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The rapid adoption of GLP-1 medications is doing more than managing weight; it is beginning to rewire consumer behavior and investment priorities across the entire food system. PeakBridge, a leading agrifood venture capital firm and F&A Next organizing partner, is at the forefront of analyzing these shifts to identify where the strongest commercial moats are […]
The convergence of artificial intelligence and gene editing is fundamentally reshaping how crop innovation happens. As an F&A Next Catalyst Partner, Corteva Agriscience is actively advancing this shift by combining computational prediction with precision biology to accelerate breeding outcomes. In this piece, Mat Muller explores how these capabilities are coming together to move innovation from […]
Plant Science director at Wageningen University & Research, Dr Richard Harrison, reflects on a future where we can combine a diversity of farming systems and explores where the role of biotechnology will fit. Harrison explains how the current combination of increasing knowledge, AI and more accessible techniques is democratising science and speeding up biotechnology. Harrison […]
Despite a more selective global investment climate, the Spanish AgriFoodTech ecosystem continues to mature, now encompassing 416 active startups with a notable 48% adoption rate of artificial intelligence. As capital shifts toward scalable, impact-driven solutions, the upcoming F&A Next event provides a timely platform to examine Spain’s success during a period of market consolidation. Here, […]
Together with Boston Consulting Group, the German AgriFood Alliance (GAFA) has conducted a study on the growth hurdles and limiting factors for startups. The resulting report offers a dive deep in to the findings of the german agrifood ecosystem and offers guidelines for improvement. The GAFA is an Innovation Partner at F&A Next 2023, and […]
Impact investing – funding companies or organizations that can make a real difference to society – is creating a buzz in equity circles, but is it all that different from traditional venture capital? Three food and agtech investors explain. Impact investors on funding the future of food More than a quarter of all money under […]