Foodtech headlines this week contained more chocolate than a jumbo bag of Ghiradelli Squares. Blue Stripes and Nukoko both announced fundraises, while Voyage Foods announced a massive new manufacturing facility.
Elsewhere, climate-focused companies OroraTech (wildfire detection) and CorePower Ocean (clean energy) also raised new capital alongside a plethora of other agrifoodtech startups.
Foodtech funding
🇺🇸 Cacao fruit startup Blue Stripes raises $20M Series B Axios
🇬🇧 Döhler backs fava bean chocolate maker as climate change eats up cocoa crops Green Queen
🇪🇸 UOBO secures six-digit funding, joins forces with Cubiq Foods to create egg replacers for manufacturers Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Liberation Labs gets $3.39m in funding The Cell Base
🇩🇰 Danish startup closes €3.5M funding round to scale up beverage distribution platform Arctic Startup
🇨🇭 Sallea secures $2.6M for its 3D Scaffolds for cell cultivated meat Tech.eu
🇦🇺 Breakthrough Victoria pours $2.5 million into food waste rival to Goterra and Bardee Startup Daily
Agtech funding
🇺🇸 Agtonomy closes $32.8M Series A to accelerate AI-driven automation in agriculture and expand into autonomous industrial equipment Access Wire
Climate tech funding
🇬🇧 Biodiversity meets AI: Basecamp Research raises $60M to disrupt biological systems design Tech Funding News
🇸🇪 CorPower Ocean secures EUR 32m Series B1 funding to commercialise wave energy Inno Energy
🇩🇪 OroraTech raises 25 million euros for satellite wildfire detection system Space News
🇺🇸 Terviva pushes into biofuels after investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group AgFunderNews
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 John Kempf’s AEA to help Turkey, southeast Europe convert to regen ag through new partnership AgFunderNews
🇪🇪 Starship and Bolt partner to launch robot-powered grocery delivery Tech.eu
🇦🇺 Aussie plant based co acquired by Smart Foods a week after liquidation Green Queen
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 Conservation Resources holds $80m first close on Forest Fund VII Agri Investor
🇨🇱 Carozzi launches corporate venture capital fund Latam List
🇺🇸 Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards More Than $2.1 Million to Cellular Agriculture Innovation Center at Tufts University Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
People moves
🇮🇳 DeHaat appointed Karan Agarwal as CPTO CIO News
🇺🇸 Sustainable materials firm Modern Meadow names new CEO Fashion Dive
🇺🇸 Instacart names Uber exec as chief technology officer Grocery Dive
🇧🇪 Biotalys appoints Kamal El Mernissi as chief business development officer Yahoo Finance
Other news
🇬🇧 M&S uses drones and robot tractors to cut carbon emissions in autonomous farming trial Grocery Gazette
🇫🇷 SWAP Food rebrands from Umiami and launches whole filet chicken alternative for mainstream consumers Protein Production Technology
🇦🇺 The Aussie Plant-Based Co. liquidates amid financial struggles Vegconomist
🇳🇱 Mark Post-founded Qorium unveils 35x35cm cultivated leather sample as “tangible proof” of a promising future Cultivated X
🇺🇸 Serve Robotics debuts faster, larger robots for Uber Eats deal Restaurant Dive
🇺🇸 Voyage Foods opens $25M USDA-backed facility, targeting 10,000 metric tons of cocoa-free chocolate annually Vegconomist
🇪🇺 EU Council agrees to extend timeline for EUDR implementation Feed Navigator
🇸🇬 The Better Meat Co. expands to Asia with Singapore approval for rhiza mycoprotein Vegconomist
🇱🇺 Moolec Science gains USDA nod for iron-rich GE peas Investing
