| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.04.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Vence raises $12m to enable rotational grazing with virtual electric fences | Rotational grazing is fast emerging as a potential tool that will allow cattle farming to contribute towards climate change mitigation. Its main premise is to limit the cows’ access to a given area of pasture, shifting them to a new section... |
| 05.04.2021 | Oatly partners with Yeo’s to build $22m plant-based milk factory in Singapore | Swedish plant-based milk maker Oatly is investing S$30 million ($22.3 million) alongside Singaporean beverage firm Yeo’s to kit out a new factory in the city-state, as it sets its sights on cracking the Asia-Pacific region’s growing market ... |
| 29.03.2021 | Brief: Plant-based house of brands Livekindly Collective nets $335m funding | The Livekindly Collective — “a collection of heritage and start-up brands” marketing plant-based food products — has raised $335 million in a funding round led by TPG Capital‘s The Rise Fund.
Rabo Corporate Investments — the VC arm of Rabob... |
| 12.02.2021 | Insect protein startup Protix raises $19m for international expansion | Netherlands insect farming startup Protix has raised €15.5 million ($18.6 million) investment round this week led by existing aquaculture-focused investor Aqua-Spark. Rabo Corporate Investments, Brabant Development Company, and Dutch invest... |
| 08.01.2021 | Oatly planning $1bn IPO for this year: report | Plant-based milk maker Oatly is planning to go public later this year in an IPO that could raise as much as $1 billion, according to CNBC. However, any eventual IPO valuation would “depend on the status of the economy in the face of the [Co... |
| 17.10.2020 | TOP 10 FoodTech Startups of Europe | Founders: Greg Orlowski and William Shu |
| 02.09.2020 | Saga Robotics raises $11m to develop robo-strawberry pickers | Saga Robotics, a UK and Norwegian startup developing fleets of autonomous strawberry pickers and agri-robots that blast fungus with UV light, has just raised €9.5 million ($11.3 million).
The funding round saw participation from three major... |
| 15.07.2020 | Oprah, Jay-Z becoming keen foodtech funders after joining Blackstone for $200m Oatly round | Swedish alt-milk maker Oatly has raised $200 million in a funding round led by Blackstone Growth, the new growth equity vehicle of US investment giant Blackstone Group.
Dutch bank Rabobank‘s Rabo Corporate Investments and New York-based Ork... |
| 22.01.2020 | Zap! This UK startup just raised €6.5m to commit electricide on weeds | RootWave, a UK startup developing ways to kill weeds with ever more precise zaps of electricity, has raised a €6.5 million ($7.2 million) Series A investment round. V-Bio Ventures and the Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund led the round, ... |
| 21.06.2019 | How BioLumic switches on the growing power of ultraviolet light for cannabis producers | Growers around the world face mounting pressure to produce more cannabis. But increasing yield isn’t easy. Cannabis seed companies and farmers must confront escalating operational costs, climate variability, ongoing regulatory changes, and ... |