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New report: India’s 60% drop in agrifoodtech investment is ‘a reversion to the mean’
Bucking the overall global agrifoodtech investment trend, funding returned to pre-Covid levels.
Bucking the overall global agrifoodtech investment trend, funding returned to pre-Covid levels.
A first-of-its-kind report by AgFunder and ISF Advisors, backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, highlights the pressing need to invest in climate adaptation for smallholder farmers.
“The past 10 years were the equivalent of the late 1990s for the internet. Now is the equivalent of the dot com crash,” says Eric Archambeau, partner at Astanor.
In episode two of New Food Order, Danielle and I speak with the inspiring Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019 and author of “Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive By Giving More Than They Take.”
The 3rd GROW Impact Accelerator Demo Day will feature 9 agrifoodtech startups from across the globe. Tune in on November 10 to connect with them.
The partnership claims to already support close to five million people’s water supplies in Ethiopia and Kenya.
American ag equipment manufacturer John Deere made a minority investment into the tractor sharing and management platform, Hello Tractor. Here’s why.
The Netherlands-based animal and fish feed producer has acquired close to 94% in Indian aquatech company Eruvaka as impact fund Omnivore and Eruvaka team exit.
Chief innovation officer Ethan Soloviev shares how his other day job – running a regenerative farm – informs his work at the impact intelligence platform.
The digital ag marketplace aims to bring fairer prices to restaurants and retailers and more profit to small and medium farmers.
Climate-impactful categories were left behind in agrifoodtech investment in Europe in 2021 with over 40% of the total going to the eGrocery category, reveals a new report from AgFunder, F&A Next and Invest-NL.
As agriculture embraces sustainability, ESG-driven investors see a $3 trillion opportunity.
But early signs suggest a slowdown in 2022.
The 10 latest startups to join the GROW Impact Accelerator include tech solutions for protein deficiency, beekeeping, and livestock antibiotic resistance.
It’ll now be able to back more high-growth, ‘mid-cap’ agribusinesses aiming to become regional and global players, says chief investment officer Chris Isaac.
The GROW Impact Accelerator is focused on innovations that allow for scalability while delivering tangible impact at an environmental or social level.
E-grocery exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic. In Nigeria, Grocedy’s focus is on helping consumers save on rising food costs rather than shopping convenience.
The Lagos-based startup is connecting local smallholder farmers to the international spice markets.
Talmond, Safi Organics, and Yanaya are among Africa’s women-led businesses identifying untapped resources to boost farmer incomes and cultivate healthy livelihoods.
It’s reintroducing small-scale biogas technology to Malawi’s farms in order to provide a more sustainable source of fuel and fertilizer.
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