AgriTech

Indonesia’s Eden Farm closes $19M Series A financing from AppWorks and AC Ventures to scale-up its food ecosystem

By the end of 2022, Eden Farm plans to expand to 25 cities and 8 regencies, supplying more than 100,000 customers with 100 percent fulfillment rate of more than 1,000 stock keeping units (SKUs), to finance and generate demand.

Aqua-Spark invests in sustainable aquaculture that generates returns while creating positive social & environmental impact [Podcast Q&A]

Aqua-Spark is a global investment fund (Utrecht, the Netherlands) that makes investments in sustainable aquaculture businesses that generate investment returns while creating positive social and environmental impact. The fund invests in enterprises that are working towards the production of safe, accessible aquatic life, such as fish, shellfish, and plants,…

DroneTech startup Poladrone raises $4.29 M in Malaysia’s largest Seed round

The funding round will allow Poladrone to scale up operations to better serve customers across the region and to attract top talent to further improve its products.

India agri supply chain startup Onato raises $2.2 million Seed round led by Vertex Ventures and Omnivore

Onato’s platform connects various stakeholders directly and uses data from the demand and supply side to bring transparency in volume and pricing, ensure timely payments, and help customers access new business opportunities. This in turn drives better margins and allows small and medium participants to expand their business over time without deepening their…

Malaysia co-farming startup Fefifo raises $3.1M to scale operations and build up tech, data, engineering capabilities

Fefifo is a first-of-its-kind Agtech startup pioneering digitalized, standardized farming in ready-to-farm modern farm spaces called Co-farms. Smallholder farmers (aka “Agropreneurs”) can start their modern commercial farming business in Fefifo Co-farms by renting a pre-fitted office with managed farm services and sell to reliable, profitable contract…

Luni Libes of Africa Eats on impact investing and building out services to fill in business infrastructure gaps in food & agri [Podcast Q&A]

Africa Eats is a novel investment holding company that takes 27 graduates from the Fledge accelerator and which answers the question of "how do you build out the food/ag supply chain across Africa to end hunger and poverty?" The answer is a mashup of venture capital, business accelerator, and Berkshire Hathaway.

From TechInnovation 2021, here are some groundbreaking tech that could revolutionize industries and change the world

The event, presented by IPI, returns for its 10th edition this year as a digital event that will run around the clock from September 28 to 30, 2021. 160 international exhibitors will present over 400 technologies in the virtual TechInnovation exhibition, with the goal of enabling eco-friendly consumption, improving food production, and securing people’s…

Pioneering Thailand’s AgTech startup ecosystem towards agriculture transformation

Thailand's National Innovation Agency, in association with Maejo University, has issued the first-ever Thailand AgTech Startup Ecosystem Development White Paper based on research and analysis of information from stakeholders of all related sectors in order to formulate a concrete framework for action and explore the room for improvement to adjust the…

Sunway iLabs announces top 5 startups for its 2021 Super Accelerator program

In the next three months of the Super Accelerator programme, Sunway iLabs will help the selected top five startup founders connect with Sunway’s global network of partners, industry experts, mentors and investors.

How Aquaconnect is improving aquaculture through AI, IoT, and better access to financial services [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

Aquaconnect is a technology venture that promotes sustainability through data-driven farm advisory and marketplace solutions for Aqua Farmers. Its AI powered mobile application transforms real-time data collected from the farms into impactful insights.