AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇫🇷 Standing Ovation nets $34m, gears up for US launch of casein via precision fermentation AgFunderNews
🇩🇪 Germany’s Nature Robots raises €4 million to tackle agriculture’s “triple threat” with AI and robotics EU Startups
🇸🇪 RadCap and ex-Tarkett CEO back Enkei’s €400K round to turn construction waste into design materials Tech Funding News
🇮🇳 Aquapulse raises ₹25 crore in Series A led by NABVENTURES to scale aquaculture tech platform India Times
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 Unilever to combine food business with McCormick in $45B deal Food Dive
🇸🇬 ScaleUp Bio secures Fusionopolis Ventures as shareholder alongside ADM to expand fermentation platform Protein Production Technology
🇧🇪 🇧🇷 Fyteko partners with Agrilife to accelerate biostimulant innovation in Brazil iGrow News
🇦🇹 🇩🇪 Afreshed acquires etepetete as food waste startups consolidate in DACH Tech.eu
🇺🇸 CIBO Technologies partners with Ingredion to scale regenerative agriculture data platform iGrow News
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇸🇬 Circulate Capital secures $220m first close for second climate fund Deal Street Asia
🇪🇸 Ysios Capital launches €100M fund to build biotech companies from Spanish science The Next Web
🇨🇮 🇫🇷 AfDB invests €7.5 million in Paris-based Breega Fund to back African tech startups Empower Africa
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Deep Science Ventures and Renaissance Philanthropy tackle crop failure Startup Researcher
🇺🇸 World Bank-hosted fund unveils $38m boost for smallholder farmers in drive to tackle food insecurity AgTech Navigator
Other news
🇧🇷 JBS launches cultivated protein R&D center in Brazil with US$37 million investment Protein Production Technology
🇵🇹 🇨🇳 NXW secures partner to globally manufacture Marine Whey Nutrition From Water
🇦🇺 All G earns FDA approval to sell cow-free lactoferrin protein in US Green Queen
🇺🇸 EPA finalizes historic new renewable fuel standards Morning Ag Clips
🇺🇸 Pivot Bio continues its rapid response to global fertilizer uncertainty and changing market conditions Rutland Herald
🇸🇬 Vegan discovery platform Abillion shuts down amid funding struggles & AI threat Green Queen
🇺🇸 Living Carbon announces new carbon offtake agreements with Symbiosis Living Carbon
