Some of the biggest agrifoodtech deals of the week include London-based BeZero Carbon closing a $32 million Series C round to expand global carbon ratings services, French farm robotics startup company Aisprid raising $10.4 million, and farm-to-table Indian produce marketplace KisanKonnect securing $4.5 million.
Elsewhere, Mosa Meat requested its first EU authorization for cultivated fat, plant-based cheese company Willicroft announced its closure, and Deere waded into more legal hot water over farmers’ right to repair machines.
Startup funding
🇬🇧 BeZero Carbon raises $32m Series C to expand global carbon ratings services Tech.eu
🇩🇪 Project Eaden raises $15.6m Series A to launch ‘ultra-realistic’ plant-based meat using fiber spinning tech AgFunderNews
🇫🇷 French farm robotics startup company Aisprid raises €10m in funding for autonomous tomato de-leafer HortiDaily
🇮🇳 Indian agritech startup KisanKonnect raises $4.5m series A Tech In Asia
🇮🇩 Banyu secures seed funding to transform Indonesia’s seaweed industry The Fish Site
🇨🇦 GoodLeaf Farms starts 2025 by welcoming Farm Credit Canada as a new strategic investor Yahoo Finance
🇮🇱 Pluri Inc. secures strategic investment to transform cacao production Investors Hangout
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸🇫🇷🇭🇺 Pictor Biotech creates “vertically integrated synthetic biology and biomanufacturing powerhouse” AgFunderNews
🇮🇳 Ag marketplace DeHaat adds farmer advisory services to its platform with AgriCentral acquisition AgfunderNews
🇺🇸🇯🇵 CH4 Global teams up with Mitsubishi on livestock methane reduction AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Nexture Bio Acquires Matrix Food Technologies, Inc. to increase offerings of animal-component-free enabling technologies EIN Presswire
🇺🇸 Farmland investor Homestead Capital adds Kudu Investment Management as strategic partner Kudu Investment Management
🇺🇸 Mr. Greens acquires Parishables Food Service to expand into Atlanta market, strengthening southeast presence PR Newswire
🇮🇳 Zepto expands IPO plan to $1b amid rapid growth Tech In Asia
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇨🇦 The51 holds $51 m final close for food and agtech fund amid challenging venture market Betakit
🇺🇸 SLM Partners holds €30m final close on Silva Europe Fund Agri Investor
🇺🇸 Tender Food, Ginkgo Bioworks, and others secure millions in DOE grants for low-carbon food innovation Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Inaugural ‘Innovate for Impact Challenge’ launched by World Food Prize Foundation to uncover agricultural breakthroughs EIN Presswire
People moves
🇺🇸 Protein manufactureer the EVERY Company taps Evan Geisert as chief financial officer Business Wire
🇺🇸Mars appoints Alastair Child as chief sustainability officer PR Newswire
🇺🇸 Gresham House appoints global director of natural capital Agri Investor
🇺🇸 Former Nike chief sustainability officer Noel Kinder joins UNCAGED Innovations’ board of directors Textile World
🇺🇸 Family forest owner Josh Parrish joins America Forest Foundation’s board LinkedIn
Other news
🇳🇱 Dutch Mosa Meat seeks EU approval to sell lab-grown beef fat Euractiv
🇺🇸 New Culture submits animal-free mozzarella product label to California Department of Food and Agriculture Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Deere sued by FTC over farmers’ right to repair equipment Agriculture Dive
🇳🇱 Funding troubles: Dutch plant-based cheese startup Willicroft winds down Green Queen
🇸🇬 Singaporean alt-seafood leader swims into Gen Z trend with cultivated caviar Green Queen
🇺🇸 Nebraska moves to ban cultivated meat, calling It “unproven” and “adulterated” Vegconomist
🇩🇰 ‘A pivotal moment’ for regenerative agriculture as Agreena secures Verra registration for soil carbon project AgFunderNews
🇺🇸🇪🇺 Impossible Foods prevails in EU patent dispute AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 What’s next on tariffs as Trump takes office, and what will the ‘External Revenue Service’ do? AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Danone’s yogurt sales surge among US consumers using GLP-1 drugs Food Dive
🇺🇸 CTIC launches Conservation Connector Platform to help producers discover local programs and service providers Crop Life
🇺🇸 Non-GMO Project debuts label highlighting foods without ultra-processed ingredients Food Dive
