AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇺🇸 inKind raises $450m in funding FinSMEs
🇪🇬 Breadfast moves closer to IPO with $50 million pre-Series C round Wamda
🇳🇴 Kubota leads €6.5 million funding round in ultra-precise spot spraying robot developer Kilter Future Farming
🇧🇷 BemAgro raises $5.8M Series A Latamlist
🇹🇷 Paket Mutfak raises $3.8M to grow multi-brand cloud kitchen model Tech.eu
🇦🇪 UAE fresh commerce platform QuicKart raises $1.5 million Seed funding Startup Researcher
🇯🇵 Japanese agricultural products exporter Nihon Agriculture raises additional ¥1.3 Billion in Series C funding The Bridge
🇧🇪 Alt-coffee startup Koppie nets new funds to build 1,000-ton capacity for launch partners in 2026 AgFunderNews
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇬🇧 🇦🇹 Mondra and inoqo merge to build a product intelligence platform for the food sector Tech.eu
🇺🇸 IFF to sell off food ingredients – the supplier’s biggest earner Nutra Ingredients
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Cargill takes a bite out of cell-based chocolate with EU-backed collaboration Green Queen
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇳🇿 Ruminant BioTech eyes Canada as launchpad for global expansion with $5.6m research program AgFunderNews
People moves
🇺🇸 Kraft Heinz replaces North American president with Kellanova exec Food Dive
Other news
🇺🇸 US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics The Guardian
🇳🇬 Nigeria gets AfDB approval of US$200 million to boost agricultural production and reduce food imports African Agribusiness
🇺🇸 From rocks to row crops, TerraClear broadens its capabilities with launch of fully autonomous robot AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Kennedy defends Trump glyphosate order CNBC
🇺🇸 FDA greenlights plant-based egg protein as industry rebuilds after bird flu FoodNavigator
🇮🇪 Hatch Blue launches seaweed intelligence platform for Latin America & the Caribbean Aqua Asia APAC
🇺🇸 US receiver to liquidate Believer Meats’ factory and assets as Israeli trustee ringfences IP AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Plantible Foods Receives FDA Green Light for Lemna-Derived Rubi Protein Vegconomist
