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Scentian Bio raises $2.1m seed round to build biosensors inspired by bugs

September 27, 2023

Scentian Bio—a New Zealand-based startup making biosensors inspired by bugs—has raised a $2.1m seed round.

Atinary Technologies cofounders Dr. Hermann Tribukait (left) and Dr. Loïc Roch (right). Image credit: Atinary Technologies

AgFunder leads $5m seed round for ML-powered Atinary Technologies to turbocharge R&D process

September 26, 2023

Atinary Technologies, a Swiss-American startup deploying machine learning to accelerate the materials discovery process, has raised a $5m seed round led by AgFunder.

Edible insect startup Cricket One closes series A, opens Asia’s largest cricket processing facility

September 24, 2023

Vietnamese edible insect startup Cricket One has opened what it claims is Asia’s largest cricket processing facility and closed a financing round led by Singapore-based investor Robert Alexander Stone.

Foodtech VC funding declined for 6th consecutive quarter, but deal count is up, says PitchBook

September 21, 2023

Foodtech VC funding declined for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q2, 2023, dropping 13.9% vs Q1 and by more than 70% year-over-year, according to PitchBook data.

Peter Rahal managing partner Humble Growth

Humble Growth closes $312m growth equity fund for disruptive CPG brands, seeks founders with humility: ‘It’s a misunderstood trait’

September 19, 2023

Humble Growth—a New York based growth equity investment firm launched by three CPG veterans—has closed a $312m fund to invest in ‘disruptive’ consumer brands.

Impact investor Astanor Ventures closes second agrifoodtech fund on €360m

September 19, 2023

Multi-stage impact investment firm Astanor will continue to invest in agrifood startups with a focus on sustainability.

Brief: Crop biologicals firm Biobest eyes South America expansion with $570m acquisition of Brazil’s Biotrop

September 12, 2023

Acquiring Biotrop gives Biobest an automatic entry into the South American market for biological crop products.

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.

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.

Our oceans are in a state of emergency. Aqua-Spark’s CEO explains how startups can help restore their health

August 28, 2023

Lissy Smit explains how the Aqua-Spark portfolio is addressing some of the greatest challenges right now for ocean and marine life.

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.

Meatable cofounders Daan Luining and Krijn de Nood

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.