| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.08.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Ranch tech startup Ranchbot nets $15m, Target hires chief AI officer, plant cell culture megadeal | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Ranchbot Raises Over US$15 Million Series B and establishes U.S. Holding Company to Accelerate... |
| 11.08.2026 | FDA Proposes Rule to End Self-Affirmed GRAS Pathway, Delays Ultra-Processed Food Definition | 7 Mins Read The Trump administration has published its long-awaited proposal to scrap a rule that allows companies to self-determine which ingredients are GRAS, but it has postponed its promised definition of ultra-processed foods.
Nearly a... |
| 23.07.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Trump tariffs on Canada, McCormick + Unilever merger, Coca-Cola’s Fairlife hacked | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇯🇵 BlackRock, Temasek’s decarbonization partners leads $87 million round in sustainability solutions... |
| 16.07.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Uber’s $14.8bn bid for Delivery Hero, Hippo Harvest banks $30m, agentic AI for ag | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇺🇸 Marc Lore says Wonder is gearing up for an IPO after raising $650 million at a $9 billion valuati... |
| 09.07.2026 | Глютеном кашу не испортишь | Глютеном кашу не испортишь В России безглютеновые продукты пока не стали частью ЗОЖ
Повышение осведомленности о непереносимости глютена и тренд на заботу о своем здоровье побуждают мировых производителей расширять свои популярные линейки, д... |
| 08.07.2026 | NuCicer Introduces Nuchi, a New Class of High-Protein Chickpeas Designed for Clean-Label Food Formulation | Nuchi logo
With 50% more protein and 25% less fat, Nuchi solves the processing problems keeping chickpeas from competing at the highest tier of plant-based ingredients
This is not your average chickpea. We tapped into the natural genetic po... |
| 11.06.2026 | AgriFood Signals: EIF commits $29m to Irish agrifoodtech, Aphea.Bio and Bayer team up, GLP-1 pills | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇪🇸 Samsung backs industrial robotics startup Theker in €85m round Sifted
🇫🇷 Innovafeed raises $59m, ... |
| 08.06.2026 | Ahead of Ingredion Aquisition, Tate & Lyle Doubles Down on Cell-Cultured Sugar Alternatives | 5 Mins Read As part of its sugar reduction approach, Tate & Lyle has expanded its plant cell culture partnership with BioHarvest Sciences to include multiple plant-based sweetener molecules.
British ingredient giant Tate & Lyle has ... |
| 11.05.2026 | Prodalim Acquires Better Juice to Drive Sugar Reduction in Better-For-You Beverages | 4 Mins Read Better Juice, a startup that uses microbial enzymes to turn fruit sugars into dietary fibre and non-digestible molecules, has been acquired by Dutch juice giant Prodalim.
The number-one ingredient Americans want to avoid this ye... |
| 07.05.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Corteva names seed spinout, Vori bags $22m for AI grocery, FMC sells India biz | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇺🇸 AI grocery startup Vori raises $22 million to help independent retailers compete with Walmart and... |
| 30.04.2026 | AgriFood Signals: US farm bill passes, Halter goes off-grid, Earlybird closes deeptech fund | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇩🇪 Primogene bags $4.8m to lunch enzymatic breast milk biomolecules for infant formula Green Queen
🇨... |
| 23.04.2026 | AgriFood Signals: USDA and Palantir deal, fresh funding for Afresh, Amazon’s $30m carbon credit deal | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
Afresh pulls In $34m funding round VC News Daily
Planetary nets $28m to scale fermentation infrastru... |
| 16.04.2026 | Elixirr and Pilot Lite partner to drive real-world commercial impact for CPGs | New joint offering accelerates growth for CPGs globally in weeks instead of months
Reorganisations, churn and lost know-how are slowing businesses down at exactly the wrong moment. Growth does not wait.”
