This week French startup Spore.Bio raised a $23 million Series A to expand its rapid, on-site microbiology testing capabilities, Spain’s Imperia raised $10.5 million to expand its supply chain management SaaS platform across Europe, and Hamburg-based Kynda secured $3.2 million to convert ag by-products into mycoprotein for food and feed.
Elsewhere, UK-based meal prep platform Remy acquired food-waste app Kitch and Israel’s Ever After Foods teamed up with Swiss biomanufacturing specialist Bühler Group to help producers scale cultivated meat production.
Startup funding
Spore.Bio secures $23M Series A for on-site microbiology testing Tech.eu
Imperia raises $10.5m to expand supply chain management platform across Europe Tech.eu
Food Brewer nets funding from Lindt and Sparkalis for cocoa grown via plant cell culture AgFunderNews
Hamburg-based Kynda secures $3.2m seed round for alternative meat EU Startups
Fueling green chemistry, Spanish biotech ZYMVOL raises €3M to accelerate enzyme discovery Tech Funding News
Ag spray drone co Hylio raises $2m to expand production capacity, builds on ‘Made in America’ positioning AgFunderNews
Japan’s molecular farming startup Kinish secures $800k for rice-based casein FoovoBridge
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
UK-based meal planning app Remy acquires food waste app Kitche Tech.eu
Synonym joins EuropaBio: together for advancing the global bioeconomy EuropaBio
Walmart partners with Helios AI to climate-proof its global agri-food supply chain New Food
Bühler and Ever After Foods join forces to solve industry bioreactor problem Green Queen
Mars pledges $27m to partnership with Finterra to reduce on-farm emissions Feed Strategy
Funds, grants & accelerators
Biomass fermentation startup MOA Foodtech secures $15.4m investment commitment from EIC AgFunderNews
Spanish startup Proteins for All secures $17.7m capital infusion by Xunta Alt Meat
Agnition Ventures announces NZ-based accelerator in partnership with Singapore-based Agrifood Futures Agritech Tomorrow
Green Climate Fund backs Mirova with $75m commitment Agri Investor
People moves
Jim Jones resigns as FDA deputy commissioner for human foods Food Fix
Giles Oldroyd named next president of the Danforth Plant Science Center PR Newswire
Other news
Embattled Indonesian aquatech unicorn eFishery accelerates mass layoffs Tech In Asia
Solar Foods initiates Factory 02 pre-engineering Solar Foods
Danish Cordulus launches next-generation rain forecasting model AgReads
BrewDog & Impossible Foods bring plant-based “chicken” fillets to UK pubs Vegconomist
Uber sues DoorDash over alleged anti-competitive practices Restaurant Dive
EU unveils roadmap for farming and food policy FeedNavigator
IBMA Welcomes EU Commitment to Accelerate Biocontrol IBMA
Canadian lettuce grower sees massive boom following tariff chaos Vertical Farm Daily
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