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Horticulture Precision Agriculture Sustainability

17 million euros for sustainable agriculture: ECBF leads RED Horticulture Series A financing round, together with Demeter IM and Unigrains

Together with the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), Demeter IM and Unigrains, RED Horticulture closed a 17 million Series A funding round to drive its growth and invest in the development of its high-performance lighting strategies. Part of the financing comes from a banking pool (BPI, BNP Paribas, CIC, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale) and support […]

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Fund Raise Startups

Hypercell Technologies wins $1 million at global Grow-NY food and ag competition

Governor Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced Hypercell Technologies, of Peachtree Corners, Georgia as the grand-prize winner of this year’s Grow-NY business competition, a startup challenge focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier. Now in its fifth year, the program awarded $3 […]

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FoodTech Nutrition Protein

ChickP Taps into Active Nutrition Market with Chickpea Protein Isolate

Plant protein pioneer ChickP Protein, Ltd. is forging ahead in the active nutrition market to fill the surging demand for natural, high-protein, plant-based nutrition bars and similar on-the-go, better-for-you products. The company developed a line of prototypes, powered by its signature, 90% chickpea isolate, to fit the requirements of active lifestyle consumers and others who […]

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AgTech Events Startups

Extreme Events Driving Innovation in Agri-Tech, Reap Conference Reveals

“Extreme events over recent years have brought the recognition that if you want to stay in business, you need to be open to change. All the companies in this year’s REAP Start-Up Showcase were addressing a real-world problem that is becoming more urgent – but they are also viewing the challenge through a different lens, […]

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AgTech Precision Agriculture Sustainability

Kagome, NEC and DXAS introduce agricultural ICT platform “CropScope” to tomato field in northern Italy, saving water and increasing yield

Kagome Co., Ltd., (Kagome) NEC Corporation (NEC) and DXAS Agricultural Technology LDA (DXAS), a joint venture between Kagome and NEC, have introduced an agricultural ICT platform, “CropScope,” which combines AI farming advice and automatic irrigation control functions compatible with pulse drip irrigation(1), to tomato fields in northern Italy and Portugal. In northern Italy, CropScope was introduced for […]

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FoodTech Natural Ingredients Nutrition

Botanical Composition Supports Blood Sugar Balance in a Chocolate Delight

Food-tech start-up SolvEat brings research-supported botanical compositions to the functional foods space. The bioactive solution is designed to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels when used as part of a regular diet. SolvEat collaborated with a chocolate company to develop a chocolate bar prototype as a first proof of concept. SolvEat will introduce the new […]

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Events

Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair closes

The 15th HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), ended recently after a successful three-day run (3-5 November). The fair drew keen buyers from emerging markets. Several regions stood out including Korea, Mainland China and Taiwan, as well as Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia […]

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AgTech BioTech Precision Agriculture

Bloomberg UK names BigSis in its 25 ‘Startups to Watch’

BigSis, the British agtech start-up offering robust yet chemical-free insect control solutions to farmers, has been named as one of Bloomberg UK’s 25 Startups to Watch. From more than 1,500 applications received, BigSis is one of just 25 startups to feature in the inaugural list compiled by Bloomberg. The financial and media company says the […]

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FoodTech Fund Raise Sustainability

Wanda Fish raises USD $7m in seed funding to accelerate pilot production of cultivated bluefin tuna

FoodTech start-up Wanda Fish Technologies, Ltd., announces it has secured USD 7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Netherlands-based global aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark, with additional funding from returning pre-seed investors The Kitchen Hub by the Strauss Group, Peregrine Ventures, LLC, PICO Venture Partners, MOREVC, and CPT Capital, LLP. Since its inception, […]

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FoodTech Nutrition Sustainability

Nutri-tech start-up debuts new line of whole-cell cultivated berry phytonutrients

Nutri-Tech start-up Novella, Ltd. unveils prototypes of its new line of berry-derived bioactives. Charting a new course in the nutraceuticals industry, the start-up is in the advanced stages of developing intact-cell berry compounds grown outside of the plant using novel, precision-controlled-environment technology. The cutting-edge platform will ease some of the bottlenecks in the supply for […]