Where $9bln has gone missing in 2024
Where $9bln has gone missing in 2024 Chart of the Week – Where $9bln has gone missing in 2024 The agri-food greentech sector has seen a savage year for company-level fund-raisings, in the first three quarters this year, down 73%, compared to the same period in 2023, New Food Finance data show. Our chart of […]
UK incentives halve payback periods for robotic sprayers
UK incentives halve payback periods for robotic sprayers Chart of the Week – UK incentives halve payback periods for robotic sprayers New UK incentives almost halve the payback period on more environmentally friendly, high-tech sprayers, in a promising example of how the country’s imminent, farm subsidy overhaul will boost green technologies, New Food Finance analysis […]
Precision ag and IPM lead agri-food start-up survivors
Precision ag and IPM lead agri-food start-up survivors Chart of the Week – Precision ag and IPM lead agri-food start-up survivors Precision ag and integrated pest management companies are among the great survivors of a brutal VC funding environment, New Food Finance data show, after including some of the smallest companies, which often fade silently […]
European Agri-Chemical Green Investment Under Threat
European Agri-Chemical Green Investment Under Threat Chart of the Week – European Agri-Chemical Green Investment Under Threat Investment by Europe’s biggest agri-chemical companies in “green transition” start-ups outperformed the global space through 2023, but has since followed a more general crash downwards in 2024 to date. The four big European agri-chemical companies, Bayer, BASF, Yara […]
Fund-raising deals: fewer and longer
Fund-raising deals: fewer and longer Chart of the Week – Fund-raising deals: fewer and longer Agri-food funding deals in the “green transition” space are taking longer to arrange, in line with venture capital fund-raising across the global economy, reaching a new high since 2017, so far this year, New Food Finance Data show. Gaps […]
Satellites overtake drones for agtech data
Satellites overtake drones for agtech data Chart of the Week – Satellites overtake drones for agtech data Agtech companies are increasingly turning to use of satellites, instead of drones, for precision farming and other applications, New Food Finance Data show. At New Food Finance, we have tracked more than 3,300 companies directly focused on developing […]
Precision ag dominates agri-food greentech M&A
Precision ag dominates agri-food greentech M&A Chart of the Week – Precision ag dominates agri-food greentech M&A Precision ag dominates alternative proteins, in agri-food green transition M&A, New Food Finance data show, suggesting that alternative protein products – such as plant-based burgers or cultivated meat – are failing to convince trade buyers making hard-nosed investment […]
Designer fats outshine alternative proteins in 2024
Designer fats outshine alternative proteins in 2024 Chart of the Week – Designer fats outshine alternative proteins in 2024 Alternative fats and other non-proteins are outshining alternative proteins in 2024 so far, show New Food Finance data, which tracks investment and investment growth. Designer fats, and other non-proteins, which our taxonomy refers to as “alternative […]
Green funding drops, growth sectors stand out
Green funding drops, growth sectors stand out Chart of the Week – Green funding drops, growth sectors stand out Company-level funding of a green transition in food production continued to fall globally, in the first half of 2024, with Europe now following the United States downwards after propping up investment last year, but high-growth sectors […]
Measurement is key for an agtech transition
Measurement is key for an agtech transition Chart of the Week – Measurement is key for an agtech transition “You can’t manage what you don’t measure” is a well-known expression, and one often applied to nature and climate action, since a failure of measurement has contributed to the environmental crises we face. Mitigating the environmental […]