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Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category have taken the top spot for African Agrifoodtech funding, bringing in $65 million (41% of total agrifoodtech investment on the continent) so far in 2024, according to AgFunder’s recently published Africa Agrifoodtech Investment Report. #Africa #Investment #Agrifoodtech #AGFUNDERAFRICA24 #InvestmentReport #agtech #agritech #foodtech #agmarketplaces #fintech #research #data #emergingmarkets

Meet Ying Shao (front right) and the team at Plantik Biosciences, a startup tackling the problem of extreme heat through its genome-editing platform, which produces high-heat-tolerant tomatoes in a fraction of the time it would take through traditional breeding processes. Part of Cohort 5 of the AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator Ying Shao sat down with @Jennifer Marston to talk about Plantik's approach, and which crops the company is tackling next... GROW #AgFunder #accelerator #agbiotech #biotech #geneediting #France #India #goGROW #crops #climatechange #growing #growers

Concerns around the price of inputs and extreme weather events could increase adoption of sustainability practices among farmers globally, according to a global survey of farmers from McKinsey & Company. #agbiotech #carbon #carbonfarming #sustainability #biologicals #aginputs #farming #agriculture

“Either the biofungicides, bioinsecticides markets are just going to be driven by very large players as the small guys can’t afford it. Or the innovation is going to move to countries where the regulatory environment is more favorable, like Brazil.” - Biotalys CEO Kevin Helash. #biologicals #biological #cropprotection #biocontrols #soilhealth #agriculture #farm #crophealth #fungicides #pesticides 

Our Global Foodtech Editor, Elaine Watson, caught up with Heura Foods CEO Marc Coloma at the Future Food-Tech Summit to get the lowdown on 'novel texturizing technology', his company’s business model, and what is holding plant-based meat alternatives back. #alternativeprotien #altprotein #foodtech #plantbasedcheese #plantbasedmeat #altmeat #altcheese

African agrifoodtech funding is showing mild growth and recovery in 2024, with startups in the sector raising $145 million in the first half of 2024, a 1.6% year-over-year increase vs H1, 2023. But Africa still represents a small fraction of global investment, according to AgFunder’s third African AgriFoodTech Investment report, OUT NOW & FREE TO DOWNLOAD: https://lnkd.in/gSDzBbaD #Africa #emergingmarkets #foodtech #research #data #investment #agrifoodtech #foodtech #agtech #agritech #climatetech

After a challenging period where African agrifoodtech investment declined 62% in 2023, the continent’s agrifoodtech sector shows mild growth and recovery in 2024, raising $145 million in the first half of the year. 🌡 Get the full picture on the health of African agrifoodtech ➡ Download our FREE REPORT ➡ https://lnkd.in/gBFgVJW2 FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank | YoLa Fresh | #Africa #AgriFoodTech #agtech #agritech #foodtech #investment #Africadata #agribusinessmarketplaces #fintech #climatetech #startups #AgFunder #AgFunderNews

A survey of 85 delegates at this year’s E Tipu Boma Agri Summit revealed that more than half had considered launching or had launched in an overseas market, with nearly 70% saying they would consider launching in Australia first. #ETipu2024 #BomaAgriSummit #FarmingNZ #PrimarySectorNZ #agritech #agtech #innovation #collaboration #australia #newzealand #growag Harriet Mellish | AgriFutures growAG | AgriFutures Australia | Brendan O'Connell | AgriTech New Zealand

There’s good, bad and ugly news where ag robotics are concerned, writes guest columnist Tim Bucher... #Robotics #Mechanization #Equipment #agrobotics #automation #farmrobotics #autonomy #AI

This Week in AgriFoodTech: Alt meatball alert as LA VIE™ cooks up $27m, xFarm bags $39m, baCta lands funds for natural rubber… 🇨🇭 🇸🇬 Swiss-founded BE WTR raises $45.45M Series C funding for expansion plans in Singapore and Asia 🇫🇷 French Vegan Meat Maker Doubles Funding Pot with €25M Investment, Rolls Out Meatballs 🇺🇸 Jackfruit-powered alt meat co The Jackfruit Company raises $5m series B extension 🇹🇷 Turkish startup Paket Mutfak raises $2.7M for cloud kitchen software expansion 🇬🇧 London-based Univa raises €1.2 million for digital platform to address eating disorder care 🇳🇱 Royal Cosun invests in fermentation scale-up planetary 🇫🇮 Munchfam secures €600K to reduce the restaurant failure rate 🇬🇧 Sustainable pulse crops receive £3m funding boost 🇬🇧 UK team bags £2.2m to advance gene-edited crop research 🇮🇩 Indonesian poultry startup Chickin Indonesia closes Granite Asia-led Series A 🇺🇸 Sparkalis Invests in plant cell culture startup California Cultured to futureproof cocoa supply chain 🇩🇪 Berlin-based forward earth secures €4.5 million to meet global demand for environmental management software 🇫🇷 Paris-based baCta secures €3.3 million to revolutionize natural rubber production Read The Week In AgriFoodTech https://lnkd.in/g6GVhjBv Subscribe to our newsletter to be first with the news https://lnkd.in/gazfFNTV #agtech #foodtech #climatetech #deeptecn #agnews #foodnews #climatenews #AgFunder #AgFunderNews