| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.04.2025 | Polish Radix Ventures Leads Series B Round for Biotech Startup Fresh Inset | Poland ~
Company:
Polish biotech Fresh Inset has raised €2.7 million in a Series B funding round.
👯 Founders: Andrzej Wolan, Krzysztof Czaplicki
📅 Founding year: 2018
🏭 Industry: Biotech, AgriTech
💥 Problem: Food waste due to ethylene-induc... |
| 06.08.2024 | B2B agri-processing platform Agrizy raised $9.8 M Series A funding | The B2B agri-processing platform Agrizy has raised $9.8 million (Rs 82 crore) in its Series A funding round, which is being led by Accion and Omnivore. New investors Capria Ventures and Thai Wah Ventures have also participated, and Ankur Ca... |
| 16.05.2024 | Hazel Technologies Honored as One of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Companies" | Hazel Announces Canada Expansion as Part of 2024-2025 Business Plan
CHICAGO, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hazel Technologies Inc., a Chicago-based technology company delivering solutions for fresh produce to extend shelf-life, increase sale... |
| 12.05.2022 | Corporate commitments, policy drive record $1.9bn funding for food waste solutions: ReFED | Technology companies tackling food waste raised $1.9 billion in funding in 2021, representing 101% year-on-year growth, according to a new report from US-based nonprofit ReFED. This takes investment in food waste tech and business models mi... |
| 02.03.2022 | Data Snapshot: 2021’s top deals for food waste startups driven by environment & economics | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 20.01.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Consumer foodtech players Flipdish, Yumi & La Vie raise large rounds | One of this week’s biggest fundings went to Flipdish — a US startup providing software that powers payments, online ordering, and delivery for foodservice enterprises — which netted a massive $100 million in a round led by Chinese tech gian... |
| 03.11.2021 | Data Snapshot: Supply chain issues drove $3.1bn investment in midstream tech in H1 2021 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Ventures operating in the middle of the agrifood value chain raked in $3.1 billion in investments in th... |
| 14.04.2021 | Hazel Technologies Closes $70M Series C Financing | Hazel Technologies, Inc., a Chicago, IL-based USDA-funded agricultural technology company delivering new solutions to combat food waste, raised $70m in Series C financing.
The round, which brought cumulative total raised to over $87m, was c... |
| 13.04.2021 | Food waste startup Hazel Technologies raises $70m in Pontifax, Temasek-led Series C round | Food waste reduction startup Hazel Technologies has closed a $70 million Series C round co-led by US private equity firm Pontifax AgTech and Singapore sovereign fund Temasek.
New and existing investors including S2G Ventures, Pangaea Ventur... |
| 13.04.2021 | Hazel Technologies Closes $70 Million Series C Financing | Poised to Save Roughly 1 Billion Pounds of Wasted Produce by the End of 2021, Hazel® Turns its Attention and Resources to Global Opportunities and Impact
CHICAGO, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hazel Technologies, Inc., a USDA-funded agricu... |
| 13.04.2021 | Daily funding roundup - April 13th, 2020 | Tempo has raised $220M; Clearcover landed $200M; CeQur secured $115M; ConsenSys secured $65M
CeQur: CeQur is a Marlborough, Ma.-based maker of wearable insulin delivery devices. CeQur has raised $115 million in funding co-led by Credit Suis... |
| 13.04.2021 | Hazel Technologies Grabs $70M Series C |
CHICAGO, IL, Hazel Technologies today announced that it had finalized documentation relating to a $70 million Series C financing round.
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| 13.04.2021 | Hazel Technologies lands $70M to improve the shelf life of produce | - |
| 13.04.2021 | BREAKING: Hazel Technologies raises $70m in Pontifax, Temasek-led Series C round | Food waste reduction startup Hazel Technologies has closed a $70 million Series C round co-led by US private equity firm Pontifax AgTech and Singapore sovereign fund Temasek.
New and existing investors including S2G Ventures, Pangea Venture... |
| 16.07.2020 | EXCLUSIVE: Sericulture startup Mori raises $12m Series A to preserve food with silk | So, common sense was wrong. It turns out you can eat silk! But before you drag out that Kimono of yours and swiftly devour it in celebration, hold on a second — you need a crucial bit of cutting-edge protein extraction technology first.
