Why John Deere invested in Africa’s Hello Tractor
August 16, 2022
American ag equipment manufacturer John Deere made a minority investment into the tractor sharing and management platform, Hello Tractor. Here’s why.
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Indian dried fruit and nuts marketplace Farmley secures $6M in Series A
August 9, 2022
Farmley, India’s dried fruit and nuts marketplace, secured $6m in Series A funding led by DSG Consumer Partners and Alkemi Growth Capital
AgroFides is unlocking capital for remote Ghanaian farmers with its agrifintech platform
July 28, 2022
Ghanaian agrifintech AgroFides is linking farmers to lenders and using its credit scoring tools to build their financial profiles to unlock more financing.
How Taimba’s farm-to-retail marketplace, logistics, cold chain & fintech platform is fighting food waste
July 27, 2022
Taimba, a Kenyan B2B agritech startup, has expanded its marketplace to offer transportation, cold storage, fintech solutions and is now eyeing up input procurement too.
Meet the founder: Marica Quarsingh of Sea-Stematic on creating the ‘Tesla of Seafood’
July 22, 2022
Marica Quarsingh calls her cell-cultured seafood startup, Sea-Stematic, the “Tesla of seafood” to communicate how seafood should be produced: sustainably and with the right market insights.
Crop2Cash is giving Nigerian farmers a pathway to financial inclusion
July 21, 2022
Crop2Cash’s online sales and payments marketplace is helping Nigeria’s unbanked farmers build a financial identity and improve their livelihoods.
How online marketplace Traders of Africa breaking-down barriers to pan-African agri-trade
July 14, 2022
Nigeria’s female-led Traders of Africa is helping facilitate the trade of African sourced produce, bridging the trust divide between buyers and sellers while at it.
How Good Nature Agro is layering digital tools to unlock better services for Zambia’s farmers
June 22, 2022
In providing access to quality inputs, financing, and training, Good Nature Agro is aiming at ultimately helping Zambia’s farmers – the primary income earners in rural Zambia – transition to the middle class through higher incomes.
These 2 agri-fintech startups want to help Europe’s farmers get cheaper finance
May 19, 2022
Eastern and Southern Europe have recently seen the entry of Tarfin and Agro.Club, two agri-fintechs that are expanding into new markets. These regions have sufficient data availability which can be used to localize risk algorithms. They also have a large population of small to medium-sized farmers.
EXCLUSIVE: Solis Agrosciences launches to accelerate ag biotech startup innovation
May 16, 2022
The US-based company provides ag biotech startups with many of the complex processes and equipment required to grow genetically engineered plants at scale.
5 African climate-smart agriculture investors helping close a $106bn climate finance gap
April 22, 2022
For Earth Day 2022, we explore some of Africa’s ecosystem enablers working to support and finance climate-smart agriculture startups.
Chipotle hopes new $50m fund will continue its ‘technological transformation’
April 21, 2022
Cultivate Next will invest in early-stage restaurant tech that can enhance both guest and employee experiences.
Meet the Female Founder: SuperMeat’s Shir Friedman says cultivated meat is ‘definitely scalable’
April 18, 2022
SuperMeat’s co-founder and head of communications talks regulatory approvals, transparency with consumers, and the long-term promise of cultivated meat.
GROW unveils market expansion platform for agrifoodtech ventures with Mondelēz & Thai Wah
March 22, 2022
GROW’s Land x Launch™ platform helps late-stage agrifoodtech ventures expand into Asia.
New Danforth Center unit aims to launch more agtech companies from the campus
February 14, 2022
The Center launched the Danforth Technology Company to commercialize its research and technology and launch new agtech startups from its own campus.
Proximity to customers, funders, ag leaders make Iowa a perfect home, say 3 agtech startup founders
July 1, 2020
“If you build it; the funding will come.” It might not be the exact quote that drove Kevin Costner to build a baseball diamond in an Iowa cornfield in Field of Dreams, but it is the advice that many founders and entrepreneurs are following as they look for locations for their agtech startup businesses.
gener8tor’s OnRamp Ag event goes virtual so startups can pitch 1-to-1 with leading ag investors & corps – apply now!
June 11, 2020
There’s still a couple of days left to apply to meet one-to-one with a who’s who list of agtech investors and corporates. Learn more from the lead organizer inside.
Farmshelf wants to take home growing systems from gimmick to grocery store replacement
May 14, 2020
The startup is now taking pre-orders for a bookshelf-sized at-home growing system producing leafy greens, herbs, and more.
8 global agrifoodtech startups reimagining the future of food
May 12, 2020
Maintaining a functioning global food chain has catapulted agrifoodtech to ‘essential’ status. During the F&A Next virtual summit, eight will showcase the latest innovations shaping the future of food.
How are agrifoodtech startups responding to Covid-19?
April 22, 2020
Although VC funding is in short order, Covid-19’s new challenges create new opportunities for some agrifood tech startups to shine.
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