AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇩🇪 Munich’s Feldwerke secures €12 million revolving credit facility to build 100 MW agri-PV portfolio in 18 months EU Startups
🇬🇧 QuberTech raises £3.4M to develop sustainable natural rubber from engineered dandelions Tech.eu
🇺🇸 Plant-based seafood startup Oshi nets $3m in funding after fourfold growth in sales Green Queen
🇩🇰 Ada Ventures, Antler back Alcolase in €1.5M round to develop enzyme treatment for alcohol intolerance Tech Funding News
🇮🇳 ONO raises $1.2m to expand agri-finance in India Asia Business Outlook
M&A, IPOs, & partnerships
🇮🇹 Amadori acquires plant-based protein company Unconventional Watt Agnet
Funds, grants, & accelerators
🇺🇸 Solum Partners raises $130m for Fund III Agri Investor
🇺🇸 Alternative investment specialist Conservation Resources closes first investment of its second agriculture fund Business Wire
🇰🇪 Kenya’s first private-sector agri-focused securitisation reaches first close African Business
🇬🇧 AgriSound wins Innovate UK funding for strawberry pollination project Fruit Net
🇺🇸 California Cultured, UC Davis get $2.8m in govt grants to cut costs of cell-cultured chocolate Green Queen
People moves
🇺🇸 Sustainability leader Ashley McKeon selected as Soil Health Institute’s president and CEO LinkedIn
🇺🇸 GFI announces leadership transition, names Interim CEO GFI
🇺🇸 Danforth Plant Science Center appoints Derek Rapp as chief operating officer LinkedIn
Other news
🇳🇱 🇲🇽 Dutch firms to invest $200 mln in northern Mexico for greenhouse project Reuters
🇬🇧 Tesco relaunches Agri-tech Challenge to fast-track innovation onto UK farms Ag Navigator
🇨🇦 Renaissance Bioscience unveils yeast-derived VLP platform for next-gen RNAi biopesticides AgFunderNews
🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Steakholder Foods plans US consumer launch with whole-cut plant-based line Vegconomist
🇺🇸 🇩🇰 Microsoft signs first major carbon removal deal since reportedly pausing purchases ESG Today
🇳🇱 Triple Bio emerges from stealth with lipid tech designed to boost milk yields and curb methane AgFunderNews
