AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇬🇧 Meatly raises £10.4M to build Europe’s largest cultivated meat bioreactor facility in London Tech.eu
🇬🇧 Corvera lands $4.2M to automate CPG operations with AI agents Vest Bee
🇬🇧 SugaROx raises £2.5M in funding FinSMEs
🇩🇪 vGreens raises two million euros for AI-controlled plant cultivation Vertical Farm Daily
🇺🇸 Cattler raises $2M led by Homegrown Capital to scale AI cattle operations platform Dealroom
🇮🇳 India’s Prithu raises $1.1M to scale carbon removal platform for smallholder farmers Carbon Herald
🇩🇰 Denmark’s Decameal raises Seed funding to turn invasive shore crabs into sustainable feed ingredients EU Startups
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Crystal Crop Protection buys FMC India business India Times
🇧🇷 Brazil Potash announces closing of $63.3 million public offering Brazil Potash
🇺🇸 🇳🇴 PepsiCo inks 10-year renewable energy deal to cut emissions across Europe Food Dive
🇺🇸 Bel Group acquires Ingenuity Foods’ brands Food Business News
🇺🇸 🇩🇰 Oterra to scale natural alternative to Red 40 food dye in new partnership Food Dive
🇺🇸 Suterra acquires Vestaron’s product lines, active ingredients, and R&D portfolio Fresh Plaza
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 Bayer and bp form strategic alliance to scale camelina for biofuels iGrow News
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 Solum Partners raises $130m for Fund III Agri Investor
🇨🇮 🇸🇩 AfDB approves US$87 million grant to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods in Sudan African Business News
🇺🇸 Biosphere lands Pentagon funding to build portable “protein from air” bioreactors AgFunderNews
People moves
🇺🇸 Moti Beharav joins Agtonomy as chief revenue officer LinkedIn
🇺🇸 General Mills names Dana McNabb chief operating officer General Mills
🇬🇧 Climate analytics provider Risilience appoints Angela Brown as new CEO ESG Today
Other news
🇺🇸 Corteva names seed spinoff Vylor, targets Q4 2026 separation DTN Progressive Farmer
🇪🇺 European commission releases ‘simplified’ deforestation regulation Forbes
🇦🇺 Eden Brew gets US GRAS clearance for animal-free casein & eyes supplements industry Green Queen
🇺🇸 AeroFarms avoids shutdown Vertical Farm Daily
🇺🇸 Judge tosses Onego Bio lawsuit vs EVERY Co in Wisconsin, parallel case in Delaware still in motion AgFunderNews
🇦🇺 Vegan Groups representing 130,000 people pressure Woolworths to reverse plant-based retreat Vegconomist
