AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇸🇬 Sharpa raises over RMB 4.5 billion [$670 million] as it puts robots to work at Dairy Queen KR Asia
🇺🇸 David Protein owner Medici Brands raises $250m in Series B funding round Food Bev Media
🇺🇸 ProducePay to fuel continued global growth with new round of funding Produce Pay
🇧🇪 Backbone raises €4M for automated food quality and compliance Tech.eu
🇪🇸 MOA Foodtech nets $3.8m to scale AI-powered biomass fermentation platform AgFunderNews
🇧🇪 Beyond Impact leads €2 million Paleo round as myoglobin costs fall 613-fold Vegconomist
🇬🇧 Biomaterials company Ponda closes crowdfunding round at €1.6 million – welcoming 256 new investors EU Startups
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 Keurig Dr Pepper sells equity stake back to Chobani for $800M Food Dive
🇫🇷 Nestlé reaches agreement to divest its mainstream vitamins, minerals and supplements business Street Insider
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 Farmland LP raises $126m for Fund III Agri Investor
🇦🇺 Viresco buys 22,000ha Australian beef aggregation to seed new farmland fund Real Assets
🇺🇸 Mars Impact Fund invests $13 million in farming communities, scientists, animal well-being ESG Today
🇬🇧 Moa Technology secures £900,000 Defra Funding to develop new blackgrass herbicides Agro Spectrum Asia
🇬🇧 Bindbridge secures c. £400k Defra funding to advance its AI-discovery crop protection pipeline Bindbridge
🇳🇿 NZ backs Hectre’s bid to develop tech that can scan for internal apple defects Ag Navigator
🇫🇷 French govt invests €3.7m in Nūmi to scale up cell-cultured breast milk Green Queen
🇳🇱 Dutch scientists get €4M to turn wasted protein into food IO Plus
People news
🇺🇸 Good Culture expands C-suite to strengthen leadership team for continued growth Nosh
Other news
🇺🇸 Remembering Wendell Berry Civil Eats
🇺🇸 California passes non-UPF food seal, setting potential blueprint for other states Food Navigator
🇯🇵 SoftBank Robotics accelerates global expansion of “STEAMA” steam cooking robot SoftBank Robotics
🇺🇸 GoSun unveils solar electric tractor, expanding off-grid innovation to farmers Morning Ag Clips
