Plus: UPSIDE Foods hits pause on its large-scale cultivated meat production facility and plant-based fur makes its debut.
Plus… 150 job cuts at Plenty, a new green agri fund from Temasek and Norinchukin Bank, cultivated scotch eggs at Fortnum & Mason.
Farm robotics gets another fundraising boost and Tyson cooks up high-tech bacon.
Swiggy makes more cuts to its workforce, France contemplates a ban on cultivated meat.
Plus: much ado (and fundraising) about ag robotics and many updates from Israel’s startup scene.
Plus, corporate restructuring at FreshDirect and R.I.P. for RIP Foods.
Plus… Steakholder Foods unveils a 3D-printed eel, and carbon removal startup Standard Biocarbon secures $5m for a new biochar production facility.
Meanwhile in France, lawmakers are proposing a ban on cultivated meat, calling that alternative protein “junk food”
Plus: ProfilePrint raises Series B funding & Vow gets a regulatory nod for cultivated quail.
Milano Vice scoops up $9 million for pizza delivery and Clever Carnivore raises $7 million for cultivated pork.
As COP28 kicks off, other agrifoodtech news includes fundraises for aquatech startups and new stats about agriculture emissions.
Plus, sugar refiner Nordzucker will invest more than $100 million into plant-based proteins.
Plus: Grow-NY winners announced and Le Fourgon raises new capital to reuse old containers.
Trace Genomics partners with EarthOptics, Dreamfarm secures $5 million for alt-mozzarella.
Bioomix announced funding for its microbial ag solutions and Doritos is on a mission to silence its chips.
Overstory banks new funding to monitor vegetation with satellites, FarmInsect raises capital to turn insects into livestock feed.
General Mills and Walmart partner for regenerative ag, grain-trading platform Bushel gets a grant, Italy back-pedals on cultivated meat ban.
Plus: eFishery expands to India, California bans four ingredients, and Indonesia has a new agbiz marketplace to watch.
This week, agrifoodtech investors placed bets on autonomous harvesting tech, plant-based whole cuts, an AI supply chain analyst, and a platform connecting spray drone supplies with demand.
Tikehau Capital invested in a biologicals startup and agrifoodtech layoffs continued.
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