1、AgFunder EuropeanInvestment Report2022 2022 EUROPE AGRIFOODTECH INVESTMENT REPORT|AGFUNDER.COM2INTRODUCTIONEuropean AgriFoodTech in 2022NINE BILLION DOLLARS?!NINE BILLION DOLLARS?!Yes,it sounds like a lot of funding,and it is.However,when you look a bit closer you will see the impact of a few very l

2、arge rounds for eGrocery startups.Strip out that whole category and funding to European agrifoodtech startups reached$5 billion in 2021.While not quite as inspiring,thats still a nearly 50%year-over-year increase in investment.Without eGrocery,upstream and downstream investment was almost on par at

3、around$2.5 billion each.Upstream startups-those operating closer to the farm and manufacturing food-did close significantly more deals,however.This is often the case across the globe and typically speaks to more early-stage activity and fewer mature startups.European venture capital funding across i

4、ndustries surpassed$100 billion for the first time,which is positive momentum for sure.But when you consider that FlinkFood,an instant delivery startup in Germany,raised a total of$1 billion across seed,Series A and Series B rounds that all closed in the same year,there wasnt much left for others in

5、 arguably more impactful,albeit more complex,upstream categories.As part of this years partnership between AgFunder and F&A Next,weve also joined up with Invest-NL,the Dutch government investment agency,to dig into how agrifoodtech investing aligns with climate tech investing-and where it doesnt.Sta

6、y tuned for more detailed analysis in the full version of this report coming out next week but the good news is that some of the categories you see featured in this report such as Innovative Food and Novel Farming Systems are highly correlated to climate impact investing.A few companies operating do