Root AI Raises $7.2M for Its Harvest Robots and AI
Root AI, which makes an automated solution for harvesting crops grown on indoor farms, announced today that it has raised $7.2 million in seed funding. PJC, First Round Capital, Outsiders […]
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Cooks Venture Raises $10M Series A for Its Regenerative Agriculture
Cooks Venture, which focuses on regenerative agriculture, announced today that it has raised a $10 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by SJF Ventures and Cultivian […]
Singapore to Allocate $40M to Help Agtech and Aquaculture Startups Grow More Local Food
Singapore agtech is about to get an investment shot in arm, one that could give the whole world a clearer vision of alternative farming’s role in our future food system. […]
Investing into the Future of Restaurant Tech: Navigating the “New Normal”
This is a guest post written by Brita Rosenheim, Partner at Better Food Ventures. “Normal” noun: the usual, …typical state or condition. As we have all experienced during this pandemic, […]
Hydroponics Startup Phytoponics Raises £500,000 to Grow More Than Leafy Greens
Phytoponics, a UK-based company that designs and deploys hydroponic farming systems, announced this week it had completed a £500,000 (~$627,352 USD) equity financing round. The round was led by existing […]
The Food Tech Show: The People Are Growing Yeast and Plants at Home Episode
It’s a very specific cultural moment when a Twitter thread about deriving yeast at home from the skin of fruits goes viral, but here we are. The Spoon editorial team […]
Gotham Greens Expands Its High-Tech Greenhouse Network to Baltimore
Indoor farming company Gotham Greens today announced the official opening of a new hydroponic greenhouse, this one outside Baltimore, Maryland. The 100,000-square-foot facility is the company’s seventh greenhouse in the […]
The Complete CES 2020 Kitchen Tech Report
At this year’s big tech show in Vegas, there was no shortage of food tech. Everything from Impossible Pork to robot cooking assistants were on display, and so after spending […]
Dear Startups: Kick Off 2020 by Applying to One of These 3 Food Tech Accelerators
If joining a startup accelerator program is in your plans for 2020, it’s never too early to get a jumpstart on the competition. First, if you haven’t already, read up […]
Nestlé is Launching Stouffer’s and Digiorno Products made with Awesome Plant-Based Beef Grounds
Today Nestlé announced it would launch two new products featuring its Sweet Earth Awesome Grounds plant-based beef. The Digiorno Rising Crust Meatless Supreme and Stouffer’s Meatless Lasagna come from two […]
SKS 2019: The Key to Sustainable Protein Might be Fermentation, not Plants
When you hear the term alternative proteins, your thoughts likely jump to plant-based foods, or maybe even cultured meat. But there’s actually a third way to create high-protein meat alternatives […]
From Voicebots and Loyalty to Data and Delivery: What Are the Next Big Hits (and Misses) in Food Tech?
This is a guest post written by Brita Rosenheim, Partner at Better Food Ventures. This Food Tech Industry Landscape and state-of-the-industry analysis are intended to help operators, entrepreneurs and investors […]
