AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇫🇷 Aviwell raises €11m to scale AI-driven microbiota platform for sustainable animal nutrition Fish Farmer
🇬🇧 Modern Milkman lands £10M to scale its doorstep delivery model Tech.eu
🇺🇸 Barnwell Bio raises $6m to bring COVID-era bio-surveillance playbook to poultry barns AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 St. Louis agtech startup Spearhead Bio raises $4M to speed up crop genome editing Biz Journals
🇳🇱 Proba Secures €1.25M to Scale Scope 3 Emissions Certification in the US and Brazil Agrotech Space
🇳🇱 Solynta Secures Growth Funding as EW Group Acquires Majority Stake to Scale Hybrid Potato Breeding iGrow News
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇨🇭 🇳🇴 Syngenta inks virtual clean energy deal with StatKraft to help decarbonize operations in Europe ESG Today
🇧🇪 Biotalys and 21st.bio enter into strategic partnership to advance biocontrol production Biotalys
🇺🇸 Rich Products acquires North America’s biggest private label take-and-bake pizza maker CSP Daily
🇯🇵 🇮🇳 bitBiome and Tojo Vikas announce strategic collaboration in sustainable flavor & fragrance biomanufacturing PR Newswire
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 SemCap closes debut food and nutrition fund on $125m Agri Investor
🇺🇸 Heritable Agriculture wins $5m Gates grant to advance AI-driven climate-resilient crops FoodBev News
🇺🇸 Illinois Department of Agriculture announces $3.6 million in grant funds for local food infrastructure Morning Ag Clips
People moves
🇺🇸 Pivot Bio elevates three leaders and announces new environmental policy appointment PR Newswire
🇺🇸 Brad Griffith named CEO of Midwestern BioAg Wisconsin Ag Connection
Other news
🇳🇱 Amsterdam moves to curb meat advertising as capital targets plant-forward diets Protein Production Technology
🇺🇸 Big Idea Ventures and McCain Foods launch the “Golden Crisp Innovation Challenge” to solve one of food delivery’s biggest consumer challenges Global Newswire
🇺🇸 Amazon to shutter all Amazon Fresh and Go stores Grocery Dive
🇬🇧 McDonald’s UK discontinues 80% of vegetarian options Vegconomist
