AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇺🇸 Oishii closes $150 million in Series C financing Horti Daily
🇬🇧 Resurrect Bio expands Series A to $10.3m to scale tech helping plants to defend themselves AgFunderNews
🇬🇧 Adamo Foods secures €10 million EU grant to scale mycelium steak as it targets price parity with beef Protein Production Technology
🇨🇦 Aplantex closes $5 million bridge round to accelerate shift to production-scale green biotechnology iGrow News
🇮🇱 Agronomics Limited leads US$5m Investment in SuperMeat Morningstar
🇩🇪 NanoStruct raises €2.6M Seed to bring same-day pathogen detection to the food industry Tech.eu
🇺🇸 Perfect Day alums raise $2m for new precision fermentation startup Melazyme Green Queen
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇩🇪 Müller moves to strengthen plant-based position with planned Berief acquisition The Plant Base Mag
🇪🇸 PepsiCo and Fertiberia scale green fertiliser push across 400,000 acres of European farmland Agtech Navigator
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 S2G Investments raises $1 billion for first fund as independent firm WSJ
🇺🇸 World Bank-hosted fund opens $163m grants program to bolster food security for world’s poorest farmers National Law Review
People moves
🇺🇸 F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary resigns after weeks of pressure NY Times
🇫🇷 Elicit Plant names Boualem Saidi as EMEA business head Agro World
🇺🇸 Beyond Meat appoints new chief accounting officer with equity package Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Mad Agriculture appoints Michael O’Donnell as Land & Business director, Indiana Mad Agriculture
Other news
🇺🇸 Pizza Hut franchisee says AI caused $100M in damages Restaurant Dive
🇺🇸 Tattooed Chef investors ink $4.75m deal over growth claims Law 360
🇺🇸 EVERY urges court to sanction Onego Bio as alt protein IP fight turns nasty AgFunderNews
🇩🇪 Cultimate Foods GmbH files for bankruptcy Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Gov. Mike Braun, Indianapolis officials celebrate major agbioscience win as Fortune 500 Corteva picks Indiana for crop protection HQ AgriNovus Indiana
🇫🇮 Enifer enters petfood market as commercial mycoprotein plant nears launch AgFunderNews
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