— Mike Anstey, Founder and CEO of Pi... |
| 16.04.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Nestlé & Soil Capital regen partnership, Unilever buys Grüns, John Deere lawsuit | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇫🇷 Agriodor raises €15 million to expand scent-based crop protection globally Tech.eu
🇻🇳 TechCoop’s ... |
| 07.04.2026 | Miyoko’s plant-based butters, cream cheeses, will return to shelves in May, says new owner | Miyoko’s core products will be back on shelf in select US retailers in May, says new owner Prosperity Organic Foods, which acquired the plant-based dairy brand last November after Miyoko’s entered the Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors... |
| 02.04.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Circulate Capital closes $220m fund, All G GRAS approval, Unilever & McCormick | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇫🇷 Standing Ovation nets $34m, gears up for US launch of casein via precision fermentation AgFunderN... |
| 26.03.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Danone buys protein maker Huel, Miraterra Soil bags $16m, Grab buys Food Panda Taiwan | 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: ... |
| 19.03.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Solugen nabs $36m for nitrogen fertilizer, Corteva & Resurrect Bio partner, the ‘Wikipedia’ of farming | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇨🇦 Solugen raises $50M to scale organic nitrogen fertilizer production in Canada iGrow News
🇺🇸 Preci... |
| 06.03.2026 | Nestlé, the World’s Largest Food Company, Adopts Climate-Friendly Cocoa-Free Chocolate | 4 Mins Read Nestlé has launched a new Snack Vibes line under its Choco Crossies brand with ChoViva, a cocoa-free chocolate alternative by German food tech startup Planet A Foods.
If there were ever any uncertainty about the potential of cho... |
| 19.02.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Egypt eGrocer Breadfast banks $50m, Kubota invests in spray ‘bot, Trump’s glyphosate order | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇺🇸 inKind raises $450m in funding FinSMEs
🇪🇬 Breadfast moves closer to IPO with $50 million pre-Seri... |
| 12.02.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Dicamba reinstated, Bayer gets Stryax green light, SP Ventures closes $50m | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇮🇩 Green Rebel Foods raises $12.5m to expand plant-based meats Asia Business Outlook
🇮🇳 Armed with $... |
| 05.02.2026 | AgriFood Signals: UAE’s Kitopi nabs $50m, new Defra investments in UK ag, Carbon Robotics launches AI model | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇺🇸 SEMCAP Food & Nutrition makes $55 million investment in Good Culture SEMCAP
🇮🇳 Indian food fi... |
| 08.01.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Corteva & BP partner on biofuels, Grit Road launches second fund for midwest agtech | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇩🇰 Bactolife raises $35m Series B to commercialize novel category of gut health ingredients: binding... |
| 11.12.2025 | AgriFood Signals: USDA’s $700m regen pilot, FoodLabs Fund III, ‘critical phase’ for UK glyphosate | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇸🇪 Swedish BioTech company Melt&Marble secures €7 millon to scale designer fats in beauty and fo... |
| 09.12.2025 | PINC’s Marika King on radical candor in a brutal funding climate: ‘We don’t string people along’ | In a grim funding climate where some corporate venture arms have pulled back—or vanished altogether— Paulig’s PINC arm is doubling down.
Led by Marika King, the Finnish food company’s investment arm was designed to move fast, operate indepe... |
| 18.11.2025 | Melt Organic brand owner is the winning bidder for Miyoko’s Creamery: ‘We’re surprised and delighted’ | Boise, Idaho-based Prosperity Organic Foods, Inc., the private company behind the Melt Organic dairy-free butter brand, has emerged as the winning bidder for the assets of insolvent plant-based dairy co Miyoko’s Creamery.
CEO Scott Fischer ... |
| 13.11.2025 | AgriFood Signals: GoPuff nets $250m, Microsoft, Land O’ Lakes partner on AI, M&A for carbon markets, COP30 protests | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Gopuff, the Instant Commerce Leader, Raises a $250 Million Funding Round Led by Eldridge Indus... |
| 11.11.2025 | Breaking: Miyoko Schinner fails to buy back namesake brand | Miyoko Schinner did not win her 11th-hour bid to buy back the plant-based dairy brand she created.
