April: New investments, Embrapa turned fifty, Women in Ag and more!

#April in LATAM - Sementis

Holaaaa, Oláaaaa, Helloooo

What a month, captain!

April hasn't even started and suddenly we're already in the second edition of Sementis.

Among the themes of the month, we had new contributions and investors making resources available, Embrapa's 50th anniversary in Brazil, women in ag and much more!

Before we start, a message: if you still don't follow the Newsletter, shall we?

Topics we will cover:

• 🌱 Ag

•  🍇 Food

• 🌤️ Climate

• 💡 General News and highlights

• 👩🏻‍💻 Publications

• 🗓️ Events

• 💼 Job Openings

• 💬 Quote of the Month

• 👀 Before you go…

• 50 years of Embrapa: the history of the institution that revolutionized agriculture

• Investments in agtechs retreat in the world

• SP Ventures prepares US$ 80 million fund for agtechs

• The urban-rural digital gap widened in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022

• Traive: Fintech uses AI to connect o agro to Faria Lima Distrit

• Tarken pivots and starts to serve the agro credit market positioned as agfintech

• Arado raises series A of R$ 60 million and makes 1st acquisition

• Produtor do Bem: Brazilian startup launches poultry welfare certification in America

• Clube Agro Brasil and Agrofy sign a partnership to strengthen online retail in ag

• AgroBee receives BRL 1 million from a fund guaranteed by Koppert

• Agrolend receives authorization from the BC and becomes financial

• Food To Save projects BRL 16 million in revenue and plans to expand

• Foodtech Aravita receives R$12 million in funding from Qualcomm Ventures, 17Sigma and other investors

• LatAm foodtech is flourishing with startups tackling food waste in the supply chain

• Rappi buys the Brazilian delivery company Box Delivery

• Pacto raises $4M in a round led by DILA Capital

• Nestlé seeks app to sell food that would go to waste:

• Brief: S2G Ventures launches new fund to offer 'flexible' financing for cap-intensive climate-tech startups

• Impact combo: Fama and Gaia team up to scale climate investment 

• Sugarcane cultivation in Brazil has helped remove 9.8 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere

• Coil: Brazil's startup aims to add transparency to carbon market
  

General:

• Big rounds of Latino startups plummet 75% in Q1

• Capria opens $100-million Global South Fund II

• Kaszek earmarks nearly $1B in new funds for Latin American startups

• 30N Ventures announces a US$50 million fund for startups in Latin America

Highlights:

My special congratulations to Embrapa, which completed 50 years on the 26th. Brazilian agriculture would not be the same without this institution. 

And, in May I started a monthly column in Futurecom Digital website and in my first article I wrote about gender challenges and opportunities in ag.

The first half of 2023 has brought several relevant themes related to innovation in agribusiness. New investment rounds, mass layoffs, fears of a banking crisis and climate issues as priorities in discussions at global forums.

There are so many subjects that it's hard to choose one for the first article in my column on Futurecom. And, when analyzing the entire current situation, I understand that all the challenges and opportunities of the moment lead to it being “the time and turn of women in agro-innovation”. The reasons are:

• The rise of women in ag innovation

• Ag women need innovation

• Women of innovation need investment

• Women of innovation in agriculture need opportunities

• The women in innovation and agriculture show that this is the moment

And then I interviewed Thais Andrade, Head of Sales at Tarken and a great friend. By taking the lead of the commercial team, she hired 7 women and she explains why.

• Climate Risks in the Agriculture Sector

• SP Ventures ESG and Impact Report

• The future of Brazilian agriculture: 10 visions

• The status of women in agrifood systems

🇨🇱 April 20: Global Cherry Summit.

🇧🇷 May 1-5: Web Summit Rio

🇧🇷 May 1-5: Agrishow

🇧🇷 May 11 - June 6: Training in climate change and carbon market in Brazilian agriculture

🇲🇽 May 17 - 19: AgroTech Mexico

🇧🇷 May 24: Future of Food

🇧🇷 June 20 - 21: World AgriTech South America Summit

• 🇦🇷 Auravant - Product Manager

• 🇦🇷 BASF - Innovation Consultant

• 🇦🇷 Notco: Regional Accounting Mr. Analyst

• 🇧🇷 Arable - Office Coordinator

• 🇧🇷 Rumin8 - BR Head of Business Development, South America (remote)

• 🇧🇷 Tarken - Head of Business Consulting @Tarken

• 🇧🇷 Regrow - Enterprise Account Executive

• 🇧🇷 Agrotoken - Commercial Coordinator of Agribusiness Corporate Accounts

• 🇧🇷 WayCarbon - Senior Manager Consulting Unit

• 🇧🇷 Biofilica - Carbon jobs openings

• 🇧🇷 Louis Dreyfus Company: Digital Engagement Lead (Digital Strategy & Innovation)

• 🇨🇴 USAID/Colombia Sustainable Agriculture Activity - Contracts and Grants Manager

• 🇨🇷 Root Capital: MAC Gender Equity Coordinator

• 🇲🇽: Palladium - Manager, Sustainable Investment: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3500009619

“If you don't climb the mountain, you'll never enjoy the view.” - Pablo Neruda ”

🎬 Podcast Tip: Tecno Talk

Tecno Talk is a Brazilian podcast about tech is a podcast that invites women from different sectors to be interviewed. The host is Cristiane Pelajo who worked for more than 26 years at Globo.

In may, it will have one episode dedicated to women in ag and I’ll be one of the interviewed guests. Sign in to receive the notification.

Monthly Meme:

That's it, folks! I hope you enjoyed this second edition. If so, I ask you to help me by sharing with friends.

And if you want to share some news from your company or project in this NewsLetter, you can send it to me. 🤗

A great start to the quarter for everyone and see you in May!

Oh, and if you visit Agrishow, be sure to come and have a coffee with me (Arable's booth).

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Saludos,

Juh Chini, a dreamer