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[ad_1] There is no shortage of farm management software platforms in the marketplace. It’s become one of the most saturated segments of agri-foodtech, contributing the largest number of deals of any category, according to our recent Farm Tech Investment Report. And it’s one of the most mature; it contributed agtech’s first digital unicorn exit with […]

[ad_1] Lehe Food, an online wholesale and supply chain platform for agricultural produce, has raised ¥400 million ($56 million) in its Series C funding round. The round was co-led by Hong Kong-based asset manager CDH Investments – a new backer – and existing investor Longzhu (‘Dragon Ball’) Capital, which is the VC arm of on-demand […]

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Jeff Caldwell is content marketing manager at Lessing-Flynn, a marketing and advertising agency based in Des Moines, US. Previously, he was editor of Successful Farming and the High Plains Journal. The views expressed in this article are personal. Agriculture business owners around the US can’t find the right qualified labor to get […]

[ad_1] Editor’s note: Tanmay Bhargava is head of Asia Pacific at Intello Labs. Based in Gurugram, India, Intello Labs uses machine learning tech to grade the quality of agricultural produce. Intello Labs is a member of the first cohort of GROW, AgFunder’s Asia agrifoodtech accelerator. AgFunder is the parent company of AFN. Read more about […]

[ad_1] There is huge scope for improvement in the farming of aquatic crops. Historically, these were overlooked in favor of soil-based staples. So most startups diving into the aquatic crop world need to wrestle with a legacy of incomplete plant science and a dearth of harvest data compared to the arable crops we know well […]

[ad_1] Hatch is inviting startups to apply for the fourth cohort of its aquaculture-focused accelerator program. It’s looking for eight to 10 companies from anywhere in the world, at seed or pre-seed stage, to join the 15-week program. Applicants should have a team of at least two people who can communicate in the English language, […]

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Sarah Nolet is the CEO and founder of AgThentic, a global food and agriculture strategy firm, and co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia’s first dedicated agrifood tech VC firm. Sarah is also the host of the AgTech…So What? podcast and co-founder of Farmers2Founders, a national innovation program that supports farmers to get involved […]

[ad_1] Agriculture has been one of the main sectors implicated in the global debate around climate change. Although many stakeholders agree that changes need to be made to reduce food production’s impact on the environment, knowing where to start and which practices would have the most impact is a challenge. McKinsey & Company sought to […]

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[ad_1] This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner, ahead of its fifth annual conference, hosted virtually on Wednesday, 13 May 2020 at 4pm CET (11am ET). Registration is open here. F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank and Wageningen University & Research. Read about F&A Next 2019 here. What’s happening in the US […]

[ad_1] AgFunder‘s agrifoodtech accelerator GROW has been named as an accredited mentor partner (AMP) for the early-stage investment and mentoring scheme under Singapore’s startup promotion initiative, Startup SG. The announcement comes as GROW launches its Pre Accelerator program to help agrifood entrepreneurs who are taking their first steps towards setting up their own businesses. [Disclosure: […]

[ad_1] Novel Farming Systems, which includes indoor farms, aquaculture, insect, and algae production, saw a renewed bout of interest in 2018 as maturing startups iron out some of the kinks in growing food differently. One of the most notable shifts in this second generation of novel farming systems lies in startups’ varying route-to-market approaches. As […]

[ad_1] Come rain, shine, or coronavirus, there’s just no halting the AgFunder Research mothership. From a safe social distance this Thursday, AgFunder remotely unfurled its new 2020 Farmtech Investment Report — a data-driven snapshot of global investment in startups building technologies for the farm. Our flagship “Agri-FoodTech Funding Report,” released in February, is broad in […]

[ad_1] Covid-19 started in Asia, and the region was the first to feel the social and economic impacts of the disease as it spread worldwide. It’s also where businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and governments have spent the most time dealing with Covid-19 and its effects. Their insights and experience – and the strategies they’ve adopted to […]

[ad_1] The Welsh controlled environment farming company Phytoponics designs, develops, and supplies Deep Water Culture systems for large scale hydroponic crop production. This week, the company informs AFN, it has completed another £500,000 ($650k) equity financing round. The investment, which follows one of a similar sum two years ago, comes from existing shareholders with match […]