A chef, author, and animal rights activist, Schinner founded Miyoko’s Creamery in 2014 and was removed as CEO by the board in 2022 following ... |
| 10.11.2025 | От velocity к value: как эволюционирует Agile в 2025 году | Привет, Хабр! На связи Александр Бондаренко, CPO Garage Eight, и наш Lead Scrum master Владимир Тутынин. В предыдущих статьях (часть 1; часть 2; часть 3) я делился моделями построения продуктовых команд — не как теоретик, а как практик, кот... |
| 06.11.2025 | Why Thanksgiving turkey prices might give shoppers a shock this season | Thanksgiving dinner is set to cost more this year because of surging turkey prices
Retail prices for turkeys are up 25%, and wholesale prices have risen by as much as triple that percentage.
Bird flu outbreaks have cut the supply of turkeys... |
| 05.11.2025 | Exclusive: Miyoko’s founder plans bid to buy back brand from liquidator | Miyoko Schinner is aiming to put together a bid to buy back the plant-based dairy brand (Miyoko’s) she created, three years after being removed from the board as CEO, AgFunderNews has learned.
Other interested parties including animal welfa... |
| 30.10.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Fork & Good acquires Orbillion Bio, $100m regen ag fund, Beyond Meat in court | Cultivated meat producer Fork & Good acquired Orbillion Bio (which also makes cultivated meat) this week in the latest consolidation move for the space.
In agrifinance, two asset management firms, Astarte and Toesca, have partnered on a... |
| 16.10.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Wild Bioscience raises $60m, Starship lands $50m, new EU agrifood grants | Oxford University spinout Wild Bioscience raised a $60 million Series A round this week to develop climate smart crops by using AI to “better understand the lessons learned over millions of years of evolution encoded in plant genomes.”
Robo... |
| 09.10.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Corteva, Bayer announce new partnerships, Air New Zealand backs nature carbon credits | This week: slow in fundraises, heavy in partnership announcements: Air New Zealand and My Native Forest; Corteva and Profluent Bio; DoorDash and Serve Robotics, to name a few.
In other news, the European Parliament is backing a ban on terms... |
| 02.10.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: SwarmFarm Robotics nabs $30m, DoorDash delivery ‘bots, new carbon fund from Cibus | More robots are rolling into the agrifoodtech space, with new funding rounds from SwarmFarm Robotics and Terra Robotics, while US delivery giant DoorDash unveiled a new food delivery ‘bot.
Elsewhere, Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm filed... |
| 18.09.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: European agrifood funding bonanza; conservation projects from Danone, McDonald’s; Corteva breakup hints | The week brought a seemingly endless stream of fundraising announcements from European startups across the food system, from AI-for-restaurants company Nory to robotic organic farms from NeoFarm.
In agrifood corporate land, Danone North Ame... |
| 28.08.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Maalexi, Vox AI raise funds, Keurig Dr. Pepper buys Peet’s, 2026 Farm Robotics Challenge | Agriculture-focused fintech startup Maalexi landed funding this week to scale operations in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, while conversational AI startup Vox AI bagged capital to bring its tech to restaurant drive thrus.
The bi... |
| 21.08.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: John Deere + The Reservoir, AI-powered regen ag, ‘Zipotle’ delivery | Ag equipment giant John Deere announced this week it will be the exclusive OEM partner of The Reservoir, an ag robotics incubation hub slated to open in October in California.
