| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.05.2026 | US Senate fertilizer hearing: Farmers ‘can’t take much more’ as prices surge | Soaring fertilizer prices are pushing farmers to a “breaking point” but the Iran conflict is only part of the story, witnesses told lawmakers at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry committee this week.
Experts call... |
| 26.03.2026 | Persian Gulf fertilizer crisis: Global food prices could rise 12-18% by the end of 2026, warns Helios AI | Were the conflict in the Persian Gulf to end tomorrow, global food prices could rise 12-18% above pre-crisis levels by the end of 2026, says one startup deploying AI to help procurement managers assess risk and plan accordingly.
And they wi... |
| 21.03.2025 | The Future of Food: How Epigenetics and AI Are Transforming Agriculture | The world of agriculture is on the brink of a revolution. Two powerful forces are emerging: epigenetics and artificial intelligence (AI). Together, they promise to reshape how we grow food, making it more resilient, efficient, and sustainab... |
| 20.03.2025 | Decibel Bio: $12 Million Raised For Advancing Epigenetic Plant Programming Platform | Decibel Bio, a plant biotechnology company building the first crop epigenetic platform, announced it recently emerged from stealth with the announcement of an oversubscribed $12 million financing round from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Fut... |
| 28.01.2025 | Exclusive: The Modern Acre podcast team launches discovery platform for biologicals: ‘It’s like Yelp for agriculture’ | The team behind The Modern Acre podcast has launched AgList, a new platform to help farmers discover ag biological products and see what other growers are using and recommending.
There are hundreds of companies manufacturing ag biologicals,... |
| 19.12.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Rebel Foods raises $210m, Terradot bags $58m, Plenty shutters Compton farm | This week, India-based Rebel Foods raised a whopping $210 million for its cloud kitchen business and Brazilian climate tech Terradot, now headquarterd in San Francisco, closed a $58 million Series A round.
Outside of funding, vertical farmi... |
| 17.12.2024 | Biostimulant-maker Sound Agriculture bags additional $25m, will pay growers to replace nitrogen and phosphorus | Plant-and-soil health company Sound Agriculture has completed a $25 million Series D extension raise.
BMO Impact Investment Fund and S2G Ventures co-led the round.
Emeryville, California-based Sound Agriculture will use the new funding to e... |
| 04.10.2023 | Navigating A Career In HR With Insights From Industry Leaders | getty |
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| 31.08.2023 | Expert Advice For Excelling Amid Job Dissatisfaction | getty |
| 08.08.2023 | For Greater Success, Embrace The Meaning-Comfort Matrix | Sudhir Singh is a global HR leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the Vice President of People at Sound Agriculture. |
| 12.04.2023 | Data snapshot: Almost half of all AgriFoodTech VC investment in the US goes to California startups | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 08.12.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Grocery startup Oda bags $158m, new rounds for alt meat & restaurant tech | Despite losing its unicorn status, Norwegian online grocer Oda bagged a sizable round this week. Restaurant tech company MarginEdge and AgFunder portfolio company Black Sheep Foods also raised money, as did forest tech platform Gaia AI and ... |
| 08.12.2022 | Sound Agriculture Raises $75M in Series D Funding | Sound Agriculture, a Emeryville, CA-based agtech company, raised $75M in Series D funding.
The round was led by BMO Impact Investment Fund and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, with participation from FootPrint Coalition, Leaps by Bayer, Syngenta... |
| 07.12.2022 | BREAKING: Sound Agriculture lands $75m to expand nitrogen enhancing product overseas | US-based Sound Agriculture has raised a $75 million Series D to expand its crop nutrient and plant breeding businesses. New investors BMO Impact Investment Fund and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative led the round. FootPrint Coalition and returning... |
| 31.10.2022 | Launching A Company Internship Program? Consider These 15 Tips | Initiating an internship program is a wonderful idea to create a talent pipeline of some of the best employees. But in order for the experience to be beneficial and productive for everyone involved, it's important to develop a solid plan wi... |
| 11.05.2022 | How Anuvia aims to spend $66m advancing biofertilizer for large-scale agriculture | US biofertilizer company Anuvia Plant Nutrients has packed a lot of milestones into a short period of time, its latest being a $65.5 million Series D fundraise co-led by Riverstone Holdings and Piva Capital.
