| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.05.2026 | Resurrect Bio Secures $10.3M to Revolutionize Crop Disease Resistance with AI Gene-Editing | Resurrect Bio announced a successful $10.3 million Series A funding close. This oversubscribed round powers its cutting-edge gene-editing technology. The UK-based biotech company targets pervasive crop diseases. It reactivates plants' inher... |
| 14.05.2026 | Resurrect Bio: $10.3 Million Oversubscribed Series A Raised To Accelerate Crop Disease Resistance | Resurrect Bio, a biotechnology company developing disease-resistant crops through gene editing, announced the final close of its Series A funding round at $10.3 million, oversubscribed from the company’s previously announced $8.1 million in... |
| 13.05.2026 | Resurrect Bio expands Series A to $10.3m to scale tech helping plants to defend themselves | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Resurrect Bio]
UK-based Resurrect Bio—a startup equipping crops with genetic defenses against disease—has announced the final close of its Series A round at $10.3 million.... |
| 09.04.2026 | SEADLING founder Simon Davis on bringing long-term economic benefit to SEA’s seaweed farmers | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in SEADLING.]
Seaweed is a billion-dollar industry in Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines alone, but it’s a tough one to access because of farms’ remote locations.
Simon Davi... |
| 25.03.2026 | How Lumi AI helps CPGs find ‘multi-million-dollar opportunities’ hidden in their supply chain data | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Lumi AI.]
In companies that rely on ERP systems a la Oracle or SAP, the average business user can’t simply dive into the data and extract immediate insights. That process ... |
| 20.03.2026 | How to make regenerative agriculture ‘financially legible’ for agrifood corporates | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Klim.]
Up to now, discussions around soil degradation largely focus on environmental consequences: biodiversity loss, erosion, and water contamination, for example.
But fo... |
| 18.03.2026 | New report: Agrifoodtech funding is flat but the story is shifting | By now, we’ve rehashed agrifoodtech’s post-2021 correction so many times we’ve run out of ways to describe it. Funding winter. Trough of disillusionment. Market rationalization. Pick your preferred cliche.
It’s time to move on.
AgFunder’s G... |
| 20.02.2026 | Resurrect Bio Holds $8.1M Initial Close of Series A | Resurrect Bio, a London, UK-based biotechnology company that supports the agriculture sector by equipping crops with genetic defenses against disease, raised $8.1M in the initial closing of its Series A funding.
The round was led by Corteva... |
| 19.02.2026 | Resurrect Bio Raises $8.1 Million Initial Close Of Series A Led By Corteva | Resurrect Bio announced the $8.1 million initial close of its Series A funding round, led by Corteva through its Corteva Catalyst platform. Additional participants in the round include Calculus Capital, Pymwymic, UKI2S, SynBioVen, and AgFun... |
| 27.09.2025 | Scindo Secures €4.5M to Ignite AI-Driven Sustainable Ingredient Revolution | Scindo, a UK-based biotech innovator, secured €4.5 million. This vital funding accelerates its advanced AI platform. The platform discovers and engineers next-generation enzymes. These bio-catalysts enable sustainable, bio-based ingredients... |
| 23.09.2025 | Scindo Raises £4M in Funding | Scindo, a London, UK-based startup developing a data-rich AI platform, raised £4M in funding.
The round was led by Kadmos Capital and Clay Capital, with participation from PINC, and existing investors Synbioven, AgFunder, SOSV, Farvatn Vent... |
| 23.09.2025 | London’s Scindo raises €4.5 million to accelerate sustainable ingredients platform | Scindo, a UK-based startup developing a data-rich AI platform to discover and design next-generation enzymes, has raised €4.5 million in funding to enable bio-based ingredients and sustainable chemistry across multiple high-value sectors.
T... |
| 15.07.2025 | Eclipse Ingredients Emerges From Stealth, Raising $7M AUD for Human Lactoferrin Made With Precision Fermentation | Australian biotech startup Eclipse Ingredients (not to be confused with US-based alt-dairy brand Eclipse Foods) has emerged from stealth after raising $7 million AUD in funding.
