Tag: venture capital

I’m getting déjà vu: foodtech and the dot com crash

January 16, 2023

Over the last year, we have seen a fierce and accelerating backlash against food tech. But it’s time to move on, writes Johan Jörgensen.

Digging into the next food revolution with former Obama policy advisor and VC Sam Kass

December 1, 2022

In this week’s episode of New Food Order, we speak with Sam Kass, former White House senior policy advisor, chef, author, and venture partner at Acre Venture Partners, about the transformation occurring across the food and agriculture industries.

“This is not social media, this is not the internet, this is not gaming.” But agtech investors aren’t going anywhere

October 20, 2022

At this year’s AgTech NEXT event in St. Louis, Missouri, panelists discussed the different ways to deal with “a food system in crisis.”

VIDEO: Farm Tech investment reached $4.7bn in 2019. Where is all that money going?

June 4, 2020

Farm tech investment has increased 370% over 6 years, bucking the trend across venture capital sectors, which have had a bumper ride. But why?

Now is the time to invest in foodtech

April 30, 2020

As investors seek diversity in order to weather the storms ahead, now, more than ever, FoodTech stands out for its value, its strength, its opportunities and the benefits it brings, writes PeakBridge Partners.

AgFunder Digitalk: What’s in store for agrifood investing in the wake of Covid-19?

April 23, 2020

In an effort to try and navigate how our growing but still relatively small asset class gets through the Covid-19 crisis, we’ve launched a series of digital talks for our community. In the first, we chatted with Climate Corp’s Dave Friedberg and Alexandria’s Blake Stevens.

BRIEF: SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son predicts bankruptcy for 15 Vision Fund portfolio cos

April 7, 2020

The Japanese company was one of the top agrifood investors worldwide last year, and its Vision Fund has backed food and agriculture startups such as Plenty, Zume, and DoorDash.

Perception is reality: data reveal gender bias in agri-foodtech investing

October 3, 2019

Just 8% of venture capital dollars invested in agri-foodtech in 2018 went to founding teams with at least one female, according to a new report by AgFunder, KK&P and The New Food Economy with support from S2G Ventures.

Who Are the Most Active AgriFood Tech Investors?

May 23, 2019

The majority of agrifood tech investors are generalist tech investors but there is also a growing number of dedicated funds focused on foodtech and agtech. Here’s a list of the top 10 in 2018.

Farm Tech & Supply Chain Tech Drive $1.6bn in Funding to European AgriFood Tech Startups in 2018

May 23, 2019

Europe’s agrifood tech ecosystem raised just 9% of the funding that went to foodtech and agtech startups globally in 2018. But deal activity increased 23% as agrifood tech startups in the region closed a similar number of deals as in the US.

Food’s ‘alternative’ future and other takeaways from F&A Next

May 23, 2019

Here are five takeaways about how “alternative” food ideas, technologies and actors are shifting the mainstream as we know it, from the F&A Next conference in The Netherlands last week.

‘We are relentlessly looking for female entrepreneurs, but there aren’t enough’

May 9, 2019

AgFunder and its collaborators KK&P and The New Food Economy are excited to announce that S2G Ventures has become a sponsor of Money Where Our Mouths Are (MWOMA), an investigation into the funding gaps for female entrepreneurs in the agrifood industry.

Empowering Innovative Businesses to Unseat and Disrupt the Agricultural Giants

April 29, 2019

At last year’s F&A Next conference, Adam Anders, managing partner at Anterra Capital, talked to legendary entrepreneur and principal at Future Shape, Tony Fadell about why investors are being drawn to the sector, and why we need to unseat the giants of the agricultural industry to empower innovation to flourish.

Omnivore Closes Fund 2 on $97m to Improve Lives of India’s 500m Farm Population

April 24, 2019

Omnivore, the Indian agrifood tech venture capital firm, has closed its second fund on $97 million, exceeding a target of $75 million.

Cultivian Sandbox closes third fund on $135m with bevy of food & ag corporate LPs

April 23, 2019

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures was the first to focus entirely on technology startups operating across the food and agriculture value chain.

What’s Different About Due Diligence in Ag Biotech?

April 9, 2019

Conducting due diligence in ag biotech startups has many similarities to other categories, such as questions around the team and market size, but biotech is inherently different than developing a piece of equipment or a digital application.

EXCLUSIVE: Rio Holds $77.5m First Close on Growth Stage AgriFood Fund, Rebrands From Avrio

April 2, 2019

Avrio Capital, one of the first investment firms to focus specifically on food and agriculture, has re-branded into a new investment firm called Rio Investment Partners, raising $77.5 million in the first close of a $150 million fund.

“Basic Farm Tech Tools Won’t Provide VCs the Exit Returns They Need, So Why Are VCs Still Investing in Them?”

March 13, 2019

Nolan Paul, Partner at Yamaha Motor Ventures and ex-head of R&D Strategy and Emerging Technology at leading produce grower Driscoll’s is offering his thoughts on how the agritech sector is developing ahead of his speaking slot at World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco next month.

AgFunder is Hiring a Venture Capital Investment Analyst

February 7, 2019

We are looking for an exceptional Investment Analyst to join our venture capital team. This is a different job to the investment associate we advertised previously.

Why Wharton Impact Investing Partners is Interested in AgriFood Tech

November 12, 2018

Curious about the role of AgriFood tech startups in impact investing? Read on as Devika Balachandran, an associate on Wharton Impact Investing Partners’ Food &