Plus: alt-cheesemakers raise new funds, delivery ‘bots head to college campuses, and IKEA strikes a deal with indoor ag startup Infarm.
General Mills invested $3 million more into regen ag, Lunchbox acquired another restaurant ordering platform, and Cox delved deeper into indoor farming.
Elsewhere, US ag robotics specialist FarmWise teased a new weeding implement along with its latest fundraise.
Multiple restaurant tech startups made headlines this week; while a massive, multinational carbon initiative got off the ground in Africa.
Alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds for meat and dairy alternatives, while two more countries approved the sale of GMO wheat.
UAE restaurant platform Foodics is expanding overseas, while Saudi Arabia-based Red Sea Farms will take its indoor farming tech global.
More funding went to vertical farming in the US while delivery heavyweight Just Eat Takeaway is having second thoughts about buying Grubhub.
Choco became a unicorn with its latest fundraise, Leaft is making protein from leaves, and Alt Farm is 3D-printing waygu beef alternatives.
Elsewhere, the Gates Foundation and Qatar’s development fund pledged $200 million to help African smallholders with climate change adaptation.
Elsewhere, AFN examined data which suggests that agriculture is far from pulling its weight when it comes to carbon credits generation.
The Estonian ride-hailing startup said it will use the funding to finance its push into express grocery delivery.
