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6 days ago | 
agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
Regenerative agriculture and food systems raised $1.17 billion in the first quarter of 2025.
Image credit: SLM Partners As an investment category, regenerative agriculture and food systems started 2025 strong, raising $1.17 billion in the first quarter according to new data from the Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) group.
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1 week ago | 
agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Eratani.]Indonesia-based Eratani has closed a $6.2 million Series A funding round for its ag marketplace that helps farmers digitize their operations, boost productivity, and better meet demand for rice. Agrifoodtech investor Clay Capital led the round with participation from SBI Venture, TNB Aura, AgFunder, Genting Ventures, and IIX.
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1 week ago | 
agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
Seattle, Washington-based IUNU, which makes autonomy tools for indoor agriculture, has secured a $20 million second tranche of Series B funding. S2G Investments, which participated in the first tranche, led this round with participation from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and existing investor Lewis & Clark Partners. The round brings IUNU’s total funding to date to $65 million. IUNU says it plans to use the new funds to expand into more markets across North America and Europe.
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1 week ago | 
winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
IUNU will use the new funds to expand its greenhouse automation tech into more markets across North America and Europe. The post Greenhouse automation ‘becoming a necessity’ says IUNU after raising additional $20m appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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1 week ago | 
winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
Eratani has raised $6.2 million for its ag marketplace that helps farmers digitize their operations. The post Eratani closes Series A to boost food security and rice production across Indonesia appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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1 week ago | 
agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
What prompts a doctor to turn to become a VC? For Dr. Amy Godfrey, it was witnessing a never-ending stream of patients with chronic disease that could largely be traced back to food. “I knew from my training that nutrition was important, but had no knowledge of the damage our food system is doing to our health,” Godfrey, an analyst at VC firm The First Thirty and a doctor with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), said in a recent conversation with AgFunderNews.
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1 week ago | 
winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
Dr. Godfrey's path eventually lead to joining The First Thirty, a VC firm that invests in human health and regenerative food systems. The post Why one doctor turned from medicine to impact investing: “I could not unsee the food-related disease in my patients’ appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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2 weeks ago | 
agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.]Like most regions of the world, East Asia’s agrifoodtech industry suffered in 2024, posting a significant 40% year-over-year decline in funding, its lowest point in 10 years. Collectively, agrifoodtech startups in China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan raised $1.2 billion in 2024, according to AgFunder’s 2025 Global AgriFoodTech Investment Report.
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2 weeks ago | 
winchesteragservice.com | Jennifer Marston
Japanese agrifoodtech funding increased in 2024 thanks to a major deal in biomaterials and a handful of deals for restaurant tech. The post East Asia bets on biotech as downstream innovation lags in 40% agrifoodtech funding plunge appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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2 weeks ago | 
agfundernews.com | Jennifer Marston
Nematode communities have been trusted indicators of soil health for decades, but the process of identifying types and numbers in any given soil sample remains costly and time consuming, says Ziad Matar, cofounder and CEO of Veridi Technologies. Nematodes are microscopic worms that occur in all soils and feed on bacteria, fungi, plants, and other matter. Some are parasitic to crops, livestock, or humans. Others can be used to attack harmful insects and protect crops.
