🚀 GLOCAL Game Changers 2025 is coming!
We’re launching a new edition of our flagship acceleration and investment program for AgriFoodTech and Climatech startups across Latin America.
🌱 If you’re building a solution to transform the industry, this is your moment.
Why apply?
✅ Investment tickets from USD 100K to 500K
✅ Final Pitch Day streamed live on YouTube with top industry leaders
✅ Business matchmaking with our Main Partners
✅ Intros to top-tier VCs
✅ Access to exclusive events focused on climate challenges in the sector
✅ Eligibility to join our AgSales Playbook (already used by +45 startups!)
🎯 In the 2024 edition, we facilitated +60 business meetings and +20 VC intros.
🧩 We work alongside key partners like Louis Dreyfus Company, Bayer, Bunge, Galicia Ventures, and Boortmalt.
👉 Pre-register now before the official call opens: LINK
🌍 GLOCAL at World Agri-Tech
Bernardo Milesy and Beatriz Ponce de León attended the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, joining over 2,000 global leaders.
The event highlighted major trends like AI in agriculture 🤖, biological inputs 🧬, and robotics, all aimed at building a more sustainable and resilient food system 🌱.
At the summit, we shared insights from our Clean AgriFoodTech Playbook, reconnected with startups like Puna Bio, Verqor, and Calice, and engaged with key partners across the value chain.
➡️ GLOCAL remains active where the future of agriculture is being built and remains committed to providing strategic clarity in a complex industry.
👇 Up next: Chapter 1 of our Playbook.
Our journey into AgriFoodTech began with a simple belief: Latin America has the potential to lead global sustainable food production. Since then, we’ve built deep experience through our first acceleration fund and our second early-stage VC fund. That experience led us to a crucial realization—AgriFoodTech requires a different investment approach.
That’s why we created the Clean AgriFoodTech Playbook, based on five core principles we believe are essential to investing in the region:
📌 Different investment horizons
📌 Adoption is king
📌 Not all sub-sectors are a fit for VC
📌 Additional investment stages
📌 LatAm-specific exit strategies
It’s a deep dive into why we believe AgriFoodTech and venture capital can thrive together in Latin America—and what it takes to make it happen.
💡 GLOCAL at Expoagro: Key insights on investing in innovation
Florencia Solari represented Glocal at the “Investing in Innovation: Strategies and Key Insights for Success” panel, moderated by the Rosario Board of Trade at Expoagro Argentina, alongside public and private sector leaders.
Key takeaways included:
🔹 The challenges of building strong teams, reducing tech adoption timelines, and turning data into actionable insights.
🔹 The need for collaborative innovation—connecting startups, corporations, and policy for real impact.
🔹 GLOCAL’s role as a fund that invests in, accelerates, and scales solutions shaping a more efficient, sustainable, and competitive agri-food sector in Latin America.
Big thanks to all participants for fostering spaces of dialogue and collective growth.
💼 Portfolio News
🚀 Kilimo has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies of 2024. Through its work with farmers and companies, Kilimo is developing concrete solutions to optimize water use and deliver measurable, on-the-ground impact. This recognition highlights its commitment to water security and reinforces its mission to drive more efficient and climate-resilient water management.
🥇 Puna Bio has once again been recognized by Forward Fooding in the global FoodTech 500 ranking, which highlights the most innovative food tech companies worldwide. This year, the company moved up from rank 155 to 113, marking its fourth consecutive appearance on the list — a testament to its strong commitment to science and sustainability. As part of this global recognition, Puna Bio also pitched at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, joining a global lineup of speakers to share their vision for a more sustainable future in agriculture. Well done!
🚀 Verqor has been awarded the Alumni Tech Innovation Award by Universidad Panamericana, recognizing its work in transforming agricultural financing through technology. 🌱💳 The award highlights Verqor’s mission to drive real impact in the ag sector by providing fair, digital, and efficient financial access to those who need it most.
🔍 “ZoomAgri is ready to play a key role in the revolution of quality assessment through computer vision and AI,” noted Paul Harrison, Vice President of Agri Commodities & Crop Sciences at SGS, in reference to the advancement of digitalization in agricultural trade driven by Gafta.
📰Industry Highlights
Partnered with Syngenta, PepsiCo will achieve an unprecedented milestone in Argentina for the company on a global scale.
The companies signed an agreement to promote regenerative agriculture in the country. How much they will pay local producers who implement it — and why it will be a historic milestone for PepsiCo’s global standards.
RFK Jr Moves to End ‘Self-Affirmed’ GRAS Rule
U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has ordered the country’s food regulator to close a “loophole” that allows companies to self-declare the safety of their ingredients under the GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) regulation.
US agrifoodtech funding up 14% driven by investment in AI-related startups
In 2024, agri-foodtech startups in the United States raised $6.6 billion, a 14% increase from the $5.8 billion raised in 2023. A key driver of this growth was investment in artificial intelligence (AI), which attracted over $100 billion in 2024, accounting for roughly one-third of all venture capital invested that year.
The Rejuvenation of Brazilian Agriculture: A Global Model
Brazil’s agricultural sector is undergoing a significant rejuvenation, with an average farmer age of 46, compared to 58 in the U.S. and 62 in the EU. This shift is being driven by young producers embracing technology and innovation, transforming agriculture into a dynamic and attractive profession.
🔎 Featured AgriFoodTech rounds
Lumi AI nets $3.7m to unlock supply chain insights with natural language prompts, led by AgFunder
Brevel Raises Additional US$5 Million in Seed Extension
Grassa Raises €3.6M to Further Develop Grass Protein Production Technology
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Restaurant tech provider Odeko nabs $126m, agrifintech Techcoop raises $70m
‘Fruit and vegetable bank’, Graviola receives investment of up to R$45 million from SRM Ventures
