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Finnish insect ag firm Volare opens 5,000-ton protein factory in Finland, explores 2nd plant

“When it comes to product quality, it’s about digestibility, palatability, and health benefits as well as price and availability,” says CEO Jarna Hyvönen.

Agtech

Alternative protein

Jarna Hyvönen CEO, Tuure Parviainen CSO, Matti Tähtinen CTO. Image credit: Volare

US aquaculture needs more than VC dollars to grow: report

Aquaculture investment firm Hatch Blue recommends more patient or risk-tolerant capital to help businesses and technologies reach milestones.

Deeptech

Investing

‘No acceptable offers’ for Liberation Bioindustries as firm seeks to plug $25m funding gap

Construction at the 600,000-liter purpose-built facility in Richmond, Indiana, is on pause as the firm seeks an additional $25 million to get over the finish line.

Biomanufacturing & biologicals

Deeptech

Finnish insect ag firm Volare opens 5,000-ton protein factory in Finland, explores 2nd plant

US aquaculture needs more than VC dollars to grow: report

‘No acceptable offers’ for Liberation Bioindustries as firm seeks to plug $25m funding gap

Guest article: Health data is booming. Meaningful insights? Not so much

AgriFood Signals: Danone turns yogurt into renewable energy, Bison Ventures lands $160m, biochar projects

Layoffs at Carbon Robotics as firm “realigns costs due to broader economic conditions”

Unnamed bidder submits letter of intent to acquire Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat site

Recent agrifood cyberattacks are ‘a wakeup call’ for the industry as ransomware incidences increase

🎥 Earth Rover bets on pulsed light to tackle weeds without chemicals

Lumi AI finds new home at Newforma as agentic analytics gathers pace

Brevel teams up with The Wave Group to scale ‘illuminated fermentation’ in India

Reservoir Farms expands to Pacific Northwest to accelerate physical AI

IMIO raises $12m to unlock nutrients trapped in crop residues with new generation of ‘dependable ag biologicals’

It will take more than data to improve traceability in the cotton supply chain

Kodama nets $7m to scale physical AI for ‘intelligent forestry’

🎥 SenseUP aims to take RNAi pesticides from niche to mainstream

UK Agri-Tech Centre to slash workforce by 60% in strategic pivot to new operating model

AgriFood Signals: India’s Scimplify nets $25m, Deere funds food security, USDA funds seed research

Molagri raises $5.8m to build ‘updatable’ biopesticides

PerPlant lands Valtra deal to put its AI crop sensor on tractors straight from the factory

OlsAro raises $5.5m seed round as salt-tolerant wheat nears market

Switch Bio partners with Bayer to advance ‘switchable’ tech for biofertilizers

SLM Partners secures $167m from Dutch pension investor to regenerate forests

Twiga’s demise underscores the need for new financing models in African agrifoodtech

🎥 ClimateCrop bets on starch ‘off switch’ to improve crop performance

It’s time to take action on cybersecurity in agrifood

Exclusive: Yara Growth Ventures backs soil-sensing startup Stenon as fertilizer prices surge

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