Ent... |
| 26.02.2020 | The role of impact investors in early stage agtech investing | Humans have deployed technology to defy nature’s limitations on the cultivation of food – often to nature’s detriment. Now, a growing number of venture capitalists are doubling down on technology to harmonize agriculture and nature.
Mission... |
| 22.10.2019 | The present and future of food tech investment opportunity | Ingrid Fung Contributor
Ingrid Fung is an associate at Finistere Ventures.
There is no bigger industry on our planet than food and agriculture, with a consistent, loyal customer base of 7 billion. In fact, the World Bank estimates that food... |
| 30.08.2019 | Chicago Tech Companies Raised $215M in August | This is our roundup of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the last month. If we missed one, let us know at info@chicagoinno.com.
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| 12.08.2019 | Hazel Technologies Closes $13 Million Series B Financing | “Pangaea is thrilled to lead this financing in Hazel,” commented Keith Gillard, General Partner, Pangaea Ventures. “Hazel has a deep understanding of their customers that we rarely see in a start-up company. Their drop-in solution for a bro... |
| 12.08.2019 | Hazel Technologies Closes $13M Series B |
CHICAGO, IL, Hazel Technologies announced $13 million in Series B funding led by Pangaea Ventures.
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| 12.08.2019 | Food waste startup Hazel Technologies raises oversubscribed $13m Series B to scale up production | Hazel Technologies, a startup fighting food waste, has closed an oversubscribed $13 million Series B funding for its package technology that helps extend foods’ shelf life. The round was led by Pangaea Ventures, which focuses on advanced ma... |
| 12.08.2019 | Hazel Technologies Raises $13M in Series B Financing | Hazel Technologies, Inc., a Chicago, IL-based, USDA-supported agricultural technology company delivering new solutions to combat food waste, raised $13m in Series B funding.
The round, which brought cumulative total raised to $17.8m, was le... |
| 12.08.2019 | Daily funding roundup - August 12th, 2019 | Joust Labs raised $2.6M; Blade closed $4.3; Polarity landed $8M; Hazel Technologies secured $13M
Joust Labs: Joust Labs is a US neo-banking startup specifically for freelancers. Joust Labs has raised $2.6 million in seed funding led by PTB ... |
| 12.08.2019 | Food waste startup Hazel Technologies raises oversubscribed $13m Series B to scale up production | Hazel Technologies, a startup fighting food waste, has closed an oversubscribed $13 million Series B funding for its package technology that helps extend foods’ shelf life. The round was led by Pangea Ventures, which focuses on advanced mat... |
| 12.08.2019 | Hazel Technologies Raises $13M to Improve the Shelf-Life of Produce | A Chicago startup that's working to improve the shelf-life of produce raised a new round of funding as it works to combat food waste with its innovative packaging insert.
Hazel Technologies announced Monday that it raised a $13 million Seri... |
| 13.02.2019 | 60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innovation Awards – Vote Now! | *VOTING EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 1, 9AM ET!*
We’re very excited to open our Third Annual AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards, where we recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward.
Our nomination comm... |
| 30.03.2018 | Chicago Tech Funding Surpassed $124M in March | Chicago tech and startup companies saw a hefty increase in venture capital funding in March, compared to February, culminating in a strong finish to the year’s first quarter.
Over the course of the month, they collectively raised at least $... |
| 16.03.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, March 16 | FRESH FUNDING
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The startup is in the process of raising $350 million in Series D funding being led by Russia’s DST Global, according to a source... |
| 15.03.2018 | Hazel Technologies Closes $3.26M Series A Financing Round | Hazel Technologies, Inc., a Chicago, IL-based agricultural technology company, closed a $3.26m Series A funding.
The round was led by Chicago-based S2G Ventures, with participation from Rhapsody Venture Partners, Serra Ventures, Valley Oak ... |
| 15.03.2018 | Hazel Technologies Raises $3.2M to Extend the Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables | A Chicago startup that created a packaging insert that helps produce stay fresh longer has just raised a new round of funding to grow its business.
Hazel Technologies announced Thursday that it has raised a $3.26 million Series A round led ... |
| 15.03.2018 | S2G Leads $3m Series A for Food Waste Tech Hazel Technologies | Hazel Technologies has raised a $3.26 million Series A round led by food and agtech VC S2G ventures. The company develops small packets to insert into fresh produce packaging that release an anti-fungal shelf-life extending vapor. Hazel cla... |
| 01.03.2018 | Chicago Tech Funding Topped $74M in February | Chicago tech and startup companies had a solid month when it came to raising venture capital funding.
