People moves: C-suite moves at Indigo Ag, Motif Foodworks swaps CEOs, Starbucks dissolves COO
September 12, 2022
Two Boston startups welcomed new executives and McDonalds got a new chief impact officer.
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The Week in Agrifoodtech: $40m for crop intelligence, using tobacco for cultivated meat, Netherlands’ meat ads ban
September 8, 2022
An eGrocer bagged new capital, Uber and Nuro struck a major deal, and one company legally served foie gras in California.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Planted’s $72m for whole-cut ‘chicken,’ genomics startup Pattern snags $35m
September 1, 2022
Carbon-neutral milk company Neutral Milk closed a Series A round and a few different cultivated meat startups reached new milestones.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Oatside secures $65m for Singapore’s first oat milk, input supplier iProcure scores $10m
August 18, 2022
Fashion designer Stella McCartney is helping launch a climate-focused fund and alt-protein heavyweight Eat Just raised capital to expand in China.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Afresh grabs $115m to fight food waste, rural fintech firm Jai Kisan lands $50m
August 11, 2022
Layoffs, cuts, and reorganizations continue across the foodtech industry, especially for restaurant-related businesses like Sweetgreen and Deliveroo.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: String Bio raises $20m, SVG heads south with $50m agtech fund
July 22, 2022
Canadian indoor farming company Fieldless Farms raised Series A funding and MycoWorks debuted hats made from mushroom roots.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Cruising Kitchens nets $100m, foodtech layoffs & shutdowns continue
July 14, 2022
While foodtech startups feel the crunch of the current downturn, fundraising in agtech and alternative protein keeps coming.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Green Generation Fund raises $120m, Amazon takes Grubhub stake
July 7, 2022
Also: Israeli foodtech startup Phytolon landed $14.5 million, and two food delivery firms were raided by EU authorities over antitrust concerns.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Eclipse scoops $40m for animal-free ice cream, Current Foods nets $18m
June 30, 2022
Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado raised $700 million from the public markets.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: WayCool bags $40m, Rohlik raises $231m despite e-grocery woes
June 23, 2022
France’s HappyVore secured nearly $40 million to open a facility for plant-based meat while cereal giant Kellogg split into three independent companies.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Little Leaf Farms bags $300m, Wonder lands $340m to cook meals curbside
June 16, 2022
Plus: alt-cheesemakers raise new funds, delivery ‘bots head to college campuses, and IKEA strikes a deal with indoor ag startup Infarm.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Brevel’s microalgae protein bags $8.4m, Brazil’s Agrotools closes $21m, CHONEX raises $6m
June 9, 2022
General Mills invested $3 million more into regen ag, Lunchbox acquired another restaurant ordering platform, and Cox delved deeper into indoor farming.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Synthesis Capital closes $300m foodtech fund, e-grocer Astro bags $60m
June 2, 2022
Elsewhere, US ag robotics specialist FarmWise teased a new weeding implement along with its latest fundraise.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Galley gets $14m, World Bank’s $30bn food crisis response
May 26, 2022
Multiple restaurant tech startups made headlines this week; while a massive, multinational carbon initiative got off the ground in Africa.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Downey Jr’s FootPrint backs Motif; Unilever joins $1bn regen ag fund
May 19, 2022
Alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds for meat and dairy alternatives, while two more countries approved the sale of GMO wheat.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Absolute Foods scores $100m, Mashgin bags $63m
May 12, 2022
Mashgin builds contactless self-checkout machines; while Absolute is vertically integrating the ag value chain. Elsewhere, Brightseed banked $68 million.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Zepto bags $200m, Stanford launches climate change school
May 5, 2022
“Instant delivery” e-grocer Zepto got closer to unicorn status with its Series D round, while VitroLabs raised funds for its cell-cultured animal leather.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Umiami grabs $30m for alt-chicken, funding for forest tech grows
April 7, 2022
Elsewhere, the Gates Foundation and Qatar’s development fund pledged $200 million to help African smallholders with climate change adaptation.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: Beewise closes $80m round, Arzeda nabs $33m
March 31, 2022
Beewise aims to save the world’s bee population with robotic beehives; while Arzeda creates enzymes for use in food, personal, and homecare products.
The Week in Agrifoodtech: African startups Apollo, Wasoko & ThriveAgric close big-ticket rounds
March 24, 2022
Over in the US, meanwhile, The Every Company launched the world’s first chickenless egg white.
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