Retailo raises $36m Series A funding from AgFunder, Graphene & others February 1, 2022 The Riyadh-based B2B marketplace said it’ll use the Series A funds for geographical expansion, and to launch new products and verticals.
UAE indoor farmer Pure Harvest nets $65m to fund Asia expansion October 28, 2021 The Abu Dhabi-based company will add over 100 crops to its portfolio, as well as new CEA technologies, through its collaboration with PlanTFarm.
Brief: UAE cloud kitchen startup Kitopi raises $415m, joins billion-dollar club July 5, 2021 The Series C round marks the first UAE investment out of SoftBank’s Vision Fund II.
Pure Harvest is not just a vertical farm, but a ‘veridical’ one, says CEO May 7, 2021 Fresh off the back of a $60 million growth round in March, the Middle East CEA startup claims it can achieve up to 15x the yield with a tenth of the water of incumbent solutions – and it’s targeting Southeast Asia next.
Covid-19 & shifting regional relations put agrifoodtech top of mind for UAE December 8, 2020 Abu Dhabi has been looking at ways to produce more of its food closer to home in light of the pandemic, geopolitical flux, and advances in agtech.
FreshToHome banks $121m in India’s ‘largest ever Series C funding for consumer tech’ October 28, 2020 The Bengaluru-based startup claims to be “the world’s largest fully integrated online brand in fresh fish and meat e-commerce.”
Sponsored Grow-NY wants to award $3m to agrifoodtech startups focused on the future of food and farming
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?