AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Gopuff, the Instant Commerce Leader, Raises a $250 Million Funding Round Led by Eldridge Industries Businesswire
🇳🇱 Qorium raises €22M to scale production of cultivated leather Vegconomist
🇦🇺 Number 8 Bio raises $11 million to reduce methane caused by cow burps Smart Company
🇳🇱 Dutch Greenhouse automation startup SAIA Agrobotics raises €10M in Series A funding AI Insider
🇫🇮 KÄÄPÄ Biotech Secures €9M Strategic Investment from PeakBridge VC and Zintinus VC KÄÄPÄ Biotech
🇮🇱 IBI Ag closes $10M Series A led by Corteva Catalyst TechNews 180
🇺🇸 Bindwell Raises $6M to Discover New, Safer Pesticides with AI Businesswire
🇫🇷 Green Spot Technologies secures €5m to scale ingredient production The Plant Based Mag
🇯🇵 Japan’s Umami United raises $2M to expand plant-based egg alternatives into the US and Europe Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Manna Tree invests in supplements provider Plant People PE Hub
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 Carbon Direct acquires Pachama in major climate deal Axios
🇺🇸 Land O’Lakes and Microsoft partner to accelerate AI innovation in agriculture Ag Newswire
🇯🇵 🇳🇴 Kubota and Kilter partner to increase food production and quality in vegetables Kubota
🇺🇸 TreeHouse Foods to be acquired for $2.9B Food Dive
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇫🇷 Tikehau Capital’s regenerative agriculture strategy closes at €560M iGrow News
🇩🇪 Oyster Bay closes €100M Fund II for next-gen food startups Tech.eu
🇧🇷 The Lab endorses nine innovative climate finance solutions targeting USD 425M for emerging markets Climate Policy Initiative
People moves
🇬🇧 Unilever sustainability officer steps down amid company’s corporate restructuring Food Dive
🇺🇸 CropLife International elects Corteva CEO Chuck Magro as new chairman of the board Agribusiness Global
🇺🇸 eXoZymes announces cell-free biomanufacturing pioneer, Tyler Korman, as CSO & Amy Lunzer as Chief of Staff eXoZymes
Other news
🇺🇸 Plant-based foodmaker [Impossible Foods] gets partial summary judgment in trademark dispute with fitness brand Vital Law
🇧🇷 Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security Reuters
🇺🇸 New owner now controls Meati ‘debt-free’; rebranding planned in 2026 AgFunderNews
🇨🇭 🇺🇸 Ingredion taps Cosaic’s yeast-based ingredient amid push to broaden its portfolio Food Dive
🇺🇸 Alloy Partners Launches OneHealth Studio to Create Startups at the Convergence of Animal, Plant and Human Health PR Newswire
🇺🇸 Miyoko Schinner fails to buy back namesake brand AgFunderNews
🇳🇿 🇺🇸 Halter Reaches 11,000 Miles of Virtual Fencing in the U.S. iGrow News
🇮🇱 Hebrew University researchers achieve breakthrough in naturally immortal cow cells for cultivated beef Protein Production Technology
🇬🇧 End of the runway Alt-Meat
🇦🇺 Pioneering Australia food delivery service shuts after 19 years Startup Daily
🇸🇪 Re:meat rebrands as Curve to power the next wave of industrial-scale protein biomanufacturing Protein Production Technology
🇺🇸 US wellness brand to debut CO2 protein bars with Solar Foods’s Solein ingredient Green Queen
🇺🇸 Syngenta opens Cropwise digital platform to developers to co-innovate and tackle ag technology divide Crop Life
