This week French startup Spore.Bio raised a $23 million Series A to expand its rapid, on-site microbiology testing capabilities, Spain’s Imperia raised $10.5 million to expand its supply chain management SaaS platform across Europe, and Hamburg-based Kynda secured $3.2 million to convert ag by-products into mycoprotein for food and feed.
Elsewhere, UK-based meal prep platform Remy acquired food-waste app Kitch and Israel’s Ever After Foods teamed up with Swiss biomanufacturing specialist Bühler Group to help producers scale cultivated meat production.
Startup funding
🇫🇷 Spore.Bio secures $23M Series A for on-site microbiology testing Tech.eu
🇪🇸 Imperia raises $10.5m to expand supply chain management platform across Europe Tech.eu
🇨🇭 Food Brewer nets funding from Lindt and Sparkalis for cocoa grown via plant cell culture AgFunderNews
🇩🇪 Hamburg-based Kynda secures $3.2m seed round for alternative meat EU Startups
🇪🇸 Fueling green chemistry, Spanish biotech ZYMVOL raises €3M to accelerate enzyme discovery Tech Funding News
🇺🇸 Ag spray drone co Hylio raises $2m to expand production capacity, builds on ‘Made in America’ positioning AgFunderNews
🇯🇵 Japan’s molecular farming startup Kinish secures $800k for rice-based casein FoovoBridge
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇬🇧 UK-based meal planning app Remy acquires food waste app Kitche Tech.eu
🇪🇸 Hijos de Rivera and Inproteins announce $7.9m joint investment in new facility to produce plant-based protein from beer byproducts Vegconomist
🇧🇪 Synonym joins EuropaBio: together for advancing the global bioeconomy EuropaBio
🇺🇸 Walmart partners with Helios AI to climate-proof its global agri-food supply chain New Food
🇨🇭🇮🇱 Bühler and Ever After Foods join forces to solve industry bioreactor problem Green Queen
🇺🇸 Mars pledges $27m to partnership with Finterra to reduce on-farm emissions Feed Strategy
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇪🇸 Biomass fermentation startup MOA Foodtech secures $15.4m investment commitment from EIC AgFunderNews
🇪🇸 Spanish startup Proteins for All secures $17.7m capital infusion by Xunta Alt Meat
🇸🇬🇳🇿 Agnition Ventures announces NZ-based accelerator in partnership with Singapore-based Agrifood Futures Agritech Tomorrow
🇫🇷 Green Climate Fund backs Mirova with $75m commitment Agri Investor
People moves
🇺🇸 Jim Jones resigns as FDA deputy commissioner for human foods Food Fix
🇺🇸 Giles Oldroyd named next president of the Danforth Plant Science Center PR Newswire
Other news
🇮🇩 Embattled Indonesian aquatech unicorn eFishery accelerates mass layoffs Tech In Asia
🇫🇮 Solar Foods initiates Factory 02 pre-engineering Solar Foods
🇩🇰 Danish Cordulus launches next-generation rain forecasting model AgReads
🇬🇧 BrewDog & Impossible Foods bring plant-based “chicken” fillets to UK pubs Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Uber sues DoorDash over alleged anti-competitive practices Restaurant Dive
🇪🇺 EU unveils roadmap for farming and food policy FeedNavigator
🇪🇺 IBMA Welcomes EU Commitment to Accelerate Biocontrol IBMA
🇨🇦 Canadian lettuce grower sees massive boom following tariff chaos Vertical Farm Daily
