USA – New York-based indoor farming startup, Bowery Farming Inc has raised US$50 million in funding in an extension of its Series B round. The funding was led by Singapore state investor Temasek with participation […]
AFRICA – The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) in partnership with the Centre for Agriculture & Biosciences International (CABI) and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) have launched the Africa Coffee Facility’ (ACF) worth US$950 million […]
GHANA – The state government of Ghana acting through Cocobod is planning to inject a US$600m stimulus package into the cocoa sector through a Cocoa Productivity Enhancement Program. The stimulus is aimed to step up […]
USA – Texas based organic sparkling yerba mate beverages maker, Clean Cause has raised US$7 million in series A funding, which the company plans to use in expanding its its sales and marketing team as […]
ZAMBIA – Finnfund, Finnish development financier will support the expansion of Yalelo Limited, an integrated tilapia aquaculture company in Zambia with a US$6 million equity investment. Yalelo produces 12,000 tons of tilapia annually. With the […]
INDIA – Mumbai-based craft beer maker, White Owl Brewery has raised US$5.63 million (₹40 crore) in its second round of funding to accelerate the brewer’s expansion in new geographies. Led by existing investor, IIFL India […]
KENYA – Lantera a Kenyan agri-tech startup has obtained a loan facility of an undisclosed amount from Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) to enable it to meet its early targets as it prepares to raise […]
ANGOLA – The World Bank in collaboration with the French Development Agency, AFD (Agence Française de Développement) will avail an overall US$230 million in November, for the financing of projects to boost local production and […]
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa based startup, Yebo Fresh, which delivers fresh, frozen and dry groceries to township communities in Cape town has closed a second round of funding as it seeks to expand its […]
INDIA – BigBasket, India’s leading grocery retailer, is set to invest US$100 million (Rs 698 crore) in strengthening its supply chain by setting up vending machines and smaller distribution centres across various cities it operates […]