Morgan Stanley Investment Manage... |
| 24.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: African startups Apollo, Wasoko & ThriveAgric close big-ticket rounds | This has been a watershed week for African agrifoodtech, with a string of startups from the continent closing eight and nine-figure US dollar rounds over the past few days. Kenya’s Wasoko and Apollo Agriculture raised $125 million and $40 m... |
| 22.03.2022 | BREAKING: Shell & Sound Ag partner to explore carbon credit potential of nitrogen reduction | Sound Agriculture, a US startup helping farmers reduce their nitrogen use and boost crop yields, is joining forces with UK-based petroleum giant Shell to measure the economic and environmental impacts of reducing ag-related nitrous oxide (N... |
| 11.02.2022 | Insect agriculture company raises $2.5 million | MCMINNVILLE, ORE. — Chapul LLC announced it raised $2.5 million in investments on Jan. 27. The company also announced a partnership with Nexus PMG to launch Chapul Farms, a regenerative insect agriculture project.
The funding round was co-l... |
| 25.08.2021 | Agrifoodtech Digest: Cargill, Microsoft & Rabobank get in on the ag carbon game | Two of the past week’s biggest stories were AFN exclusives from the ag carbon market, both involving Microsoft: verification platform Regrow’s $17 million Series A round, and agroforestry startup reNature’s successful ‘harvest’ in Brazil. I... |
| 19.08.2021 | Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series C-extension round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as ... |
| 19.08.2021 | Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round led by Leaps by Bayer | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series C-extension round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as ... |
| 23.06.2021 | Behind the scenes at the top agrifood CVCs | Furious dealmaking in the agrifoodtech sector last year yielded a surprising result: in 12 months marked by immense uncertainty, agrifood investors took bigger risks. They backed cell-cultured meat startups, insect farms, biotech companies ... |
| 23.06.2021 | NEW REPORT: Behind the scenes at the top agrifood CVCs | Furious dealmaking in the agrifoodtech sector last year yielded a surprising result: in 12 months marked by immense uncertainty, agrifood investors took bigger risks. They backed cell-cultured meat startups, insect farms, biotech companies ... |
| 11.05.2021 | Shaping the future of agriculture and food through investments in innovation | According to the World Economic Forum, global food systems will need to support about 10 billion people by 2050. Identifying solutions to achieve food security is more important than ever before to meet the growing demand. Syngenta Group Ve... |
| 03.03.2021 | Positive Ag Cycle Brings Cash. Can It Also Bring New Social Impact To Ag Tech? | Bright days are here for agriculture, as commodity prices soar. Can we apply some of returns to ... [+] feeding the hungry?Adobe Stock |
| 11.12.2020 | Syngenta partners with Sound Ag to launch ‘bio-inspired’ crop input in China | Swiss agro-chemical giant Syngenta is hoping to tackle nitrogen use in China while maintaining productivity through a new partnership with one of its portfolio companies: Emeryville, California-based molecular biology startup Sound Agricult... |
| 09.12.2020 | Nestlé To Invest US$3.5B In 5-Year Climate Plan Powered By Regenerative Agriculture & Plant-Based Innovation | 1
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Nestlé has doubled down on its sustainability commitments, pledging to invest a total of CHF 3.2 billion (US$3.59 billion) over the next five years as part of its long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. ... |
| 22.05.2020 | Crop Protection Company Sound Agriculture Raises $22 Million | Sound Agriculture recently announced it raised $22 million in Series C funding led by S2G Ventures
Sound Agriculture recently announced it raised $22 million in Series C funding led by S2G Ventures (Seed 2 Growth) — which is a Chicago-based... |
| - | Sound Agriculture | “Sound Agriculture develops nature-based solutions for a more agile and resilient agricultural system.” |
