This is a monthly guest post, by consulting firm Rosenheim Advisors, which highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Medi[...]
July saw $2.4b in ag and agtech funding, 4 new agribusiness funds launched worth a total of $198m, and several Gov't grants were announced worth $10.2b combined.[...]
$401M has been pumped into 35 AgTech companies from January to mid-July, with Cool Planet Energy Systems, Marrone Bio Innovations and Chromatin, Inc raking in $176M combined. [...]
The 1H 2014 saw over $3.9 billion invested into private food tech and media companies through equity raises ($1.2b) and acquisitions ($2.7b disclosed).[...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
Food and agriculture know are low margin industries. Paul Lightfoot, Chief Executive Officer of BrightFarms, a company that designs, finances, builds and operates greenhouse farms [...]
Organic, sustainable food needs to become more affordable. Why is it expensive? Organic agriculture is inherently economical: it requires few inputs and it doesn’t deplete scarce r[...]