Precision Fermentation Nears Milk Protein Disruption

Precision Fermentation Nears Milk Protein Disruption Graphic of the Week – Precision Fermentation Nears Milk Protein Disruption Precision fermentation may be poised to disrupt key agri-food markets, extending successes in high-end uses for human medicine, by using microbes to create animal-free proteins, where precision fermented (PF) milk has the largest near-term potential. New Food Finance […]

Bacterial Pesticides: Beating the Incumbents

Bacterial Pesticides: Beating the Incumbents Graphic of the Week – Bacterial Pesticides: Beating the Incumbents Microbe-based pesticides have sustainability advantages over chemicals: they may be less toxic, target pests more specifically, break down quickly and harmlessly, and they may be less likely to trigger pest resistance. However, questions remain over their relative efficacy and price […]

Spectroscopy: Lighting up Agri-Food Start-Ups

Spectroscopy: Lighting up Agri-Food Start-Ups Graphic of the Week – Five Robo-Tractor Fund-Raisings in 2024 Spectroscopy technology is seizing the imagination of agri-food start-ups, in new applications from precision ag measurement of soil nutrients, biology and carbon, to foodtech applications, verifying crop ripeness or food quality. Complex data interpretation, plus high upfront costs, has historically […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Gene Editing is Promoting These Crop Improvements

Gene Editing is Promoting These Crop Improvements Chart of the Week – Gene Editing is Promoting These Crop Improvements The discovery of gene editing technology is sparking multi-billion dollar investment in companies seeking to develop new crop traits, with nutrition, and pest resistance and climate resilience among top targets. Gene editing involves making highly specific […]

Green Ammonia Fertiliser: Elusive Output

Green Ammonia Fertiliser: Elusive Output Chart of the Week – Leading companies, Green Ammonia Fertiliser Investment Green ammonia fertiliser producers are attracting private investment, rising to more than $800 million last year, but this remains tiny in comparison with the conventional annual fertiliser market, worth more than $200 billion annually, while green ammonia fertiliser output […]

Precision fermentation’s promise to revolutionise food

Precision fermentation’s promise to revolutionise food Figure 1. Annual fund-raising deals: fastest-growing precision fermentation themes By Jenna Chow Food production processes today rely heavily on agriculture and animal husbandry, bringing huge, negative environmental risks. As such, the food industry is actively seeking sustainable and animal-free alternatives to traditional ingredients. One of the fast-growing technologies in […]