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| 16.09.2026 | From Oatly to agritech: inside Sweden’s evolving foodtech ecosystem | If you’re interested in agritech or foodtech, Daniel Skavén Ruben is someone worth speaking to. His career has taken him from government and food policy to startups, more than 50 angel investments, and now Business Sweden — giving him an un... |
| 03.08.2026 | Indoor ag heavyweight 80 Acres Farms to cease operations | US-based indoor farming startup 80 Acres Farms will cease operations, AgFunderNews has learned.
Cofounder and CEO Mike Zelkind noted in a statement that the company has been unable to secure the necessary capital to continue the business.
“... |
| 20.02.2026 | +++ LiveEO +++ Soonicorn +++ Atomico +++ Plato +++ Quantum Systems +++ IPO +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Freitag, 20. Februar). #STARTUPLAND: Noch 26 Tage!
STARTUPLAND is where the future begins
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| 19.01.2026 | one.five Raises €14M in Series A Funding | one.five, a Hamburg, Germany-based company building AI-powered solutions for packaging product development, raised €14M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Dr. Hans Riegel Holding, with participation from 212 NexT, Symbia VC (family o... |
| 03.10.2025 | Mahmud Kamani-backed vertical farm collapses after failing to find a buyer | A vertical farming group backed by the likes of Boohoo co-founder Mahmud Kamani has collapsed after being unable to find a buyer, owing creditors nearly £8m.
London-based Vertical Future had raised more than £37m in capital since it was fou... |
| 30.07.2025 | Agritech firm Vertical Future put up for sale on insolvency marketplace after losses widen | One of Britain’s biggest vertical farming businesses has been put up for sale on an insolvency marketplace after reporting widening losses, City AM can reveal.
London-based Vertical Future, which has raised more than £37m in capital since i... |
| 02.04.2025 | Auf diese Startups steht Atomico in Deutschland | Der englische Geldgeber Atomico, hinter dem insbesondere Skype-Gründer Niklas Zennström steckt, legte zuletzt zwei neue Fonds (1,24 Milliarden US-Dollar) auf. Im Frühphasenfonds Atomico Venture VI sind 485 Millionen Dollar, im Atomico Growt... |
| 12.08.2024 | +++ Investments +++ Nui Cosmetics +++ Infarm +++ Getsafe +++ Bergzeit +++ Logistik +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Montag, 12. August) #STARTUPLAND: NUR FÜR FRÜHE VÖGEL
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| 17.06.2024 | “Wir sehen in Pilzen großes Potenzial” | Das Berliner Startup tupu, das 2021 vom ehemaligen Infarm- und Delivery Hero-Mitarbeiter Eldad Arnon und vom ehemaligen Kalera-Manager Daniel Lock gegründet wurde, setzt voll und ganz auf Pilze. “Wir produzieren Pilze lokal und in Bio-Quali... |
| 22.05.2024 | +++ Dedrone +++ EU +++ N26 +++ Infarm +++ Volocopter +++ Teams +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 22. Mai) SAVE THE DATE: STARTUPLAND
Kommt mit uns ins Startupland: Am 6. November findet im Kölner... |
| 14.03.2024 | Vertical Farming Crops Market is Expected to Achieve $1.3 Billion at CAGR of 26.2% by 2027 | Vertical Farming Crops Market
Vertical farming crops market is anticipated to grow at a substantial rate, owing to consumers inclination toward fresh and locally grown crops. ”
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| 18.04.2023 | Brief: Infarm closes Copenhagen operations amid ongoing ‘strategy shift’ & vertical farming consolidation | Vertical farming company Infarm has shut down operations in Copenhagen, Denmark.
This is the latest closure in a series that also includes operations in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Japan and Frankfurt, Germany.
The Germany-based startu... |
| 28.03.2023 | DigitalFoodLab gives us a taste of the future of foodtech | Today Digital Food Lab released its sixth annual report on the state of FoodTech investment in Europe. The analysis spreads across several key verticals:
Delivery
Supply chain
Agtech
Food science
Foodservice
Consumer tech
It shows investor ... |
| 29.11.2022 | Major redundancies confirmed at German vertical crop growing business Infarm | German vertical farming startup Infarm today confirmed it will make redundancies that will cover up to 50% of its 500-person workforce.
