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Ravensdown’s venture arm, Agnition, has partnered with Singapore-based Agrifood Futures to offer Land x Launch™, an accelerator program for overseas startups to launch in New Zealand. The program scout’s agricultural technology startups from Agrifood Futures’ global network and supports them with local expertise and potential investments from Agnition to test their product with Kiwi farmers. […]
Microalgae protein innovator Brevel, Ltd., announces it has signed a development and commercialization agreement with the largest Israeli beverage company, The Central Bottling Company (CBC Group). The partnership will develop functional beverages and dairy alternatives containing Brevel’s high-value microalgae protein and oils. Under a long-term purchase agreement to span 10 years, Brevel will supply CBC […]
Voltiris, a leader in solar energy solutions for greenhouses, has successfully closed a CHF 4.8 million seed financing round to accelerate the electrification of high-tech greenhouses—a fast-growing CHF 60 billion market. The round was co-led by the Swiss venture capital firm EquityPitcher Ventures and 3M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of 3M Company, joined […]
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. (HIES) is now offering paid samples of its innovative food quality visualization solution using time- temperature sensing ink. This ink, which changes color based on elapsed time and temperature, enables cost-effective quality monitoring in the supply chain. Without requiring power or retrieval, the solution simplifies tracking temperature-sensitive products, improving […]
Greeneye Technology, the pioneer of precision spraying technology that is proven to reduce non-residual herbicide use in farming by an average of 87%, announces the expansion of its cutting-edge system to include cotton crops. This advancement follows extensive research and development field trials conducted last year to tailor the Greeneye system for cotton, building on […]
ICL (NYSE: ICL) (TASE: ICL), a leading global specialty minerals company, announced a follow-on investment in Plantible Foods, participating in the company’s Series B funding round. This investment builds upon ICL’s initial participation in Plantible’s Series A round and furthers the strategic collaboration between the two companies. In October of 2023, ICL Food Specialties, in […]
FoodTech start-up Gavan Technologies, Ltd. announces it has raised USD8M in A-round funds. This fresh capital infusion will enable Gavan to break into the European food market with its cutting-edge plant protein-based fat solution, Fatrix®. The funding round was led by MoreVC, a prominent Israeli venture capital firm, with participation from Lever VC, a global […]
W-Cycle, Ltd., an innovator in sustainable food packaging, and Melhoramentos, a publicly traded Brazilian company with activities spanning publishing, renewable forestry, and real estate (Altea), announced a strategic partnership. Together, they aim to produce compostable packaging made from renewable materials that naturally decompose within 100 days. The agreement, valued at a minimum of USD 3.45 […]
The EBL (Genossenschaft Elektra Baselland) is testing innovative PV installations in one of the greenhouses owned by the Füllinsdorf-based company Eschbach Gemüsebau. The installations allow the sunlight required for photosynthesis to shine through and thus do not impair plant growth. The technology is primarily aimed at operators of larger greenhouses, which until now could not […]
Cell-cultivated seafood innovator Forsea struck a major breakthrough in making freshwater eel farming a viable commercial reality. The start-up announced its organoid technology reached a record-breaking cell density of more than 300 million cells/ml, and with minimal and precise use of cultured media ingredients. This is the highest cell density recorded in the field, moving […]
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