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PeakBridge’s Nadav Berger on people, partnerships, and portfolio discipline: ‘At the end of the day, we’re in the business of HR’

Two key areas of focus for Peakbridge are the “intersection of health and nutrition, and the usage of AI and Gen AI in the value chain process in food,” says Nadav Berger.

Alternative protein

Artificial intelligence

Breaking: Vivici and The Every Co explore 4m-liter alt protein facility in UAE

“The emirate provides a unique combination of capital, talent and infrastructure that enables rapid growth,” says Vivici CEO Stephan van Sint Fiet.

Alternative protein

Biomanufacturing & biologicals

Abu Dhabi skyline. Image credit: istock/Hai Diep

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Bezos Earth Fund sets up $30m AI ‘challenge,’ Nutropy nets $8m

Plus: The EU makes a U-turn on its deforestation U-turn.

Agtech

FoodTech

PeakBridge’s Nadav Berger on people, partnerships, and portfolio discipline: ‘At the end of the day, we’re in the business of HR’

Breaking: Vivici and The Every Co explore 4m-liter alt protein facility in UAE

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Bezos Earth Fund sets up $30m AI ‘challenge,’ Nutropy nets $8m

Po Bronson on surviving the agrifoodtech venture downturn, ‘non-rigorous thinking,’ and ‘weapons of mass dilution’

Farm robotics in the weeds as funding declines 36% from Q2 to Q3

Plant-based cheese startup Stockeld Dreamery shutters as flexitarian dream fizzles

Solar Foods CEO on scaling up protein from thin air: ‘We have MOUs and LOIs for more than 50% of new factory already’

Another $14m unlocked for Africa’s smallholders as part of $200m private-sector finance initiative

Making every drop count: AgZen partners with Corteva to redefine spray efficiency

‘Control of production is more important than loosely based label claims,’ says Nebraska beef producer

Armed with $47m, MATR Foods to scale next generation of alt meat via solid-state fermentation

Where’s the progress in bioherbicide development? Industry players weigh in

Biomanufacturing’s valley of death has a new bridge in India, says Symbiotec

The next frontier for animal-free dairy? ‘Slow-release’ mineral delivery, says Eden Brew

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Wild Bioscience raises $60m, Starship lands $50m, new EU agrifood grants

Provivi sees major expansion of pheromone-based crop protection via corporate partnerships

Guest article: Why California’s approach to ag autonomy could set global safety and scalability standards

Exclusive: Open-source moment for cultivated meat as GFI releases SCiFi Foods’ cell lines to academia

Reservoir aims to bring more deep tech talent to agtech with new investment vehicle

South African insect ag co Inseco calls it quits amid power cuts, pivots: ‘We ran out of time’

Alpine Bio debuts ‘insanely soluble’ soy protein isolate and iron-rich lactoferrin made in soybeans

Rockstart’s Mark Durno on agrifoodtech’s next chapter: ‘Quality deals with defensible valuations’

Drone maker DJI appeals court ruling: We’re not a ‘Chinese military company’

Evolv launches peptide that engages GLP-1 receptors as new ‘biomimetics’ category emerges

Corteva’s planned separation raises questions about AI and data split

Tender Food rebrands as Lasso, expands novel spinning tech beyond alt-meat

Breaking: Italy’s Maia Ventures launches $64m agrifood fund backed by EIF and others

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