Agtech Action | 08.03.19 - 08.09.19
Happy Friday!
Welcome to Agtech Action.
Funding/Resource Opportunities:
InnovaSummit 2019, a Corporate Venture Summit, is taking place in Santiago, Chile on the 29th and 30th of August.
More details of the event, speakers and challenges at www.innovasummit.com.
Opportunities:
Climate change forces a time of reckoning in CA's Central Valley < More interesting than it sounds, worth reading.
Chemical gian Chemours has stopped making food packaging products containing PFAS
Despite reduction in atmospheric mercury concentration, mercury levels in fish are rising
Evidence that many UTIs are caused by E. coli in food isn't reflected in federal policy
UN IPCC report: Climate change is going to be an issue < New Food Economy’s take
Solutions:
Policy:
AND now the tariffs cover 90% of European cheeses < any other week in America, I’d crack a joke about this being the worst thing happening. But, it’s not. #ElPasoUnidos
US weighs plan to block cocoa imports produced with child labor
Chairs Fudge, Plaskett joint statement on OIG Report on ERS/NIFA relocation
ICE raids 7 Mississippi chicken plants, detaining nearly 700 workers
Minneapolis becomes first major US city to ban drive-through windows
Finance:
Genective (Lima Grain & KWS JV) announces Quiani Linda Jing as CEO
Benson Hill Biosystems raises additional $33M (Series C add-on)
Sunday, a D2C lawn care company, raises $9.5M from Tusk Ventures & Forerunner ventures with a Roundup Ready alternative < This is actually one of the most interesting ag-tangential deals I’ve seen. Forerunner is, I think, an incredible firm, and they’ve never interacted with something so “chemical-y.” (And that’s without even getting into the whole glyphosate discussion…)
Rabobank, Caspian set up agri-tech focussed debt financing fund | VCCircle
Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements is entering the CBD space
Fazenda Futuro raise $8.5M Series A for plant-based meats in Brazil
Agrosavfe raises €35 million to bring bio-crop protection products to market
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Tune in to Agrifood Conversations at 3pm CT on Thursday to hear directly from the founders of some of the most interesting solutions in agrifood tech. This month (Aug), our theme is Crop Protection. Check out Rootwave's webinar from earlier this month, and sign up for next week.
Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful weekend!
Connie