Pow.bio, a Berkeley-based startup promising to change the economics of precision fermentation by enabling a continuous process, has raised a $9.5m series A round led by Re:Food and Thia Ventures.
AI analyst Cersi combines clients’ supplier data with ‘climate, economic, currency and political risk signals’ to create actionable insights for supply chain analysts and procurement teams at Fortune 500 companies in real time.
While spray drone uptake in agriculture has been hampered by high costs and low capacity, speed and payloads are increasing continuously, says Rantizo.
Scentian Bio—a New Zealand-based startup making biosensors inspired by bugs—has raised a $2.1m seed round.
Atinary Technologies, a Swiss-American startup deploying machine learning to accelerate the materials discovery process, has raised a $5m seed round led by AgFunder.
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 the sixth consecutive quarter in Q2, 2023, dropping 13.9% vs Q1 and by more than 70% year-over-year, according to PitchBook data.
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.
Multi-stage impact investment firm Astanor will continue to invest in agrifood startups with a focus on sustainability.
Acquiring Biotrop gives Biobest an automatic entry into the South American market for biological crop products.
Azaneo is developing a quick-pulse, low-power electrical weeding technology it hopes will reduce dependence on chemical herbicides.
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
Longtime AppHarvest backer Equilibrium submitted the lone bid for the former’s 60-acre greenhouse facilities.
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.
Lissy Smit explains how the Aqua-Spark portfolio is addressing some of the greatest challenges right now for ocean and marine life.
A successful Instacart IPO could go far in revitalizing the IPO market, including for other agrifoodtech companies.
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.
New York based LIVEKINDLY Collective (LKC) has expanded its plant-based portfolio with the acquisition of Glendale, California-based Alpha Foods.
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.
Cibus Fund II has acquired greenhouse grower Duijvestijn Tomaten and launched a new platform for growing food indoors with renewable energy.
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