This week, restaurant tech provider Odeko raised a whopping $126 million and Vietnamese agrifintech platform Techcoop closed a Series A round.
Elsewhere, British cleantech startup Epoch BioDesign raised $18.3 million to make recycled plastics cheaper, while San Francisco-based Decibel Bio launched with $12m to advance epigenetic plant programming.
Startup funding
🇺🇸 Odeko raises $126m in Series E Funding to empower independent food businesses and fuel their growth Business Wire
🇻🇳 Vietnamese agritech startup Techcoop closes $70m series A round Deal Street Asia
🇬🇧 Epoch BioDesign raises $18.3m to transform plastic waste into valuable resources Tech.eu
🇺🇸 Decibel Bio launches with $12m in financing to advance epigenetic plant programming platform Yahoo! Finance
🇺🇸 AI-powered plant breeding startup Avalo raises $11m, partners with Coca Cola to future proof sugarcane production AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 AgZen raises $10m for efficient crop spraying Axios Pro
🇫🇮 Gas fermentation startup Solar Foods bags $10.6m grant to enter pre-engineering phase of commercial-scale plant AgFunderNews
🇮🇹 Italian startup Arsenale Bioyards brews $10m to turn microbes into affordable animal-free proteins Green Queen
🇺🇸 Regenerative brand GoodSAM Foods raises $9m to build up its ‘direct trade’ model with farmers AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Natural energy drink company MISSION raises $2.6m EU Startups
🇬🇧 UK’s Citizens of Soil raises $2.3m for premium olive oil sourced from regen ag farms Tech.eu
🇺🇸 Agricultural operations management startup Gripp raises $1.5m in pre-seed funding Finsmes
🇮🇱 Steakholder Foods secures $1.25 million in private placement Investing.com
🇮🇩 Seadling gets $1m to propel sustainable seaweed innovation AgTech Navigator
🇮🇳 Earthful secures $574k to expand clean, plant-based nutrition offerings Entrepreneur India
🇺🇸 Supergut raises capital, hires new CEO as GLP-1 nutrition trend takes off: ‘We want to own the digestive health category’ AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Agricultural operations management startup Gripp raises $1.5m in pre-seed funding Finsmes
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇳🇬 ProVeg Nigeria partners with V-Label to promote vegan products in the country Vegconomist
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇨🇦 Konscious Foods receives $3.5m investment from Canadian government The PlantBase Mag
🇨🇦 Natural Products Canada invests $1.7m in seven startups, including Chinova Bioworks & Henri Nutrition Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Global Frontier Capital targets ‘high 20s IRR’ with debut carbon sequestration fund AgriInvestor
🇫🇷 Eurazeo hits $325m first close on Planetary Boundaries Fund AgriInvestor
People moves
🇺🇸 AgTech innovator Enko Chem announces CEO Transition Business Wire
🇺🇸 Celsius names PepsiCo executive Eric Hanson to newly created COO role Food Dive
🇺🇸 Agrovision hires Chief Technology Officer to boost tech-enhanced approach to fresh fruit Fresh Fruit Portal
🇨🇦 AgriFORCE Growing Systems announces Chief Financial Officer transition GlobalNewsWire
🇺🇸 Checkerspot Announces New CEO John Krzywicki Business Wire
🇺🇸 Albertsons names Chief Operations Officer as next CEO Grocery Dive
🇺🇸 Jorge Heraud announces his appointment as interim CEO of SoilCode.io LinkedIn
🇺🇸 Mondelēz International names Norberto Chaclin Executive Vice President, Chief R&D Officer Mondelēz International
🇺🇸 Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen resigns after ethics review Grocery Dive
Other news
🇺🇸 Impossible Foods introduces Impossible Steak Bites AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 How to win fries and influence people: McCain launches consumer awareness campaign for regen ag AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 This former McDonald’s will soon be Portland’s newest vegan drive-thru Portland Tribune
🇬🇧 UK clears way for gene editing of crops FeedNavigator
🇺🇸 Marine Biologics announces commercial availability of first seaweed SuperCrude Yahoo! Finance
🇺🇸 80 Acres acquires three indoor farms from competitor to expand U.S. footprint The Business Journals
🇪🇺 Female Foundry launches the Female Innovation Index 2025 Female Foundry
