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| 23.08.2024 | Innovafeed co-brands with Jiminy’s, Arch | CHICAGO — Innovafeed, ag-tech company and producer of black soldier fly for animal and plant nutrition, has announced a partnership with pet food brands Jiminy’s and Arch Pet Food to roll out its “Powered by Hilucia™” co-branding. Jiminy’s ... |
| 22.08.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Climate tech co Root Global lands $8.8m, Innovafeed does pet food, Regrow does layoffs | This week, funding rounds went to Germany-based climate tech startup Root Global, high-protein foods maker David, and a hand full of others in food and agriculture.
Elsewhere, insect protein maker Innovafeed launched some high-profile partn... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Regenerative Agriculture and Insect Protein: A Sustainable Future**
** | ** In the landscape of modern agriculture, two trends are emerging as beacons of sustainability: regenerative agriculture and insect protein production. These movements promise to reshape how we think about food production, environmental im... |
| 23.07.2024 | Innovafeed expands insect facility | NESLE, FRANCE — Insect producer Innovafeed announced the completion of its third phase of expansion on its facility in Nesle. According to Innovafeed, the expansion enables it to ramp up production capacity.
The first phase of expansion on ... |
| 18.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Mosa Meat cooks up $43m raise, Spiber bags $65m for sustainable fashion | The big foodtech funding news this week is a new raise from Netherlands-based cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat — also known as the creator of the world’s first cultivated beef burger. Fellow Dutch company and cultivated meat creator Meatab... |
| 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... |
| 18.10.2023 | Brief: Tyson bets on insect protein with strategic investment in Protix | Tyson Foods is making a two-fold investment in insect protein startup Protix to increase production for animal feed ingredients, aquaculture and pet food.
Through an undisclosed direct equity investment, Tyson will take a minority stake in ... |
| 27.09.2023 | Surprisingly Large Sums Have Gone Into Bug Farming Startups | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Eat more bugs.
That is the last thing on most of our to-do lists. Startup investors, however, seem to think otherwise.
At least that’s the impression one gets looking at insect cultivation-related f... |
| 25.01.2023 | With $3bn in deals, top 10 climate x agrifoodtech startups prove themselves a vital part of climate tech ecosystem | Climate tech investment landed in the spotlight in 2022.
While other sectors (e.g., eGrocery, food delivery) saw valuations nosedive and VC dollars dwindle, climate tech investment “hovered at historic highs,” according to PWC’s State of Cl... |
| 26.09.2022 | InnovaFeed nabs $250 million, Dataguard tops up with €61 million and more than €1.4 billion was invested in European Tech last week | Last week we tracked more than 110 tech funding deals worth over €1.4 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
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| 22.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiftly bags $100m for grocery tech, Pano’s $20m to fight wildfires with AI | This week, retail and grocery tech startup Swiftly bagged a mega-round while front-of-house restaurant software startup Zenchef cooked up new financing to expand its presence. In agtech, Pano raised funds to fight wildfires with AI and Land... |
| 21.09.2022 | Paris-based Innovafeed bags €252M to build insect farms for high quality animal feed | Paris-based Innovafeed, an insect-breeding (Hermetia Illucens) platform for animal and plant nutrition, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $250M (approximately €252M) in a Series D round of funding led by Qatar Investment Authority (Q... |
| 21.09.2022 | Innovafeed Raises USD$250M in Series D Financing | Innovafeed, a Paris, France-based company focused on production of insects (Hermetia Illucens) for animal and plant nutrition, raised US$250M in Series D funding.
The round, which brings total cumulative financing to US$450m, was led by Qat... |
| 21.09.2022 | Brief: French insect farm InnovaFeed scoops up $250m led by Qatar, plans expansion to US | French insect protein startup InnovaFeed has raised $250 million Series D round of financing. Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, led the investment. InnovaFeed will use the new funds to expand to the US, starti... |
| 20.09.2022 | InnovaFeed nabs $250M to extend its vertical insect farms to the U.S. | InnovaFeed, a vertical insect farm operator that’s rearing insects for animal and plant nutrition, has raised $250 million in a series D round of funding led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.
While countles... |
| 29.03.2022 | 'Everything we do is geared towards making insect protein affordable...' European edible insect firms Ÿnsect and InnovaFeed outline US ambitions | InnovaFeed, which specializes in black soldier flies, is planning to build a large-scale production facility in Decatur, Illinois; while Ÿnsect, which specializes in Buffalo and Molitor mealworms, has just acquired Nebraska-based mealworm... |
| 08.02.2022 | The Lowdown: ADM & InnovaFeed’s insect protein partnership | French insect farming startup InnovaFeed and US agribusiness giant ADM have entered into a strategic partnership agreement which will see the two collaborate on insect protein production.
The Paris-based startup will supply its black soldie... |
| 06.01.2022 | The Holidays in Agrifoodtech: Acquisitions, automation & cultivated meat close out 2021 | The AFN team took a bit of a break during the festive season, so today’s agrifoodtech news roundup covers the top headlines from the past few weeks.
Foodtech funding continued apace throughout the holidays, with B2B surplus food marketplace... |
| 26.08.2021 | Data Snapshot: Insect ranches, vertical ag among 2020’s top-funded ‘Novel Farming’ startups | AFN‘s parent company AgFunder released the latest edition of its annual Farm Tech Investment Report earlier this month, which showed that funding for agritech startups last year saw its biggest annual increase in since 2018.
According to th... |
| 25.11.2020 | French biotech startup InnovaFeed receives $167 million | French biotech startup InnovaFeed receives $167 million
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According to the press release, InnovaFeed, a bi... |
| 20.11.2020 | French biotech company InnovaFeed launches world’s largest insect protein production site in France; raises €140M | With an aim to participate in the rise of sustainable food systems by addressing the increasing demand for natural, healthy, and competitive raw materials, French biotech company InnovaFeed has partnered up with the US-based food processing... |
| 01.12.2018 | InnovaFeed Raises €40m in Funding | InnovaFeed, an Evry, France-based biotechnology company producing insect-based protein for the feed industry, raised €40m in funding.
The round was led by Creadev, with participation from international investors.
The company intends to use ... |
| 12.02.2018 | InnovaFeed Raises €15M in Funding | InnovaFeed, an Evry, France-based biotech company producing insect-based protein for the feed industry, raised €15m in funding.
The round was led by Alter Equity with participation from Finovam Gestion, IRD Group’s Nord Création, and Sipare... |
| - | InnovaFeed | “A natural and sustainable solutionto feed tomorrow's world Insect rearing intended for animal and plant nutrition A unique technology serving an innovative and sustainable agro-industry Innovafeed is a biotechnology company, and leading in... |
