More robots are rolling into the agrifoodtech space, with new funding rounds from SwarmFarm Robotics and Terra Robotics, while US delivery giant DoorDash unveiled a new food delivery ‘bot.
Elsewhere, Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm filed for IPO, AI-powered startup NotCo partnered with Magnum Ice Cream, and Cibus Capital launched a new carbon fund in Australia.
Funding news
🇦🇺 SwarmFarm Robotics raises $30m to support US growth of its integrated automation technology Business News Australia
🇬🇧 Cambridge spinout NoBACZ bags £4.8M to scale sustainable wound-care tech for animals Tech.eu
🇨🇦 Chickpea raises CAD$4.25m, appoints AGT Foods CEO to board of directors Food Navigator
🇬🇷 Terra Robotics bags €1.8M to accelerate commercialization of laser weeding technology iGrow News
🇮🇳 🇻🇳 responsAbility backs Qul Fruitwall, Nafoods Group in sustainable agri push Deal Street Asia
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 Jennifer Garner’s baby food company Once Upon a Farm files for IPO on NYSE CNBC
🇳🇱 🇨🇱 The Magnum Ice Cream Company taps NotCo AI for product innovation Food Dive
🇺🇸 FoodChain ID and Agmatix Partner to strengthen regenerative agriculture certification Agrotech Space
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇦🇺 Cibus Capital launches A$300m Australian carbon fund Agri Investor
🇨🇦 Canadian Food Innovation Network unveils winners of inaugural foodtech frontier awards Business Wire
🇪🇺 Europe invests US$2.6 million in ISAAP project to accelerate plant-based diets Protein Production Technology
People moves
🇫🇮 New executives join Finnish biotech Volare as company prepares large-scale protein production Arctic Startup
🇧🇷 Beatriz Bonetto joins SP Ventures LinkedIn
🇬🇧 Dave Sparrow steps down as CEO of Vegan Food Group Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Jon Giebel joins Indigo as vice president north america commercial – biologicals LinkedIn
Other news
🇮🇱 Redefine Meat brings award-winning plant-based flank steak to chilled aisles across Europe Protein Production Technology
🇫🇷 Ÿnsect wins more time to restructure under court-supervised process; Innovafeed’s US plans ‘very much alive’ AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 DoorDash unveils Dot, its autonomous robot built to deliver your food TechCrunch
🇪🇺 No Confusion: Plant-based industry urges EU to reject ‘veggie burger’ labelling ban Green Queen
🇺🇸 Oobli secures FDA GRAS approval for new sweet protein New Tech Foods
🇺🇸 DoorDash expands into Singapore following Deliveroo acquisition Tech in Asia
🇮🇪 Keychain announces Irish expansion Irish Times
🇨🇦 Aspire Food Group’s Ontario cricket farm sold to new owner as firm collapses under debt AgFunderNews
