Plant-based lamb pioneer Black Sheep Foods bags $5.3m funding from AgFunder, others
The US alt-protein startup will launch its product in more Bay Area restaurants following its October 2021 debut.
The US alt-protein startup will launch its product in more Bay Area restaurants following its October 2021 debut.
US hospitality software provider Flipdish raised $100 million in a Tencent-led round, while UK indoor farming startup Vertical Future scored $29 million.
Remilk was one of a bevvy of agrifoodtech startups to close funding rounds above or around the $100 million mark this week.
Elsewhere, soil-sensing company Stenon raised $20 million and John Deere showed off its first commercially available autonomous tractor.
Catering startup ezCater kicked its valuation over $1 billion, alt-protein funding proliferated, and José Andrés started championing cultivated meat.
Ag marketplace Agrostar scored $70 million while delivery and transport app Ola bagged $139 million as Indian startups led in the funding stakes this week.
Project Carbonview aims to help corn growers to better report and analyze their carbon footprint across the entire supply chain.
Restaurant tech platform Mr Yum and indoor gardening startup Back To The Land both announced Series A rounds over the past seven days.
RWDC raised nearly $100 million to advance its sustainable bioplastics; while milk alternative startups New Culture and Helaina both scored funding.
The Berlin-based company will launch its liquid egg alternative in Germany and several other European countries early next year.
Monarch Tractor will scale its manufacturing capabilities; while Bayer and Microsoft said they’ll build “the go-forward infrastructure” for digital ag.
US on-demand delivery service DoorDash is set to acquire Finnish startup Wolt while, multiple companies around the world raised funds for their food-waste-fighting technologies.
Fabric raised $200 million for its fulfillment robotics platform, while farmer marketplace DeHaat scored India’s biggest-ever agtech round.
Biomilq, Cometeer, and WayCool were among the startups raising big-ticket rounds this week.
Prosus Ventures led the Series B round, with JME Ventures and Seaya Ventures among the other participating investors.
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