to Latin American agrifoodtech in 2020

July 22, 2020

The year 2019 was a breakout year for Latin American agrifoodtech and 2020 is already shaping up to beat those records, in spite of the global pandemic. Here’s a look at the key categories pushing the industry forward.

Here’s a list of the top 100 alternative protein disruptors in Asia

June 22, 2020

The Good Food Institute Asia-Pacific has also named who it believes to be the top 35 alt-protein investors in the region, and calls for more upstream focus on areas like raw materials.

Farm Tech Market Map: Why it’s time to distinguish farm tech from the messy supply chain

June 9, 2020

Take a first look at Seana Day’s new Farm Tech Landscape 2020 here, and some insights into what to expect next.

Agri-FoodTech in Europe boomed in 2019, with funding up 70% YoY. What’s in store for 2020?

May 21, 2020

European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to new research from AgFunder in collaboration

US plant-based protein investment in 2020 will surpass 2019 as Q1 brings in $741m

May 14, 2020

US alternative protein investment in the first quarter of 2020 reached $741m, just shy of the $741m total in the whole of 2019, according to GFI.

AgFunder Digitalk #3: How Covid-19 is accelerating innovation across the food system with S2G Ventures

May 14, 2020

In our third digitalk, S2G exclusively discusses new research, which looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting global supply chains, and the role that tech can play in creating a more resilient agrifood ecosystem.

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

Top 20 Novel Farming System Deals of 2019

May 1, 2020

Novel farming systems saw a 37% increase in funding over 2018 as maturing companies raised larger rounds for the diverse segment.

Farm tech investment up 370% in 6 years. How will Covid-19 impact 2020 trends?

April 30, 2020

Come rain, shine, or coronavirus, there’s just no halting the AgFunder Research mothership. AgFunder just unfurled its new 2020 Farmtech Investment Report — a data-driven snapshot of global investment in startups building technologies for the farm.

Covid-19 will compound ASEAN’s long-term food security challenges – new report

April 14, 2020

Covid-19 has laid bare the region’s food supply chain problems. Collaboration between government and industry – often tech-based – will be key to solving them.

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.

Will meal kits make it to the 10-year mark?

March 13, 2020

As meal kit companies struggle to secure customer loyalty and combat churn, online grocery is gaining traction. Could dedicated meal kits soon be extinct?

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.

Analyzing 2019’s wild weather year: could technology have helped?

December 23, 2019

Weather events have plagued US crop production throughout the year, including severe floods and an early freeze. Using Indigo’s GeoInnovation platform, we take a deeper look and ask, could technology have helped farmers weather the storms better?

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.

Danone, Nestle rank highest for reducing deforestation by focusing on regen ag, communities

November 27, 2019

Although many agrifood corporates will miss a key 2020 deforestation target, some are making meaningful progress towards sustainability.

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.

Food & agtech investors are most excited about the future in Asia

November 19, 2019

With Idea2Scale, we conducted a survey of 50 global venture capital firms that invest in foodtech and agtech and asked them about the categories and geographies they were most excited about as well as the key challenges to investing in the sector.