Eclipse Ingredients aims to provide widespread access to previ... |
| 05.06.2025 | How Latin America is moving from a pioneer to a powerhouse in agricultural biologicals | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]
Conversations about ag biologicals these days almost invariably mention Brazil, where more than half of farmers use bioinputs in some form, according to research from the Brazilian Agr... |
| 24.04.2025 | Eratani's $6.2 Million Funding: A New Dawn for Indonesia's Agritech | In the heart of Indonesia, a revolution is brewing. Eratani, an agritech startup, has secured $6.2 million in Series A funding. This investment, led by Clay Capital, is a beacon of hope for a sector that has seen better days. The funding ro... |
| 24.04.2025 | Indonesia’s Eratani raised $6.2 M Series A funding from Clay Capital | Eratani, an Indonesian agricultural technology company, has raised $6.2 million in a Series A funding round that was led by Clay Capital.
TNB Aura, SBI Ven Capital, AgFunder, Genting Ventures, and IIX also participated in the round, accordi... |
| 22.04.2025 | How Techcoop plans to build an ‘export-oriented supply chain’ for Southeast Asia’s smallholder farmers | Almost half the global population is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, from droughts and heatwaves to floods and more severe storms.
For the vast majority of the world’s 2.5 billion smallholder farmers, these extreme weath... |
| 16.04.2025 | Indias agrifoodtech startups attract USD 2.5 bn last year, 3-fold jump from 2023: Report | New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) Investments in India's agrifoodtech startups jumped over 3-fold to USD 2.5 billion last year, driven by funds raised by quick commerce company Zepto, according to a report.
Omnivore, in collaboration with AgFunder, a... |
| 16.04.2025 | NEW REPORT: Agrifoodtech funding in developing markets surges 63%, bucking global decline | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]
Agrifoodtech investment in developing markets reached $3.7 billion in 2024, surging a remarkable 63% year-over-year (YoY) and bucking the 4% decline observed in the agrifoodtech sector... |
| 10.04.2025 | East Asia bets on biotech as downstream innovation lags in 40% agrifoodtech funding plunge | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]
Like most regions of the world, East Asia’s agrifoodtech industry suffered in 2024, posting a significant 40% year-over-year decline in funding, its lowest point in 10 years.
Collectiv... |
| 08.04.2025 | Lumi AI Secures $3.7 Million to Transform Data Analytics Landscape | In the fast-paced world of data analytics, Lumi AI is making waves. The Toronto-based company recently secured $3.7 million in seed funding, a financial boost that promises to reshape how businesses interact with their data. Led by AgFunder... |
| 02.04.2025 | Self-service data analytics and insights platform Lumi AI raised $3.7 M Seed funding | The $3.7 million seed funding round for Lumi AI, a self-service data analytics and insights platform that is revolutionizing how retailers and brands find value in their enterprise resource planning (ERP) data, has closed. AgFunder, a Silic... |
| 28.03.2025 | MENA Digest: Valeo Health nets Series B; Nayla Finance, enza, Lumi AI get seed money | The Valeo Health team
Valeo Health, a UAE-based healthtech platform that delivers personalised real-time insights and tailored wellness solutions, led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa this week.
At least three fintech st... |
| 12.03.2025 | From retail launch to winning awards in just 6 months: natural energy drink-maker KEY looks back at 2024 | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in KEY.]
Gone are the days of energy drinks being the sole territory of athletes. Thanks to the ongoing craze for functional beverages, natural energy drinks are now popular ... |
| 10.03.2025 | Pharming's Bold Move: The Abliva Acquisition and Its Implications | In the world of pharmaceuticals, acquisitions can be the lifeblood of growth. Pharming Technologies B.V. has just made a significant leap by acquiring Abliva AB, a Swedish biotech firm. This move is not just a transaction; it’s a strategic ... |
| 10.03.2025 | eFishery: The Indonesian Startup Scandal That Rocked Southeast Asia’s Food Tech Sector | 6 Mins Read The alleged financial fraud committed by one of Indonesia’s most promising startups will likely have a ripple effect on Southeast Asia’s food tech economy.
