AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇫🇷 Agriodor raises €15 million to expand scent-based crop protection globally Tech.eu
🇻🇳 TechCoop’s domestic trading arm secures $11.75m senior loan from Symbiotics Deal Street Asia
🇬🇧 Clean Food Group raises £4.5M to scale yeast-derived oils and fats from food waste Tech.eu
🇯🇵 Japanese agritech startup Culta raises $4.5m Tech in Asia
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇫🇷 🇧🇪 Nestlé signs partnership with Soil Capital Soil Capital
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Unilever acquired Grüns to expand its US wellness portfolio in greens supplements Protein Production Technology
🇺🇸 Slice soda maker Suja Life files for IPO Food Dive
🇺🇸 Instacart accelerates international growth with acquisition of Instaleap Retail Touchpoints
🇺🇸 🇯🇵 Divert secures strategic partnership with Mitsubishi to scale circular infrastructure across North America Divert
🇺🇸 Mars steps up push for net-zero cocoa at scale FoodNavigator
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇳🇱 🇨🇦 Triodos IM, Fondaction launch new €300 million natural capital fund ESG Today
🇬🇧 Eka Ventures launches £80m fund to back health and sustainability startups UKTN
People moves
🇺🇸 Corteva announces executive leadership team of its future advanced seed and genetics company Corteva
🇺🇸 The Coca-Cola Company selects new global chief people officer Coca-Cola
🇺🇸 Gotham Greens announces new leadership: Viraj Puri to become executive chairman; Craig Stevenson named CEO Global Newswire
Other news
🇺🇸 Kroger brings food waste solution to entire Mid-Atlantic division Grocery Dive
🇫🇮 🇱🇻 Happy Plant Protein technology heads to Latvia in €6m push for decentralised plant protein production The Plant Based Mag
🇺🇸 John Deere settles right-to-repair lawsuit for $99 million Farm Progress
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Mondelēz-backed Celleste Bio debuts cell-cultured chocolate-grade cocoa butter Food Navigator
🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Parima gets approval to sell cultivated duck under Gourmey brand in Singapore Green Queen
🇺🇸 Starbucks lets customers discover drinks, start orders in ChatGPT Restaurant Dive
🇸🇬 GEODASH Aerosystems launches to bring AI-powered spraying drones to industrial farming iGrow news
