AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇺🇸 Pepper raises $50m in Series C funding FinSMEs
🇫🇷 Precision fermentation startup Verley raises $38m Series A as BLG unlocks new segment of protein market AgFunderNews
🇳🇴 Biosort secures NOK 100 million to transform salmon farming with advanced lice control technology Seafood News
🇩🇰 Danish foodtech REDUCED brings Series A to €12 million to support industrial rollout of clean-label savoury ingredients Arctic Startup
🇬🇧 Resurrect Bio raises $8.1m to unlock plants’ innate disease resistance capabilities AgFunderNews
🇬🇧 Ex-Deliveroo exec launches Alpa with $3.5M to close hospitality’s financial visibility gap Tech Funding News
🇪🇸 Grodi raises €2.5M led by Swanlaab to advance greenhouse automation Tech.eu
🇧🇪 Those Vegan Cowboys raise €2.5 million in one day for ‘cow-free cheese’ via crowdfunding Vegconomist
🇳🇿 NZ startup secures funding to boost food security with lab-grown fruits & nuts Green Queen
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇪🇺 EFSA and FAO sign three-year MoU to deepen regulatory science collaboration Protein Production Technology
🇮🇳 Mitti Labs partners with ICAR to advance GHG monitoring in rice farming iGrow News
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 Mars launches new impact fund with $50 million annual commitment to support communities, pets, scientists ESG Today
🇨🇮 African Development Bank Group awards $16.6 million grant to IITA to scale agricultural technologies in Africa African Development Bank
🇺🇸 Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems awarded $3M for BVLOS agricultural drone technology iGrow News
People moves
🇨🇭 Vivent Biosignals announces Fernando Derossi as CEO and partner Horti Daily
🇳🇱 Karin Lowik appointed CEO of Rival Foods LinkedIn
Other news
🇨🇳 DJI appeal sets stage for legal showdown over future of US ag spray drone market AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 DoorDash exits 4 markets, including Japan, to focus on growth elsewhere AP News
🇩🇪 Döhler brings Superbrewed’s postbiotic protein into commercial production AgFunderNews
🇮🇳 BioPrime gets regulatory approval for its biostimulants portfolio Hindu Business Line
🇳🇴 Grønt fra Nord enters court-supervised restructuring following biological losses and regulatory financing setback Vertical Farm Daily
