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AgriFood Signals: GoPuff nets $250m, Microsoft, Land O' Lakes partner on AI, M&A for carbon markets, COP30 protests

Weekly agtech and foodtech roundup: multiple venture raises, Carbon Direct's purchase of Pachama, two food-focused funds closing, board and C-suite appointments, and an Australian delivery firm shutting down.

Calix licenses low-emission cement tech to German giant

Leilac has licensed its carbon-capture technology for cement making to Heidelberg Materials worldwide. Australian budget cuts have cancelled an $11m grant to Calix and a $30m grant to Boral tied to Calix's technology.

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Calix begins to reap low carbon cement dividend

Calix has taken $24.5 million from Carbon Direct for a seven per cent stake in its LEILAC Group subsidiary, keeping 30 per cent of royalties from the low-emission cement and lime technology.