Livestock app Breedr bags $16m Series A funding as it moves into farmer finance
The UK-based startup, which helps cattle farmers keep track of their herds and trade animals online, is launching a product to help them with cash flow.
The UK-based startup, which helps cattle farmers keep track of their herds and trade animals online, is launching a product to help them with cash flow.
It’ll now be able to back more high-growth, ‘mid-cap’ agribusinesses aiming to become regional and global players, says chief investment officer Chris Isaac.
The UK startup will use its insect farms to turn food waste from Morrisons supermarkets into feed for hens to produce ‘carbon-neutral’ eggs.
The UK startup offers an AI-driven gene editing platform that uses CRISPR technologies to build more resilience in plants and better crop sustainability.
The overwhelming feedback from COP26 has been one of mixed emotions as delegates tried to grapple with announcements and figure out their impact on agrifood.
“We’ve spent the money to take the R&D risk away” for vertical farm operators, IGS’s David Farquhar says on the sidelines of COP26.
If this is really is our “last, best chance,” the UK royal’s well-researched and well-grounded approach is worth taking seriously.
Global Incubator Programme – Gateway to Asia will help eight UK agrifood startups develop a roadmap to remotely establish their in-market presence in the region.
Animal agriculture can become a more sustainable enterprise with the help of technology, investment, and entrepreneurialism.
However, the survey’s choice of terminology may be problematic.
Biteback is creating edible oils from mealworms, while Cellular Agriculture has designed a new type of bioreactor to bring down cultivated meat’s costs.
Under-fire Oatly had accused the UK’s Glebe Farm, which produces an oat-based milk called PureOaty, of infringing its trademark rights.
Global Incubator Programme – Gateway to Asia will help UK agrifoodtech startups expand into the Asia-Pacific region remotely.
The London-based startup allows foodservice clients to buy meat, seafood, and plant-based protein collectively and have it delivered sustainably and transparently.
It’s building a “first of its kind” protein factory in the Netherlands with the aim of producing 1 million tonnes of mycoprotein annually by 2032.
Glebe Farm owner Phillip Rayner said that “although Oatly are much bigger than us, we do not believe we have done anything wrong.”
Zoe offers at-home gut health, blood sugar, and blood fat tests to help consumers gain better insight into their health and wellness.
It will be the Philippines’ biggest-ever IPO – and it’s being driven by demand for alt-protein and instant noodles.
Madar Farms is one of several indoor ag operations that the UAE – which imports 80% of its food – has invested in to boost domestic production.
With e-grocery adoption skyrocketing due to Covid-19, grocery delivery companies like UK-based Ocado are finding new reasons to seek out innovation.