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AgFunderNews is a dedicated news platform focusing on the connection between food, agriculture, technology, and investment. It provides fresh, original daily updates on the agrifood tech sector, highlighting funding announcements and analyzing current trends. Serving as a valuable resource for startups and investors in agrifood tech, the site also includes guest articles and interviews with industry professionals.

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Nile's cofounder explains how his digital ag marketplace helps farmers trade 'transparently and at a lower cost'

1 day ago | agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston

Across many developing markets, farmers of all types struggle to find fair pricing and straightforward trading practices, as middlemen along the supply chain tend to complicate dealings and add costs. South Africa-based Nile operates a marketplace aimed at simplifying this process by digitizing interactions and, through its online marketplace, facilitating more direct relationships between farmers, suppliers, and buyers.
How Latin America is moving from a pioneer to a powerhouse in agricultural biologicals

2 days ago | agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston

Puna Bio team at La Puna, The Puna, a region of extremes in Northern Argentina. Image credit: Puna Bio [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]Conversations about ag biologicals these days almost invariably mention Brazil, where more than half of farmers use bioinputs in some form, according to research from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA). This represents a substantial lead over the US, where adoption still lags behind at around 10%.
Japanese gov't agency JICA invests in Brazilian digital banking platform Agrolend

2 days ago | agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston

Brazilian digital bank Agrolend has raised $3 million in a Series C extension, bringing the round’s total to $56 million. The additional funding comes from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which supports economic growth in developing countries with long-term, low-interest loans and access to partnerships with private-sector companies, among other things.
Regenerative systems 'not only viable but superior' to conventional, input-intensive agriculture: EARA

3 days ago | agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston

Regenerative systems—from agroecology to conservation agriculture and organic farming—are “not only viable but already superior in most contexts” to conventional agriculture when it comes to yield, resilience, and planetary health, according to a new study from farmer-led coalition EARA (European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture).
Treefera raises $30m to bring more transparency to the supply chain's 'first mile' with AI

4 days ago | agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston

Treefera cofounders, Caroline Grey (CRO) and Jonathan Horn (CEO). Image credit: Treefera Data insights platform Treefera has raised a $30 million Series B round to expand product development and expansion across North America, APAC, and Europe.
Enifer partners with ethanol giant FS for mycoprotein production in Brazil

4 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Enifer cofounder and CEO Simo Ellilä: "The PEKILO process offers an alternative, higher value route to valorizing thin stillage." Image credit: Enifer Finnish startup Enifer has teamed up with Brazilian ethanol giant FS to produce mycoprotein for aquaculture and petfood using thin stillage—a side stream from corn ethanol production—as a feedstock.
BREAKING: Peter Rahal, David Protein, sued over 'bait & switch' scheme to monopolize Epogee's fat replacer

4 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

David has “purchased, secured, and stockpiled… all of the EPG capacity for at least two years of supply… to ensure competitors have no access," claims plaintiffs in a new lawsuit. Image credit: David Days after announcing the acquisition of Epogee—the foodtech firm behind a novel fat replacer in David protein bars called EPG—David has been sued by food companies who say they can no longer access the ingredient.
Faster, further, longer: Can SiFly upend the ag spray drone market?

5 days ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

“We’ve been talking to people in agriculture, public safety, you name the market segment, and what is clear is that they really want a helicopter… but with the usability and economics of a drone,” says SiFly chief business officer Logan Jones. And Santa Clara, CA-based SiFly—which has just emerged from stealth with drones its claims to fly faster, further, for longer, than anything else on the market—can deliver on that promise, he claims.
agriculture's resource-intensive reality

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston

RA Capital and The Nature Conservancy aim to make agriculture's scale and impact—both positive and negative—"impossible to ignore." Image credit: iStock Agriculture is the most resource-intensive industry on the planet, and its size and impact are often underestimated, says a new study from RA Capital Management’s Planetary Health Team and The Nature Conservancy.
What is holding back the bioeconomy? In conversation with Boston Bioprocess CEO Dr. Michael Tai

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Dr Michael Tai, founder, Boston Bioprocess. Image credit: Elaine Watson While significant progress has been made in recent years to optimize microbial strains and drive efficiency in biomanufacturing, a disconnect between upstream and downstream work continues to hold back progress, claims Boston Bioprocess cofounder Dr. Michael Tai. Founded in Boston in 2022 by Tai (formerly head of bioprocess at Motif FoodWorks) and Ted Netland, Boston Bioprocess moved to Champaign, Illinois, in 2023.