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[ad_1] Microbial crop inputs are gaining interest. From seed coatings to soil amendments, there are a number of approaches startups are taking to test the limits of these alternatives to traditional chemical inputs. For Andes Ag, however, the future of microbial inputs isn’t so much about coatings or sprays, it’s about seeds. “Traditional bacterial seed […]

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Seana Day is a Partner at Better Food Ventures and The Mixing Bowl, with 15 years of finance, M&A, and technology experience. She is the author of the 2019 Agtech Landscape and Livestock Tech Landscape. Seana now lives in Turlock, the heart of California’s Ag land. Here is her first farm tech market map. The agtech sector is expanding each year, […]

[ad_1] Southeast Asian order-anything app Grab has launched a raft of initiatives aimed at brining more small and medium-sized merchants into its ecosystem, including farmers and agrifood vendors, amid supply chain disruption and other knock-on effects from Covid-19. Grab started out as a ride-hailing service, but it has since expanded into myriad other services including […]

[ad_1] The homepage of the American-Israeli investment firm Arieli Capital offers a quote from Seth Godin, a blogger and podcaster: “There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas,” believes Godin, “what’s missing is the will to execute them.” Few would dispute that growing fish or strawberries in a desert is a remarkable idea, even in 2020. One […]

[ad_1] The US animal health market generates around $10 billion in sales each year, according to the Animal Health Institute, and makes up roughly one-third of the global market. It is on pace to reach $73.6 billion by 2027. Although increased spending on pets has been a big driver of sales growth, an increase in […]

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Scott Nichols is the founder and principal of Food’s Future. Food’s Future’s mission is to accelerate the expansion of responsible aquaculture. At Food’s Future, Scott works to create a food future filled with a plentiful supply of healthful and delicious fish. He does this by assisting businesses that create aquaculture feeds, raise fish […]

[ad_1] BioLumic, a New Zealand-based agtech startup developing UV light recipes to apply to seeds and seedlings to promote crop yield increases, has hired a new CEO. After an official recruitment process, the company – which boasts ex-Bayer Crop Science head of research and development Adrian Percy on its board – picked Steve Sibulkin, the […]

[ad_1] Microsoft has launched a support scheme for Indian agtech startups, to help them “build industry-specific solutions, scale, and grow with access to deep technology, business, and marketing resources.” The program, named Microsoft for Agritech Startups, will offer a range of tech and business tools to early-stage Indian companies operating in the space. The program […]

[ad_1] In 2019, funding for farm tech startups reached $4.7 billion, posting 370% growth over 6 years, according to AgFunder’s recent Farm Tech Investment Report. That bucks the trend across venture capital sectors, which have had a bumper ride. But why? Where is all that money going and what do people working in agriculture think […]

[ad_1] Another week, another part of the agrifood supply chain that’s struggling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last month, the challenge facing the meat industry was top of the headlines, as large processing plants were forced to shut after numerous workers contracted the virus. This month, we’re seeing whole workforces in the produce […]

[ad_1] There are just four days left for Asia-Pacific startups to submit their applications to join Singapore Food Bowl – the new, 100%-online program offered by GROW, the Southeast Asian agrifoodtech accelerator backed by AgFunder. Apply here now before June 7. Developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the supply chain weaknesses it’s laid […]

[ad_1] While the world has come to a standstill outside, it has also brought a lot of us closer virtually. We’ve been looking to others for advice and asking questions about how we adapt to the changes going on around us. We knew people in our industry were facing the same challenges, so we decided […]

[ad_1] Losing a crop to a pest or disease is a devastating outcome for a farmer. If that farmer is based in a developing country without the promise of subsidies or crop insurance, it’s even direr. And in a pandemic world where food supply chains have tightened and been disrupted, the idea of losing whole […]

[ad_1] US-based Agro.Club has raised $1.5 million led by Speedinvest with participation from Elevator Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Raiffeisen Bank International.  “We closed the round in January and we delayed the news because of the Covid-19 situation,”  Egor Kirin, founder and CEO, told AFN. “It was very good timing. We have enough […]

[ad_1] Gojek has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from new investors Facebook and PayPal and existing backers Google and Tencent, it announced today. Several other unnamed investors also participated. Jakarta-based ‘super app’ Gojek, which provides myriad services including food delivery, payments, and ride-hailing across Southeast Asia, said in a statement that the investment came […]