Express interest in investing in Fund V. AgFunder was recently recognized as a top 100 VC by TIME and Statista. Is your business ready for AI analytics? Find out more here The big news this week: Is a slow-release bolus the best way to slash methane emissions in pasture raised cattle? Armed with fresh capital, New Zealand-based Ruminant BioTech is gearing up for launch in 2026. Also... - Regenerative organic certification: Does the food industry really need it? - Monetizing methane: Landfill...
10 days ago • 2 min read
The big news this week: Insolvent Miyoko's has a new owner, but the founder says she won't serve as a brand ambassador. Plus, are corporates ditching ESG goals, or just reframing them around climate resilience? Also... - Engines a go: Tractor Junction nets $26m to give India's farmers access to used vehicles with affordable loans. - Rise of the machines: DailyRobotics enters the strawberry harvesting race with a 'bot that can pick 2–3x faster than humans. - Space race: The future of...
17 days ago • 4 min read
Alt dairy bidding war: Miyoko Schinner did not win her bid to reclaim the brand she built. However, the winning bidder may face challenges as it will own the trademark but not the license to use the founder's name or image... Also: Meati is “poised for growth" insists new owner Beyond Meat has "plenty of fight left" despite grim Q3 'Human-centered’ AI is top of mind for Foodora, says Jenn. Japan's agrifoodtech ecosystem is maturing, reveals Louisa. Do the economics of recombinant dairy stack...
24 days ago • 3 min read
Two scoops this week: A meltdown at alt-meat co Meati, which initiated mass layoffs blaming “financial holds on company accounts,” and news that bidders—including Miyoko Schinner—are circling the assets of alt-dairy brand Miyoko’s, which entered insolvency proceedings last month. There was also bad news from Danish insect ag firm ENORM, which was declared bankrupt, although fellow insect ag firm nextProtein raised new funds to scale production in Tunisia. Precision fermentation startup The...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
This week, Bill Gates threw the cat amongst the pigeons... While climate change is serious, it will "not lead to humanity’s demise," said Gates; tackling poverty and disease are now higher on his agenda, according to a new essay. "Sometimes the world acts as if any effort to fight climate change is as worthwhile as any other. As a result, less-effective projects are diverting money and attention from efforts that will have more impact on the human condition." Elsewhere, Jenn Marston had a...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
This week: a mixed bag for alt protein. Plant-based cheesemaker Stockeld Dreamery called it quits, while MATR Foods secured new funds to expand its minimally processed meat alternatives, and the Abu Dhabi Investment Office teamed up with The EVERY Company and Vivici to explore a 4-million-liter facility for alt protein production in the UAE. Elsewhere, Jenn Marston examined the current state of the bioherbicide market and checked in on Q3 funding for ag robotics, while Elaine Watson caught up...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
A flurry of funding activity in Europe this week: Swiss precision spraying firm Ecorobotix bagged $150m, while UK-based Wild Bioscience reeled in $60m to scale its AI-driven, climate-smart crop tech. Meanwhile, Italy’s Maia Ventures launched a $64m fund focused for food & ag startups. Elsewhere, food policy experts were left reeling after the Trump administration axed the team collecting dietary intake data for NHANES, a move the CSPI slammed as "bewildering" and Prof. Marion Nestle blasted...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
For those hoping to see a resurgence in agrifoodtech spending—or at least stabilization after years of decline—keep hoping. New data from AgFunder shows further declines in Q3, but some notable rounds from livestock management and alt protein startups. On a more positive note, however, there was a sizeable Series A round this week from Phagos, which is addressing bacterial resistance with bacteriophage drugs for animals, and, eventually, humans. Meanwhile, plant-based cheesemaker Climax Foods...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Lots of action in the insect ag space this week, with a buyer emerging for debt-laden Aspire's cricket farm in Ontario, Canada, and a French court giving loss-making mealworm farmer Ÿnsect more time to restructure. Innovafeed has in turn paused operations at its pilot facility in Illinois, but says plans to build a large-scale plant there are “very much alive.” Beyond Meat’s move to restructure its debt did not impress one alt protein investor, meanwhile: “When you ask investors to swap into...
2 months ago • 4 min read