AgFunderNews: The Latest in AgTech and FoodTech
AgFunderNews brings you the latest updates on critical fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and the buzz in the agtech and foodtech sectors.
Funding News
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Gopuff Raises $250 Million: Gopuff, the leader in instant commerce, secured a funding round led by Eldridge Industries. Businesswire
🇳🇱 Qorium Raises €22 Million: Focused on scaling the production of cultivated leather. Vegconomist
🇦🇺 Number 8 Bio Secures $11 Million: Aiming to reduce methane emissions from cows. Smart Company
🇳🇱 SAIA Agrobotics Raises €10 Million: Dutch startup focusing on greenhouse automation. AI Insider
🇫🇮 KÄÄPÄ Biotech Secures €9 Million: A strategic investment from PeakBridge VC and Zintinus VC supports their projects. KÄÄPÄ Biotech
🇮🇱 IBI Ag Closes $10 Million Series A: Led by Corteva Catalyst. TechNews 180
🇺🇸 Bindwell Raises $6 Million: Funding aimed at developing safer AI-driven pesticides. Businesswire
🇫🇷 Green Spot Technologies Secures €5 Million: Focused on scaling their ingredient production. The Plant Based Mag
🇯🇵 Umami United Raises $2 Million: Projecting expansion of plant-based egg alternatives into the U.S. and Europe. Vegconomist
🇺🇸 Manna Tree Invests in Plant People: Focused on vegan supplement solutions. PE Hub
Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships
🇺🇸 Carbon Direct Acquires Pachama: A significant move in climate finance. Axios
🇺🇸 Land O’Lakes and Microsoft Partner: Aiming to accelerate AI innovation in agriculture. Ag Newswire
🇯🇵 🇳🇴 Kubota and Kilter Collaboration: Aiming to improve food production quality in vegetables. Kubota
🇺🇸 TreeHouse Foods Acquisition: Set for a $2.9 billion transaction. Food Dive
Funds, Grants & Accelerators
🇫🇷 Tikehau Capital’s Regenerative Agriculture Strategy: Closes at €560 million. iGrow News
🇩🇪 Oyster Bay Closes €100 Million Fund II: Focusing on next-gen food startups. Tech.eu
🇧🇷 The Lab Endorses Nine Climate Finance Solutions: With a target of USD 425 million for emerging markets. Climate Policy Initiative
People Moves
🇬🇧 Unilever’s Sustainability Officer Steps Down: Amid the company’s restructuring. Food Dive
🇺🇸 CropLife International Elects New Chairman: Corteva’s CEO Chuck Magro takes the role. Agribusiness Global
🇺🇸 eXoZymes Appoints Tyler Korman as CSO: Alongside Amy Lunzer as Chief of Staff. eXoZymes
Other News
🇺🇸 Impossible Foods Wins Trademark Dispute: Secures a partial summary judgment against a fitness brand. Vital Law
🇧🇷 Protestors Clash with Security: During the COP30 summit in Brazil. Reuters
🇺🇸 Meati Plans Rebranding for 2026: Following acquisition, now operates ‘debt-free’. AgFunderNews
🇨🇭 🇺🇸 Ingredion Collaborates with Cosaic: Expanding their ingredient portfolio. Food Dive
🇺🇸 Alloy Partners Launches OneHealth Studio: Focusing on the convergence of animal, plant, and human health. PR Newswire
🇺🇸 Miyoko Schinner’s Attempts to Buy Back Namesake Brand Fail: AgFunderNews
🇳🇿 🇺🇸 Halter Hits 11,000 Miles of Virtual Fencing: In the U.S. market. iGrow News
🇮🇱 Hebrew University Achieves Breakthrough: In naturally immortal cow cells for cultivated beef. Protein Production Technology
🇬🇧 End of the Runway: A thought-provoking read on current trends in meat alternatives. Alt-Meat
🇺🇸 BiomEdit Announces USDA Finding: For a non-antibiotic poultry biologic, paving the way for field trials. WV News
🇦🇺 Menulog Shuts Down: After 19 years of operation in Australia’s food delivery service. Startup Daily
🇸🇪 Re:meat Rebrands as Curve: Spearheading a new wave of industrial-scale protein biomanufacturing. Protein Production Technology
🇺🇸 U.S. Wellness Brand Launches CO2 Protein Bars: Utilizing Solar Foods’s Solein ingredient. Green Queen
🇺🇸 Syngenta Opens Cropwise Digital Platform: For developers to innovate in agricultural technology. Crop Life
