AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇳🇱 Vertoro closes €17 million Series B to scale plant-based waste to renewable oil technology One Stop ESG
🇳🇱 Vivici bags $14.4m EIC funding to scale precision-fermented dairy proteins AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Rainbow Crops raises $11.25m to scale AI-guided multiplex gene editing AgFunderNews
🇫🇮 Raisio secures €4.5 million research investment to transform grain side streams into next-generation fiber ingredients Protein Production Technology
🇩🇪 Seqana raises €3.2 million to expand soil health measurement beyond carbon iGrow News
🇸🇦 KAUST spinout Terraxy raises $3M to scale desert soil regeneration technology Dealroom
🇨🇦 Picketa Systems raises $1.5m to bring crop nutrient testing to the field AgFunderNews
🇨🇭 OneSoil secures €1M to expand AI-powered farming assistant Tech.eu
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 AeroFarms acquired by Palm Ventures affiliate, plans expanded distribution and long-term growth Produce Grower
🇸🇬 A factory for climate startups: 100×100’s US$100M bet on 50 companies in SEA, India e27
🇨🇭 🇮🇳 Syngenta signs MoU to be strategic partner in India’s first open-data agricultural ecosystem Annam.AI ESG Today
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 Döhler commits to cocoa-free future with Nukoko acquisition Confectionary News
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇨🇦 Canada launches $3 billion national food security strategy with $750m dedicated to year-round growing iGrow News
🇺🇸 $915M in new funding to drive carbon removal’s next phase of growth Frontier Climate
🇳🇱 The food system needs a rewiring, not a reinvention, Anterra Capital says after $100m raise AgFunderNews
🇫🇮 Solar Foods wins $89.2m backing for ‘protein from air’ factory, but final investment decision still pending AgFunderNews
People news
🇺🇸 AgriNovus taps Purdue DIAL Ventures veteran to lead innovation efforts across state’s agbioscience ecosystem AgriNovus
🇺🇸 Mondelēz International names Amit Banati executive vice president and chief financial officer Mondelēz
🇮🇹 Nicolò Barbano joins xFarm Technologies as chief of staff LinkedIn
Other news
🇪🇺 Rules on new genomic techniques adopted by European Parliament Agriland
🇺🇸 Circularity Fuels Converts Dairy Biogas to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Dairy News Today
🇪🇺 EU Parliament passes plant-based and cultivated meat labelling ban with large majority Vegconomist
🇫🇷 French alt meat whole cut specialist SWAP Food enters judicial liquidation, ceases operations AgFunderNews
🇪🇸 Heura wins legal battle against meat industry over environmental claim “one hamburger pollutes more than your car” Vegan Food and Living
🇳🇱 The Protein Brewery wins EU approval for Fermotein mycoprotein six years after novel foods filing AgFunderNews
