AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech.
🇺🇸 AI grocery startup Vori raises $22 million to help independent retailers compete with Walmart and Amazon Fortune
🇬🇧 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
🇩🇪 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
Biosphere cofounder and CEO Dr Brian Heligman. Image credit: Biosphere
🇧🇷 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