AgFunder impact fund leads Mayani’s $1.7m seed round to scale Filipino farm and fisheries produce marketplace
January 27, 2023
Operating both a B2B and B2C marketplace, Mayani has nearly 140,000 fish farmers on its platform.
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With $3bn in deals, top 10 climate x agrifoodtech startups prove themselves a vital part of climate tech ecosystem
January 25, 2023
The top 10 climate tech deals in agrifood in 2022 were almost exclusively upstream startups in vertical farming, alternative proteins and ag biotech.
Omnivore achieves partial exit in Ecozen’s $25m Series C led by Nuveen for clean energy irrigation, cold chain tech
January 25, 2023
“Our work has always been at the intersection of climate tech and agri,” says Devendra Gupta, CEO of Ecozen.
Despite economic uncertainty, agtech adoption is up for farmers around the world, says McKinsey
January 24, 2023
Despite an overall increase in agtech adoption, farmers around the world still lag in terms of adding new sustainability practices to their operations.
Brief: EarthOptics nets $27.6m Series B to advance soil sensing and data platform
January 23, 2023
EarthOptics, a company based in Arlington, Virginia that provides soil data measurement technologies and services, has secured $27.6 million Series B funding. The round was
Brief: GOOD Meat set to significantly cut costs with Singapore’s approval of new cell meat growth material
January 18, 2023
Good Meat says the approval of its new serum-free media is the first of its kind and will enable them to increase the production of its cultivated chicken while lowering its manufacturing costs.
Brief: Gene editing companies Calyxt and Cibus plan merger to become Cibus Inc amid signs of struggles
January 18, 2023
Both companies have struggled to stay afloat and face further headwinds from the current downturn and rough economic climate.
Corporate action could return natural capital to ‘safe’ levels and still deliver ROI, says McKinsey
January 17, 2023
Agrifood corporates in particular could play a major role in restoring the world’s stock of natural resources — otherwise known as natural capital.
Exclusive: Evigence raises $18m for food freshness tech that’s extending shelf life by 20%, reducing food waste by 30%
January 17, 2023
Evigence is a food freshness sensing and analytics company that counts meal kit company Marley Spoon By Martha Stewart as a client.
Meet the founder: Zane Adams of FedUp Foods on his advocacy for regenerative supply chains
January 13, 2023
Zane Adams, Co-CEO of FedUp Foods talked to AFN about extractive food production systems and why producers need to embrace regenrative supply chains
Pyramidia Ventures: a “founder on steroids” building agrifood x climate tech startups in Africa
January 12, 2023
Pyramidia Ventures is taking an alternative approach to venture capital to help solve Kenya’s pressing food security and climate change challenges.
Apply to the 2023 AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator
January 11, 2023
Agrifoodtech startups working to build a more sustainable, reliable agrifood system are invited to apply to the five-month-long program
Iowa State University builds innovative public private partnerships for a more sustainable future
January 9, 2023
Leading names in ag like John Deere work with Iowa State University faculty, researchers and students to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
Vertical farm fail, a unique agtech SPAC: AFN’s best read of 2022
January 5, 2023
Vertical farm failure, a SPAC from the father of agtech, GM controversy, indoor farmed wheat, and funding for one of regenerative agriculture’s leaders were the top 5 articles reported on by AFN’s team of reporters in 2022.
Germany’s first regen ag ‘Farmer of the Year’ Benedikt Bösel wants agriculture to receive more scientific focus
December 30, 2022
We catch up with Benedikt Bösel, managing director of a 3000-hectare farm near Berlin, Germanyv that’s adopting and developing regen ag systems
2022’s 5 biggest foodtech deals
December 28, 2022
Food delivery, cultivated meat, and bio-energy startups across Asia, North America and Oceana landed agrifoodtech’s top five deals of 2022.
Budweiser brewer AB InBev’s route to net-zero: there’s no ‘one-size-fits-all’ way to scale regenerative agriculture
December 15, 2022
With over 20,000 farmers across 13 countries, multinational brewing company AB InBev employs a range of tactics when it comes to boosting soil health.
How Forsea is avoiding the “scaffolding challenge” of cultivated meat and seafood
December 12, 2022
Forsea, an Israeli cultured seafood startup is using organoid technolog, mostly used in phrama and developmental biology, to produce cultured seafood.
Meet the Founder: Why Digital Mobile Africa’s Robert Madziva wants to commercialize smallholder farming in Africa
December 9, 2022
Achieving food security and boosting smallholder farm incomes go hand in hand; Robert Madziva aims to do both with his digital agribusiness platform.
The UK wastes £19bn of food each year. As food shortages loom, we need circular solutions, says insect startup
December 1, 2022
A mix of high inflation, drought conditions, and high energy costs are making the chance of food shortages and food insecurity in the UK ever more likely this winter. We need circular solutions, argues one startup.
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