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Finistere co-publishes the annual Agtech Investment Review with Pitchbook. This report defines AgTech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
The 2020 Agrifood Tech Investment Review provides an in-depth analysis of global financing activity across the agtech and foodtech industries, a ranking of top startups across the agtech and foodtech ecosystems, and an infographic of top 2020 trends and takeaways.
Key Findings:
- Nearly $10B in venture investment in 2019, $5B in 416 deals in agtech with $17B in 631 deals in foodtech
- The US continues to dominate global investment across Agtech with more than 60% of capital invested
Finistere co-publishes the annual Agtech Investment Review with Pitchbook. This report defines AgTech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
The 2019 Agrifood Tech Investment Review provides an in-depth analysis of global financing activity across the agtech and foodtech industries, a breakdown of regional variations, an evaluation of the investor universe, a ranking of top startups across the agtech and foodtech ecosystems, and an infographic of top 2019 trends and takeaways.
Key Findings:
- Nearly $10B in venture investment in 2019, $2.7B in 289 deals in agtech with $7.0B in 263 deals in foodtech
- Median deal size in Agtech increased to $11M and in Foodtech increased to $18.6M
- The US continues to dominate global investment across Agtech with more than 70% of capital invested.
Finistere co-publishes the annual Agtech Investment Review with Pitchbook. This report defines AgTech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
Recognizing that shared cultural and physical ties between geographies are key to building innovation ecosystems, Finistere partner Spencer Maughan together with the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney conducted research into LinkedIn connections between start-ups, start-up founders, and venture capital firms in Australia, New Zealand and the United States as proxies for social network connections.
Key Findings:
- Australian Agtech is dominated by a few key players and less densely interconnected than both the US and New Zealand
- New Zealand’s Agtech network is more dense and better connected to the United States than Australia’s
- The report recommends greater Australia – New Zealand cooperation, greater Australian government support from Austrade, and a deeper embrace of foreign investors who can bring capital, connections, and skills to the local market
Finistere co-publishes the annual Agtech Investment Review with Pitchbook. This report defines AgTech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
The 2018 Agtech Investment Review provides in-depth insight on global financing activity, industry trends, regional variations, and a comprehensive exploration of challenges and opportunities in Latin America.
Key Findings:
- On track for $2B invested in Agtech in 2018 ($1.6B invested in Agtech across 209 deals, as of October 2018)
- Late-stage median deal sizes at $10M, up from $9M in 2017; median valuation at $78M, up from $50M in 2017
- Number of large, $25M+ financings continues to increase
Finistere co-publishes the annual Agtech Investment Review with Pitchbook. This report defines AgTech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
Finistere partner Spencer Maughan worked closely with the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney to author a report on the opportunities and challenges in the Australian AgTech sector.
Key Findings:
- Australia’s AgTech investment market is small, at an early stage and not keeping pace with global peers
- A breadth of AgTech segments of interest and increasing investment opportunity
- Australia has strengths to draw upon and challenges to overcome
Finistere co-publishes the annual Agtech Investment Review with Pitchbook. This report defines AgTech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
The first in a series of regional reports, Finistere’s Early-stage Agtech report provides in-depth coverage of specific geographies.
Key Findings:
- $124M invested in 2017 across 108 deals
- Country focus on Australia, New Zealand, and Canada
- Seed stage survey results and key deal details
Finistere co-publishes the annual Agtech Investment Review with Pitchbook. This report defines AgTech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
Finistere’s annual Agtech Investment Review defines Agtech from the VC perspective and is the most comprehensive dataset covering the key trends in this investment sector.
Key Findings:
- $1.5B invested in 2017 across 190 deals
- 300+ unique VC investors active over the past two years
- Market maps of key deals and league tables
Finistere co-hosts the invite-only Upscale Event every September for investors.
- 10 Startups
- 70 Investors
- $3+ Billion in growth capital
If you are actively investing in AgriFood technology and you’d like to attend this year’s event, nominate your firm here.
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At Finistere, we are thesis driven and regularly do deep dives on different areas of food and AgTech. From time to time, we publish selections from this original research and we’d love to share them with you.
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