#AgTech and FoodTech Funding

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iyris completes $16 million Series A fundraise

iyris (formerly RedSea), the innovative AgriClimate Tech whose company helps growers globally increase crop yields, reduce input costs and risk, and extend growing seasons in some of the most difficult farming environments, announces the completion of a $16 million, Series A fundraise. The round was led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (“EIF”) – a San Francisco-based climate and sustainability fund…

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AgFunder Agri-FoodTech Investing Report - 2019

Foodtech and agtech startups raised $19.8bn in venture funding across 1858 deals. Following on from a record-breaking 2018, that’s a 4.8% decline year-over-year in dollar terms and 15% by number of deals. But there were some clear bright spots with a 1.3% increase in funding to startups operating upstream — on the farm and in the supply chain — as they raised $7.6bn, posting the highest levels of…

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$70m for Bira, Torr Foodtech's $12m: the week in agrifoodtech

$70m for Bira, Torr Foodtech’s $12m: the week in agrifoodtech

This week, craft beer company Bira landed new funding to expand its geographic reach while Torr FoodTech grabbed $12 million for its unusual and tech-centric approach to snack bars. In agtech, Clarifruit also raised $12 million while more layoffs struck the food delivery sector. Foodtech funding 🇮🇳 Craft beer maker Bira 91 lands $70 million round led by beer company Kirin. Bira will use the…

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The GROW Impact Accelerator for Global Foodtech and Agtech Startups

For North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, Worldwide

As part of the GROW Impact Accelerator you will join a prestigious network of experts and investors to take your business to the next level of growth. Participation is designed to open new markets for international startups looking to expand into Asia, and for regional startups to launch on the global stage.

​Companies receive USD$200K worth of cash and in-kind investment, including a bespoke accelerator programme that refines your business model for aggressive growth and plugs you into the AgFunder agrifoodtech ecosystem for expansion internationally.

What you will get

Financial Support USD$100K investment by the AgFunder GROW Impact Fund through a SAFE, to be converted at your next financing round

​An additional USD$100K worth of services & support, including AWS & Twilio credits, and packages with Klaviyo, Stripe, Zoom, and more...

Product Testing & Development Access to growth partners for product testing, development and scaling.

(e.g. test lab facilities, kitchens, on-field testing, research, tech and infrastructure, suppliers, manufacture and co-packing, marketing and customer insights)

Customer Validation Matching with some of the world’s biggest agrifood MNCs to help with customer validation and feedback, deploying pilots projects, and securing new sales contracts

Financial Support USD$100K investment by the AgFunder GROW Impact Fund through a SAFE, to be converted at your next financing round

​An additional USD$100K worth of services & support, including AWS & Twilio credits, and packages with Klaviyo, Stripe, Zoom, and more...

Product Testing & Development Access to growth partners for product testing, development and scaling. (e.g. test lab facilities, kitchens, on-field testing, research, tech and infrastructure, suppliers, manufacture and co-packing, marketing and customer insights)

Customer Validation Matching with some of the world’s biggest agrifood MNCs to help with customer validation and feedback, deploying pilots projects, and securing new sales contracts

Investment Network Curated introductions to AgFunder’s investment network of private and institutional investors from across the globe to help you raise your next funding round

Coaching & Mentorship Our experienced team of coaches & mentors offer startups a unique opportunity to learn from industry experts.

Co-Working Space Physical workspace in Singapore (or virtual office address, if overseas) through the duration of the programme.

Areas of interest

Advancing Smallholder Farmers

Novel Foods and Ingredients

Supply Chain Rationalisation

Climate-Smart Food Production

Circular Economy

Food Waste Valorisation

Personalised Nutrition & Health

Application Deadline: 10 January 2022

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Vitosha Venture Partners launches $30M fund to back Bulgarian-related early-stage startups

Vitosha Venture Partners is a brand new venture fund launching out of Bulgaria, and backed by the Bulgarian government. The 26 million euro ($30M) fund aims to invest in approximately 100 companies, starting from low ticket sizes all the way up to a million, in early-stage and growth-stage companies that are based in or related to Bulgaria.

Vitosha will be co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds under the Operational Programme for Innovation and Competitiveness 2014-2020, managed by the Fund of Funds in Bulgaria. Beyond standard VC conventions, it will also back companies that matter for the growth, sustainability, and development of the local economy in Bulgaria and the Central European region.

Speaking to me over a call, co-founder Max Gurvits said: “Bulgaria and this whole region of South-eastern Europe is a very early ecosystem. The cool thing that’s happening here and that’s something we’re excited about and proud of is that because Bulgaria started a little earlier in tech than the neighboring countries, it’s still very early, but there are 1000s of people now in startups.”

He added: “I do think that in Bulgaria, something like the emergence of a unicorn-like UIPath might happen in the next two or three years. So we’re slowly but surely catching up.”