India-based agtech startup Cropin, meanwhile, is applying some A... |
| 14.08.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Zepto and Hyphen raise funds, Proterra acquires AcreTrader, ex-eFishery CEO detained | Indian eGrocery service Zepto raised more funding this week via a Series G round that bumped its total capital over the $2 billion mark. In the US, Hyphen (the folks behind Chipotle’s automated makeline) raised another round, as did animal-... |
| 01.08.2025 | US Senators Ask FDA to Ban Dairy-Like Terms on Plant-Based Product Labels | 4 Mins Read Backed by the milk industry, a bipartisan group of US senators has reintroduced the Dairy Pride Act, asking the FDA to crack down on “misleading” plant-based labels.
As Democrats and Republicans join forces to make plant-based m... |
| 17.07.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Remora Robotics nets $16m, Big Idea Ventures’ new cohort, Austria proposes cultivated meat ban | Soil science company Regrow this week announced it will make inroads into Brazil via a partnership with Embrapa, the country’s leading ag research organization. Foodtech accelerator Big Idea Ventures, which has widened its aperture beyond i... |
| 09.06.2025 | The Kraft Heinz Not Company Launches Plant-Based Chipotle Mayo and Mac & Cheese Cups | The Kraft Heinz Not Company has announced the launch of two new plant-based products — NotMayo Chipotle Squeeze and Kraft NotMac & Cheese Cups.
NotMayo Chipotle Squeeze aims to meet the growing demand for spicy condiments; chipotle is r... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Butternut Box fetches $100m, OroraTech raises $42m, Converge lands $22m | This week British pet-food delivery service Butternut Box fetched over $100 million, German startup OroraTech extended its Series B to scale satellite-powered wildfire detection, and London-based Converge raised funds to decarbonize concret... |
| 24.04.2025 | The Market's Tug-of-War: Gains, Losses, and the Colorful Future of Food | The stock market is a fickle beast. One day it soars, the next it stumbles. Recently, it took a step back after two days of gains. Futures tied to the S&P 500 dipped by 0.5%. The Nasdaq-100 futures fell by 0.7%. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones... |
| 24.04.2025 | The Snack Industry's Shifting Landscape: Leadership Changes and Colorful Controversies | The snack industry is in a state of flux. Two significant developments are reshaping the landscape: leadership changes at Utz Brands and the FDA's crackdown on artificial dyes. These events highlight the evolving dynamics of consumer prefer... |
| 24.04.2025 | The Colorful Shift: Phasing Out Artificial Dyes in America’s Food Supply | In a bold move, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to phase out artificial dyes from America’s food supply by the end of 2026. This decision marks a significant shift in how food manufacturers approach color additives, particular... |
| 22.04.2025 | 'Over 1,000 Good-Paying Jobs': Chobani Is Building the Biggest Dairy Factory in the U.S. The $1.2 billion facility will be built in upstate New York. | Greek yogurt maker Chobani is planning to open the biggest dairy factory in the U.S. in upstate New York, two decades after opening its first factory in the state.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday in an Instagram post tha... |
| 22.04.2025 | FDA to phase out dyes used in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Skittles and other snacks | The Food and Drug Administration is phasing out the use of artificial dyes by the end of next year.
The policy change will hit food and drink companies like PepsiCo, General Mills and WK Kellogg.
The so-called Make America Healthy Again pla... |
| 20.03.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Benson Hill files for bankruptcy, Vytal Global bags $15.5m, Paulig invests in Elaniti | This week, seed innovation company Benson Hill announced it is filing for voluntary chapter 11 petitions, while German startup Vytal Global raised $15.5 million to bring its reusable food packaging to the US. Meanwhile, Paulig Group’s ventu... |
| 06.03.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Restaurant tech provider Odeko nabs $126m, agrifintech Techcoop raises $70m | This week, restaurant tech provider Odeko raised a whopping $126 million and Vietnamese agrifintech platform Techcoop closed a Series A round.
