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African agrifoodtech funding is showing mild growth and recovery in 2024, with startups in the sector raising $145 million in the first half of 2024, a 1.6% year-over-year increase vs H1, 2023. But Africa still represents a small fraction of global investment, according to AgFunder’s?third African AgriFoodTech Investment report, OUT NOW & FREE TO DOWNLOAD: https://lnkd.in/gSDzBbaD #Africa #emergingmarkets #foodtech #research #data #investment #agrifoodtech #foodtech #agtech #agritech #climatetech

After a challenging period where African agrifoodtech investment declined 62% in 2023, the continent’s agrifoodtech sector shows mild growth and recovery in 2024, raising $145 million in the first half of the year. ?? Get the full picture on the health of African agrifoodtech ? Download our FREE REPORT ? https://lnkd.in/gBFgVJW2 FMO - Dutch entrepreneurial development bank | YoLa Fresh | #Africa #AgriFoodTech #agtech #agritech #foodtech #investment #Africadata #agribusinessmarketplaces #fintech #climatetech #startups #AgFunder #AgFunderNews

A survey of 85 delegates at this year’s E Tipu Boma Agri Summit revealed that more than half had considered launching or had launched in an overseas market, with nearly 70% saying they would consider launching in Australia first. #ETipu2024 #BomaAgriSummit #FarmingNZ #PrimarySectorNZ #agritech #agtech #innovation #collaboration #australia #newzealand #growag Harriet Mellish | AgriFutures growAG | AgriFutures Australia | Brendan O'Connell | AgriTech New Zealand

There’s good, bad and ugly news where ag robotics are concerned, writes guest columnist Tim Bucher... #Robotics #Mechanization #Equipment #agrobotics #automation #farmrobotics #autonomy #AI

This Week in AgriFoodTech: Alt meatball alert as LA VIE? cooks up $27m, xFarm bags $39m, baCta lands funds for natural rubber… ???? ???? Swiss-founded BE WTR raises $45.45M Series C funding for expansion plans in Singapore and Asia ???? French Vegan Meat Maker Doubles Funding Pot with €25M Investment, Rolls Out Meatballs ???? Jackfruit-powered alt meat co The Jackfruit Company raises $5m series B extension ???? Turkish startup Paket Mutfak raises $2.7M for cloud kitchen software expansion ???? London-based Univa raises €1.2 million for digital platform to address eating disorder care ???? Royal Cosun invests in fermentation scale-up planetary ???? Munchfam secures €600K to reduce the restaurant failure rate ???? Sustainable pulse crops receive ￡3m funding boost ???? UK team bags ￡2.2m to advance gene-edited crop research ???? Indonesian poultry startup Chickin Indonesia closes Granite Asia-led Series A ???? Sparkalis Invests in plant cell culture startup California Cultured to futureproof cocoa supply chain ???? Berlin-based forward earth secures €4.5 million to meet global demand for environmental management software ???? Paris-based baCta secures €3.3 million to revolutionize natural rubber production Read The Week In AgriFoodTech https://lnkd.in/g6GVhjBv Subscribe to our newsletter to be first with the news https://lnkd.in/gazfFNTV #agtech #foodtech #climatetech #deeptecn #agnews #foodnews #climatenews #AgFunder #AgFunderNews

We're excited to announce the winning teams hand-picked for the JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization Southeast Asia Agri-Foodtech Launchpad, powered by AgFunder and Better Earth Ventures, that will expedite the expansion of promising early-stage Japanese agrifoodtech startups into Southeast Asian markets. #agritech #foodtech #japan #startups #venture #innovation #agtech #investment #climate #health #nutrition #agrifoodtech #marketimmersion #AgFunder #JETRO Natsuho Toyama | John Friedman | Michael Dean | Manuel E. Gonzalez | Rebecca Sharpe | Schyler Alexandra Cole | SHIONO Tatsuhiko

? True or false? The traditional venture capital business model is not suited to agtech investing. Rob Appleby, founder and CIO of Cibus Capital LLP, Eduardo Mufarej, co-CIO at Just Climate, Rogier Pieterse, managing partner at Pymwymic,? Astanor Ventures partner Christina Ulardic and Capagro managing director Anne-Valérie Bach weigh in at World Agri-Tech... #agtech #investment #venturecapital #funding

There’s a vast chasm between what people say they will pay a premium for, and what they do when they walk into the store... AgFunder Global Foodtech Editor Elaine Watson reports from Future Food-Tech. #foodtech #investor #investment #fundingwinter #ipo #agrifoodtech #research #insights

How much do you know about enhanced rock weathering? Eion, one of our portfolio companies, is using this process - with the help of carbon-absorbing volcanic rock olivine - to speed up Earth’s natural CO2 storage, estimating that from 2030 they will be removing 10 million tons of CO2 annually... #enhancedrockweathering #carbon #carbonsequestration #carbonfarming #carbonremoval #CO2 #agriculture #soil #soilhealth CNBC

Adili Solar Hubs Limited is using solar energy to provide cold storage for small-scale aquaculture and fisheries and is creating a marketplace to link that produce with tradespeople for the last mile distribution... Subscribe to our newsletter to be first to receive our Africa AgriFoodTech Investment Report 2024 - coming soon ? https://lnkd.in/gazfFNTV Kimani Gichuche #solar #solarpower #solarenergy #aquaculture #fisheries #marketplaces #lastmile #distribution #agrifoodtech #Africa