AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇪🇸 Cofides takes a stake in Elian with an injection of 40 million Democrata
🇨🇱 Loads secures $15m credit facility from Addem Capital Latam List
🇬🇧 MicroLub bags $10m to swap fats with water & proteins without losing flavour Green Queen
🇺🇸 Helios AI launches global hunger exposure index with $3m strategic investment Ffom W23 Global EIN News
🇺🇸 Exclusive: Spearhead Bio lands oversubscribed seed round for faster, more precise gene editing tech AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Robigo Bio eyes commercialization for its ag biologicals with Leaps by Bayer investment AgFunderNews
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇨🇭 Syngenta files for Hong Kong IPO, aiming to raise at least $5 billion, sources say Reuters
🇺🇸 BASF mandates investment banks for planned IPO of Agricultural Solutions BASF
🇨🇭 🇧🇷 Digital ag platform xFarm Technologies expands to sugarcane, biofuels with Sibium Analytics acquisition AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Exclusive: Ayana Bio acquires Meati Foods assets for a steal to scale plant cell culture tech with Zenfold in India AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 New Green Ammonia Buyers Alliance will aggregate demand from food producers to jointly procure the clean fertiliser Hydrogen Insights
🇺🇸 Terradot and Google launch world’s largest enhanced rock weathering project iGrow News
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇫🇷 SWEN Capital Partners raises €125m for regenerative ag fund Agri Investor
🇺🇸 NSF agtech engine in North Dakota launches startup seed fund to advance early-stage agtech innovation American Ag Network
People news
🇺🇸 Builders Vision announces six members to inaugural Board of Directors LinkedIn
🇨🇭 Thomas De Smet joins SentiaNova as chief commercial officer LinkedIn
Other news
🇺🇸 States sue to block Corteva’s split over alleged PFAS liability Ag Daily
🇰🇪 🇺🇬 “Grow Eastern Africa” Project launched to increase agricultural productivity and climate resilience Kpluss
🇩🇪 Bioweg to build Europe’s largest bacterial cellulose plant Chem Manager Online
🇬🇧 PhytoFoundry emerges from stealth with plant cell culture platform targeting high value bioactives AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Vylor confirms breakthrough wheat technology will launch in 2027 Crop Life
🇺🇸 Wonder deploys first automated makeline Restaurant Dive