Elsewhere, British cleantech startup Epoch BioDesign raised $18.3 million to make recycled plasti... |
| 27.02.2025 | Impossible Foods Hires Former Kraft Heinz Not Co. CEO Meredith Madden as Chief Demand Officer | Impossible Foods has named Meredith Madden as its new Chief Demand Officer, the company announced Monday. Madden most recently served as CEO of The Kraft Heinz Not Company, a joint venture between NotCo and Kraft Heinz focused on plant-base... |
| 06.02.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Avisomo secures $5.2m, BiocSol snaps $4.6m, PlantBaby raises $4m | This week, Norwegian vertical farming startup Avisomo secured $5.2 million, Belgian sustainable crop protection startup BiocSol snapped up $4.6 million, and US-based PlantBaby raised $4 million for its alt-milk for kids.
Meanwhile Israeli s... |
| 04.02.2025 | Oatly, Nestlé Join Forces to Create Nespresso Coffee Pods ‘For Use With Oat Milk Only’ | 4 Mins Read Nestlé has partnered with Oatly to unveil a limited-edition Nespresso blend tailored specifically for the latter’s barista oat milk.
In an effort to boost its barista oat milk, Swedish giant Oatly has teamed up with Nestlé to cr... |
| 30.01.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Liberation Labs raises $50.5m, OCELL nabs $10m, Pluri to make lab-grown cocoa acquisition | This week precision fermentation biotech Liberation Labs closed a $50.5 million convertible note that will enable completion of a new plant, while Bonsai Robotics secured $15 million in Series A funding to advance its agricultural AI soluti... |
| 23.01.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: ‘Carbon ratings’ agency BeZero Carbon raises $32m, alt-cheese maker Willicroft shuts down | Some of the biggest agrifoodtech deals of the week include London-based BeZero Carbon closing a $32 million Series C round to expand global carbon ratings services, French farm robotics startup company Aisprid raising $10.4 million, and far... |
| 16.01.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Colossal Biosciences raises $200m, Chipotle invests in methane reduction | This week, Colossal Biosciences, the company trying to bring back the woolly mammoth, raised a whopping $200 million while NatureMetrics, a British startup in nature intelligence and biodiversity monitoring, closed a Series B round.
Outside... |
| 09.01.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: India’s Botanic Healthcare bags $29m, Fermata secures $10m, Plenty facing value cut | The new year started with new fundraises from India-based nutraceutical startup Botanic Healthcare and agriculture-focused data science company Fermata.
Meanwhile, Ohalo teamed up with farmers in Florida to develop a “disease-resistant stra... |
| 21.11.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Traveling APAC’s road to recovery with SarvaGram, TurtleTree, Vow & more | Investment in Asia-Pacific (APAC) agrifoodtech has bounced back, a point well-illustrated by this week’s headlines: India-based rural fintech platform SarvaGram and Malaysian farm-to-restaurant platform Secai Marche both closed rounds, whil... |
| 01.10.2024 | Analysts revise Bud Light stock price target amid ‘beyond beer’ expansion bid | Following last year’s controversy, which led to a wide-scale boycott of its products and subsequent declines in the price of its stocks, Bud Light beer manufacturer Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) seems to be turning a new page, and analys... |
| 19.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Flink nabs $150m, biotech co Arzeda lands $38m, Kubota acquires Bloomfield Robotics | Venture capital to the eGrocery category may be down 90% since the fundraising heyday of 2021, but the sector’s far from dead. Case in point: Germany-based Flink’s mega-raise this week.
