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Hans im Glück and Greenforce bring plant-based diversity to the plate
Veganuary is just around the corner - and Hans im Glück is launching a very special collaboration with Greenforce. Together with the food tech company, the restaurant chain not only wants to enrich its menu at Veganuary, but also convince more people of more sustainable, plant-based alternatives in the long term. ...More information
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Excited to announce our investment into the future of chocolate: Planet A Foods
The Munich-based start-up Planet A Foods is redefining indulgence by developing sustainable and natural ingredients that eliminate the need for limited resources like cocoa. With their groundbreaking product ChoViva – the world’s first cocoa-free chocolate alternative – they are setting new standards. ChoViva is made from local ingredients and current by-products, proving that indulgence and sustainability can go hand in hand. As the AgriFoodTech Venture Alliance, we are thrilled to announce our investment in the future of chocolate, together with Burda Principal Investments, ZINTINUS, World Fund, Bayern Kapital, Cherry Ventures, Tengelmann Ventures, and Omnes. ...More information
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Big news: Market launch of our portfolio company The Mediterranean Food Lab (MFL) in Germany!
The fermented SHO Dark and Light Stocks are now available in Germany!
The new partnership between MFL and BOS FOOD GmbH introduces the cleanest and most delicious ready-to-eat products on the market!
BOS FOOD is Germany's leading delicatessen distributor, known for supplying high quality and premium gourmet ingredients to top chefs and leading food industry institutions. -
Fresh capital for innovative food production: BayWa, Bindewald and Gutting Mühlengruppe as well as MULTIVAC establish AgriFoodTech Venture Alliance
BayWa Venture GmbH, the processing and packaging machine expert MULTIVAC and the Bindewald and Gutting Mühlengruppe are jointly investing around 20 million euros in AgriFoodTech start-ups...More information
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BayWa publishes Venture Report 2023 - Further AgTech and FoodTech investment growth forecast
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
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BayWa Venture invests in FoodTech Start-up Neggst Foods GmbH
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
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BayWa AG is Gold Partner of World Agri Tech Summit in London (20. – 21. September)
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
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BayWa AG and Kern Tec GmbH agree strategic partnership
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
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BayWa Venture invests in spanish AgTech Start-up Spherag Teck IoT Ltd.
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
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Global Food Summit in Munich - BayWa as a proud partner
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
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Congratulations to the XTC 2022 Global Finals Winner: Amai Proteins!
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
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BayWa AG is Silver Partner of Future Food Tech Summits on Alternative Proteins in New York (June 21-22, 2022)
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
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Amai Proteins is Category Winner for AgTech & Food of this years Extreme Tech Challenge!
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
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AgroSustain: From EIC ePitching on AgriTech to closing a successful deal with key investor BayWa
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
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Amazing speakers for the #THRIVEEurope2021 Challenge ready to discuss Europe's #GreenDeal, #openinnovation, and #investment!
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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Virtual World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit - 2021 Gold Partner
https://worldagritechinnovation.com/partners/.... More information
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BayWa AG: “Entsprechend unserer Mission ‘Verbundenheit schafft Erfolg’ setzt die BayWa im Aufbau von Neugeschäft auf Kollaboration”
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
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United Soybean Board Awards $1 Million to Amfora to Continue Development of High-Protein Soy
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
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Amfora Expands Series B Venture Round with New Investment from BayWa
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
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BayWa: Coating-Lösungen für Frischeprodukte
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
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SVG Ventures | THRIVE announces partnership with BayWa AG for THRIVE Europe Challenge
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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AgroSustain is under the top10 finalists of the THRIVE European Challenge 2021
https://thriveagrifood.com/europe-challenge/ ... More information
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We are so excited to announce the #THRIVEEurope2021 Challenge expert judging panel featuring leaders ...
...from our partners at ICL Group as well as Microsoft, Ornua, Rabobank, BayWa AG, & Zoetis Inc... More information
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Meet BayWa Venture at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit Round Tables this September
Take your pick of 30+ small group discussion discussions hosted by renowned industry leaders on the most critical issues facing our sector... More information
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Austria’s Evologic raises $3m for bio-based fungal inputs
The number of companies working on bio-based inputs for the ag industry appears to be growing by the day... More information
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We have just released another fantastic panel for #AGRIForum - "Engaging the Corporate Strategics"!
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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Mind the Chat with Marion Meyer, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, BayWa AG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOJ8tlPFJqU ... More information
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EIC ePitching to Investors on Agritech, Food & Beverages: I look forward to seeing the promising start-ups!
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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Panelist at the Annual AgriFoof-Tech Global Investors Summit - Kristal Golan, BayWa AG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuHNK_82euo&feature=youtu.be ... More information