The lay-offs come at an awful time for startups generally. Widespread job losses are expected due to a d... |
| 29.11.2022 | Brief: Vertical farm network InFarm to lay off ‘more than half’ of workforce, downsize operations | Vertical farm startup Infarm will lay off more than half of its workforce, around 500 employees. The Berlin, Germany-based startup cites skyrocketing energy prices and the wider downturn as reasons for the cuts.
Infarm will consolidate its ... |
| 22.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiftly bags $100m for grocery tech, Pano’s $20m to fight wildfires with AI | This week, retail and grocery tech startup Swiftly bagged a mega-round while front-of-house restaurant software startup Zenchef cooked up new financing to expand its presence. In agtech, Pano raised funds to fight wildfires with AI and Land... |
| 30.05.2022 | Тренды в агротехе 2022 | Рынок агротехнологий стремительно развивается год от года. За первые три квартала 2021 года, по данным исследования Future Today Institute, инвестиции в размере более $8,3 млрд получили 441 агротех-стартапов по всему миру.
Мы решили создать... |
| 03.02.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Waterdrop Series B, Kalera SPAC & Oatly ads ban | This past week saw foodtech companies Waterdrop and Lunchbox close eight-figure Series B rounds; while over in agtech, vertical farming operation Kalera announced plans to go public via a SPAC deal.
Elsewhere, a new report from the nonprofi... |
| 20.01.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Consumer foodtech players Flipdish, Yumi & La Vie raise large rounds | One of this week’s biggest fundings went to Flipdish — a US startup providing software that powers payments, online ordering, and delivery for foodservice enterprises — which netted a massive $100 million in a round led by Chinese tech gian... |
| 19.12.2021 | Vertical farming startup Infarm raises $200M for international expansion | - |
| 16.12.2021 | Berlin-based AgTech startup Infarm raises $200M to bring efficient vertical farming to cities and urban centers; reaches unicorn status at over $1 billion valuation | Infarm, a Berlin, Germany-based AgTech startup that grows food indoors in racks, announced today it has raised $200 million in Series D funding led by the Qatar Investment Authority, with participation from new and existing investors includ... |
| 16.12.2021 | Brief: Infarm raises $200m Series D from Qatar sovereign fund, others at $1bn+ valuation | Infarm has raised $200 million in Series D funding from the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) alongside other new and existing investors including Partners in Equity, Hanaco, Atomico, Lightrock, and Bonnier.
QIA will work with Infarm to buil... |
| 16.12.2021 | German agritech startup Infarm raises €176.8M; now valued at “well over” $1B | Berlin-based Infarm, an agritech startup that builds and distributes efficient vertical farms throughout cities, announced that it has raised $200M (approx €176.82M) in its Series D round of funding. According to the company, it is now valu... |
| 16.12.2021 | Reddit is—finally—going public | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
It’s official. Reddit announced yesterday that it had confidentially filed for an IPO with the SE... |
| 24.11.2021 | Laboratory meat, 3D printing & Co. – This is what we will eat in the future | From the field or stable to your own plate – this is the traditional way of producing food. However, this is supplemented bit by bit by new trends. And it has to. The world population is growing steadily and, combined with the consequences ... |
| 10.11.2021 | Data Snapshot: Bowery’s $300m round tops H1 2021 Novel Farming Systems deals | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
AgFunder data confirms that US vertical farming startup Bowery bagged the biggest investment deal in th... |
| 14.10.2021 | N2 Applied gets $17m to turn livestock slurry into sustainable fertilizer | Oslo, Norway-headquartered N2 Applied has raised €15 million ($17.3 million) in investment grants from the EU for its tech that converts animal manure into sustainable fertilizer and traps greenhouse gas emissions in the process.
The grant ... |
| 12.10.2021 | Emmanuel Faber and David Barber Join Impact Investor Astanor Ventures | NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Astanor Ventures announced today the addition of David Barber and Emmanuel Faber to its partnership team. Barber and Faber, two internationally recognized leaders in the movement towards a sustainable... |
| 26.08.2021 | Data Snapshot: Insect ranches, vertical ag among 2020’s top-funded ‘Novel Farming’ startups | AFN‘s parent company AgFunder released the latest edition of its annual Farm Tech Investment Report earlier this month, which showed that funding for agritech startups last year saw its biggest annual increase in since 2018.
