S2G Ventures Wants to Professionalize AgriFood Tech Investing with $180m...
“It’s amazing that food and agriculture is probably the largest industry in the world but that the amount of capital, innovation, and entrepreneurship is relatively small compared to what we see in...
View ArticleClimate Week: 230 investors worth $16.2T call for aggressive corporate action...
“It is with deep concern that we follow the escalating crisis of deforestation and forest fires in Brazil and Bolivia. As investors, who have a fiduciary duty to act in the best long-term interests of...
View ArticleSurvey: Which Food & AgTech categories, geographies are investors most...
Food and AgTech investors will be on the lookout for Ag Biotech, Innovative Food and Farm Software startups in 2020, according to a new investor sentiment survey that also places emphasis on Asia as a...
View ArticleInstant grocery delivery’s future looks murky as Getir, Gorillas & Zapp...
“Instant” grocery delivery is the latest sector to suffer from the current tech slowdown, with three European startups this week announcing layoffs and other cuts. All of these companies rose to...
View ArticleData Snapshot: California agrifoodtech investment still outpaces the rest of...
Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters...
View ArticleBREAKING: FAIRR & Good Food Institute launch sustainability reporting...
There’s an assumption that alternative protein food products — those that aim to replace animal-based products — have virtuous carbon footprints, particularly when compared to their traditional...
View ArticleFAIRR tackles ‘Big Meat’s’ big poop problem with manure management and...
The global food system’s 70 billion animals processed each year produce more than 3 billion tons of waste including manure and urine. Poor manure management practices mean that much of this waste winds...
View ArticleInnovation hub AgriFutures growAG. plans to make Australia the agtech capital...
Agriculture is a critical part of the Australian economy, with the country’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry sector valued at $69 billion and growing. With that growth comes an urgent need to...
View ArticleHow Foodbytes evolved into an online hub for foodtech and agtech
For years, Foodbytes, the innovation arm of Rabobank, was best known for its traveling pitch competition that showcased innovative startups in food and agriculture. But a lot has changed in the food...
View ArticleMeet the founders: Israel’s Fresh Start incubator on what makes a great...
In many respects, foodtech is not an obvious target for venture capital, which is not the most patient kind of cash. The ‘tech’ part notwithstanding, you’ve still got to secure regulatory approvals and...
View ArticleConsidering an investment into agriculture? Start by adding 200,000 farmers...
As agtech innovation accelerates faster than ever before, companies and investors need honest, trustworthy insights on likely farmer adoption rates to best assess which tools to focus on. The large...
View ArticleKhosla, Friedberg strike positive note amid agrifoodtech funding winter:...
Vinod Khosla and Dave Friedberg struck a largely positive note on stage at the World Agri-Tech and Future Food-Tech conferences in San Francisco last week despite the ongoing funding winter. While...
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