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agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
Image credit: Hoofprint Biome This week, Icelandic land-based salmon farmer Laxey secured capital for the next phase of its sustainable salmon operation, while Hoofprint Biome raised money to address methane emissions with microbiome engineering. In acquisitions, Syngenta acquired Intrinsyx Bio to leverage the latter’s proprietary endophyte formulations, and ICL acquired biologicals startup Lavie Bio.
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agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Fieldin.]Digital ag company Fieldin has joined forces with ARAG, a major player in the precision spraying space. The two entities aim to boost adoption rates of precision spraying amongst US-based permanent crop growers, which is comparatively low with other parts of the world, according to Fieldin.
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winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
The two aim to boost low adoption rates of precision spraying amongst US-based permanent crop growers. The post Farm management platform Fieldin teams up with ARAG to bring precision spraying to more US growers appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
The future of African agrifoodtech will be shaped by startups that focus narrowly on solving Africa-specific problems for farmers.
Image credit: Apollo Agriculture [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]Looking at the top-funded agrifoodtech startups in Africa in 2024, one recognizes several familiar names, including SunCulture, Apollo Agriculture, Tomato Jos, and Pula Advisors.
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winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
The future of African agrifoodtech will be shaped by startups that focus narrowly on solving Africa-specific problems for farmers. The post Where will the next darlings of African agrifoodtech come from? appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
Agrifintech startup Growers Edge has raised $25 million in the first close of a new financing round. S2G Investments, Cibus Capital, and Lowercarbon Capital co-led the round with participation from Otter Creek, iSelect, and ValueAct Capital founder Jeff Ubben. The fundraise is not part of a specific round, according to Matt Hansen, who joined the company as CEO in 2024.
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agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
The Arda Biomaterials team.
Image credit: Arda Biomaterials UK-based Arda Biomaterials has raised a $5.25 million seed round for its plastic- and leather-alternative materials derived from beer and whisky makers’ spent barley. Germany-based Oyster Bay Venture Capital led the seed round with participation from existing investor Clean Growth Fund, alongside new investors Kadmos Capital and Green Angel Ventures.
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2 weeks ago | 
winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
Agrifintech startup Growers Edge has raised $25 million in the first close of a new financing round. S2G Investments, Cibus Capital, and Lowercarbon Capital co-led the round with participation from Otter Creek, iSelect, and ValueAct Capital founder Jeff Ubben. The fundraise is not part of a specific round, according to Matt Hansen, who joined the company as CEO in 2024.
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winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
The UK-based startup will also build out a new facility five times the square footage of its current one. The post Arda Biomaterials brews up new funds for alt-textiles, eyes partnerships in fashion and automotive appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
Will Shu, cofounder and CEO of Deliveroo.
Image credit: Deliveroo US-based food delivery giant DoorDash has made a “possible cash offer” to buy UK-headquartered Deliveroo, which operates a similar service across markets in Europe. According to a filing with UK regulators, Deliveroo received a cash offer of 180 pence per Deliveroo share, amounting to roughly $3.6 billion.
