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Y EY E A A R R I I N N R R E E V V I I E E WW18I N V E S T I N G R E P O R TEuropean AgriFood TechSee our portfolio companies: in-house technology enables us to invest globally and at scale and helps us make smarter investment decisions.Through our media and research platform,AgFunder has built an community of over 60,000 members and subscribers,giving us the largest and most powerful network in the industry to help us support our portfolio companies and get them in front of decision makers.AgFunder is a global Venture Capital platformAre you a Corporate,Startup,or Investor?Learn how to get We invest in bold,exceptional entrepreneurs transforming our food and agriculture systemAGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM3F&A Next is dedicated to accelerating innovation in Food and Agriculture by connecting major players.The F&A Next community consists of entrepreneurs,corporates,investors and scientists,who are dedicated to innovation in food and agriculture.F&A Next is expanding its community.Join us!F&A Next FoundersAGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM4INTRODUCTIONAgriFood Tech Funding in Europe:2018While the global food tech ecosystem has shown remarkable growth in recent years,Europe has clearly established is own pace and particularities.Europe is regularly positioned as one united market and often characterized as less entrepreneurial with more risk-averse and less sophisticated investors.However it is a continent with many borders,cultures and preferences.Consequently,it lacks a competitive edge when it comes to the average farm size or the consumer base of one country.In addition,government regulation,on food safety for example,varies per country,too.As you will read in this report,European trends in agrifood investments are similar to those in the US,with a few exceptions and a more even spread of technologies.Novel farming systems,particularly indoor agriculture,are strong on the continent,undoubtedly related to Europes leading role in horticulture.Europe is also home to a number of insect farming groups aiming to provide protein replacements for traditional feed and food ingredients.Overall investment in agrifood tech startups in Europe ison the rise.Expertise,research and available capital have improved sharply,boosting overall startup activity in the industry.A healthy funnel of quality earlier stage companies is being developed along with a(slowly)growing number of seed stage investors.Later stage capital for sizable follow-up rounds,however,is still underdeveloped.Corporate venture capital is slowly gaining relevance in the European startup ecosystem but overall Europe is still playing catch up.To stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe,Rabobank,Wageningen University&Research,Anterra Capital and StartLife jointly launched F&A Next in 2016,collectively believing that innovation will be essential to sustainably feed future generations.Entrepreneurs are needed for their drive,investors for their belief,and corporates for their mass impact.Disruptive innovation alone is not enough;it needs to be implemented and transformed into tangible applications.We are very pleased to share the latest insights on European agrifood tech with you.Many thanks to the AgFunder team for compiling this report and the participating partners(see page 9)for their contributions.On behalf of AgFunder and F&A Next,Jan Meiling,Jeroen Leffelaar and Louisa Burwood-TaylorAGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM5What is AgriFoodTech?WHAT IS AGRIFOOD TECH?Agrifood tech is the small but growing segment of the startup and venture capital universe thats aiming to improve or disrupt the global food and agriculture industry.As with all industries,technology plays a key role in the operation of the agrifood sector a$7.8 trillion industry,responsible for feeding the planet and employing well over 40%of the global population.The pace of innovation has not kept up with other industries and today,agriculture remains the least digitized of all major industries,according to McKinsey.The industrial agrifood sector of today is also less efficient than other industries,with an increasing number of demands and constraints being placed on it.These pressures include a growing global population;climate change and global warming;environmental degradation;changing consumer demands;limited natural resources;food waste;consumer health issues and chronic disease.The need for agrifood tech innovation is greater than ever.This creates many opportunities for entrepreneurs and technologists to disrupt the industry and create new efficiencies at various points in the value chain.Broadly speaking,agrifood tech startups are aiming to solve the following challenges:food waste,CO2 emissions,chemical residues and run-off,drought,labor shortages,health and sugar consumption,opaque supply chains,distribution inefficiencies,food safety and traceability,farm efficiency