The world’s growing appetite for high quality protein means that the hard limits of current agricultural production are being reached.
Edible insects represent a sustainable supplement to traditional Western livestock. Insects are a resource efficient and highly nutritious source of protein already enjoyed by 80% of the world’s population.
Edible insects represent a sustainable supplement to traditional Western livestock. Insects are a resource efficient and highly nutritious source of protein already enjoyed by 80% of the world’s population.
Location: United States, California, San Leandro
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2012
Investors 1
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| 12.11.2018 | Why Wharton Impact Investing Partners is Interested in AgriFood Tech | Curious about the role of AgriFood tech startups in impact investing? Read on as Devika Balachandran, an associate on Wharton Impact Investing Partners’ Food & Nutrition sector team, discusses the importance of AgriFood Tech in impact i... |
| 04.01.2017 | What Will 2017 Bring for Indoor Ag? | Editor’s Note: Nicola Kerslake is the founder of Newbean Capital, a registered investment adviser that manages early stage venture capital mandates and that has a particular interest in indoor agriculture. It owns the Indoor Ag-Con events b... |
| 31.12.2016 | 5 ways the new connected agriculture world changed in 2016 | The world of agriculture technology, or agtech, is rapidly evolving from an industry entrenched in tradition to one that is fast embracing change. It’s automating laborious tasks and providing farmers and growers with greater knowledge and ... |
| 18.02.2016 | Tiny Farms Raises Seed Round from a Zuckerberg as Cricket Farming Heats Up – exclusive | It might come as a surprise to most, but the world of cricket farming is getting competitive. The tiny insects have been eaten in developing nations for centuries, but now consumers in the Western world are increasingly accepting them as an... |
| 18.02.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Monsanto Leads $7.5m Series A for Understory, Symbiota Re-Brands to Raise $56m, more | Symbiota Re-Brands to Indigo and Raises $56m from Flagship Ventures Microbial stimulant company Symbiota has re-branded to Indigo to mark a new phase in the company’s development. The re-branding coincides with a $56 million capital raise l... |
| 15.01.2016 | FoodBytes! Brooklyn Open for Startup Demo Applications | The first FoodBytes! Summit for 2016 is set to take place in Brooklyn, New York, on March 3, 2016, and applications are now open. Developed by food and agriculture bank Rabobank, the series is dedicated to helping food industry investors co... |