By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Often when discussing agricultural production and agtech innovation, the conversation focuses on the challenges associated with crop yields, inputs, and climate change – all valid and important considerations. However, although much more nebulous, labor issues are also a critical pain point in the food production process. But headway is […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Onego Bio has closed on $40 million in Series A funding – one of the largest such rounds in the Nordics – to support the commercialization and manufacturing of Bioalbumen – its revolutionary animal-free egg protein. This round, which brought total funding to-date for the company to $56 million, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tech-enabled precision crop management startup Orchard Robotics has gained $3.8 million in funding from a Pre-Seed round led by Contrary and an oversubscribed Seed round led by General Catalyst with participation from Humba Ventures, Soma Capital, Correlation Ventures, VU Venture Partners, Genius Ventures, along with angel investors Howard Lerman, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cox Enterprises announced the launch of Cox Farms, a new business focused on sustainable food and agriculture that includes indoor farming companies Mucci Farms and BrightFarms, making it one of the largest greenhouse growers in North America. Started 125 years ago by James M. Cox, Cox Enterprises is a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media British food technology company Clean Food Group has raised another £2.5 million (US$3.16 million) in funding from Clean Growth Fund, bringing total funding to-date to £13 million (US$16.4 million) for its sustainable oils and fats technology. Clean Growth Fund is a climate-specific, UK venture fund backing British cleantech entrepreneurs […]
Photo credit: MyGug By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Irish agtech startup MyGug announced a successful fundraising led by BVP with participation from Enterprise Ireland in support of their innovative and pioneering food waste management solution. Located in West Cork, MyGug’s food waste system creates a circular economy for the user by converting food waste […]
Photo credit: Cauldron By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Located in New South Wales, Cauldron was created to unlock the potential of precision fermentation. And as it continues on its growth trajectory, has closed on a A$9.5 million Series A led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from SOSV, In-Q-Tel, and existing investor Main Sequence. Precision […]
Photo credit: Poseidon Ocean Systems By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Poseidon Ocean Systems (Poseidon), a company delivering innovative solutions that improve fish welfare and reduce the carbon footprint of aquaculture operations, announced the completion of a $20.75 million Series B led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF). Joining EIF were InBC Investment Corp. and Export Development […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media We are still only just beginning to understand the potential that synthetic biology holds for the future of humanity and global food production systems. However, Tierra Biosciences (Tierra), the company that developed the world’s first predictive AI-guided, cell-free technology with the power to enable high-throughput, on-demand, custom protein synthesis, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Combining impact with innovation, iyris (formerly RedSea) is advancing commercial farming for low-to-mid-tech farmers in arid climates through its patented and proprietary technologies that reduce water and energy consumption by up to 90 percent. Launched in 2018 with a mission to reduce food insecurity, the carbon footprint, and water […]
