Agrifoodtech investment in France surged 39% to $1.3 billion in 2022 against the backdrop of a 46% decline in Europe and a 44% slump in global agrifoodtech funding over the same period.
Agriculture is the beating heart of New Zealand. So why is New Zealand still not delivering on its full potential as an agri-innovation ecosystem?
IFT FIRST’s Startup Pavilion brings technical, business and scientific professionals under one roof — a true rarity at agrifood events.
Plant cell culture has been around for decades. So what’s prompted the recent flurry of activity in the food and nutraceuticals space?
The women-led investment firm says this early stage fund will help get new innovations to Canadian producers.
This year’s AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator includes startups focused on planetary health, climate-smart agriculture and decarbonization, among other areas.
Better Bite Ventures, a fund focused on alt protein startups in APAC, has invested in four startups under its early-stage First Bite initative.
Tevel is partnering with ag machinery manufacturers and integrating its robots and ground computing software system with harvesting machinery.
Only half of agrifood corps have used startup scouting in open innovation efforts, preferring to collaborate with research, according to new report.
Copper has been used as a fungicide since the 1800s with no pathogen resistance. VM Agritech builds on this ancient solution with a broad-spectrum, copper-and-zinc-based fungicide.
Investors poured money almost equally into the Recycling and Prevention categories of food waste mitigation in 2022 in North America.
The soil carbon project which already has 2700 farmers on board will help farmers adopt climate smart ag practices while connecting them to carbon markets.
Innovators creating bio-based alternatives to synthetic, fossil fuel and animal-based products and materials are capturing investor attention.
2023 will be a pivotal year for cultivated meat, as a handful of well-capitalized startups hit the market and early-stage players wait with bated breath to see if consumers are sufficiently enthused to motivate anxious investors to keep funding the nascent space, said investors at the Future Food Tech conference.
Cultivated meat startup New Age Eats has made the ‘painful decision’ to shut down after failing to secure funding to complete work on its pilot plant in Alameda, CA.
eGrocery is still the biggest subsegment in agrifoodtech investing, attracting a cool $5.1 billion in funding in 2022. But that pales in comparison to the jaw-dropping $19 billion raised by food ecommerce startups in 2021, according to AgFunder’s new global investment report.
There’s still scope for innovation in boosting farmer producticity and efficiency as AFDB predicts 60% increased food insecurity.
UK’s Hectare nets $20m Series A to strengthen its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)offering, boost product development and expand into new international markets.
Sustainable Planet works with smallholder farmers in some of the world’s most arid places to produce water lentils that provide both food and income.
63% of consumers also agree that snacks with a higher environmental impact should cost more, according to Mondelēz International Malaysia & Singapore.
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