AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇬🇧 Cambridge AI robotics group Dogtooth scores £14m investment UKTN
🇳🇱 Aardaia bags €5M to build the next generation of crops Tech.eu
🇧🇪 Optiflux raises €2.5mn to fund expansion of fruit quality management tool Fruitnet
🇦🇺 Qantas backs $2 million raise for Brisbane startup using household waste make aviation fuel Startup Daily
🇪🇸 PSP ups investment in AMFresh and Bloom Fresh to grow genetics platform Fruitnet
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇱🇺 🇪🇸 DVC Partners acquires majority stake in Kimitec to boost international expansion Dealroom
🇸🇪 🇺🇸 AAK backs carbon-to-fats startup Savor Axios
🇺🇸 🇩🇰 🇸🇬 TurtleTree, Novonesis strike partnership to scale up precision-fermented lactoferrin AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 🇯🇵 Pegasus Tech Ventures and Ohayo Dairy Products: a strategic partnership Dairy News Today
Funds, grants and accelerators
🇬🇧 Science-first impact fund Greensphere closes $100m vehicle – opens US office Impact Loop
🇩🇰 Climentum launches new climate tech venture fund with €60 million first close ESG Today
🇰🇪 Catalyst Fund secures $30 million to back Africa’s climatetech startups Wamda
🇳🇱 Mosa Meat gets $1M loan from Dutch govt to expand cultivated beef beyond Europe Green Queen
🇺🇸 Chipotle invests in 6 more emerging companies Nation’s Restaurant News
🇸🇬 Singapore puts $5.3m behind food waste upcycling projects Vegconomist
Other news
🇺🇸 Shawn M Lange joins Hyphen as SVP go-to-market LinkedIn [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Hyphen.]
🇬🇧 Ocado details exit plan for CEO Grocery Dive
🇺🇸 New Culture targets $50 billion cheese market with new patent Food Navigator
🇺🇸 John Deere owners will get the right to repair their own equipment under a new FTC settlement Morning Ag Clips
🇺🇸 FMC Corporation submits rimisoxafen herbicide dossier to EPA iGrow News
