The Week in AgriFoodTech: Konscious Foods snags $26m for alt-seafood, Ocean 14 Capital reels in $33m
Indonesia’s Beleaf raised funds for its agrbusiness marketplace, Zomato hit profitability for the first time, and White Castle went in on AI.
Indonesia’s Beleaf raised funds for its agrbusiness marketplace, Zomato hit profitability for the first time, and White Castle went in on AI.
Biotech startup Allonnia raises $30 million, Nestlé says it’s “moving away” from carbon offsets.
Brinc launches a new climate tech accelerator in Asia, and Syngenta opens a new R&D center for seed products and services.
Nextbite faces lawsuit over recent layoffs and delivery giant Meituan buys an AI startup.
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.
Agribusiness platform Unnati Agri lands new funding, hospitality startup C3 buys beleaguered virtual restaurant platform Nextbite.
This week, Neat Burger raised $18m to take its plant-based restaurant chain into new markets, while synthetic biology startup Debut raised $34 million to expand its cell-free biomanufacturing platform.
Restaurant-tech startup Incentivio scored new funding and one food delivery startup says it’s reached profitability.
Biotech startup MicroHarvest and sustainability measurement platform Improvin’ also raised funds; Beyond Steak is approved by the AHA.
Plus, Meati expands across the US & agronomy service Agrii invests in Drone Ag.
Plus, $53 million for restaurant tech platform Odeko, new CRISPR-based research and non-browning bananas.
Meanwhile, vertical farm Kalera gets delisting notice from Nasdaq and Australian eGrocer Milkrun shuts down after just 18 months of operation.
Digital burger delivery service VICIO scored a fresh round of funding and CPG giant Danone invested in cultivated breast milk startup Wilk.
Indoor mushroom startup Smallhold expanded thanks to a retail partnership with Sprouts, while reservations platform OpenTable partnered with ChatGTP.
Immi raised funds for plant-based ramen while Bayer & Microsoft launched new data tools.
Singapore’s Next Gen Foods acquired an alt-dairy startup, while agtech funding this week was all about ecosystem restoration projects.
Companies including Bushel, Topcon and Afresh Technologies, launched new tools; Umami Meats & Triplebar collaborate on cultivated fish.
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