According to th... |
| 04.08.2021 | Farm tech investing is accelerating faster than ever – new report | Editor’s note: A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.
We’ve been watching the surge of investor interest in upstream, close-to-the-farm technologies since the Covid-19 pandemic started. We now have numbers that show just h... |
| 29.07.2021 | Farm Tech Investing Is Accelerating Faster Than Food Tech And General VC - New Report | As devastating as the pandemic has been, some good has emerged from the global health and economic crisis: investment to shore up global food systems has soared. Back in February we confirmed the extent of the boost investors gave entrepren... |
| 27.07.2021 | Brief: Infarm plots major Canada expansion with strengthened Sobeys partnership | German vertical ag startup Infarm will substantially expand its presence in Canada in an expanded collaboration with existing retail partner Sobeys.
As part of the deal, Infarm said it will construct new ‘Growing Centers’ — facilities incor... |
| 25.05.2021 | Bowery bags ‘biggest-ever’ vertical farming raise with $300m Series C | Bowery has closed a $300 million Series C round, marking what it claims is “the largest private fundraise to date for an indoor farming company.” New investor Fidelity Management & Research led the round. Amplo and Gaingels also came on... |
| 17.03.2021 | Indoor agtech: An evolving landscape of 1,300+ startups | Editor’s note: Chris Taylor is a senior consultant on The Mixing Bowl team and has spent more than 20 years on global IT strategy and development innovation in manufacturing, design, and healthcare, focussing most recently on indoor agtech.... |
| 11.03.2021 | Is this the fastest-growing vertical farming business in the world? | Indoor agriculture is competitive. While there is so much whitespace for vertical farms and high-tech greenhouses to grow and sell produce regionally, those that are VC-backed seem to have been fighting for investor attention for years – wi... |
| 03.03.2021 | Urban farming startup Infarm launches cloud-connected growing centers | Israeli-founded urban farming startup Infarm, which combines vertical farms with IoT technology and machine learning, has announced the launch of its new high-capacity Growing Center, an automated and modular local farm and distribution cen... |
| 29.01.2021 | The Indoor Farms Disrupting The Produce Industry | If you don't already, chances are you'll soon be eating produce from indoor farms.Photo: Forward Greens |
| 29.12.2020 | Vertical Indoor Farms Make Sense | (Brandon Wade/AP Images for Eden Green)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| 21.12.2020 | Quantum dot startup UbiQD raises $7m Series A for electricity free CEA lighting | Advanced materials startup UbiQD (pronounced ‘ubiquity’ and short for ubiquitous quantum dots) has closed a $7 million Series A funding co-led by Scout Ventures and Keiretsu Forum, with additional participation from Sun Mountain Capital, Ep... |
| 12.10.2020 | AI, Vertical Farms & Insects: 10 Agtech Startups That Will Change The World | 0 shares
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| 22.09.2020 | Berlin based Infarm secures €144 million | Berlin-Germany based leading urban farming network, Infarm, has announced in September 2020, that it has raised around €144 million funding in the first close of series C financing round from LGT Lightstone. The participants include investo... |
| 18.09.2020 | Berlin-based Infarm raises $170M to bring urban farming to cities so everyone can grow fresh produce right in their neighborhoods | Infarm, a Berlin, Germany-based AgTech startup announced that it has raised $170 million in Series C funding that it will use for infrastructure, R&D, and hiring. Infarm said it expects to raise an additional $30 million for a total of ... |
| 18.09.2020 | Infarm Raises $170M in First Close of Series C Funding | Infarm, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of cloud-connected farming facilities, raised $170M in the first close of its Series C funding.