and profitability,and unsustainable meat production.There are many ways to categorize agrifood tech startups highlighting the complexity of the industry.See page 6 for our categorization system,which we developed in consultation with venture capitalists,entrepreneurs,and other industry experts.AGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM6In-Store Retail&Restaurant TechShelf-stacking robots,3D food printers,POS systems,food waste monitoring IoT.Home&Cooking TechSmart kitchen appliances,nutrition technologies,food testing devices.Restaurant MarketplacesOnline tech platforms delivering food from a wide range of vendors.eGroceryOnline stores and marketplaces for sale&delivery of processed&un-processed ag products to consumer.Online Restaurants and Meal KitsStartups offering culinary meals and sending pre-portioned ingredients to cook at home.Innovative FoodCultured meat,novel ingredients,plant-based proteins.Miscellaneouse.g.fintech for farmersUpstreamDownstreamUpstream+DownstreamAgriFoodTech Category DefinitionsWHAT IS AGRIFOOD TECH?Midstream TechnologiesFood safety&traceability tech,logistics&transport,processing tech.Bioenergy&BiomaterialsNon-food extraction&processing,feedstock technology,cannabis pharmaceuticals.Ag BiotechnologyOn-farm inputs for crop&animal ag including genetics,microbiome,breeding,animal health.Novel Farming SystemsIndoor farms,aquaculture,insect,&algae production.Farm Robotics,Mechanization&EquipmentOn-farm machinery,automation,drone manufacturers,grow equipment.Farm Management Software,Sensing&IoTAg data capturing devices,decision support software,big data analytics.Agribusiness MarketplacesCommodities trading platforms,online input procurement,equipment leasing.AGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM7Sources&MethodologySOURCESData Sources&CurationUtilizing new advanced machine-learning algorithms and artificial intelligence to help identify and categorize agrifood tech startups,our database has grown to over 29,939 companies,with new startups and historical data being added each day.The raw data for the AgriFood Tech Funding Report comes from Crunchbase,which gathers publicly available information such as press releases and US Securities and Exchange Filings,as well as crowdsourcing directly from the industry.AgFunder contributes a significant portion of raw data through its own data collection methods that include private communications with investors and companies.The raw data is then painstakingly curated by the AgFunder team to ensure that it is relevant,accurate,up-to-date,complete,and categorized according to AgFunders proprietary tagging system for inclusion in our report.We also ascribe a funding round stage(seed,Series A,Series B,etc)to each and every round,as we believe this is the best way to highlight the maturity of each company.Sometimes,especially outside the US,these round codes are not readily used by companies,so some estimations may be inexact.For this European edition,we also collected data from various partners(see page 9)who use a range of sources including manual collection,Dealroom,Pitchbook and Tracxn.We believe our database now represents the most comprehensive and curated database of agrifood tech companies in Europe.Improved reporting in 2018 may impact some of the annual comparisons.While we are happy to share our findings,we reserve all rights with respect to AgFunder research and this report,and require it to be fully and accurately cited when any of the data are used.Undisclosed FinancingsOf the 427 financings in our curated data set,82 had undisclosed financing amounts,which could not be determined through research or direct sources.We excluded undisclosed financings when computing averages and median values.In some cases,we were able to confidentially obtain financing figures directly from the the investors,on the condition that they only be included in the aggregate figures.AGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM8Sources&MethodologySOURCESMultiple FinancingsIn some cases,Crunchbase displayed multiple financings for the same company in the same year.In the case of distinct funding rounds(Seed,A,B,)or asset classes(debt v.equity),we counted these as separate rounds.Where a company raised capital two or more times within two months,we aggregated the total into one round.CategorizationAgFunders categorization system is designed to capture broad themes in the agrifood technology landscape(see page 6 for a list of categories).As the categories progress through the value chain from farm inputs to the consumer,the mapping becomes complex.The agrifood sector has a wide supply chain spanning industrials,farming,logistics,wholesale distribution,processing,retail distribution,and the consumer.In many cases,technologies such as marketplaces connect different links in the supply chain and so in this report weve chosen to focus on high-level themes.To assist with the categorization and to avoid subjectivity,AgFunder first employs over 150 machine learning and artificial intelligence models to suggest category placement and to help tag companies according to their technology and place in the supply chain.Finally,the AgFunder team manually reviews the suggestions for each company,often with significant research and debate among our team.Thank you to all of our report partners across Europe!