“There’s a lot of FoodTech / AgTech here, there there’s a lot of connected hardware manufacturing like electric bicycles. While those companies might not be groundbreaking or world-changing they are actually quite solid fast-growing businesses that have a pretty high probability of exiting for 2x 3x 4x 5x or more.”

Vitosha Accelerate also run an acceleration program.

The team consists of: Erik Anderson- Managing Partner (ex WiseGuys) Max Gurvits – Managing partner Marin Iliev- Managing partner Maris Prii – Managing Partner Nikola Stojanow – Managing Partner Paul Weinberger- Managing partner Kamen Bankovski – Principal Stoyan Nedin – Venture Partner

Portfolio – 17 companies up to date Investments between EUR 150k and EUR 800k Hobo – https://hobo.bg Quendoo – https://www.quendoo.com Econic One – https://econicone.com Eirene Studio- https://ift.tt/3gzSydv Tokwise- https://www.tokwise.com Omnio-https://omniotech.net Petmall- https://petmall.bg Assen Aero- http://assen.aero MeatMe Bar- https://ift.tt/3vDkW2y PelletBox- Stealth

Vitosha ACCELERATE startups (tickets up to EUR 50k) Gridmetrics – https://ift.tt/3gF6QK5 Trace the Taste- Stealth FidU Trade-https://fidutrade.com Augment- https://augment.gg NulaBG-https://nula.bg Bye Bye Stuttering- https://ift.tt/3iQyXaC Ecopolitech- Stealth

The companies that became part of Vitosha’s portfolio in April are: Tokwise- €150K Omnio-€200K Petmall- €800K Assen Aero- €600K MeatMe Bar- €400K PelletBox- €200K Gridmetrics-€50K Trace the Taste-€50K FidU Trade-€75K Augment-€50K NulaBG-€50K Bye Bye Stuttering-€50K EcoPolytech-€50K

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Astanor Ventures launches $325M Impact Fund aimed at FoodTech and AgTech startups

Astanor Ventures launches $325M Impact Fund aimed at FoodTech and AgTech startups

We can all, by now, ascribe to the idea that something has changed in the last few months. Like it or not, business is not as it was. If we were true to ourselves, we would admit that our lives will never be the name again. But parallel to this visceral feeling, is the quite clear and objective truth that the planet that sustains our existence is in trouble. So, surely, is it not beholden upon us…

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Astanor Ventures launches $325M Impact Fund aimed at FoodTech and AgTech startups https://ift.tt/3pNNqF5

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AI precision spraying pioneer Greeneye Technology raises $20m to scale U.S. operation

Greeneye Technology, the pioneer of AI-enabled precision spraying technology that is proven to reduce herbicide use in farming by an average of 88%, today announces the completion of a $20m funding round led by Israeli investment company Deep Insight. The round is supported by existing investors Syngenta Group Ventures, JVP, Orbia Ventures, and Eyal Waldman, the founder and former CEO of…

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Ninjacart Launches Agri-Tech Startup Program to Empower Early-Stage Innovators

Key Highlights: Program Launch: Ninjacart Startup Program is designed to support early-stage FoodTech and AgTech startups. Focus Areas: Offers technology access, venture capital opportunities, financial backing, and expert business advisory. Eligibility: Startups founded after 2020, with up to $1M in funding, operating outside India, and focused on food supply chain innovation. Applications…

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Jay-Z invests in pizza robot startup Stellar: The Week in Agrifoodtech

Jay-Z invests in pizza robot startup Stellar: The Week in Agrifoodtech

This week brought a win for more sustainable grocery delivery with The Rounds’ Series A fundraise. Meanwhile, investment in restaurant robots increased with Jay-Z’s funding for pizza robot truck Stellar and new capital for Hyper Food Robotics. Gene-editing startup Inari led agtech investment with its mega-round. Foodtech funding 🇺🇸 The Rounds nabs $38 million for waste-free e-commerce with no…

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Rockstart AgriFood for Startups with a focus on Agtech and Foodtech

Rockstart AgriFood gives you access to scale your business and helps drive the transformation to a regenerative and sustainable future. We shortcut your financing journey through domain focused mentorship and market introductions, customised content continuing with co-investments up to Series B.

Rockstart is a global accelerator-VC empowering purpose-driven founders. Through our €18+ million fund focused on AgriFood startups we are dedicated to finding and investing in top tier founders. We empower early-stage startups going from early market validation to becoming market-leading companies, starting with our accelerator program and continuing with our co-investments.

Rockstart AgriFood is for (pre-)seed stage startups with a focus on agtech and foodtech (agrifood), who can show signs of traction (commercial, academic or other) and aspire to take a structured approach towards scaling the business. Your startup can be pre or post-revenue. Our customized program runs for five months, online and onsite (if local health regulations allow in Copenhagen and Amsterdam).

We back impactful and scalable solutions led by passionate founders, leveraging emerging technologies and new business models that improve our food supply system from soil to gut.

Regenerative & Future-proof production

Restoring our soils and oceans to become powerhouses for co2 capture with balanced production, whilst driving connectivity for smarter decisions.

