The Week in AgriFoodTech: GALY lands $33m for lab-grown cotton, EarthOptics & Pattern Ag merge, new CFO at Tyson
Plus: Matt Crisp joins Alpine Bio, AgroSpheres gets EPA approval on pesticide.
Plus: Matt Crisp joins Alpine Bio, AgroSpheres gets EPA approval on pesticide.
While burping ruminants are one of the leading sources of methane emissions, surprisingly small sums—just $233m according to AgFunder data—have been pumped into startups tackling the problem over the past decade.
Expect fewer agtech-specific funds, more corporate involvement and lots of generative AI.
Despite their green credentials, smallholder farmers in the global south face significant challenges under new EU regulations such as EUDR.
Grain Weevil says its robot can make storing grain more efficient while keeping farmers out of grain bins and saving lives in the process.
Plus: Delivery Hero plans an IPO in the Middle East, Mycorena gets acquired.
Legume Technology secured a $2.83 million grant from the Gates Foundation for its microbial biofertilizer that increases crop yield.
The agrifood corporates will support TAP in training Canadian agronomists on soil health and other regenerative agriculture practices.
HabiTerre will use the funds to scale up its environmental systems models that can analyze farming’s impact on the environment.
Generate Capital recently invested $50 million in Grow Up Farms, which runs a renewable-energy-powered vertical farm in the UK.
Plus: High-protein foods maker David and a hand full of others announced new funding.
Precision ag startup BemAgro will expand its focus into forest management via a new partnership with Suzano Ventures.
Agriculture-related gene editing startups have raised over $2.7 billion since 2012.
The Toros Agri partnership will see Phospholutions’ RhizoSorb fertilizer additive produced at new volumes and in new markets.
A history of innovation and a new pack of entrepreneurs are driving agtech growth in Fargo and the Red River Valley.
The companies have launched Gradable to expand their platform of the same name both nationally in the US and globally.
Plus… Impossible Foods opens a brick-and-mortar store while Florida’s cultivated meat battle rages on.
CHONEX aims to supercharge soil health in the face of intensive farming practices and extreme weather brought on by climate change.
“Our goal is to become the epicenter for unmanned aerial systems in the agricultural space,” says Kelly Hills CEO Lukas Koch.
After a fun—but not very lucrative—few years working on driverless cars in India, Kumar Ranjan turned his attention to a very different industry: farming.
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