(see page 9)Special AcknowledgementSpecial thanks to Tim Li and the rest of the Crunchbase team for their support and assistance.Thanks also to Thomas van den Boezem,Jessica Pothering,and Kevin Camphius,who were instrumental in putting the report together.AGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM9In addition to our partnership with Crunchbase,we partner with several groups from around the world to help us collect more international data at a local level to ensure we can present the most comprehensive data set in the industry.For this European edition,we partnered with Forward Fooding in the UK,ShakeUp Factory in France,StartupBootcamp in Italy,and Sweden FoodTech,as well as the F&A Next consortium.SOURCESOur European Report PartnersAGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM10Year End Overview 2018Europe Funding Breakdown 2018UpstreamAg Biotech,Farm Management SW,Farm Robotics&Equipment,Bioenergy&Biomaterials,Novel Farming,Agribusiness Marketplaces,Midstream,Innovative Food DownstreamIn-store Restaurant&Retail,Online Restaurants,eGrocery,Restaurant Marketplaces,Home&CookingAGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM12OutliersYEAR IN REVIEWVenture capital is driven by outliers,and the agrifood tech sector is no exception.These two RestaurantMarketplaces contributed the biggest deals of the last five years.Its helpful to be aware of them,as they skew theresults of previous years.In 2018,there were no significant outliers.2015-$670M2017-$420M 2016-$275M2017-$385M Germanys Delivery Hero was one of the first Restaurant Marketplaces in Europe and raised well over$1 billion in private funding before listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2017.Its now valued at nearly$8 billion after listing with a$5 billion market cap.The UKs Deliveroo was said to be eyeing a$4 billion valuation for its next fundraising effort,which has yet to take place.It has raised nearly$1 billion in private funding so far.It counts Fidelity,General Catalyst,Accel and T.Rowe Price as investors.AGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM13YEAR IN REVIEWKey Insights for 20181.Upstream Startups Drive Growth in 2018 Investment in agrifood tech startups did not grow in 2018,remaining at$1.6 billion where it closed in 2017.This reflects a decrease in funding to downstream startups those operating at the retail and consumer end of the supply chain and an increase in upstream funding.Upstream funding claimed just over half of total deal count in Europe(54%)but nearly two thirds of dollar funding(64%).Upstream startups including farm tech,novel farming and food production,midstream technologies and biomaterials raised nearly$1 billion in 2018,a massive 200%jump year-over-year.Investors backed a diverse array of upstream startups without any outliers pushing totals up.Spanish crop inputs company Ferbiterias$89 million private equity round was the largest deal,followed by insect farming group InnovaFeeds$47 million Series B.The decline in funding for downstream startups was largely due to the many exits achieved for food delivery companies after their late stage rounds drove totals up in previous years.Delivery Hero and Deliveroo,in particular,closed large rounds totaling over$1.75 billion between 2015 and 2017(see page 12.)2.Europes Share of Global Funding Trails GDP Contribution,But Investor Activity is Strong Overall,421 European foodtech and agtechcompanies raised$1.6 billion in 2018,accounting for 9.4%of the$17 billion raised by companies in the sector globally.By comparison,the European Union,which does not include all countries in the continent of Europe nor in this report,contributes around 20%of global GDP,so the regions contribution to the global agrifood tech industry is clearly lacking.The region made up for it in deal activity,closing 421 deals at nearly 30%of the number of deals closed globally in 2018.While local commentators complain about a lack of investors for the industry,some 605 investors participated in 2018,again representing around 30%of the global investor base in agrifood tech.AGRIFOOD TECH FUNDING REPORT:YEAR REVIEW 2018|AGFUNDER.COM13YEAR IN REVIEWKey Insights for 20181.Upstream Startups Drive Growth in 2018 Investment in agrifood tech startups did not grow in 2018,remaining at$1.6 billion where it closed in 2017.This reflects a decrease in funding to downstream startups those operating at the retail and consumer end of the supply chain and an increase in upstream funding.Upstream funding claimed just over half of total deal count in Europe(54%)but nearly two thirds of dollar funding(64%).Upstream startups including