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Raising funds by AgTech and FoodTech companies to expand their operations.

Mondelēz made seed investment in developer of multi-ingredients snacks

Post author By AgReads®
Post date November 15, 2020

SnackFutures, Mondelēz International’s innovation and venture programme has recently made a seed investment in Torr, an early-stage Israeli FoodTech Company, alongside The Kitchen Hub, a FoodTech incubator powered by Strauss-Group. Torr dreams, develops and produces snacks that serve a unique, tasty and much healthier bite. “Our investment in Torr validates Mondelēz International’s venture approach that […]

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Phytolon, a startup developing plant-based food colours secured $4.1m in funding

Post author By AgReads®
Post date September 25, 2020

Phytolon, an Israel based startup leveraging a proprietary, fermentation-based technology for the production of plant-based food colours completed a $4.1 million funding round led by Millenium Food-Tech, EIT Food, Consensus Business Group, The Trendlines Group, Israel Innovation Authority and Yossi Ackerman. Founded in 2018, Phytolon utilises current scientific advancements to bring biotechnology-based, natural, high-quality food-colorants […]

Tags Agri Innovation, BioTech, Data-Driven, Ecofriendly, Environment, Fermentation, Food Processing, FoodTech, Fund Raise, Human Health, Intellectual Property Rights, Israel Agriculture Technology, Natural Ingredients, Plant-based Foods, Research, Startups, Sustainable Agriculture

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Investors are thrilled with PeaTos®’s strong growth amidst challenging times

Post author By AgReads®
Post date September 17, 2020

Despite volatility in the current economic landscape, PeaTos® snack brand continues to disrupt the $21B market for salty “junk food” style snacks currently dominated by industry Goliath Frito Lay, and has completed a $7M Series A raise led by Jackson Springs Management Partners (JSMP) and Connetic Ventures, and including such celebrity investors as Hall of […]

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Aeroponics startup Aerospring Gardens has raised S$1 million in a pre-Series A round

Post author By AgReads®
Post date September 11, 2020

Aerospring Gardens Pte Ltd, an aeroponics startup based out of Singapore raised S$1 million in a pre-Series A round from Sirius Venture Capital, a boutique venture capital and entrepreneurial finance firm. The Aerospring is a compact, modular, self-watering vertical gardening system that looks good in any urban dwelling. It grows 27-36 edible plants on one […]