SenseUP—a startup developing biopesticides featuring double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) to selectively zap plant pests via RNA interference—has raised...
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[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Varaha.] Varaha, an Indian startup developing carbon dioxide...
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding...
Mark S. Brooks is former Head of FMC Ventures; former investment manager, Syngenta Ventures. Mark works at the...
Food formulators now have an array of options to replace synthetic dyes. But when it comes to...
“Soil health isn’t an abstract sustainability goal,” says Hunter Swisher. “It’s a systems strategy for producing what...
Certifications like “regenerative” and “organic” have their place in the food system, but they don’t tell the...
Michael Dean a the founding partner at AgFunder, the venture capital firm and parent company of AgFunderNews....
Crop protection company Provivi has struck an exclusive distribution deal with Syngenta to bring its pheromone-based Fall...
A commercial court has pronounced the judicial liquidation of French insect agriculture pioneer Ÿnsect following a hearing...
AI use among CPG executives has jumped 69% from last year, according to a new report from...
A widely cited “hallmark” paper on the safety of glyphosate-based chemical herbicides, including Roundup, was retracted last...
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding...
Ben Palen, principal at consultancy Ag Management Partners, is a fifth-generation farmer with diverse experiences in many facets of...
Natural capital project developer Cultivo has acquired carbon grasslands project developer Kateri, known as “the rancher’s carbon...
Cultivated meat startup Believer Meats—which is in the rarified position of having both a large-scale production facility...
Australian startup All G has formed a joint venture with French dairy ingredients expert Armor Protéines to commercialize...
In a grim funding climate where some corporate venture arms have pulled back—or vanished altogether— Paulig’s PINC arm...
If the US government does not complete a security review by December 23, DJI—the firm supplying the...
The U.S. patent is another validation for Ancient Organics Bioscience‘s mission to clean up glyphosate-contaminated soils through...
