When it comes to methane emissions, most people think of oil, coal, gas and burping cows, says Louise Parlons Bentata at UK-based startup Bluemethane. What they often forget, she says, is water.
Dyeing fabric is terrible for the environment, says Chui-Lian Lee. But what if you could create textiles with inherent color, and skip the dyeing step altogether?
The race is on to find cheaper and more sustainable feedstocks to fuel the bioeconomy, says Hyfe cofounder and CEO Michelle Ruiz.
“What we’re doing is taking out the sugar and replacing it with ketones, which are a better source of energy,” says cofounder Karishma Thawani.
“In 2016, I spoke to a lot of investors that said, ‘Why would anybody produce casein in plants when you can easily do it via precision fermentation?’ The same people are now coming back and saying, ‘Actually what you’re doing makes a lot of sense,'” says Alpine Bio founder Magi Richani.
While a fair amount of work has gone into research on salt tolerant rice, there are “not many valid commercial options on the wheat side,” claims OlsAro.
VCs need to put more money into women entrepreneurs as a path to profit and impact, and to generate better returns.
“We have additional insecticide candidates at earlier stages in our pipeline, as well as our first fungicidal candidates,” CEO Anna Rath tells AFN.
It’ll expand manufacturing capacity at its Florida facility to bring its ag biofertilizer product to more farmers across North America.
The Californian startup is helping to make seaweed “the most abundant, most sustainable” source of protein on Earth.
The chief marketing officer discusses the risks of CEA, the crops we’ll grow indoors in the future, and how indoor agtech will change.
Data from AgFunder shows a steady increase in the number of female founders in both upstream and downstream agrifoodtech startups.
Helaina’s breastmilk alternative, made using precision fermentation, is a step up from formula and offers the same proteins found in human breastmilk.
This month marks a year since the Women in Agrifood Directory was launched and it’s been a labor of love. How is it doing?
The woman-led fund has raised $5.7 million to help the country’s ag sector embrace technology, improve climate resilience, and empower women.
Fresh off its $110 million funding round, Nigeria’s TradeDepot is pushing the boundaries of digitalization and financing for Africa’s small food businesses and retailers.
Chicago-based impact investment fund VestedWorld has supported more than 20 African startups addressing critical social and market needs, like improving cost and value chain for food.
OKO Finance offers crop insurance to smallholder farmers in Mali – one of the few fintech companies focusing on the landlocked West African country.
The fintech startup is creating a digital community of women who are financially empowering other women – namely, unbanked smallholder farmers.
FMO is partnering with AFN to launch a dedicated Africa news edition, strengthening Africa’s agrifoodtech ecosystem through knowledge-sharing and research.
