Accelerating the breeding of climate resilient perennial crops, starting with coffee and woody crops.
Location: Metropolitan France
Total raised: $1.6M
Investors 4
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 31.10.2023 | - | $1.6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.08.2024 | Coffee Without Beans, Chocolate Without Cocoa – The Companies Making Plants from Cells (and why we need them) | Plant cell cultivation is revolutionizing the production of various crops by growing plant cells in controlled environments, such as bioreactors, to produce plant-based products. Why do we need plant cell cultivation technology? Demand for ... |
| 31.10.2023 | Climate-Resilient Coffee: Meet Amatera, The French Startup That Raised €1.5M to Accelerate Its Perennial Crop Tech | 4 Mins Read French biotech startup Amatera, which develops non-GMO, climate-friendly perennial plants using crop genetics technology, has closed a €1.5M pre-seed funding round to speed up production of its regulatory-compliant coffee variet... |
| 26.10.2023 | Amatera raises $1.6m to expand climate smart crop breeding platform, starting with coffee | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Amatera.] Amatera, a French startup developing climate-smart perennial crops including a new coffee variety with the resilience and yields of Robusta and the taste of Ar... |
| 26.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: URB-E pivots to last-mile delivery, GoodBytz bags $12m, a new fund for regen ag | This week, URB-E, a company best known for developing e-scooters, took a sharp left turn with both its business and its brand. And while funding rounds are low and slow of late, they nonetheless trickle in despite the tough economic times. ... |
| 20.10.2023 | Future proofing coffee Amatera secures €1.5M for non-GMO breeding platform | Paris-based biotech firm Amatera has raised €1.5 million Pre-seed round. The round was led by PINC (Paulig’s venture arm) and included participation from Exceptional Ventures, Mudcake, Joyance Partners, Agfunder and some angel investors inc... |
| 21.09.2023 | From salt-tolerant wheat to Robusta coffee that tastes like Arabica, two climate smart startups to watch | Pressure to breed ‘climate smart’ crops—from salt tolerant rice to heat-tolerant tomatoes—is rising as farmers battle rising soil salinity, higher temperatures, and more erratic weather. But traditional crop breeding can take decades to bea... |
| 03.05.2023 | The AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator announces 2023 cohort of agrifoodtech startups | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company is AgFunder. GROW, the Singapore-based agrifoodtech ecosystem builder backed by agrifoodtech investor AgFunder, has unveiled the 10 startups participating in the 2023 AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator. The ac... |