AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇫🇷 MYCOPHYTO closes €16m Series A to accelerate industrial scale-up and international expansion iGrow News
🇦🇪 🇮🇳 Eat App raises $10 million Series B extension to accelerate India expansion Wamda
🇩🇪 Innocent Meat raises €6m to develop automated cell-based meat platform Vegconomist
🇩🇰 Copenhagen’s Octarine Bio adds €5 million to Series A to advance sustainable colour platform EU Startups
🇨🇦 Maia Farms bags $2.7m to scale up mushroom and mycelium ingredients Green Queen
🇬🇧 Anzen Industries raises $2.2M for chemical production innovation Tech.eu
🇬🇧 Corvera secures £1.5m for fmcg AI supply chain tool The Grocer
🇫🇮 NPHarvest nabs €1.2M From Business Finland to turn waste into fertiliser Tech Funding News
🇬🇧 Notpla receives EU funding to develop plastic-free coffee cups Packaging Insights
🇳🇴 Saga Robotics bets big on US vineyards with new GM, fresh capital for UV-C ‘bots AgFunderNews
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇮🇹 🇫🇷 NaturAlleva and Innovafeed bet on insect-based ingredients We Are Aquaculture
🇺🇸 SiFly and Taranis launch 2026 field validation program for large-scale crop intelligence iGrow News
🇺🇸 Grubhub parent acquires restaurant rewards app Claim Food Dive
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 Lucerne Capital launches regenerative farmland vehicle targeting $500m Agri Investor
🇺🇸 Gates Foundation-funded pilot empowers East African coffee growers to manage climate change with Helios AI AgTechNavigator
🇨🇭 Blue Earth Capital raises more than $100 million for its impact secondaries strategy Blue Earth Capital
🇺🇸 Tufts University to open innovation hub for future foods using $2.1M grant Vegconomist
People moves
🇺🇸 BioTown Biogas announces appointment of Christopher J. Pino as chief executive officer Business Wire
🇨🇭 Barry Callebaut appoints ex-Unilever boss as new CEO Food Navigator
Other news
🇺🇸 Yield Energy launches farm-based grid flexibility platform PV Tech
🇬🇧 Vegan Food Group splits from VFC & Meatless Farm, closes Clive’s Purely Plants Green Queen
🇺🇸 🇩🇪 Just Egg hits Germany through Rewe launch Just Food
🇺🇸 Liberation Bioindustries restructures leadership as Indiana facility nears completion Vegconomist
🇰🇪 🇺🇬 The Toothpick Project’s Striga biocontrol seed coating gets regulatory approval in Uganda LinkedIn
🇨🇬 Brazilian ag giant SLC Agricola scales use of unmanned crop sprayers with Pyka AgFunderNews
