CPG giant Campbell made a new acquisition, as did irrigation management company Lindsay, and a new cultivated meat facility is ready for production in China.
Indonesia’s Beleaf raised funds for its agrbusiness marketplace, Zomato hit profitability for the first time, and White Castle went in on AI.
ZoomAgri will use the new capital to expand availability of its AI-based system for improving varietal and quality detection.
Israeli startups and investors unveil a flurry of new deals, plus more bad news for Getir.
Food robotics had a busy week with several new fundraises; vertical farming company CubicAcres launched a partnership with IGS.
Nestlé is partnering with ADM and Ardent Mills for the initiative, two key wheat suppliers for the DiGiorno brand.
Biotech startup Allonnia raises $30 million, Nestlé says it’s “moving away” from carbon offsets.
Pano AI says the Series A extension highlights the urgent need for more innovations around climate mitigation and adaptation.
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.
Agribusiness platform Unnati Agri lands new funding, hospitality startup C3 buys beleaguered virtual restaurant platform Nextbite.
Fazla lands $6 million to stop food waste, Quorn invests in alt deli meat startup Prime Roots.
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.
Climate startup FLINTpro lands $9 million and Meatable says it can produce cultivated pork in just eight days.
Current Seedz customers already include major North American agrifood corporations John Deere, Mosaic, and Syngenta.
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.
Ecorobotix offers weeding and crop protection via its “high-precision sprayer” for targeted herbicide, fungicide and pesticide application.
Several biomaterials startups made headlines with fundraises, partnerships and other developments for leather, wood and oil alternatives.
While opportunistic food marketers are already jumping on the ‘regenerative ag’ bandwagon, we need more data to define what this means for individual crops before growers can see a clear business case for adopting new practices, says KIND Snacks.
