There was a more diverse set of technology startups serving the cannabis market in 2016, although investment levels were similar to 2015.
Alltech and its accelerator partner Dogpatch Labs discovered that many startups were not looking for equity investment, according to Alltech CIO Aidan Connolly.
Investment in seafood and aquaculture technology increased 271% compared to the $52 million raised across both 2014 and 2015, but there is still a huge need for technology to bring efficiency and sustainability to the industry.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has issued a call to agribusiness innovators working in Southeast Asia’s ag industry to submit expressions of interest
Brandon Russell, portfolio manager at AgLaunch in Memphis, Tennessee, writes about how the group’s offerings for startups have developed and the benefits of being based in the Mid-South.
The university is about to launch its second accelerator program.
We caught up with Isabelle Decitre, founder of the awards, to find out more about her motivation for launch FFAA and why it’s needed in Asia.
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FoodFutureCo is about to graduate its first cohort so we caught up with Shen Tong, founder, to find out more about the program and how it compares to his other program Food-X.
Startup resources continue to grow with a new accelerator and two competitions launching last week.
As with all startups competitions, the pitches at FoodBytes varied in quality, so here three of the judges — Saran Nolet, Sam Trethewey, and Michael Dean, offer 5 pieces of advice to startups to help them perfect their pitch.
AgTech Accelerator is still targeting a final close on $25 million to $30 million and is casting a wide net in its search for its first few investments, according to John Dombrosky, CEO of the organization.
US farmland values fell 0.2 percent in Q3, representing a shift from 0.7 percent growth during Q2. Whole Foods is in a spot over two cases of Hepatitis in Detroit, while Western Growers plans to award startups at its upcoming AGM.
Applications Open for Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security The Olam Prize is one of four initiatives launched for Olam’s 25th anniversary in 2014,
Verizon is deploying its agriculture IoT service on three new Californian vineyards, USDA awards $33.4m in grants to ag innovation initiatives, and more in this week’s industry brief.
Sprout’s agritech accelerator helped startups raise $1.5m in the first cohort, but the program is doing more to differentiate itself than pure funding.
H-FARM, an Italy-based innovation hub, and IT giant Cisco are taking advantage of this trend by launching a new food tech accelerator.
The Yield Lab Galway will invest €100k into eight to 12 startups over the next two years,
The Mixing Bowl convened in Mountain View, California, this week to discuss how IT innovation is transforming the food and agriculture industry, and some new questions were posed to the industry.
Finistere Ventures,Cloud Break Advisors & major ag industry companies have launched an early-stage agtech accelerator called Radicle.
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