Elsewhere, biotech startup Arzeda raked in funds to de... |
| 16.08.2024 | The Future of Food and Fashion: Innovations in AgriFoodTech and Sustainable Materials | The world of AgriFoodTech is buzzing. Startups are racing to innovate, creating solutions that tackle food waste, enhance sustainability, and redefine consumer experiences. In this landscape, two stories stand out: Zepto's meteoric rise in ... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Zepto secures fresh $340m, Bolt Threads goes public, ReFED has a new boss | Quick-delivery continues speeding ahead in India, the latest development being a mega-raise from Zepto that values the company at $5 billion. Elsewhere, food waste think tank ReFED got a new executive director, Impossible Foods opened a bri... |
| 27.07.2024 | Micropep's Leap: Transforming Agriculture with Micropeptide Innovation | In the world of agriculture, innovation is the lifeblood. It’s the spark that ignites change. Micropep Technologies is a shining example of this principle. Recently, the company secured $29 million in Series B funding, pushing its total fun... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Micropep raises $29m, Oceano Fresco reels in $18m, Juicy Marbles serves up edible (plant based) bones | This week saw a greater number of agtech fundraises than normal, which is a bright spot considering how tough the current fundraising environment is. In addition to Monarch Tractor’s mega-raise, Micropep raised new capital to fuel its biope... |
| 04.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Rohlik raises $170m, eAgronom bags new capital for carbon | This week, Rohlik, which runs automated robotic fulfillment centers and 15-minute delivery, scored a new round of funding and agtech startup eAgronom raised capital for its carbon program. Plus: Tyson’s backpedaling on its beef pledge and a... |
| 22.06.2024 | The AgriFoodTech Revolution: Capital Raises, Acquisitions, and Partnerships Driving Innovation in the Industry | The dynamic world of AgriFoodTech is experiencing a surge of activity this week, with a plethora of significant developments making waves across the sector. Notably, companies in the alternative meat space, such as THIS, Tender, and Ever Af... |
| 20.06.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: THIS bags $25m & Tender scoops up $11m for meat alternatives, Farmbot scores $4.6m | Alt-meat got a few boosts this week, namely in form of capital raises for the UK’s THIS, US-based Tender, and Israeli cultivated meat company Ever After Foods.
In farmtech, Australia’s Farmbot raised new funds along with insect-breeding pla... |
| 17.06.2024 | Alcohol alternatives: State of play | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Data: PitchBook; Chart: Axios Visuals
More consumers are turning to alcohol alternatives amid trends promoting mindful drinking or abstaining completely for a period ... |
| 03.06.2024 | AgriTech Innovations Blossom with Funding Surge | In the vast expanse of the AgriTech industry, a recent surge in funding has breathed new life into innovative solutions aimed at revolutionizing the way we approach agriculture. Among the notable beneficiaries of this funding wave is Saudi ... |
| 30.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Venture studio Squared Circles raises $40m, iyris nabs $16m for indoor ag | Squared Circles, the venture studio behind Nutrafol and other health, wellness, and food brands, announced a $40 million Series A fundraise this week led by private equity firm L Catterton.
There were fundraises a’ plenty coming from the ME... |
| 24.05.2024 | Syre's $100 Million Series A Funding and Expansion Plans | Syre, the textile impact company, recently secured a whopping $100 million in Series A funding to fuel its ambitious plans for gigascale textile-to-textile recycling plants. The company, founded by Vargas and H&M Group, is on a mission ... |
| 23.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Textile impact company Syre raises $100m, Nestlé launches brand for GLP-1 consumers | This week, Syre, a “textile impact company” started by Vargas and H&M Group raised a massive Series A to fund its forthcoming textile-to-textile recycling plants. In foodtech, UK-based Nory announced new capital to bring more AI into th... |
| 19.05.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: S. Marek Muller and David Rooney: Plant-based meat alternatives are trying to exit the culture wars – an impossible task? | By S. Marek Muller and David Rooney
Increasingly, vegans, vegetarians and others looking for meat alternatives are seeing a new option on the menu: patties that look, taste and even appear to bleed like beef hamburgers, but are actually mad... |
| 18.05.2024 | Can Plant-Based Meat Escape the Culture Wars? | 6 Mins Read
By S Marek Muller, assistant professor of communication studies, Texas State University; and David Rooney, doctoral candidate, University of Texas at Austin
Increasingly, vegans, vegetarians and others looking for meat alternati... |
| 17.05.2024 | Analysing Impossible Foods CEO’s Bloomberg Interview, and What It Implies for Plant-Based Meat | 10 Mins Read Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness sat down with Bloomberg Television to talk about the struggles of plant-based meat, consumer preferences, and a potential IPO.
