AFN - FoodTech, Agtech, Startups, Venture Capital
网页General Mills, PepsiCo join Trusted Advisor Partnership in ‘de-risking’ regenerative agriculture in Canada. Reporting from the frontlines of the food revolution where foodtech startups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors are transforming the industry.
A Guide to the Investors Funding the Next Agricultural Revolution
网页October 6, 2016. Louisa Burwood-Taylor. As the next agricultural revolution unfolds, an increasing number of investors are stepping up to fund it. As recently as six years ago, only three investment funds were dedicated to investing in agriculture technology innovation. Today, there are 13 dedicated to the sector and many more investing as part ...
Agrible Raises $9.7m of $15.7m Series B Led by The Andersons
网页2017年9月7日 · Agrible, the Champaign, Illinois startup offering a suite of decision support software tools for farmers as well as sustainability tracking for food brands, has raised $9.7 million of a $15.7 million Series B round of funding.. The first close was led by Maumee Ventures, the venture arm of The Andersons grain handling company. Also joining as a …
AgFunder Agrifoodtech Investment Report: Startups raised $52bn …
网页2022年3月24日 · 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 …
AFN (Europe) - FoodTech, AgTech, Startups, Venture Capital
网页Exclusive: 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 ...
Regenerative Agriculture Investing: 70 Investment Groups Worth …
网页2019年7月11日 · 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 …
Bill Gates tells Reddit why he’s bought so much farmland
网页2021年3月22日 · 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 ...
Foodtech exits continue to lag, but there is cause for optimism
网页2021年3月18日 · Foodtech exits continue to lag, but there is cause for optimism. Editor’s note: Dan Ripma is a senior associate at S2G Ventures, an agrifood-focused VC firm based in Chicago, US. S2G Ventures partnered with AgFunder and AFN to provide foodtech M&A and exits data for the 2021 AgriFoodTech Investment Report, which was released earlier …
If not for climate, then why is Bill Gates buying so much farmland?
网页2021年8月27日 · 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 …
Iowa corn growers invest in research, tech & startups to boost …
网页2020年12月14日 · Iowa Corn Opportunities, LLC (ICO) is an equity investment fund which was established by the Iowa Corn Growers Association in 2008 to make profitable, strategic, value-added investments that will facilitate new business development opportunities and benefit Iowa’s corn growers. The concept has grown and evolved gradually, as startup …