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Phospholutions raises $10.3m Series A for sustainable fertilizer tech

The Pennsylvanian startup makes RhizoSorb, which can be deployed as a fertilizer additive or soil amendment to improve crop uptake of phosphorus and other nutrients.

Vietnam’s biggest fish exporter launches venture unit, invests in cultured seafood startup Avant

EXCLUSIVE: Food testing startup SwissDeCode nets $4.2m from VisVires New Protein, EIT Food

Startup Spotlight: Advantir wants to make your ice cream more creative, convenient & contactless

BRIEF: Verdesian Life Sciences acquired by AEA Investors in exit for Paine Schwartz

STARTUP FUNDING

BlueNalu sets sights on Asia after raising cultured seafood’s biggest round yet

Bear Flag Robotics scores $7.9m seed round extension

Farmers, landowners join CashRent’s seed round to level farmland rental playing field

Telus expands agtech reach with lead in AgriWebb’s $23m Series B round

COVID-19

BRIEF: Deliveroo raises $180m in pre-IPO funding at $7bn valuation

Algae rancher Qualitas Health nets $10m to move into alt-protein

Startup Spotlight: YPC targets office & care home canteens with kitchen robotics

Our experience launching an agtech fund in the midst of a global pandemic

FOOD TECH

Spirited away: How the alcohol-free trend is stirring up the liquor aisle

Why AgFunder invested in Purissima

GROW Impact Accelerator invites applications from startups fostering food sustainability

BRIEF: On-demand delivery apps Getir & Glovo get $100m+ apiece in ‘dark store’ drive

AGTECH

BRIEF: A Greener World adds to growing list of ‘regeneratively grown’ food labels

Ag marketplace DeHaat banks $30m in Naspers-led Series C round

Cargill open-sources Splinter, its ‘blockchain-like’ supply chain software

Brazilian blockchain startup Ecotrace gets funding for traceability tech

@AGFUNDER

Bear Flag Robotics scores $7.9m seed round extension

Why AgFunder invested in Purissima

GROW Impact Accelerator invites applications from startups fostering food sustainability

Ag marketplace DeHaat banks $30m in Naspers-led Series C round

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

How White Castle is embracing automation with robot employee Flippy

Ocado spends $287m in retail robotics double-swoop

SwarmFarm raises $3.2m to grow its open platform for ag robotics

ALT MEAT/PROTEIN

Starting with cultured kangaroo dumplings, Vow is on a mission to diversify the world’s protein sources

TurtleTree Labs launches B2B unit to develop cost-efficient culture media & growth factors

Maw & more: Avant nets $3m funding to expand cultured seafood range

NOVEL FARMING SYSTEMS

The EU just approved mealworms for human consumption. Will Ÿnsect take the bait?

Biological innovation is key to the economic & environmental sustainability of CEA

Quantum dot startup UbiQD raises $7m Series A for electricity free CEA lighting

Agrifoodtech firms are flocking to Singapore, with Perfect Day the latest to land

REGENERATIVE AG

EXCLUSIVE: FarmLab thinks it can get 1m farmers to sequester 1bn tonnes of CO2 by 2025. Here’s how

How Grassland 2.0 plans to give technical & financial support for the adoption of grassland ag

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What 2020 has taught the agrifood sector: resilience

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