Elaine Watson

Mark van Zee: "We’re just trying to increase the odds that you're going to hit the economics that you need to make products that are economically viable." Image credit: Saku Biosciences

AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.

Leaders in food-system applications of artificial intelligence say the past year has brought whiplash-inducing transformations across the value chain, with plenty still to come. They just disagree somewhat about the pace.

StrainX cofounders Akshay Mittal and Alok Malaviya. Image credit: StrainX Bioworks

Derek Scholin and Sowmya Purushothaman: “When we talk to potential clients in the botanicals space, some of them are distraught. They say things like, one year we didn't have a product.” Image credit: Rheaplant

Judy Su, Josh Silverman, and Carla Risso. Image credit: Windfall Bio

Pacifico Biolabs aims to unlock “a low-cost, rapidly scalable route to mass-market production.” Image credit: Pacifico Biolabs

Kathy Fortmann: "Our burn rate is a fraction of what it was." Image credit: Amyris

“The middle—where offerings aren’t the cheapest or the most differentiated—gets squeezed first, and the next wave of cost inflation is likely to widen that gap,"predicts Rabobank. Image credit: istock-Alones Creative

AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.