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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 […]
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 […]
NitroVolt, a Danish startup developing green ammonia for farmers has secured 3.5 million euros in seed funding. Participants in the round include BackingMinds, a Swedish early-stage venture capital firm, EIFO, the sovereign wealth fund of Denmark, and climate tech and early-stage investors EQT Foundation, Satgana, and DivisionM. The Breakthrough Energy Fellowship has provided a grant […]
Microalgae protein innovator Brevel, Ltd. has successfully implemented the FOAK (First-Of-A-Kind) strategy method by building its first plant for proprietary industrial-scale fermenters for microalgae protein. The company has completed construction of its FOAK facility and already secured two commercial agreements with leading food & beverage companies. A FOAK facility is a production line or factory […]
Women Founders & Funders Singapore 2024 has unveiled the 10 entrepreneurs selected to pitch on Wednesday 20 November, showcasing women agrifoodtech founders transforming our food system. This will be the third annual FTW Ventures’ Women Founders and Funders Singapore, complementing the annual San Francisco event of the same name, and has become a go-to networking […]
Empire State Development (ESD) recently announced Unibaio, of New York, NY, as the grand-prize winner of sixth annual Grow-NY business competition which is focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier. The competition awarded $3 million — including the $1 million […]
The funding round was led by Convent Capital, with participation from EIFO and Navus Ventures, providing a total of nearly DKK 80 million. The FarmDroid robot can sow, remove weeds, and reduce pesticides usage with a new micro spray system, all while operating continuously in the field, powered by solar energy. Now, FarmDroid is set to […]
Transformations in the sustainability, productivity and economics of avocado production are behind a newly launched data management package aimed at growers and cooperatives worldwide. Haskelberg Nurseries, a leading global provider of avocado and fruit tree seedlings, has developed the Canacado Hub in partnership with Yellow Brick AgTech. It says its new tool will bring better […]
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