A financial scandal surrounding a heralded aquaculture company from Indo... |
| 07.03.2025 | The Green Frontier: Investment and Innovation in Carbon Removal and Agrifood Tech | In the battle against climate change, two sectors are emerging as crucial players: carbon removal and agrifood technology. Both are navigating a landscape marked by volatility, innovation, and a pressing need for sustainable solutions. Rece... |
| 07.03.2025 | Varaha Raises Project Investment from UK-Based Investment Manager Conductor Capital | New Delhi | Bengaluru, India
Varaha, an Indian company developing carbon removal projects in Asia, has secured a multimillion US dollar, multi-carbon pathways, project investment from Conductor Capital, a UK based energy-focused commodities... |
| 07.03.2025 | Global Agrifood Tech Funding Rebounds After Two-Year Slump | 5 Mins Read Global agrifood tech investment reached $16B in 2024, a mere 4% drop from 2023, with the US and India scoring big wins amid Europe’s continued decline.
The alarming declines in venture capital flows to agrifood tech innovators a... |
| 06.03.2025 | NEW REPORT: Global agrifoodtech breaks funding freefall with $16bn in 2024 | [Disclosure: AgFunder is AgFunderNews’ parent company.]
We’d all be forgiven for assuming the next batch of agrifoodtech investment data would be dismal. After all, the sector has been in freefall for the last few years, pulled down by macr... |
| 26.02.2025 | Singapore alternative meat startups target resurgence after sector setbacks | CONVERGE LIVE - Singapore, March 12-13 2025 - Request invitation
Singapore, which imports most of its produce due to land scarcity, went big on the meat alternatives sector with generous funding for research and commercialization as it look... |
| 12.02.2025 | The Climate Tech Conundrum: Navigating Funding Challenges and Opportunities | The climate tech landscape is a battlefield. Investors are cautious, and funding is dwindling. In 2024, the alternative protein sector felt the pinch, with investments dropping for the third consecutive year. The numbers tell a stark story:... |
| 11.02.2025 | Food & Climate Tech Funding: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities | 9 Mins Read Food and climate tech investors remained cautious with their cash in 2024, as funding for alternative protein dipped, investments failed to align with emissions impact, and women founders were sidelined yet again.
The venture se... |
| 22.12.2024 | The Rising Tide of Transgender Rights in the Face of Political Storms | In the landscape of American politics, the winds of change can be fierce. For transgender individuals in government, the recent election has stirred a tempest of uncertainty. With the return of Trump to the political forefront, fears are pa... |
| 18.12.2024 | Asia biotechnology ecosystem responds to government support with 140% funding increase over 3 years | Investment in Asia biotechnology startups is on the rise, with those operating in the food, agriculture, bioenergy, and biomaterials spaces across the Asia-Pacific raising nearly $3.5 billion in the last three years, up over 140% against th... |
| 10.12.2024 | Q&A: CEO Sam Sneddon on how WollemAI plans to become the climate tech vendor of choice in Australia and Southeast Asia | Agricultural systems are inextricably linked to carbon and nitrogen cycles, but emissions calculations and the science and data for effectively monitoring land and agriculture are still evolving. WollemAI, a climate-tech startup from Austra... |
| 09.12.2024 | The Arla Bovaer case highlights a new frontier for agrifoodtech: combatting misinformation | Tom Shields is a partner at AgFunder, the parent company of AgFunderNews. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of AgFunderNews.
Innovation in food and agriculture has never been mor... |
| 27.11.2024 | Asia dominates global aquaculture production but Europe still holds most of the VC investment: report | VC investment into aquaculture startups broke records last year, according to new data from PitchBook that highlights $1 billion invested in the sector in 2023.
However, there are signs that 2024 numbers for both deal value and deal count w... |
| 27.11.2024 | Make your deals count in the global AgFunder AgriFoodTech Investment report – submit now! | Each year, the research team at AgFunder releases the most comprehensive foodtech and agtech investment research report out there: the annual, and global, AgFunder AgriFoodTech Investment Report.
The report is the result of a large collecti... |
| 26.11.2024 | Asia-Pacific Agrifood Tech: A Resilient Recovery Amidst Global Challenges | The Asia-Pacific (APAC) agrifood tech sector is on the rebound. After two years of turmoil, funding has surged by 38% in 2024, reaching $4.2 billion. This recovery is not just a flicker; it’s a beacon of hope in a landscape once shrouded in... |
| 25.11.2024 | APAC Agrifood Tech Funding Up by 38%, With India Reclaiming the Top Spot | 4 Mins Read Funding for alternative proteins has grown by 85% this year in Asia-Pacific, mirroring a larger sector-wide recovery, a new AgFunder report shows.
