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Expoagro 2025: highlights from Argentina’s leading agribusiness showcase

1 day ago | agfundernews.com | Ignacio Pablo Rico

Ignacio Rico is a professional based in Argentina and dedicated to expanding agritech and accelerating technology adoption in agriculture across the region. He currently leads business development efforts at Eiwa, and is passionate about connecting cutting-edge solutions with real-world farming challenges. The views expressed in this article are the authors’ own and do not necessarily represent those of AgFunderNews.
Venture capital still drives the most deals in regenerative ag

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.
Eratani closes Series A to boost food security and rice production across Indonesia

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.
Greenhouse automation 'becoming a necessity' says IUNU after raising additional $20m

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.
Liberation Labs heads to Saudi Arabia as NEOM Investment Fund ventures into biomanufacturing

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Liberation Labs is building a biomanufacturing facility in Richmond, Indiana Image credit: Liberation Labs Liberation Labs, a US startup building biomanufacturing capacity for a new generation of bioproducts from animal-free whey to egg proteins, has struck a deal with NEOM Investment Fund (NIF) to build a precision fermentation facility in Saudi Arabia as food security moves up the kingdom’s agenda.
Distressed insect ag firm Ÿnsect secures bridge loan, receives offer for pilot plant

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

The Ÿnsect mealworm farm in Amiens, France. Image credit: Ÿnsect French insect ag pioneer Ÿnsect has received an offer from an undisclosed party for its pilot plant in Dole and secured €10m in bridge funding from existing investors allowing it to remain operational while it seeks more funding. CEO Shankar Krishnamoorthy has been replaced by Emmanuel Pinto, a partner at French turnaround advisory D&I.
Why one doctor turned from medicine to impact investing: "I could not unsee the food-related disease in my patients'

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.
VC predictions for developing markets: Climate resilience, agrifintech, and 'super-specialized' startups

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

"We need to show that this space is not just suitable for grants, donations and philanthropy but can and does make money" Image credit: istock/arrowsmith2 Agrifoodtech investment grew sharply in India, Mexico, Vietnam and some other developing markets in 2024 against a 4% decline in global funding. However, the picture in 2025 is a looking a little more uncertain, in no small part due to “Trump, tariffs, and trade” as Mark Kahn at agrifoodtech investor Omnivore puts it.
Eat Just strikes deal with VFG to take plant-based JUST Egg to Europe

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Eat Just—the US market leader in plant-based egg alternatives—has struck a deal with UK-based Vegan Food Group (VFG) to take its flagship JUST Egg product to Europe. A holding company formed last year, VFG is the parent company of VFC, Meatless Farm, Clive’s Purely Plants, and Tofutown.
Censoring ‘climate’ in ag research will backfire, warns The Breakthrough Institute

1 week ago | agfundernews.com | Elaine Watson

Blocking federal funding for R&D projects mentioning ‘climate change,’ ‘greenhouse gas emissions,’ and related terms “would directly undermine US farmers’ competitiveness and long-term output,” warns a new report from environmental think tank The Breakthrough Institute.