AFN - FoodTech, Agtech, Startups, Venture Capital
WEBExclusive: Boston-based foodtech startup Motif FoodWorks is closing down. September 6, 2024. Elaine Watson. The firm, which raised a $226m series B round in 2021 when money was cheap and interest in alt proteins was sky-high, has since struggled to navigate a more challenging environment, with investor sentiment souring on meat alternatives ...
AgFunder Agrifoodtech Investment Report: Startups raised $52bn …
WEBMar 24, 2022 · Venture capital investors pumped $51.7 billion into agrifoodtech startups worldwide in 2021, according to the latest edition of the annual AgFunder Agrifoodtech Investment Report, released today.. That represents an 85% increase over 2020’s $27.8 billion total, indicating the accelerating — and increasingly urgent — demand from investors and consumers for technologies that can enable ...
Investment News Archives - AgFunderNews
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Data snapshot: From ‘lightning in a box’ to microbial carbon capture, agrifoodtech investment moves upstream in Australia as investors focus on climate mitigation. April 3, 2024. Funding into Australian agrifoodtech startups fell 33% last year according to AgFunder data…. But it could have been …
Tiny bubbles with a big impact? Moleaer talks nanobubbles
WEBNov 22, 2023 · From more efficient wastewater treatment to higher yields in greenhouses and fish farming, nanobubbles are gaining traction in food and farming operations, claims California-based startup Moleaer.. AgFunderNews (AFN) caught up with CEO Nick Dyner (ND) for a quick primer on nanobubbles, which at 2,500 times smaller than a grain of salt, exhibit different properties to bubbles perceptible to the ...
AFN (Europe) - FoodTech, AgTech, Startups, Venture Capital
WEBExclusive: Boston-based foodtech startup Motif FoodWorks is closing down. September 6, 2024. Elaine Watson. The firm, which raised a $226m series B round in 2021 when money was cheap and interest in alt proteins was sky-high, has since struggled to navigate a more challenging environment, with investor sentiment souring on meat alternatives ...
8 global agrifoodtech startups reimagining the future of food
WEBMay 12, 2020 · Alongside Leclerc and representatives of Rabobank, Temasek, Unilever and other companies, eight agrifoodtech companies will participate in the virtual summit, pitching their novel technologies. Their solutions, which address improved crop treatments, food traceability, personalized meals and even farmer finance, represent the latest innovation ...
Regenerative Agriculture Investing: 70 Investment Groups Worth …
WEBJul 11, 2019 · This week, a new report, cleverly called Soil Wealth, has come out detailing the level of investment in regenerative agriculture-related projects and the numbers are surprisingly high: there are some 70 investment strategies with assets under management of over $47.5 billion, and that’s just in the US. Just to clarify, that amount includes ...
Bill Gates tells Reddit why he’s bought so much farmland
WEBMar 22, 2021 · Why are you buying so much farmland?” posed by one Reddit user, Gates indicated that seed science and biofuel development were major drivers of the acquisitions. “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate,” he wrote. “The agriculture sector is important. With more productive seeds we can avoid deforestation ...
If not for climate, then why is Bill Gates buying so much farmland?
WEBAug 27, 2021 · Another notable acquisition was Cascade’s $170 million purchase of 14,500 acres of farmland in Washington state from John Hancock Life Insurance in 2018. Today, Bill Gates owns 242,000 acres of farmland in 19 states. In addition, he owns 25,750 acres of transitional land and 1,234 acres of recreational land for total land holdings of 268,984 ...
Cargill invests in ENOUGH, signs offtake deal for mycoprotein
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · Cargill has invested an undisclosed sum into Glasgow-based alt protein startup ENOUGH as a “top up” to its recent series C round and signed commercial offtake agreements to use and market ENOUGH’s ‘ABUNDA’ mycoprotein.. The investment is “on top of the [$43.6 million series C] funds raised last year” and will give Cargill “a minority single digit holding in the company ...
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