By S2G Ventures This is the first installment of a series looking back on our report, “Trends Shaping the Future of Food in 2023.” 2023 was a tough year for startups. It was the warmest year on record, and emissions from fossil fuels hit a new high. Geopolitical turmoil, inflation, rising interest rates, hesitant corporate […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media Kaitlin Fitzgerald is vice president of sustainability for Sound Agriculture, a startup on a mission to create crop inputs and traits that lead to more sustainable, healthier, and tastier food. With headquarters in Emeryville, California, the company has 140+ employees across the U.S., and has enjoyed steady […]
Photos courtesy of Goterra By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Standing at the forefront of the revolution of organic waste management is Olympia Yarger. A visionary in the Australian insect farming industry, in 2014 Yarger founded Goterra, which builds and deploys smart city infrastructure for food waste management. Since that time, the company’s innovative […]
By Dr. Shaun Passley, Founder, ZenaTech The call for sustainable practices in the field of agriculture is not new, but it becomes more urgent with each passing year. Those who answer the call commit to tackling a complex challenge. In essence, sustainable farming demands more work be done with less energy. It requires a greater […]
A new perspective on the past 40 years of agtech and what it means for the future. By G. Bailey Stockdale, Leaf This is an exciting time to be working in agtech because we are at the start of a new cycle of applications and infrastructure. Over the last 40 years agtech has advanced from basic […]
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital As one of the leading advocates for the indoor farming sector, I was excited to see the March 2021 announcement that AeroFarms, a trailblazing vertical farming company, would be going public. Although the AeroFarms transaction was not the first public listing for an indoor farming company, coming almost six […]
By agri benchmark As Amazon has disrupted retail business, there is discussion about options for agricultural input manufacturers to sell directly to growers. A recent study conducted by agri benchmark Cash Crop identifies important potentials but also significant challenges. Local retailers and cooperatives have dominated the market for supplying crop inputs to farmers in most parts […]
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital The agtech & food tech sector started out with a lot of optimism in 2020, coming off a record fundraising year in 2019. The sector seemed poised for a strong performance as a growing number of companies were beginning to generate commercial revenue and to expand their businesses. Much […]
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital Significant changes are underway in the indoor farming sector, none bigger than the recent AppHarvest public listing and the Plenty and Driscoll’s joint development agreement. I have been an outspoken advocate of indoor farming in my articles: “Is indoor farming poised to challenge the status quo?” and “Is Agriculture the […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall Agtech innovations are booming, and there is plenty of capital to fuel the sector, with $6.7 billion invested in the last five years, and an estimated nearly $2 billion invested in 2018 alone. Those in certain subsectors – crop protection and inputs management – are more highly invested than others, which […]
