Why AgFunder invested in Azaneo’s low-power electric weeding tech
September 11, 2023
Azaneo is developing a quick-pulse, low-power electrical weeding technology it hopes will reduce dependence on chemical herbicides.
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Brief: Container farming startup Freight Farms to go public for $147m via SPAC
September 8, 2023
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
Equilibrium & Bosch Growers submit winning bids to acquire AppHarvest’s KY greenhouse facilities
September 5, 2023
Longtime AppHarvest backer Equilibrium submitted the lone bid for the former’s 60-acre greenhouse facilities.
CH4 Global raises $29m to scale seaweed-based platform to slash methane emissions from livestock: ‘We can grow it at a much larger scale, frankly, than anybody else’
August 29, 2023
CH4 Global, a startup dedicated to slashing methane emissions from ruminant livestock using red seaweed-based supplements, has announced the first close ($29m) of a $45m series B round.
Brief: Grocery delivery giant Instacart files for IPO, reports profitability, investment from PepsiCo
August 27, 2023
A successful Instacart IPO could go far in revitalizing the IPO market, including for other agrifoodtech companies.
Dutch cultivated meat startup Meatable raises $35m Series B, gears up for market entry in 2024
August 7, 2023
Dutch cultivated meat startup Meatable has raised $35m in a series B round led by Agronomics, taking its total funding to $95m as it gears up to launch in Singapore next year.
Alpha Foods looks to growth in 2024 under LIVEKINDLY Collective umbrella
August 1, 2023
New York based LIVEKINDLY Collective (LKC) has expanded its plant-based portfolio with the acquisition of Glendale, California-based Alpha Foods.
TerraSafe Materials taps IP from multiple universities to launch ‘disruptive renewable materials platform’
August 1, 2023
TerraSafe Materials, the first startup to secure funding from Big Idea Ventures’ Generation Food Rural Partners fund, will license IP from multiple universities to develop novel materials to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the environment.
Why AeroFarms backer Cibus just launched a ‘cost effective and scalable’ greenhouse strategy for Europe
July 31, 2023
Cibus Fund II has acquired greenhouse grower Duijvestijn Tomaten and launched a new platform for growing food indoors with renewable energy.
Why FLORA Ventures chose Israel’s Kibbutzim to back its new fund for emerging agrifoodtech
July 25, 2023
FLORA will invest in early-stage agrifood startups via the launch of its $80 million fund backed by Israel’s Kibbutzim community.
Brief: Coca-Cola and bottling partners launch $138m sustainability fund
July 12, 2023
Coca-Cola and eight bottling partners have closed a $137.7m VC fund focusing on sustainability investments that will be managed by Greycroft.
CSI cocoa? Oritain raises $57m series C to expand forensic product traceability platform
July 11, 2023
Oritain —a New Zealand-based firm using forensics to verify the origin of everything from cocoa to coffee—has raised a $57m series C round.
Exclusive: Performance Livestock Analytics lands funding from Builders VC, separates from animal health giant Zoetis
July 10, 2023
As an independent entity, Performance Livestock Analytics plans to grow its data analytics platform and expand to new markets.
Exclusive: Innova Memphis raises $40m to bring the rural US ‘innovations farmers actually want’
June 28, 2023
The Innova Memphis Fund VI will invest in early-stage startups addressing the automation and digitization of agriculture in rural areas.
Brief: Omnivore to pump $150m into India’s agrifoodtech startups with first close of third fund
June 28, 2023
Omnivore has announced the first close of its third fund, with $150m to pump into India startups aiming to make farming more profitable, resilient, and sustainable.
Hyfé raises $9m to transform wastewater into next gen feedstocks for biomanufacturing
June 22, 2023
Hyfé, a Chicago-based startup transforming food processing wastewater into feedstocks for biomanufacturing and clean water, has raised a $9 million seed round led by Synthesis Capital.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Cosucra raises $49m, Carbon marketplace Supercritical raises $13m, Cox launches $300m fund, Getir exits France
June 22, 2023
This week, Omeat emerged from stealth with an ‘elegant’ solution to scaling cultivated meat; UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat finally got the green light to sell cultivated chicken in the US, and drone startup Guardian Agriculture raised $20m.
VFC acquires Meatless Farm brand: ‘Our immediate priority is to get much-loved products back on the market’
June 21, 2023
UK-based alt meat brand VFC has acquired distressed meat-free brand Meatless Farm, which laid off most of its staff earlier this month after a key investor expected to provide a capital injection backed out.
More protein, fewer carbs: BetterBrand raises $6m in series A to expand guilt-free bagel business
June 21, 2023
BetterBrand—a Los Angeles-based startup making high-protein, ultra-low-carb bagels—has raised a $6 million series A round led by VERSO Capital.
Brief: Guardian Agriculture nets $20m in series A to expand precision crop protection drone technology
June 20, 2023
Guardian Agriculture has raised $20m in a series A round to expand its autonomous drone technology to farms across the US and ramp-up manufacturing of its SC1 aircraft.
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