The equity and debt round – which is expected to reach over $200m – was led by impact investing firm LG... |
| 18.09.2020 | Berlin-based Infarm raises €144M to grow largest farming network globally | As we all know, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is growing day by day due to which there is a high rise in demand for fresh foods. It has put a global spotlight on the agricultural side of the economy. However, agritech startups are ... |
| 17.09.2020 | Berlin-based Infarm raises €144 million during pandemic to grow largest urban vertical farming network in the world | Today German startup Infarm, one of world’s fastest growing urban farming networks, has announced an approx. €144 million investment raised in the first close of a Series C funding round expected to reach around €169 million. Led by LGT Lig... |
| 17.09.2020 | Infarm raises $170m in first close of Series C | Infarm, a Berlin-based startup putting micro-vertical farms in urban locations like supermarkets, hospitals, and restaurants, has raised $170 million in the first close of its Series C round. The company expects the round to surpass $200 mi... |
| 16.09.2020 | Infarm raises $170M in equity and debt to continue building its ‘vertical farming’ network | Infarm, the vertical farming company that has built a network of urban farms to grow fresh food closer to consumers, has raised $170 million in new investment in a “first close” of a Series C.
Leading the round — which is expected to reach ... |
| 26.02.2020 | Ten Israeli companies listed among top 50 global agritech and food tech firms in 2020 | Ten Israeli companies were listed among two separate lists highlighting the top 50 companies worldwide in the food tech and agritech (agriculture tech) sectors in 2020, put together by SVG Ventures-THRIVE and published by Forbes this week.
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| 09.01.2020 | UK aeroponics startup LettUs Grow raises £2.35m seed round | LettUs Grow — a UK startup designing aeroponic systems and farm management software for vertical farms, greenhouses and other indoor ag spaces — has secured £2.35 million ($3.1 million) in seed funding.
Early-stage life science and engineer... |
| 18.06.2019 | A Guide to Germany’s Agtech Ecosystem: Government Support Belies Limited Investor Pool | Europe’s share of global agri-foodtech venture capital is slim. But with growing pressure on food systems to produce more and more sustainably, Europe’s larger economies are ramping up efforts to cultivate a supportive startup scene.
German... |
| 12.06.2019 | Is UK eGrocer Ocado’s $22m Vertical Farming Investment a Bargain? – updated | Updated Jun 12 4:32pm ET, to add details of first farm in China.
Readers of the Grimsby Telegraph, a niche northern English newspaper, may have spotted a striking headline in print last November: “Inside the world’s most advanced vertical f... |
| 11.06.2019 | Berlin-based Infarm raises an €88 million Series B round to create hyper-efficient urban farming at scale | Berlin-based Infarm is the world’s largest urban farming platform, with a mission to make cities self-sufficient and sustainable in their food production.
Currently, the consumption of fresh produce is a huge environmental burden. Lengthy t... |
| 11.06.2019 | InFarm Joins Vertical Farming Pantheon With Titanic $100m Series B | Berlin-based portable vertical farm startup InFarm on Tuesday disclosed a vast Series B raise of $100 million, bringing its total funding to over $134 million. The raise dramatically eclipsed the big vertical farming news from Britain’s Oca... |
| 11.06.2019 | Infarm Raises $100M To Help Shoppers Harvest On Demand | 20 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
German company Infarm wants to bring fresh produce, roots, soil and all, into stores. Think mini-farms in each grocery aisle, where shoppers can pick herbs, harvest produce and avoid pesticides that... |
| 11.06.2019 | Infarm raises $100 million to expand its urban farming platform to the U.S. and beyond | Infarm, a Germany-based startup that distributes “modular farms” to grocery stores and other urban locations, has raised $100 million in a series B round of equity and debt funding led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors ... |
| 11.06.2019 | Infarm closes $100M Series B to scale its ‘urban farming platform’ | Infarm, the Berlin-based startup that has developed vertical farming tech for grocery stores and restaurants, is disclosing $100 million in in Series B investment. The round is led by London VC Atomico, and consists of mix of equity funding... |
| 11.06.2019 | Infarm raises $100 million to expand its urban farming platform to the U.S. and beyond | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Infarm, a Germany-based startup that distributes ... |
| 11.06.2019 | Berlin-based urban farming platform Infarm lands $100 million from Atomico | German-founded Urban farming startup Infarm has secured a $100 million funding round described as a mix of equity and debt financing led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors Balderton Capital, Astanor Ventures, Cherry Vent... |
| 11.06.2019 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 11 | ‘HIPSTER ANTITRUST’
The Fortune CEO Initiative is underway in New York today — and antitrust is a hot topic.