Asia-Pacific’s agrifood tech sector is showing “remarkable” signs of recovery aft... |
| 25.11.2024 | Klim: Regenerative Agriculture Solutions Company Raises $22 Million (Series A) | Klim, a leading European provider of insetting solutions that enable the food industry to transform its supply chains towards regenerative agricultural practices, announced the closing of its Series A funding round, led by BNP Paribas, Euro... |
| 21.11.2024 | NEW REPORT: Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech funding recovers with 38% YoY increase to $4.2bn so far in 2024 | The Asia-Pacific (APAC) agrifoodtech ecosystem has recorded an impressive recovery so far in 2024 with startups in the region raising some $4.2 billion, a 38% year-over-year increase, in the face of global market headwinds that have plagued... |
| 15.11.2024 | For Nzatu, regenerative agriculture is about building ‘a sustainable, long-term economy’ for Africa’s farmers | A new model for regenerative agriculture is brewing in Africa.
What started “in a very informal manner,” with two sisters from rural Zambia teaching smallholder farmers how to keep bees and grow different crops together, is now a globally d... |
| 15.11.2024 | SAYeTECH tackles ‘the everyday struggles of smallholder farmers’ through smart machinery development | Smart agricultural machinery has historically been the domain of large-scale farm operations that can afford the price tag that usually comes with such equipment.
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei and the team at Ghana-based SAYeTECH take a differen... |
| 13.11.2024 | Klim's $22 Million Series A: A Green Revolution in Agriculture | In the heart of Berlin, a quiet revolution is brewing. Klim, a startup focused on regenerative agriculture, has just secured $22 million in Series A funding. This marks a significant milestone, not just for Klim, but for the entire agritech... |
| 12.11.2024 | Klim Raises $22M in Series A Funding | Klim, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of insetting solutions for the food industry, raised $22M in Series A funding.
The round was led by BNP Paribas, with participation from Earthshot Ventures, Rabobank, Agfunder, Norinchukin Bank, Achmea... |
| 12.11.2024 | Klim raises $22M in Germany's largest agritech Series A of 2024 | Berlin-based regenerative agriculture startup Klim has raised $22 million in Series A funding, marking Germany’s largest Series A round in AgriTech this year.
Founded in 2020, Klim provides food companies with a seamless, scalable solution ... |
| 11.11.2024 | Sea Forest strikes deal to bring livestock methane-busting seaweed supplements to East Africa | Tasmania-based Sea Forest—one of a flurry of startups producing feed supplements from Asparagopsis seaweed to curb livestock methane emissions—has teamed up with Uganda-based agtech co NileOrbital Aerospace to feed its wares to cattle in Ea... |
| 08.11.2024 | The Future of Food: How YoLa Fresh is Reshaping Africa's Agricultural Landscape | In the heart of Africa, a revolution is brewing. It’s not a political upheaval or a technological takeover. It’s a quiet transformation in the agricultural sector, led by innovative startups like YoLa Fresh. This Moroccan company is on a mi... |
| 08.11.2024 | New Boston Atinary Lab to leverage Takeda expertise |
Located in Kendall Square, Cambridge, the Atinary Lab will serve as a demonstration hub, allowing Takeda to experience firsthand the powerful synergies of AI, automation, and robotics in optimizing laboratory workflows to tackle complex ch... |
| 04.11.2024 | YoLa Fresh founders on how a more efficient food system can reduce emissions and water consumption in Africa. | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]
In Africa, attention towards climate tech has been growing, with climate-related companies in the year to date raising 40% of all funding in the upstream supply chain. Although data fo... |
| 28.10.2024 | Ag Marketplaces & Fintech startups are the most popular category of African agrifoodtech investment in 2024 | Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category have taken the top spot for funding in recent months, overtaking the Midstream Tech category in 2023 and bringing in $65 million, or 41% total investment on the continent so far in 2024... |
| 17.10.2024 | NEW REPORT: African agrifoodtech funding recovers 1.6% YoY in H1 2024 amid global funding challenges | African agrifoodtech funding is showing mild growth and recovery in 2024, with startups in the sector raising $145 million in the first half of 2024, a 1.6% year-over-year increase vs H1, 2023. But Africa still represents a small fraction o... |
| 27.09.2024 | Insect farmer Ÿnsect in ‘advanced discussions’ with investors after filing safeguard plan with French court | Ÿnsect—one of the highest-profile players in the nascent insect farming space—has filed a safeguard plan with a commercial court in Évry, France, in a bid to stay afloat as it raises funds to expand production at its mealworm facility in Am... |
| 26.09.2024 | Eion's Innovative Path to Carbon Removal: A Game Changer for Agriculture and Climate | In the race against climate change, innovative solutions are sprouting like wildflowers. One such solution is Eion, a startup that is transforming the agricultural landscape through enhanced rock weathering (ERW). This method not only captu... |
| 26.09.2024 | Eion: $3 Million (Series A Extension) Raised And Carbon Removal Deal Signed With Microsoft | Eion, a carbon removal company turning the proven science of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) into a scalable climate solution, announced a contract to deliver 8,000 tons of permanent carbon dioxide removal to Microsoft. And Eion also announc... |
| 24.09.2024 | Eion Raises $3M in Series A Extension | Eion, an Oakland, CA-based carbon removal company, raised $3M in Series A extension funding.
