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agritech
Toulouse is one of the top two cities in France for startups, particularly in the aerospace, space, digital, and now greentech and agritech sectors.
12.12.2023
After rigorous testing, Astanor is the first VC fund to secure a high score of 121.3, recognising its commitment to sustainability and social responsibility.
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Paul Ferretti
24.10.2023
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Larry Kotch, cofounder of Flybox about the looming global shortage of protein, SDGs and modular insect farming.
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Larry Kotch
07.10.2023
Astanor Ventures' Second Venture Fund will bolster commitment to Sustainable Agrifood Technologies. It’s a record-breaking Fund Size establishing Astanor as a global leader in its category.
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Paul Ferretti
19.09.2023
As part of a series with Innovate UK KTN, Maddyness spoke to Andrew Lee, founder and CEO, LyteGro. We will introduce several of the 13 ‘startups of the future’ chosen by Innovate UK KTN to take part in its three-month sustainability accelerator programme. Working with Innovate UK KTN, Growth Studio and their ecosystems, these startups will prepare to raise external capital. The program aims to back the bright ideas that put biodiversity, the climate, and sustainability first.
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Andrew Lee
07.02.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to David Whitewood, CEO and founder of upp (upcycled plant power) about wastage in broccoli farming, harvest automation and their recent pre-seed investment from Elbow Beach Capital.
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David Whitewood
27.01.2023
As part of a series with Innovate UK KTN, Maddyness spoke to Dan Yates, cofounder and CEO of Greener. We will introduce several of the 13 ‘startups of the future’ chosen by Innovate UK KTN to take part in its three-month sustainability accelerator programme. Working with Innovate UK KTN, Growth Studio and their ecosystems, these startups will prepare to raise external capital. The program aims to back the bright ideas that put biodiversity, the climate, and sustainability first.
26.01.2023
As part of a series with Innovate UK KTN, Maddyness spoke to Thomas Farrugia, founder of Beta Bugs. We will introduce several of the 13 ‘startups of the future’ chosen by Innovate UK KTN to take part in its three-month sustainability accelerator programme. Working with Innovate UK KTN, Growth Studio and their ecosystems, these startups will prepare to raise external capital. The program aims to back the bright ideas that put biodiversity, the climate, and sustainability first.
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Thomas Farrugia
29.11.2022
A food supply crisis lies behind the headlines this summer of record high temperatures, wild fires and water shortages. Farmers in the UK are seeing two-thirds of the rainfall they normally would in the driest summer since 1976 and Europe is baking. The way we currently feed ourselves isn’t just killing the planet, it’s killing us too and we only have ourselves to blame.
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Daniel Waterhouse
18.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Robin Saluoks, cofounder and CEO of eAgronom about putting sustainability at the heart of your business and the global shift towards net-zero by making carbon-neutral farming profitable.
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Robin Saluoks
16.08.2022
A stable means of food production is needed more than ever with global supply chains volatile, the cost of living rising, and climate change an existential threat. Intelligent Growth Solutions are offering one solution: vertical farming towers that simulate a range of micro climates to grow produce at a fraction of the cost.
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Jamie Walker
29.06.2022
The Ugandan government is fighting an outbreak of African armyworm, which can wipe out cereal crops. Uganda is a leading producer of maize and exports a significant amount of its annual output to countries including South Sudan, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Anja Pries
25.04.2022
As part of our quickfire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to James Lamming, founder of Furrow, about our broken food system, online farmers markets, and fighting over baked beans
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James Lamming
31.03.2022
Guinness has designed a three-year agriculture pilot as part of efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its barley production. The pilot will involve 40 barley farms and will focus mostly on the adoption of regenerative farming practices.
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Katie Chan
28.03.2022
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