A lot of agrifoodtech founders in this dry capital environment are "beating their heads against the wall with the conviction that the wall will break before their heads do,” observes Paul Shapiro at The Better Meat Co. "That said, deals are still getting done, and important technology is still being developed." Many investors got their fingers burned in the heady days of 2020-22 by throwing silly money at this space, points out Magi Richani at molecular farming co Alpine Bio. But the problems...

If you've been following the Chinese drones saga, it finally came to a conclusion of sorts this week as the US Congress passed a defense spending bill that did not, in the end, block the activities of ag spray drone market leader DJI. But there was a catch, reports Elaine Watson... Meanwhile, Brazilian early-stage investor SP Ventures chatted with us about the ups and downs of raising its new fund in a challenging economic environment. Elsewhere, we quizzed food and ag leaders on what tech...

Greetings from London, where the AgFunderNews team has spent the week at the World Agri-Tech and Future Food-Tech summits delving into everything from the disconnect between regulatory and commercial timetables for novel foods and ag biologicals to ongoing questions over how to fund the transition to regenerative agriculture. As for cultivated meat, with private capital increasingly hard to come by, "There's a valley of death we're not going to cross as an industry without a massive infusion...