Better Bioeconomy

Agrifood Has Plenty of Tech and Not Enough Systems Thinking

The architecture problem the sector keeps misdiagnosing as a company problem

Mar 10 • Eshan Samaranayake

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The Great Unbundling: Ag Is Breaking Apart at the Top, While Consolidating Within Segments

Lessons from Verdant Partners’ 2025 Global Food & Agribusiness M&A Review & Outlook

Mar 2 • Eshan Samaranayake

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February 2026

$8M to Resurrect Plant Immunity, and the US Declares Agriculture a National Security Priority

Also: Why India will see agritech IPOs before America or Europe, Carbon Robotics brings frontier AI to the field, and cell agriculture company reaches…

Feb 22 • Eshan Samaranayake

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Why 90% of Food Tech Fails to Scale, and What ‘Operator-Led’ Investors Do Differently

Ferry Kamp, Managing Partner of Remagine Food, on how an “invest and build” model tackles execution risk, broken partnerships, and misaligned capital in…

Feb 9 • Eshan Samaranayake

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€56M to Scale AI-Powered Imaging for Food Inspection, and Women’s Nutrition Gets Rebuilt Around Life Stages

Also: MrBeast tried cultivated chicken, fibre becomes programmable, and barns turn into early-warning systems.

Feb 2 • Eshan Samaranayake

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January 2026

€30M for Gut-Health Binding Proteins, and Robot Cowboys Comes to Ranches

Also: Why transformative ag companies can be built in any macro environment to drive outlier VC returns.

Jan 19 • Eshan Samaranayake

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Engineering the Exit: How to Get Acquired in Deep Tech

Cyril Ebersweiler, General Partner at SOSV, on the deep tech exit reality check, how founders build real buyer pull, and when to build more vs sell now.

Jan 12 • Eshan Samaranayake

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Agrifood Returns Are Low, but the Winners Keep Winning

Here’s what they do differently.

Jan 5 • Eshan Samaranayake

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December 2025

Why Agrifood Solutions Fail to Scale in Emerging Markets, and What Works Instead

Orbit Ventures’ Oscar Ramos on logistics, adoption, localisation, and scaling solutions in emerging markets.

Dec 23, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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What One of Food Tech’s Most Active Investors Learned from 150+ Startups

Big Idea Ventures’ Andrew D. Ive on founder dynamics, alt protein’s reset, the roles of startups, corporates and governments, and the themes shaping…

Dec 16, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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AI in Agrifood: Signals and Reflections from November 2025

AI-powered pesticide discovery advances, whole-genome models accelerate crop breeding, and more

Dec 11, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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How Agrifood Tech Investing Is Shifting and Where Value Will Be Created

Yoni Glickman, Managing Partner at PeakBridge, on the agrifood investing thesis that misfired and where smart capital is deploying now.

Dec 8, 2025 • Eshan Samaranayake

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