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In agrifoodtech investing, says Pymwymic managing partner Rogier Pieterse, it might be time to stop shooting for the stars and instead aim for the moon — and consistently land there.
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At AgFunder, we invest in startups addressing the limiting factors or bottlenecks holding the agrifood system back, an evolution and alternative to a sector-based investment approach. piped.video/6rJuHXDNTrw?si=8FLm…
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Impossible Foods makes UK retail debut at Tesco… without its flagship heme protein agfundernews.com/impossible-…
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‘Bring us your difficult trait problems’: Biographica, Hudson River partner on crop genome editing agfundernews.com/bring-us-yo…
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Why we're investing in the bottlenecks holding Agrifood back, not just sectors 👇
#agtech #agritech #deeptech #foodtech #investing
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PhytoFoundry emerges from stealth with plant cell culture platform targeting high value bioactives agfundernews.com/phytofoundr…
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German startup Formo scales precision-fermented casein ahead of US debut as narrative shifts from sustainability and ethics to performance #foodtech agfundernews.com/formo-scale…
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EXCLUSIVE: Boston-based plant cell culture startup @AYANA_BIO and India’s Zenfold Sustainable Technologies have jointly purchased fermentation equipment from defunct alt protein firm Meati Foods in Thornton, Colorado.
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Can Culta take Japan’s premium fruit model global? agfundernews.com/can-culta-t…
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ProducePay eyes profitability as it shifts from capital to data: ‘We think 2027 will be a breakout year’ agfundernews.com/producepay-…
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Knip bets on postbiotics, not commodity protein, as it scales biomass fermentation tinyurl.com/yh7zep9m
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In ovo sexing has gone from zero to 40% market penetration in the EU in 5 years. But can it gain traction in the US and other markets where there is no legislative pressure to act? agfundernews.com/in-ovo-sexi…
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Blitzscaling relies on an investor base to support the next round and the next round, says William Bao Bean @OrbitVenturesVC "And the only thing that is for sure in emerging markets is that the capital is going to disappear on a regular basis." agfundernews.com/orbit-ventu…
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‘One of the fastest-growing CPG brands in America…’ @david_protein owner hits $2.25bn valuation on $250m Series B agfundernews.com/one-of-the-…
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MOA Foodtech has closed a €3.3m ($3.8m) funding round to scale its AI-powered biomass fermentation platform, which grows non-GMO yeast strains that convert agrifood waste streams into high-value ingredients.
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“A million numbers in a spreadsheet is not a product,” says @orchard_robots. “Data is only useful if a grower has a mechanism of taking action on that data easily. Your average grower does not want to be, nor should they be, a data analyst”
👉Full story: shorturl.at/MAuZi
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Great conversation at last week's Ruggedize ag robotics event in Salinas with @Colin_Hurd at Mach, which partners with leading OEMs to drive off-road autonomy in agriculture, construction, and industrial applications.
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.@tricrobotics has moved from half-acre trials in 2021 to treating 1,500+ acres of commercial strawberries this year with a fleet of 15 autonomous 'bots armed with UV-C light & bug vacuums operating nightly in California fields. Full story @AgFunder News: shorturl.at/KTvnJ
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🎥 From 2D images to 3D worlds: Bonsai bets on AI-powered farm robotics... great conversation with CEO @niday_tyler @bonsairobotics at the @reservoirfarms Ruggedize conference last week... #agtech #agrobotics 👉Get the full story @AgFunder News: agfundernews.com/%f0%9f%8e%a…
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We caught up with Paul Mikesell at the Ruggedize ag robotics conference @reservoirfarms in Salinas to discuss @carbon_robotics' path toward an IPO, the economics of laser weeding, and its push into autonomous tractors.
👉Full story here: shorturl.at/OrT27
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