AgriTech
Singapore’s The GrowHub partners Vietnam’s Society Pass to provide Australian food products
Singapore-based food and agri-tech company The GrowHub Innovations Company (The GrowHub), announced Friday that it has signed a strategic marketing partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vietnam-based loyalty platform Society Pass to provide agri-food products from producers in Western Australia.
Indian AgriTech start-up Otipy gets $32M in Series B funding round led by Westbridge Capital
Otipy has raised Rs235 crores ($32 million) in its Series B round led by Westbridge Capital. Existing investors SIG and Omidyar Network India also participated in the round. These fresh funds have come in six months for Otipy, after its series A funding of Rs76 crores ($10.2 million). The funding will help the startup to further strengthen its supply chain,…
Indonesian agritech start-up eFishery raises $90M Series C to expand throughout Asia
eFishery has successfully closed $90 million in its Series C round. This round of investment was co-led by Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and Sequoia Capital India, with participation from existing investors including the Northstar Group, Go-Ventures, Aqua-Spark, and Wavemaker Partners. The funds raised will be used to scale up its platform and to…
ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Startup Winners – HealthTech & MedTech, and FoodTech & AgriTech
We are thrilled to announce the Startup Winners - HealthTech & MedTech and FoodTech & AgriTech for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.
Singapore food and agritech startup Glife Technologies raises $8M Series A funding led by Temasek’s Heliconia Capital
Glife Technologies has raised SG$11 million ($8.13 million) Series A funding led by Heliconia Capital, a wholly owned investment subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. The latest fundraise will facilitate its investment into Novitee, and extend its position as a vertically integrated solution provider for food and beverage merchants in Southeast Asia.
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…
