Agri-food

This is the UK’s development finance institution’s first direct investment in Sudan, and it aims to help improve supplies of staple foods at a time of disrupted supply and rising costs. 

The sustainable food funds will invest in Asia and Latin America and target companies set to benefit from global transformations in the agricultural and food value chains  

AGRI3 Fund and Rabobank have launched the Renova Pasto initiative providing long-term financing for cattle farmers to support the transition to more sustainable farming practices 

Alexandra Clark, co-founder of Sentient Ventures, says she wants to disrupt the animal-based food products market by driving the development of better vegan products 

Naϊo’s robots aim to reduce labour shortage, the physical strains of agricultural labour, combat soil erosion, reduce herbicide use and lower the CO2 emissions associated with farming 

The partnership aims to play a role in bridging the estimated $74bn annual financing gap facing agri-SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa

We meet the founders of Green Generation Fund, one of Europe’s newest early-stage impact investors, backing food and green tech innovators

The food giant says urgent action is required to combat the loss of coffee growing areas due to climate change, as it announces it will support the transition to regenerative agriculture in countries where it sources its coffee from

Trapview, which uses artificial intelligence to reduce pesticide use, has secured backing from investors including the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, Demeter and Pymwymic. 

Investments in the new fund include Neggst, a Berlin-based startup which has developed a plant-based egg and has raised €5m in its first fundraising round