Author: Bram van Beek

At F&A Next, Anterra Capital announced the closing of its second Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund at $260 million. The new fund was oversubscribed thanks to robust institutional demand. According to Anterra. the pandemic and food price inflation has fueled investor interest to accelerate transformation of the Food...

All over the world, ambitious founders of startups aim to shape a healthy and sustainable food system with their novel technologies. This year, F&A Next has selected 12 of Europe's most promising startups in Food & Agtech to pitch live on stage. Their solutions, which address new sources of proteins,...

F&A Next has warmly welcomed The Innovation Diplomacy Program (IDP) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil as event partner of F&A Next 2022. Ahead of the summit they will introduce the latest trends and opportunities of Brazil’s booming agtech and foodtech innovation ecosystem with the Radar Agtech...

Wageningen is increasingly focusing on entrepreneurship to bring about innovation in agrifood and come up with inspiring ideas for climate-resilient and sustainable food systems. To stimulate young (student) entrepreneurs to develop their ideas, several entrepreneurship grants have been established in recent years through the University Fund Wageningen. At F&A...

In 2018, the early-stage Agtech startups Root and AppHarvest joined the F&A Next summit. It was here that the founders, Josh Lessing and Jonathan, first met. It was a great match. After a period of working closely together, AppHarvest acquired Root in 2021 for $60M. Now Josh and Jonathan...

F&A Next 2022 is on its way! It's been a while since we met in person with hundreds of the world's brightest agrifoodtech startups, investors and corporates. We  look forward to welcoming you again at Wageningen Campus, or online. The choice is yours.