Backers included Growmark, AgFunder, Ridgeline, Trailhead Capital, Overture Partners, Mercator Partners, Exelon Foundation, and others.
The company... |
| 29.07.2024 | AgFunder VC raises $102m for latest agrifood tech fund | AgFunder VC, a US-based agrifood tech investor, has raised $102 million for its latest early-stage fund, surpassing its $100 million target. |
| 29.07.2024 | Deals in brief: Hive Health raises USD 6.5 million, AgFunder VC closes fourth early-stage fund, ten China and India deals, and more | Hive Health raises USD 6.5 million in pre-Series A round
Hive Health, a health insurance company based in Manila, has raised USD 6.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round. Key investors include Gentree Fund and Beenext, with participation... |
| 24.07.2024 | AgFunder VC closes Fund IV oversubscribed on $102m, reveals deep tech portfolio focus | AgFunder VC, the global deep tech venture capital firm investing in startups that can positively impact food and agriculture, and accelerate human progress, has closed its fourth early-stage fund on $102 million, surpassing its target. [Dis... |
| 03.07.2024 | Agrifoodtech funding drops 12.5% YoY in H1 2024 | Data Snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 14.06.2024 | Investment Climate Podcast: Rob Leclerc of AgFunder – How to Get Funded in 2024 | In this podcast series, co-produced by vegconomist, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2024 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs.
Podcast Host ... |
| 06.06.2024 | Cultivated Meat Startup Aleph Farms Lays Off 30% of Staff As Part of ‘Asset-Light’ Growth Strategy | 5 Mins Read Israeli cultivated meat producer Aleph Farms has let go of 30% of its domestic workforce, reportedly due to difficulties in securing capital amid its scale-up process.
Aleph Farms, one of only four companies cleared to sell cult... |
| 22.05.2024 | Who’s investing in climate adaptation for smallholder farmers? | Data Snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 15.05.2024 | Agribusiness markets & eGrocery still lead India’s agrifoodtech VC funding, but Bioenergy & Biomaterials on the rise | Data Snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 02.05.2024 | Florida Officially Bans Cultivated Meat as Governor Mocks World Economic Forum | 9 Mins Read Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to ban the sale and production of cultivated meat in the state, in a news conference that poked fun at the World Economic Forum. The alternative protein industry says it’s “reckles... |
| 24.04.2024 | Ketones will fuel the next generation of energy drinks, say ex-Pepsi & Coke execs behind KEY, as AgFunder leads $4m seed round | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in KEY.]
KEY—a startup led by former PepsiCo and Coca-Cola execs on a mission to disrupt the US functional beverage segment with a zero-sugar ketone-fueled energy drink—has e... |
| 22.04.2024 | Futureproofing your Morning Joe? Atomo opens ‘beanless’ coffee roastery in Seattle | [Disclosure: AgFunder, parent company to AgFunderNews, is an investor in Atomo.]
Atomo—maker of the ‘world’s first beanless espresso’—has opened a 33,547sq ft roastery in Seattle capable of producing four million pounds of ground ‘coffee’ a... |
| 19.04.2024 | Meet the Founder: Neatleaf’s Elmar Mair discusses the critical role of autonomy in ag: “It takes a lot of anxiety out of cultivation” | Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Neatleaf.