The plant-based meat category was launched incorrectly, there ... |
| 14.05.2024 | Better Juice Earns Self-Affirmed GRAS Status to Reduce Sugars in Fruit Products by 80% | 5 Mins Read Israeli startup Better Juice, which has developed a device that reduces sugar in fruit products by 80%, has obtained self-determined GRAS status in the US.
In the world of Ozempic and GLP-1, sugar innovations are booming. The la... |
| 02.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oishii bags another $15m, BTG launches Betagro Ventures, HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine | This week, Thailand-based food company Betagro (“BTG”) launched its own venture arm to invest in early-stage agtech and foodtech startups. Oishii, which grows high-end berries via vertical farming, nabbed $15 million to build out a new sola... |
| 29.04.2024 | Greener coffee from Seattle startup Atomo | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A Seattle-based startup is offering a sustainable "beanless espresso" as Americans' coffee consumption hits record highs and concerns about climate change grow.
Driving the news: Atomo's cof... |
| 18.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Mosa Meat cooks up $43m raise, Spiber bags $65m for sustainable fashion | The big foodtech funding news this week is a new raise from Netherlands-based cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat — also known as the creator of the world’s first cultivated beef burger. Fellow Dutch company and cultivated meat creator Meatab... |
| 03.04.2024 | The Kraft Heinz Not Company to Leverage AI and Brand Equity to Fill Plant-Based Market Gaps in 2024 | The Kraft Heinz Not Company is gearing up to enhance its footprint in the plant-based foods sector, according to CEO Lucho Lopez-May. Despite reports of a deceleration of plant-based meat sales, the joint venture remains committed to introd... |
| 28.03.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Kraft Heinz nets $171m for clean energy, ALOHA raises $68m, Poseidon raises $20m | This week saw funding rounds a’plenty in foodtech, with capital flowing to protein-bar-maker ALOHA, India e-commerce startup SuperK and alt-protein’s Innocent Meat, among others.
In the CPG realm, Kraft Heinz and Unilever secured sizable su... |
| 23.03.2024 | Liquid Death is just one of many VC-backed beverage startups ready to disrupt Coke and Pepsi | On March 11, a fizzy startup announced that it had raised $67 million at a $1.4 billion valuation and reached $263 million in sales in 2023. Did you guess that this startup is Liquid Death, a canned water company?
Liquid Death has now raise... |
| 20.03.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Nicki Minaj’s Nails, Vegan Condoms & Animal-Free Yoghurt | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new vegan nail brand by Nicki Minaj, cocoa-free easter eggs... |
| 14.03.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: HeavyFinance lands $55m, Bezos Fund commits $60m to alt protein | One of the biggest funding rounds this week went to Lithuanian agrifinance platform HeavyFinance, while Bezos Earth Fund announced a $60 million commitment to improve alt protein. Meanwhile, Impossible Foods unveiled a brand refresh this we... |
| 17.02.2024 | Plant-based meat startups are adding real animal fat to the mix: ‘It didn’t sizzle right, it didn’t smell right, it didn’t have that incredibly fatty taste and mouth feel’ | Biologist Max Jamilly was in a pub with a friend when he hit upon the idea for his next business. Jamilly and his friend Ed Steele, both meat-eaters who were trying to cut down on their carbon footprint, had ordered a plant-based meat patty... |
| 08.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: ProducePay banks $38m, Heura ‘promises profitability,’ Deere & Corteva partner | Starship Technologies, maker of the six-wheeled delivery ‘bot famous across Europe, led foodtech funding deals this week with a healthy new round. Alt-meat maker Heura and grower-to-grocer platform ProducePay also announced notable new fund... |
| 01.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: New capital for eco-chocolate, Leon co-founder launches fund, Delivery Hero & Deliveroo break up | Two fundraises this week highlight the growing interest in more eco-friendly, ethically produced chocolate, with US-based Voyage Foods and Germany’s Planet A both announcing new rounds. Elsewhere, Henry Dimbleby, best known as the co-founde... |
| 15.01.2024 | Arizona Introduces Legislation Challenging Cultivated Meat Industry | Joining the list of states considering similar measures, Arizona has proposed multiple new legislations that could redefine the legal framework surrounding cultivated meat.
