AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
Afresh pulls In $34m funding round VC News Daily
Planetary nets $28m to scale fermentation infrastructure and licensing platform AgFunderNews
Rivan raises £25 million to make synthetic natural gas from water and sunlight Impact Alpha
McWin Capital Partners leads €10M round in Incapto to replace coffee capsules with smart subscriptions Tech Funding News
Cosaic raises US$6 million seed extension to scale yeast-derived ingredient platform with backing from dsm-firmenich Ventures Protein Production Technology
AuX Labs raises $4M to commercialise precision fermentation cheese platform Dealroom
Naturbeads secures £3.6m to set up Italy production plant UKTN
M&A, IPOs, and partnerships
Ecorobotix & Maya unite to define the future of digital agronomy Morning Ag Clips
In a strategic biochar move, Mangrove Systems acquires Grain Ecosystem Carbon Herald
Amazon signs $30 million deal to buy carbon credits from Indian rice farmers India Times
Tooru to acquire plant-based milk machine startup Mylky for $16.2m Green Queen
AgroPlantae to acquire Kemin Industries’ crop technologies product portfolio iGrow News
Funds, grants & accelerators
UK government backs £50 million push to bring agritech to British farms iGrow News
People moves
Chonex makes two new C-suite appointments Birmingham Business Journal
Other news
SentiaNova emerges from stealth to tackle plant protein’s taste problem AgFunderNews
Ajinomoto creates new tech to replace one of cultivated meat’s most expensive components Green Queen
Sensient invests $250M to expand natural food dye production Food Dive
Solinftec’s self-refilling spray robots close the loop on 24:7 autonomy on the farm AgFunderNews [Disclosure: AgFunderNews parent company AgFunder is an investor in Solinftec.]
Chestnut Carbon successfully completes its largest U.S. tree planting operation to date Carbon Herald
Patagonia & Rodale Institute to transition an entire California county to regenerative agriculture AgFunderNews
Watershed launches new AI agents to clean “messy” sustainability data ESG Today
David Protein scales alt-fat EPG capacity, eyes CPG deals as CEO targets $300m revenues in 2026 AgFunderNews
