The week was dotted by a handful of early-stage rounds for the likes of food biotech Digestiva, nylon recycling company Syntetica, personalized supplements maker Bioniq, and several others. Funds-wise, ag and food investor Tiverton closed its Fund III and Trill Impact raised โฌ90 million ($98 million).
Meanwhile, Voyage Foods entered the bean-less coffee space, alt-protein startup Mycorena filed for bankruptcy, and Cropin launched an “AI-powered” agri-intelligence tool.

Foodtech funding
๐บ๐ธ Digestiva closes $18.4 million Series A financing Street Insider
๐ฌ๐ง Bioniq, leader in AI-driven personalized supplements, raises $15mln Series B Zawya
Agtech funding
๐ฆ๐บ Biosecurity threats software startup plants $5.3 million Seed round Startup Daily
๐ฌ๐ง Permia Sensing secures ยฃ150K for precision farming techniques in palm plantations Tech.eu
Climate tech funding
๐ซ๐ท Paris-based Syntetica raises โฌ4.2 million to scale nylon recycling for the global clothing market EU Startups
๐ฆ๐บ Sun Cable OGs raise $1.7 million Seed round for their carbon removal & recycling startup, Fugu Startup Daily
๐ฌ๐ง Briefly Bio raises $1.2M pre-seed to revolutionise scientific experiment documentation with AI Tech Funding News

M&A, IPOs & partnerships
๐จ๐ญ ๐บ๐ธ Syngenta reveals latest tie-up to accelerate launch of ‘pioneering biological solution’ AgtechNavigator
๐บ๐ธ CORE Electric and FarmBox Foods partner to grow trees for reforestation Colorado Biz
๐บ๐ธ January AI and Mars leverage AI to generate product and consumer insights Business Wire
๐ฎ๐ฑ ICL and Lavie Bio leverage AI to advance development of biostimulants Agribusiness Global
๐บ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ด PepsiCo inks fertilizer deal with Yara to cut food emissions Bloomberg
Funds, grants & accelerators
๐บ๐ธ Tiverton raises $870m for Fund III Agri Investor
๐ธ๐ช Trill Impact closes venture fund after raising โฌ90m Impact Investor
๐บ๐ธ $51 Million federal grant for precision fermentation hub to drive innovation, growth, and job creation in Illinois Vegconomist
๐จ๐ฆ From single-use plastic alternatives to responsible farm AI, Ontario invests $ 7M in research Vertical Farm Daily
People moves
๐จ๐ฆ GoodLeaf Farms appoints Andy OโBrien as new CEO Vertical Farm Daily
๐บ๐ธ General Mills Names Asheesh Saksena Chief Strategy & Growth Officer General Mills
๐บ๐ธ FBN appoints Dean Williams to lead its agricultural inputs business FBN
๐บ๐ธ FBN appoints Guillaume Luebke as CFO FBN
๐บ๐ธ Kraft Heinz hires ex-Pepsi marketer Todd Kaplan as CMO for North America Ad Age

Other news
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore approves 16 insect species for human consumption Smithsonian
๐บ๐ธ Voyage Foods enters beanless coffee category with bean-free brew for foodservice operators and CPG brands PR Newswire
๐บ๐ธ Cargill invests $1m in research on methane reduction in cattle Beef Magazine
๐ธ๐ช Mycorena files for bankruptcy, seeks new ownership to continue pioneering mycoprotein ingredients Vegconomist
๐บ๐ธ Biome Makers launches new agronomic insights tool BeCrop Farm CropLife
๐ฎ๐ณ Cropin launches Sage: Worldโs first real-time AI-powered agri-intelligence platform Future Farming
๐ฌ๐ง Meatly receives world-first authorisation for cell-cultivated pet food Tech.eu
๐บ๐ธ Deere backs down from diversity initiatives after online attacksย Ad Age