AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇮🇳 Zerodha’s Rainmatter backs agri-waste startup AltM’s $10.3m Tech in Asia
🇧🇷 Vereda raises R$30 million seed round Startup Researcher
🇬🇧 Turning pollution into everyday products – Southampton’s Virdi raises €2.6 million to transform waste EU Startups
🇺🇸 Kodiact raises $2.5M to help manufacturers simulate raw-material shocks Dealroom
🇨🇭 Venture Kick backs Apolarion with €164K to advance plasma-based seed treatment Tech.eu
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 🇩🇪 How Cargill is backing regenerative agriculture in Germany Sustainability Mag
🇪🇸 🇦🇪 Citri&Co and Orth partner to bring AI agronomy to global fruit operations Fruitnet
🇩🇪 🇧🇷 Bayer and IdeeLab partner to develop biofungicides for Brazilian farmers AgFunderNews
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 Red Reef brings in $263m for second fund Agri Investor
🇨🇦 Feds commit $750 million to controlled environment growing Fruit and Veggie
🇺🇸 AFT Expands National Soil Health Demonstration Trial Network with Nearly $5 Million from USDA American Farmland Trust
Other news
🇺🇸 Starbucks to phase out Impossible breakfast sandwich this month Bloomberg
🇺🇸 EPA drops livestock emissions models DTN Progressive Farmer
🇫🇷 Ecorobotix launches 10 new plant detection models Global Agtech Initiative
🇺🇸 Farmbox Foods files for bankruptcy Denver Post
🇯🇵 Tokyo court rejects Oishii Farm’s patent claims, finds it disparaged MD-Farm Vertical Farm Daily
🇺🇸 International coalition of lawyers and advocacy groups accuses JBS of money laundering Inside Climate News
🇺🇸 David Protein maker prevails in antitrust lawsuit over alt fat EPG AgFunderNews
🇦🇪 UAE launches GCC’s first vertical tulip farm Vertical Farm Daily
🇬🇧 Ivy Farm Technologies gets UK approval to sell cultivated Wagyu beef for pets Green Queen
🇺🇸 Better Meat Co targets large-scale production in India in Q2, 2027 amid brutal mycoprotein shakeout AgFunderNews
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