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AgFunderNews is a dedicated news platform focusing on the connection between food, agriculture, technology, and investment. It provides fresh, original daily updates on the agrifood tech sector, highlighting funding announcements and analyzing current trends. Serving as a valuable resource for startups and investors in agrifood tech, the site also includes guest articles and interviews with industry professionals.

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aquaculture co Laxey raises $146m, Hoofprint Biome lands $15m

1 week ago | 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.
Yeap gears up to commercialize upcycled yeast protein

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Yeap.]The first products containing protein from upcycled yeast made by Israeli startup Yeap should hit the market by the end of this year, says the firm, which has also developed a second product from the fibrous material left over after the protein has been extracted that it hopes will unlock a new income stream.
Beyond Meat's 'clearly disappointing' Q1: 'The Beyond value proposition remains obscured in doubt and misinformation' says CEO

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson
From bulky bulbs to tiny chips: Uviquity emerges from stealth with far-UVC disinfection breakthrough

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Uviquity.]Uviquity, a North Carolina-based startup using next-generation far-UVC light tech to kill pathogens in everything from crops to hospitals, has emerged from stealth with $6.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Emerald Development Managers with participation from AgFunder and filtration specialist MANN+HUMMEL.
Liberation Labs teams up with Vivici to produce animal-free whey

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Liberation Labs' 600,000-L biomanufacturing facility in Richmond, Indiana, is on track for completion by the end of this year Image credit: Liberation Labs Liberation Labs has struck a deal with Dutch startup Vivici to produce the latter’s ‘Vivitein’ whey protein (beta-lactoglobulin) at its biomanufacturing facility in Richmond, Indiana, when commercial production begins at the site next year.
Canadian insect ag pioneer Aspire pursues court-supervised rescue deal

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Canadian insect ag pioneer Aspire Food Group has laid off more staff amid ongoing uncertainty over tariffs and trade, but says it is actively pursuing a deal through a court-supervised process that could enable it to preserve operations. The firm—which laid off two-thirds of its employees and scaled back production at its cricket farming facility in London, Ontario in November—has just “made the difficult decision to [further] reduce its workforce,” according to a LinkedIn post penned on Tuesday.
Farm management platform Fieldin teams up with ARAG to bring precision spraying to more US growers

1 week ago | 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.
BlueTree targets Latam, Southeast Asia, as novel sugar reduction tech gains momentum

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

BlueTree offers a leasing model whereby customers pay a small downpayment and are then charged per liter, a fee that also covers servicing costs and preventive maintenance, says CEO Michael Gordon Image credit: BlueTree Technologies BlueTree Technologies—an Israeli startup using a patented process to selectively remove sugars from juice and milk—has struck a deal with a manufacturer in Thailand and is in talks with leading juice players in Latin America after successfully scaling its tech...
Alt meat startup Meati back from the brink but not out of the woods after securing bridge funding

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Colorado-based alt meat startup Meati has secured some bridge funding that is enabling it to maintain operations while it tries to negotiate a larger funding round, temporarily averting a financial crisis that had threatened to sink the company. AgFunderNews understands. The firm has had the sword of Damocles hanging over it since late February when an undisclosed lender swept two-thirds of its available cash following a technical default.
Are natural alternatives to synthetic food dyes getting better?

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

The chance synthetic dyes will be out of the US food supply by the end of 2026—the stated aim of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr—is “close to zero” given that his pledges lack regulatory teeth, ex-FDA official Jim Jones told delegates at a recent industry event. However, his relentless bashing of the dyes in the media has focused minds on natural alternatives.