Brief: $2bn ‘integrated ag parks’ to be established in India to tackle global food insecurity
July 14, 2022
The tech-enabled parks are a joint project between India, Israel, the UAE, and the US.
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Tag: United Arab Emirates
Billionaire Olayan family backs UAE’s Pure Harvest in $181m fundraise
June 30, 2022
The Abu Dhabi-based startup said it will use the funding to expand its presence in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and South Korea.
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.”
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