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Bringg bags $100m for logistics platform used by Albertsons, Walmart; joins unicorn club

The Tel Aviv-based startup plans to use the Series E funds to pursue M&A deals that will allow it to rapidly scale.

Brief: Jay-Z fund backs plant-based NUGGS maker Simulate

EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian freight & fintech startup GoFlux scores funding

Bushel acquires FarmLogs to integrate farm-level and supply chain data

Motif FoodWorks raises $226m to tackle plant-based’s challenges with texture & taste

Brief: Indonesia’s Green Rebel unveils ‘Asia’s first’ plant-based whole cuts

Quantum computing’s answer to the global food security problem

Brief: Flagship closes $3.4bn fund to build ‘bioplatform’ companies in ag, nutrition & health

Brief: Oatly sues UK farm over PureOaty plant-based milk brand

FOOD TECH

Brief: Chinese e-grocery giants Dingdong, Missfresh file for US IPOs

Sponsored

Grow-NY is looking for agrifoodtech startups to apply to win mentorship, $1m prize

Brief: Meat giant JBS pays $11m bitcoin ransom to ‘Russia-linked’ cyberattackers

Move over leafy greens: Seedo Corp is cultivating saffron indoors

STARTUP FUNDING

Why impact investor Astanor Ventures backed MiiMOSA’s ag financing platform

TerraClear raises $25m to help farmers get rocks out of their fields

Sentera closes $25m Series C round to scale its digital platform for agronomists

Swedish seaweed startup Volta Greentech raises $2m to grow low-emissions livestock feed

AGTECH

The future of Australia’s agriculture industry is hinged on carbon emissions

Brief: Cargill CEO MacLennan says plant-based will ‘cannibalize’ its protein business

Ginkgo Bioworks partners Asian chemicals giant Sumitomo

Pulses detected: How regional crops could hold the key to Asia’s alt-protein future

@AGFUNDER

Plant-based ‘NUGGS’ maker SIMULATE raises $50m from Ohanian fund, McCain Foods

HR management platform Ganaz raises $7m Series A funding from Trilogy Equity, AgFunder

Kula Bio banks $10m seed funding to fix nitrogen, carbon in the soil

Apeel Sciences acquires ImpactVision to look inside fruit & veg for freshness

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Picnic raises $16m Series A funding despite ‘growing graveyard’ of food robotics startups

Sponsored

Calling all agtech startups! Lely wants to help you revolutionize the dairy industry

This startup says its new laser-armed weeding robot is already sold out for 2021

ALT MEAT/PROTEIN

Plant-based ‘whole egg’ startup Float Foods scores seed funding from VCs, corporates

Quorn maker lists at $5bn valuation; plots US expansion of alt-protein portfolio

Brief: EU drops plans to restrict marketing of plant-based dairy alternatives

NOVEL FARMING SYSTEMS

Future Food 🎙️: How Bowery reached $2.3bn and is building its biggest farm yet

Bowery bags ‘biggest-ever’ vertical farming raise with $300m Series C

Brief: AquaBounty’s first commercial harvest of its GE salmon will happen this month

CEA Food Safety Coalition launches certification standard for indoor-grown leafy greens

REGENERATIVE AG

Terviva raises $54m, partners with Danone on regenerative pongamia plant proteins

Groundwork BioAg raises $11m to expand mycorrhizal inputs business

PastureMap merges with Soil Value Exchange to create Grassroots Carbon

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