AgriFood Signals: Key Developments in AgTech and FoodTech
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding News
🇮🇳 Indian food delivery startup Swish secures $38M series B – Tech in Asia
🇮🇳 AgriM series B funding: raises $17.3M for marketplace growth – Focus Agritech
🇨🇦 Miraterra Soil: $16M raised for AI-driven soil intelligence platform expansion – Pulse2
🇦🇺 Cauldron Ferm raises $13.25M in Series A2 funding round – FoodBev Media
🇮🇹 Italy’s Foreverland unwraps €6M to sweeten European expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate alternative – EU Startups
🇳🇱 BBLeap raises €5M to bring plant-level precision spraying to arable farms globally – The Next Web
🇳🇱 Amsterdam-based SOUS raises €4M to become the AI-powered sous chef for restaurant growth – EU Startups
🇦🇺 Twiggy Forrest-backed emissions agtech Rumin8 raises $4.3M for Kiwi plans – Startup Daily
🇫🇮 Elea & Lili bags $2.9M to scale microplastic-free material for diapers & farming – Green Queen
🇸🇪 Volta Greentech raises €1.7M from Axel Johnson Group for European Feed Additive Launch – iGrow News
🇦🇺 Scanabull raises $1.1M to bring instant cattle weighing to NZ’s beef supply chain – Sprout Agritech
M&A, IPOs & Partnerships
🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Danone to buy protein products maker Huel for close to $1.15 billion – Reuters
🇸🇬 🇹🇼 Grab to acquire Foodpanda Taiwan for $600M – Tech in Asia
🇺🇸 Generate Capital sells greenhouse operator Equinox Growers to Taylor Farms – Private Equity Hub
People Moves
🇺🇸 BinSentry welcomes new VPs of milling, product – Feedstuffs
🇺🇸 Wonder hires CFO ahead of potential 2027 IPO – Restaurant Dive
🇺🇸 Lundberg Family Farms names new CEO – Progressive Grocer
🇺🇸 Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) appoints Vonnie Estes to board of directors – LinkedIn
Other News
🇺🇸 Upside Foods loses bid to block Florida’s cultivated meat ban in key US appeals ruling – Protein Production Technology
🇰🇷 South Korea unveils national plan to democratise AI access down to every farmer – AgTechNavigator
🇺🇸 Brightseed unveils “world-first” clinically validated AI platform for plant bioactives discovery – Nutrition Insight [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Brightseed.]
🇺🇸 California to consider creating ‘not ultraprocessed’ food label – Food Dive
🇬🇧 Unilever confirms food merger talks with McCormick – FoodNavigator
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