Responsible & circular process & distribution

Creating value from wasted food, reducing food loss, and preserving food with smart, sustainable and compostable solutions - it’s time to unlock this value and reduce co2.

Quantifiable food consumption

Providing consumers with better access to sustainable, nutritious and trustworthy food that tastes good and does good.

Application Deadline: April 22, 2021

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Astanor Ventures launches $325M Impact Fund aimed at FoodTech and AgTech startups – TechCrunch

Astanor Ventures launches $325M Impact Fund aimed at FoodTech and AgTech startups – TechCrunch

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We can all, by now, ascribe to the idea that something has changed in the last few months. Like it or not, business is not as it was. If we were true to ourselves, we would admit that our lives will never be the name again. But parallel to this visceral feeling, is the quite clear and objective truth that the planet that sustains our existence is in trouble. So, surely, is it not…

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Submissions for The Europas Tech Startups Awards are now open

Submissions for The Europas Awards 2020 have now opened. We’re back for our 11th year of recognizing the hottest tech startups across the European tech scene, as supported by TechCrunch.

The awards evening will be held on 25 June 2020 in London, UK, at the ‘Museum of the Home‘ (formerly known as the Geffrye Museum). Earlier in the day, we will be running a series of Pathfounder workshops aimed at giving Series A and late-stage seed startups practical advice on scaling up. The working agenda is here.

We’re actively scouting the top startups in each category, but you can nominate a startup, accelerator, or venture fund that you think deserves to be recognized for their achievements in the last 12 months (1 January 2019 – 1 January 2020).

To be eligible to apply for the startup portion of the awards, you must be a late-stage seed or Series A startup. If you are bootstrapped, you must be generating sustainable revenues of at least £500,000 a year. For unicorns minted in the last year (1 January 2019 – 1 January 2020), you can apply to Unicorn of the Year.

This year, there are 22 categories, refreshed to ensure we recognize those startups working in tech’s most compelling fields. This year, AgTech and FoodTech have their own categories. We have included three tech-specific awards: Hottest AI Startup, Hottest Blockchain Project and Hottest Quantum Computing startup.

As we roll into our 11th year of The Europas, and into a new decade, we’re very conscious that collectively, we have only 10 years left to reach the UN’s ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. We want to recognize those startups striving to create a more sustainable, equitable future. To that end, three new categories have been added including Hottest GreenTech Startup, Hottest Social Innovation and Hottest Sustainability Tech. Sustainability Tech includes any startup working in an industry that they’ve built a sustainable product or service for.

We are also introducing one new final award, “Pathfounder of the Year” to honor a person who has made a significant contribution to the tech industry. The contribution may be over a lifetime, or it may have occurred in the past year.

The application is here. Early bird tickets are here.

The timeline for The Europas are:

14 January: Entries open to the 2020 Europas. 25 March: Entries close. 14 April: Longlist announced. Public voting opens 15 May: Public voting closes. Judges deliberation begins. 8 June: Shortlist announced. 25 June: Winners announced at The Europas Awards evening.

The complete list of categories are:

Hottest AgTech Startup Hottest B2B / SaaS Startup Hottest CyberTech Startup Hottest EdTech Startup Hottest FinTech Startup Hottest FoodTech Startup Hottest GreenTech Startup Hottest HealthTech Startup Hottest Mobility Tech Startup Hottest PropTech Startup Hottest Public, Civic, GovTech Startup Hottest SpaceTech Startup Hottest Social Innovation Hottest Sustainability Tech Startup Hottest AI Startup Hottest Blockchain Project Hottest Quantum Startup Hottest Accelerator Hottest Seed Fund Hottest VC Fund Unicorn of the Year Pathfounder of the Year

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Robovision Secures $42 Million Funding

Robovision, a leading European AI company specializing in AI-powered computer vision, has successfully raised $42 million in its latest investment round. The round was led by Target Global and Astanor Ventures, known for their significant contributions to high-growth companies. Astanor Ventures, as an impact investor, will play a vital role in amplifying Robovision’s positive global impact…

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The Yield Lab LATAM and Rural Ventures Announce Partnership

The partnership between The Yield Lab LATAM and Rural Ventures will create a complete ecosystem for new AgTechs and FoodTechs in Latin America. In addition, the collaboration will allow startups to access professional support, strategic guidance, and funding when starting their journey in the agriculture sector. The Yield Lab has a high presence in Latin America, with investments in 19 startups…

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Delivery unicorns & Pat Brown's venture: The Week in Agrifoodtech

Delivery unicorns & Pat Brown’s venture: The Week in Agrifoodtech

Thailand-based food delivery service Line Man Wongnai became the sector’s latest company to achieve unicorn status with a massive Series B round. Virtual restaurant/cloud kitchen startups like Not So Dark and CloudEats continue to rake in the funds and Impossible Foods’ founder Pat Brown hinted at a new venture company. In agtech, funding for insect startups continues. Foodtech funding 🇹🇭 Line…