Over the course of February, they collectively raised at least $74.7 million, according to data compiled by Chicago Inno.
The sum was a bi... |
| 04.01.2018 | 30 Food Technologies to Support Your Sustainable New Year’s Resolutions | When it comes to technology in the first week of January, you might be thinking wearable fitness trackers and meal replacements. But there is a whole host of startups with technology that can also help with resolutions skewed toward agricul... |
| 19.12.2017 | FarmWise Raises $5.7m Seed Round for Vegetable Weeding Robot | FarmWise, an agricultural robotics and IoT startup has raised a $5.7 million seed round to commercialize the company’s automated weeding robot.
FarmWise has developed a weeding robot that uses computer vision to identify weeds and robotics ... |
| 31.10.2017 | The 10 Chicago Tech Companies That Raised Money in October | Chicago tech companies saw a steady stream of investments throughout October, collectively raising more than $94 million this month. However, the figure was fairly flat compared to September.
October fundings dropped 75 percent from last mo... |
| 27.10.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Soylent’s Canada Ban, Organic Valley 100% Renewable by 2019, China Produces Gene-Edited Pigs, more | Soylent Banned in Canada
Soylent, the meal replacement drink startup, has been banned in Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency claims that the drink does not fulfill the nutritional requirements of a meal and therefore cannot be label... |
| 21.04.2017 | 10 Illinois Green Tech Startups to Watch | An ecosystem flourishes when good ideas, money to fund those ideas, and talent to fill those jobs all exist in the same place at the same time. In Chicago, the seeds for a clean energy ecosystem have been planted.
The Clean Energy Trust hos... |
| 09.03.2017 | Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: $84m Raised in 2 Weeks (+$400m Instacart Series D), Origin Acquires AgSpace | AgSpace, a UK ag big data startup, has been acquired by Origin Enterprises, the ag retailer and agronomy company for £11.4 million ($13.9m). A further payment of £4.8m ($5.9m) will be made if the company reaches its profit targets. AgSpace ... |
| 07.03.2017 | Hazel Technologies Raises $800k for Food Waste Reduction and Shelf Life Enhancement Products | Hazel Technologies, a USDA-supported food waste technology startup based in Chicago, has raised $800k in seed funding. Rhapsody Venture Partners (RVP) led the round with participation from non-profit early stage investor and accelerator Ven... |
| 07.03.2017 | Hazel Technologies Closes $800K Seed Funding | Hazel Technologies, a Chicago, IL-based agtech startup, closed an $800K seed funding.
The round was led by Rhapsody Venture Partners with participation from VentureWell and Valley Oak Investments.
The company will use the funds to fulfill o... |
| 06.03.2017 | How Hazel Technologies keeps fresh fruit and vegetables from spoiling | Chicago-based Hazel Technologies is on a mission to reduce food waste. The company has developed packaging inserts that, through the magic of basic chemistry, can ward off fungus and mold and slow the spoilage of fruits and vegetables.
How ... |
| 05.10.2016 | How Does Agtech Fit an Impact Investing Thesis? | Editor’s Note: I recently attended SOCAP, the largest conference for the impact investing community, and was excited to note a growing enthusiasm on the potential for food and agriculture technology to promote positive change in the world. ... |
| 12.09.2016 | Ag Industry Brief: Verizon Announces New Ag IoT Partnerships, Rootility Hires Ex-Syngenta Exec, more | Verizon Announces New Ag IoT Partnerships with CA Vineyards
Verizon is deploying its agriculture IoT service on three new Californian vineyards: Delicato Family Vineyards, Scheid Vineyards, and Renteria Vineyard Management. It’s also workin... |
| - | Hazel Technologies | “USDA-funded technologies developed by Hazel® condition the storage atmosphere to reduce respiration rate and increase resistance to ethylene. Learn more about the exciting services offered by Hazel Technologies Inc.” |
| - | Hazel Technologies' Raises $70 Million in Series C Round Led by Pontifax AgTech and Temasek | - |
| - | Hazel Technologies' Raises $70 Million in Series C Round Led by Pontifax AgTech and Temasek | "Can a little sachet the size of a sugar packet make a dent in the world’s crushing food waste problem? Aidan Mouat, CEO of Chicago-based Hazel Technologies— which makes products that can as much as triple the shelf life of fruits and ... |
