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 farm-to-table Indian produce marketplace KisanKonnect securing $4.5 million.
Elsewhere, Mosa Meat requested its first EU authorization for cultivated fat, plant-based cheese company Willicroft announced its closure, and Deere waded into more legal hot water over farmers’ right to repair machines.

Startup funding
BeZero Carbon raises $32m Series C to expand global carbon ratings services Tech.eu
Project Eaden raises $15.6m Series A to launch ‘ultra-realistic’ plant-based meat using fiber spinning tech AgFunderNews
French farm robotics startup company Aisprid raises €10m in funding for autonomous tomato de-leafer HortiDaily
Indian agritech startup KisanKonnect raises $4.5m series A Tech In Asia
Banyu secures seed funding to transform Indonesia’s seaweed industry The Fish Site
GoodLeaf Farms starts 2025 by welcoming Farm Credit Canada as a new strategic investor Yahoo Finance
Pluri Inc. secures strategic investment to transform cacao production Investors Hangout

M&A, IPOs & partnerships
Pictor Biotech creates “vertically integrated synthetic biology and biomanufacturing powerhouse” AgFunderNews
Ag marketplace DeHaat adds farmer advisory services to its platform with AgriCentral acquisition AgfunderNews
CH4 Global teams up with Mitsubishi on livestock methane reduction AgFunderNews
Nexture Bio Acquires Matrix Food Technologies, Inc. to increase offerings of animal-component-free enabling technologies EIN Presswire
Farmland investor Homestead Capital adds Kudu Investment Management as strategic partner Kudu Investment Management
Mr. Greens acquires Parishables Food Service to expand into Atlanta market, strengthening southeast presence PR Newswire
Zepto expands IPO plan to $1b amid rapid growth Tech In Asia

Funds, grants & accelerators
The51 holds $51 m final close for food and agtech fund amid challenging venture market Betakit
SLM Partners holds €30m final close on Silva Europe Fund Agri Investor
Tender Food, Ginkgo Bioworks, and others secure millions in DOE grants for low-carbon food innovation Vegconomist
Inaugural ‘Innovate for Impact Challenge’ launched by World Food Prize Foundation to uncover agricultural breakthroughs EIN Presswire

People moves
Protein manufactureer the EVERY Company taps Evan Geisert as chief financial officer Business Wire
Mars appoints Alastair Child as chief sustainability officer PR Newswire
Gresham House appoints global director of natural capital Agri Investor
Former Nike chief sustainability officer Noel Kinder joins UNCAGED Innovations’ board of directors Textile World
Family forest owner Josh Parrish joins America Forest Foundation’s board LinkedIn

Other news
Dutch Mosa Meat seeks EU approval to sell lab-grown beef fat Euractiv
New Culture submits animal-free mozzarella product label to California Department of Food and Agriculture Vegconomist
Deere sued by FTC over farmers’ right to repair equipment Agriculture Dive
Funding troubles: Dutch plant-based cheese startup Willicroft winds down Green Queen
Singaporean alt-seafood leader swims into Gen Z trend with cultivated caviar Green Queen
Nebraska moves to ban cultivated meat, calling It “unproven” and “adulterated” Vegconomist
‘A pivotal moment’ for regenerative agriculture as Agreena secures Verra registration for soil carbon project AgFunderNews
Impossible Foods prevails in EU patent dispute AgFunderNews
What’s next on tariffs as Trump takes office, and what will the ‘External Revenue Service’ do? AgFunderNews
Danone’s yogurt sales surge among US consumers using GLP-1 drugs Food Dive
Non-GMO Project debuts label highlighting foods without ultra-processed ingredients Food Dive
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