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Smith said he believes U.S. regulators will start to lo... |
| 07.06.2019 | UK Supermarket Sainsbury’s Chews Over What Food Will Be Like in 2169, And It’s Kind of Bonkers | As part of its 150th birthday celebrations this year, the British supermarket giant J Sainsbury has released its Future of Food Report, which chews over what our food systems will be like in 2025, then in 2050 — and finally, with an act of ... |
| 16.03.2019 | Девять перспективных фудтех-направлений с точки зрения инвесторов | Среди них — сервисы рекомендаций с собственными онлайн-супермаркетами и роботизированные рестораны.
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| 13.02.2019 | 60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innovation Awards – Vote Now! | *VOTING EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 1, 9AM ET!*
We’re very excited to open our Third Annual AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards, where we recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward.
Our nomination comm... |
| 08.11.2018 | Infarm expands its ‘in-store farming’ to Paris | Infarm, the Berlin-based startup that has developed vertical farming tech for grocery stores, restaurants and local distribution centres to bring fresh and artisan produce much closer to the consumer, is expanding to Paris.
Once again, the ... |
| 05.02.2018 | Investment update: Infarm raises $25M to grow its network to 1,000 farms across Europe | We're very pleased share the announcement that we are lead Series A investors in Infarm, Europe's urban farming leader, alongside TriplePoint Capital, and Mons Investments LLC, as well as previous investors Cherry Ventures, QUADIA and Local... |
| 05.02.2018 | Balderton Capital leads $25M Series A in ‘urban farming’ platform Infarm | Infarm, a startup that has developed vertical farming tech for grocery stores, restaurants and local distribution centres to bring fresh and artisan produce much closer to the consumer, has raised $25 million in Series A funding.
The round ... |
| - | Infarm closes $100M to Scale the World’s Largest Urban Farming Platform | The new funding will be used to scale Infarm’s already impressive growth in Europe to the US and beyond, and grow the R&D, operational, and commercial teams. |
| - | Infarm raises $100M and introduces new high-capacity, cloud-connected Growing Centers | Infarm, the world’s fastest-growing urban farming company, was founded in Berlin in 2013 by Osnat Michaeli and the brothers Erez and Guy Galonska. Today, Infarm is growing a worldwide farming network helping cities become self-sufficient in... |
| - | London’s Balderton celebrates over 20 years in business, brings home $680 million, and launches early growth fund | After two decades of being one of Europe’s leading Series A venture firms, Balderton Capital has raised a mammoth $680 million to launch an early growth fund. With this new addition of funds, the firm is now actively deploying over $1 billi... |
| - | Infarm closes $100m Series B to scale its “urban farming platform” | - |
| - | Infarm raises $170M during pandemic to grow largest urban vertical farming network in the world | Led by LGT Lightstone, the first round included participation by investors Hanaco, Bonnier, Haniel, and Latitude and was supported by existing Infarm investors.
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| - | Искусственный интеллект, вертикальные фермы и насекомые: 9 стартапов Agtech, которые изменят мир | По данным Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной Организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО), к 2050 году фермерам необходимо будет увеличить производство продуктов питания на 70%, чтобы прокормить почти 10 млрд человек.
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| - | Infarm raises $200M to accelerate global expansion of climate-resilient vertical farms | The additional capital will serve to expand the deployment of the company’s vertical farms in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe, and to enter new markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East with both in-store farming units and Infarm Growi... |
| - | Тренды в агротехе 2022 | Рынок агротехнологий стремительно развивается год от года. За первые три квартала 2021 года, по данным исследования Future Today Institute, инвестиции в размере более $8,3 млрд получили 441 агротех-стартапов по всему миру.
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| - | Infarm raises $170m in equity and debt to continue building its “vertical farming” network | - |
| - | Производитель вертикальных ферм Infarm привлёк $200 млн для международной экспансии Статьи редакции | Оценка компании превысила $1 млрд.
Немецкий стартап Infarm привлёк деньги от Катарским инвестиционного управления (QIA), инвестиционных компаний Hanaco, Lightrock, Bonnier, Atomico и Equity.
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| - | Vertical farming platform Infarm raises $200 million, now at $1+ billion valuation | Berlin-founded indoor/vertical farming company Infarm has raised $200 million in a Series D round, now giving the startup a valuation of over $1 billion. The fresh capital will be used to support the company’s ongoing global growth strategy... |
