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More and more people are consciously thinking about what lands on their plates. From veggie burgers to oat milk, customer demand for alternative proteins is high, and the market potential is immense, according to the latest AgriFoodTech Venture Report by BayWa.... More information

BayWa AG is continuing to expand its commitment to alternative protein, investing over €5 million in Neggst Foods GmbH through its wholly owned subsidiary BayWa Venture GmbH in the first closing of a round of funding. Co-investors are the Berlin-based impact fund Green Generation Management GmbH, the family office Corecam Capital Partners (Pte Ltd) and RWZ Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main eG. The start-up has developed a vegan egg alternative that looks like a real chicken egg and can be used in exactly the same way.... More information

BayWa AG will take part in this years World Agri Tech Summit in London with a delegation. We are proud to support the event as a Gold Partner and to contribute in the program. We will also attend the following Future Food Tech event. We are looking forward to the discussions and Insights, feel free to reach out to us!... More information

BayWa AG has become a strategic investor and partner of Kern Tec GmbH through its investment arm BayWa Venture GmbH. The start-up based in Austria has developed a range of technologies that turn the fruit stones that normally end up in the rubbish into tasty food. More than half a million tonnes of apricot, cherry, plum and peach stones are thrown away every year in Europe alone – and with them the seeds contained inside, which are a valuable raw material in food production.... More information

BayWa AG has invested in the Spanish start-up Spherag through its investment arm, BayWa Venture GmbH. Co-investors include Bonsai Partners and Ship2B Ventures. Spherag has developed an internet of things (IoT) solution to digitalise and automate existing irrigation systems... More information

In June 2022 fand Global Food Summit took place in Munich. BayWa AG is a proud partner of the event, which brought leaders from politics, science and business together for a constructive exchange under the slogan Ambassadors for Bioeconomy. In one of the panels Marion Meyer, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of BayWa AG,  contributed and adressed the importance of innovation to bring sustainability and food security together... More information

BayWa Ventures portfolio company Amai Proteins wins the 2022 Global Final of the Extreme Tech Challenge! The jury is convinced of Amais computanional protein design as a solution to tackle the challenges of our food system. ... More information

Because of our strategic initiative BayWa New Protein Solutions BayWa AG takes part in this years Future Food Tech summit on Alternative Proteins in New York. We are proud to support the event as Silver Partner and to contribute in the program. We are looking forward to the discussions and insights! Feel free to reach out to us!... More information

Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest startup competition focused on purpose-driven innovation, announced today 10 Category Winners. One of them is Amai Proteins from Israel! The global final takes place on June 14th. Congratulations!... More information

The European Innovation Council (EIC), via its Investors Programme, enables and supports valuable matchmaking opportunities between EIC beneficiaries and financial and business partners to achieve sustainable growth. Resulting from the EIC ePitching on AgriTech initiative in spring 2021, Swiss AgTech company AgroSustain closed a Series A deal with top investor BayWa... More information

The THRIVE Europe Challenge solves problems of the European agrifood industry, accelerates the development of the ecosystem, and selects the best startups and scaleups for investment and global recognition... More information

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Im Zuge der neuen globalen Trendentwicklungen hin zu mehr veganen und pflanzenbasierten Lebensmitteln, richtet auch BayWa den Fokus verstärkt auf die sich hier entwickelden Märkte.... More information

The United Soybean Board awarded $1 million to Amfora, Inc., a biotechnology company that is applying gene editing to sustainably feed the planet, to continue the development of soybean varieties with increased protein content.... More information

Amfora, a company using gene editing to increase the nutritional density of crops, expanded its Series B round to include investment from BayWa AG, the largest agricultural trader in Germany.... More information

Biologischer Pflanzenschutz- und Coating-Lösungen werden immer wichtiger. Die BayWa Venture GmbH, ein Tochterunternehmen der BayWa AG, investiert als neuer strategischer Partner in das Schweizer AgTech Start-up AgroSustain.... More information

SVG Ventures | THRIVE, a leading global Agrifood Venture and Innovation Platform headquartered in Silicon Valley, announced a partnership today with BayWa AG.... More information

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The number of companies working on bio-based inputs for the ag industry appears to be growing by the day... More information

Global Ag Innovation leaders discuss their respective companies' current initiatives in the assessment and adoption of technology-driven solutions... More information

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On 8 April 2020 EIC-backed SMEs had the chance to show their Agritech solutions during a dedicated EIC ePitching session with investors... More information

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