AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇮🇩 Green Rebel Foods raises $12.5m to expand plant-based meats Asia Business Outlook
🇮🇳 Armed with $10m, BigHaat unveils global expansion plan, $1bn annual revenue goal AgFunderNews
🇯🇵 Japanese apple grower, exporter Nippon Agriculture raises $8.4m Series C Investing in Ag
🇸🇬 Polybee raises $4.3m to automate yield forecasting and pollination with ‘physical AI agents’ AgFunderNews
🇦🇺 Agovor raises AU$3 million pre-seed round to scale autonomous horticulture robotics iGrow News
🇬🇧 The Bland Company raises $2.7m to functionalize plant proteins from ag side streams AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Antifreeze for orchards? CryoBio nets $1.3m to develop novel approach to frost protection AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Ecovia Bio expands biopolymer production with new funding Plastics Today
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇳🇱 DSM-Firmenich to sell animal nutrition unit to CVC in $2.6 billion deal WSJ
🇺🇸 🇳🇱 Plant-based food maker SunOpta sold for $1.1B Food Dive
🇮🇳 India’s Marico acquires majority stake in plant-based protein startup Cosmix for $25m Green Queen
🇺🇸 🇹🇷 Uber acquires Getir’s Turkish delivery business Tech.eu
🇺🇸 Terradot acquires Eion to build global enhanced rock weathering carbon removal platform AgFunderNews
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇨🇦 Farm Credit Canada convenes $5 billion investment coalition for agriculture and food innovation iGrow News
🇧🇷 SP Ventures raises $50 million for new fund The AgriBiz
🇩🇪 MicroHarvest plants its industrial flag in Leuna with 15,000-ton fermentation facility and €5.46 million federal backing Protein Production Technology
🇮🇪 Builders Vision invests in Hatch Blue, signaling global confidence in aquaculture growth Fish Farmer Magazine
People news
🇺🇸 Bel North America names Peter McGuinness CEO amid expansion push FoodBev Media
🇺🇸 Bruce J. Schnicker, Ph.D., joins Pivot Bio as vice president of product development Business Wire
🇺🇸 Little Leaf Farms hires new chief growing and R&D officer PR Newswire
🇺🇸 Douglas Bodenhamer joins Phospholutions as global Regulatory Affairs Manager LinkedIn
Other news
🇸🇬 Singapore lab-grown seafood firm Avant Proteins winding up in another blow to novel food sector Straits Times
🇬🇧 UK Supreme Court prohibits Oatly from using ‘post-milk generation’ trademark Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Bayer cleared to offer Stryax after EPA registers Dicamba herbicides Morningstar
🇺🇸 Synonym rebrands as Roebling to expand industrial infrastructure planning platform Protein Production Technology
🇺🇸 Beyond Meat sued for allegedly concealing need for big writedown Reuters
🇺🇸 Amai Proteins gets FDA approval to sell sweet proteins inspired by serendipity berries Green Queen
🇳🇴 Norwegian EAT Foundation to wind-down in 2026 while exploring new pathways for flagship initiatives API Gateway