As AgFunder partner Tom Shields recently wrote, it’s time to take greenhouses into the next era, where we’ll need to “optimize yield and reduce costs. To do tha... |
| 17.04.2024 | Data snapshot: Investment in food waste tech down in the US, but sector still ‘well positioned to outperform overall trends’ | Data Snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 16.04.2024 | OlsAro raises $2.7m to expand climate smart crop breeding platform: ‘We’re enabling farming on otherwise unfarmable land’ | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in OlsAro.]
OlsAro—a Swedish startup developing wheat varieties resilient to environmental stressors—has raised a €2.5 million ($2.7 million) seed round led by Future Food Fu... |
| 12.04.2024 | Meet the founder: Hyphen’s Stephen Klein on ‘humbling’ startup experiences, pandemic pivots, and why you don’t need a robotic sledgehammer to crack a nut | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Hyphen.]
Robots—especially the ones with articulated arms that you might see in Tesla plant—are pretty cool, says Hyphen cofounder Stephen Klein, who had his first, “hum... |
| 09.04.2024 | From novelty to necessity? The evolution of insect farming | On paper, insect farming ticks all the right boxes. Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), mealworms and crickets can transform food and agricultural waste into high-quality protein, oil and fertilizer at record speed with a fraction of the input... |
| 09.04.2024 | How biotech startup Seadling is turning seaweed into a high-impact crop for smallholder farmers | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Seadling.]
For Simon Davis, launching a biotech startup first involved six years of sailing around the Pacific ocean.
Having left the chiropractic field he’d worked in for... |
| 04.04.2024 | 🎥 Germin8 Ventures on a ‘bruising’ year in venture capital, and new opportunities in ‘frontier science and computation’ | In 2023, agrifoodtech represented just 5.5% of all venture capital sector dollars, down from 6.7% in 2022 and 7.6% in 2021, despite the fact that the food & ag industry accounts for almost a fifth of global GDP and is a major contributo... |
| 03.04.2024 | Data snapshot: From ‘lightning in a box’ to microbial carbon capture, agrifoodtech investment moves upstream in Australia as investors focus on climate mitigation | Data Snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 22.03.2024 | Meet the founder: FYTO’s Jason Prapas on ‘turning a nitrogen problem into high-grade protein’ for dairy farmers | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in FYTO.]
Fast-growing aquatic plants such as lemna present an intriguing new sustainable protein source for humans and animals, provided you can find ways to grow and proces... |
| 21.03.2024 | Biological progress or bathtub brews? The state of US crop biologicals in 2024 | Bathtub brew. Snake oil. Bugs in a jug. For years, companies developing biologicals — a form of crop protection derived from naturally occurring substances like microbes, peptides, and plants — have labored under the shadow of these labels,... |
| 18.03.2024 | SDG Impact Japan Co., Ltd. Announcement regarding additional investment by AgFunder SIJ Impact Fund, which invests in the agri-food tech field that contributes to sustainable food production | - |
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| 14.03.2024 | Global Agrifood Tech Funding Down by 50% As Deals Become Smaller and Fewer | 6 Mins Read The global agrifood tech financial landscape remains difficult, with funding in the sector down by 49.2% from 2022-23, reaching $15.6B – the lowest it has been in six years – according to a new report by AgFunder.
A lot has been... |
| 13.03.2024 | Letter from an underinvested category: agrifoodtech | There’s no way to sugarcoat this: investment in agrifoodtech startups is at its lowest point in six years. Not only is it lower than those pre/early-Covid, crazy-VC-inflated-valuations years between 2018 and 2021 but it also declined as an ... |
| 12.03.2024 | New report: Agrifoodtech startup investment drops 50%, accounts for just 5.5% of global VC dollars | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]
Investment in agrifoodtech startups has hit its lowest point in six years, declining nearly 50% from 2022 to 2023 as a result of fewer and smaller deals, according to AgFunder’s just-r... |
| 11.03.2024 | Umaro Foods: Seaweed Bacon Revolution | Umaro Foods, the Californian plant-based meat producer, has secured $3.8 million in funding to launch its innovative seaweed bacon into supermarkets. Led by AgFunder, the financing round aims to reduce production costs and expand the reach ... |
| 06.03.2024 | Umaro Foods raises $3.8m in new financing as it scales up meat-free bacon ‘at half the cost’ of animal bacon | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Umaro Foods.]
