AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇨🇦 Solugen raises $50M to scale organic nitrogen fertilizer production in Canada iGrow News
🇺🇸 Precision spraying startup AgZen nets $10m Series B. ‘Quantifiable ROI drove our investment,’ says DCVC Bio AgFunderNews
🇩🇪 German firm eternal.ag emerges from stealth with €8M to automate greenhouse harvesting Vest Bee
🇬🇷 Wikifarmer raises €7.1 million to evolve from “Wikipedia of Farming” into an “operating system for agricultural trade” EU Startups
🇨🇿 Choice secures $7.1M Series A to expand its restaurant operating system across Europe Tech.eu
🇮🇳 Peak XV joins $6.3m pre-series A for India’s Newtrace Tech in Asia
🇸🇬 Wavemaker Impact leads $700K pre-seed investment in Singapore’s Virdalis Tech Node Global
🇦🇹 German retailer Rewe Group invests in fibre-based sugar reduction startup Neoh Green Queen
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 MISUMI partners with Oishii to supply Fictiv automation for vertical farms The Robot Report
🇺🇸 Corteva partners with Resurrect Bio to use AI gene editing to develop disease-resistant corn AgTech Navigator
🇺🇸 Ingredion leverages AI to advance ingredient discovery Food Dive
🇨🇭 Syngenta deepens research capabilities with QuantumBasel partnership Business Wire
People news
🇺🇸 Carbon Robotics appoints chief financial officer, announces significant growth milestone Business Wire
🇨🇿 Mewery appoints former Believer Meats CTO Moria Shimoni as 300 g/L breakthrough bolsters scale-up plans Protein Production Technology
🇺🇸 Manna Tree announces Jennifer Roach as managing director amid rapid growth in the consumer health and wellness market PR Newswire
Other news
🇮🇳 KissanAI unveils AI Command Center for Agriculture FieldFoundry in North America LinkedIn
🇺🇸 Holganix to help farmers unlock money, improve soil health Farm Progress
🇺🇸 Department of Corrections to launch ‘nation’s first’ vertical farm inside a prison Vertical Farm Daily
🇨🇭 Syngenta builds world-leading research center for agricultural bioscience – powered by advanced technology and AI Agribusiness Global
🇮🇱 Brevel disrupts nutraceutical market with world-first ‘illuminated’ chlorella Food and Drink Technology
🇳🇱 Dutch insect ag firm Protix shifts focus to Asia: ‘We could be cost competitive there from day one’ AgFunderNews
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