The first bill under consideration, Bill 2244, was introduced by St... |
| 11.01.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Picnic bags $388m, GeoSalmo reels in $14m, Kost Capital launches foodtech fund | The year starts strong for eGrocery with Dutch startup Picnic landing a multi-million round. While the eGrocery sector has struggled throughout the last couple years, Picnic likely stands out to investors thanks to the free delivery, electr... |
| 21.12.2023 | What’s In A Name: Why Does The Word Vegan Cause Such an Averse Reaction and What Does That Mean For Brands? | 10 Mins Read A host of studies over the last few years have shown that consumers don’t like the word ‘vegan’ on product labels, even if they’ll otherwise like or consume those items. So how do you disassociate vegan food from its definition... |
| 20.12.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oat Milk Soap, New TiNDLE CEO & Plant-Based Diplomas | 8 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s giant Costco partnership, a new CEO for plant-b... |
| 14.12.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Ag marketplace Vegrow lands $46m, Yara acquires fertilizer business, Chipotle invests in ag robotics | Welcome to the new, streamlined format of our Week in AgriFoodTech, where you’ll find less rambling from yours truly and fast access to the most important news of the week in food, agriculture and climate. (Do drop me a line if you have fee... |
| 11.12.2023 | COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 11 | 5 Mins Read Welcome to Day 11 of #COP28 – it’s almost the end of the road. In Green Queen’s COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the... |
| 30.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: AgroSpheres nets $25m, ex-Motif CEO joins MycoTechnology, Kitchen United shuts ghost kitchens | All eyes are on COP28 this week, where agrifood looks to be a central point of discussion. Elsewhere in the industry, AgroSpheres raised new funds for its novel crop protection tech and Motif FoodWorks former CEO moved over to MycoTechnolog... |
| 09.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Talus Renewables nabs $22m for green ammonia, Getir buys FreshDirect | This week, Talus Renewables closed a funding round for its green ammonia system and vegetable waste firm Letoon Holdings secured capital. M&A is coming for online grocery, as evidenced by Getir’s acquisition of US-based FreshDirect. The... |
| 08.11.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Dazzling Dairy, Amazing Awards & Poopy Water | 8 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a host of plant-based dairy news, a bunch of awards and a Chi... |
| 02.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Beyond Meat does layoffs, Fibmold lands $10m for alt plastic, Athian & Elanco team up | Beyond Meat announced this week it will cut 19% of its workforce after a weak third quarter. In agtech, sustainable materials company Fibmold raised funds for a plastic alternative and Bioomix announced a raise for its microbial ag solution... |
| 26.10.2023 | From Beef to Beans: When Big Meat Enters Plant-Based in the Americas, Part One | The entrance of Big Meat into the plant-based category was nothing short of inevitable when the food industry began to realize both the huge potential of alternative foods as well as the future limitations on the planet’s capacity to “grow”... |
| 19.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Japan’s DAIZ lands $47m, Zordi emerges from stealth in US, FBN & ADM team up | Agtech’s big news this week was the emergence of US-based Zordi, which came out of stealth with its autonomous greenhouse tech. Over in foodtech, funding went to DAIZ for Japan’s ‘largest’ plant-based meat factory and a couple new developme... |
| 18.10.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Meaty Concerts, Livestock Liability & A Salmon Song | 10 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s Madison Square Garden link-up, Kaufland’s pric... |