Umaro Foods has raised $3.8m in new financing including a seed 2 equity round led by AgFunder and grant funding as it gears up to launch its seaweed-based ... |
| 02.02.2024 | Innovating the ‘picks and shovels’ of the greenhouse: Why AgFunder invested in robotics startup Neatleaf | Tom Shields is a partner at AgFunder, the parent company of AgFunderNews. AgFunder recently led a $4 million round for Neatleaf, a robotic cultivation management platform for indoor farming environments.
More often than not, the simplest in... |
| 23.01.2024 | Neatleaf Secures $4m in Funding Led by AgFunder to Fulfill the Demand for AI-Driven Cultivation Technology | Neatleaf, a first-of-its-kind cultivation management platform that uses data, AI, and robotics to help the cultivation industry manage their crops and improve their yields, has secured $4 million led by AgFunder, one of the world’s most act... |
| 10.01.2024 | What’s in a name? How the term ‘AgriFoodTech’ came to be | Louisa Burwood-Taylor is the managing editor and head of news & research for AgFunder and AgFunderNews. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of AgFunderNews.
AgriFoodTech. It do... |
| 22.12.2023 | ‘It’s not sexy to talk about a grain elevator but it’s required’: Bushel’s Jake Joraanstad on 10 years of agtech evolution | “How do we build technology that farmers will use?”
Jake Joraanstad, co-founder and CEO of ag software provider Bushel, started asking that question long before the advent of the crowded farm startup scene we know today.
Back then, “agtech”... |
| 18.12.2023 | 10 years of Farmers Business Network, from ‘tremendous fear and uncertainty’ to a ‘tremendously exciting future’ | In 2014, Charles Baron and Amol Deshpande were concocting an idea that was practically unheard of in agriculture.
“The goal was to put the world of agriculture at the farmers’ fingertips and empower them through information, technology and ... |
| 18.12.2023 | Celebrating 10 years in agrifoodtech with special AgFunder e-zine! | Ten years ago, Michael Dean and Rob Leclerc incorporated AgFunder, AgFunderNews’ parent company, with the mission to bring more investment and innovation to the agriculture and food sectors.
This was the same year Monsanto acquired Climate ... |
| 13.12.2023 | Data snapshot: 10 years of restaurant tech funding shows the rise and fall of food delivery | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 07.12.2023 | Meatiply Secures Funds to Expand Cell-Based Operations for Meat and Functional Ingredients | Meatiply, a Singapore-based cultivated meat startup, has reportedly raised $3.75 million in the first close of a seed funding round co-led by previous investor Wavemaker Partners and AgFunder with participation from Seeds Capital, the inves... |
| 16.11.2023 | Data snapshot: APAC alt protein investment trends… Transitioning from CPG to picks and shovels | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 15.11.2023 | 🎥Better Bite Ventures on alt protein funding: ‘Investors are looking for companies with stronger fundamentals’ | Two years ago, investors were throwing money at alt protein startups. Today, the environment is significantly more challenging for firms seeking to raise money. What changed?
We caught up with Michal Klar, founding partner at Better Bite Ve... |
| 09.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Talus Renewables nabs $22m for green ammonia, Getir buys FreshDirect | This week, Talus Renewables closed a funding round for its green ammonia system and vegetable waste firm Letoon Holdings secured capital. M&A is coming for online grocery, as evidenced by Getir’s acquisition of US-based FreshDirect. The... |
| 07.11.2023 | 🎥 What is the market opportunity in China for meat and dairy alternatives? | With Beyond Meat mulling a restructure of its operations in China due to lackluster demand, what is the market opportunity in China for meat and dairy alternatives?
When it comes to plant-based meat, Matilda Ho, managing director at Chinese... |
| 01.11.2023 | Data snapshot: Ag Biotechnology investment surges in Asia-Pacific as funding swims upstream | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 26.10.2023 | France’s CarbonFarm Technology bags €2.5M to decarbonise rice farming and production | Read this article in:
France-based CarbonFarm Technology, a climate tech startup, announced that it has raised €2.5M in its seed round of funding.
The round was led by Racine² in partnership with Serena and Makesense. TechMind, Ponderosa Ve... |
