AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇮🇳 Hitachi Ventures leads $25m strategic round in chemicals platform Scimplify Global Venturing
🇺🇸 BioConsortia raises another $15 million in venture capital to commercialize seed treatments Sacramento Business Journal
🇮🇱 BloomX closes $13m series A led by Elah Fund iGrow news
🇫🇷 CarbonFarm raises €7M to tackle methane emissions from rice cultivation Tech.eu
🇨🇦 Molagri raises $5.8m to build ‘updatable’ biopesticides AgFunderNews
🇸🇪 OlsAro raises $5.5m seed round as salt-tolerant wheat nears market AgFunderNews [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in OlsAro]
🇬🇧 MiAlgae secures £2.5m From Scotland’s National Investment Bank, plans to more than double workforce by 2028 Vegconomist
🇬🇧 Neela Biotech raises £2.1m for AI-driven sustainable fuel technology Cambridge Enterprise
🇸🇦 Foodics invests in Funding Souq to expand restaurant financing in KSA, UAE Wamda
🇩🇪 Yara Growth Ventures backs soil-sensing startup Stenon as fertilizer prices surge AgFunderNews
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇨🇭 🇯🇵 Syngenta and Kyoyu Agri partner to bring cyclopyranil herbicide to Asian rice markets Global Agriculture
🇮🇱 🇺🇸 CropX to provide soil sensing technology to the Lincoln University McCain Foods NextGen Regenerative Farm Global Agtech Initiative
🇳🇱 🇬🇧 Source acquires Optimal for autonomous greenhouse control Horti Daily
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 LIVEKINDLY Collective closes acquisition of Dutch private-label manufacturer Dalco Food Vegconomist
🇬🇧 🇳🇿 Mycofeast boosts precision-fermented dairy capabilities with Daisy Lab acquisition FoodBev Media
🇩🇰 🇫🇮 PerPlant lands Valtra deal to put its AI crop sensor on tractors straight from the factory AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 🇩🇪 Switch Bio partners with Bayer to advance ‘switchable’ tech for biofertilizers AgFunderNews
🇩🇪 FermBase by CREMER and Differential Bio deepen AI partnership after successful fermentation trials Protein Production Technology
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 USDA announces $180 million to fund seed research Civil Eats
🇺🇸 SLM Partners secures $167m from Dutch pension investor to regenerate forests AgFunderNews
🇺🇸 Deere commits $18.5 million to strengthen food system across US Des Moines Register
🇮🇳 NABVENTURES achieves ₹450 crore first close for fund II India Times
People moves
🇺🇸 Kentucky farmer turned veteran ag leader takes helm at Syngenta North America AgWeb
Other news
🇮🇱 Greeneye Technology plants flag in North America with new HQ No-Till Farmer
🇩🇰 Too Good To Go to sell surplus household and personal care products Copenhagen Post
🇦🇺 Australia approves cell-cultured duck ingredient Food Safety
🇺🇸 The EVERY Co prevails in legal spat with Onego Bio AgFunderNews
🇳🇱 European think tank launches regulatory sandbox for novel food startups Green Queen
🇺🇸 FMC shares plunge 35% as company cuts Q3 2026 outlook amid weak demand and inventory pressures YahooFinance
