Chris Sacca

The top 20 agtech deals of 2023

A year-end countdown of 2023's twenty largest agtech funding rounds, from biofuels and carbon marketplaces to farm robotics, with EcoCeres' $400 million raise at the top.

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These Are The Most Active And Spendiest Cleantech Investors

Crunchbase data analysis ranking the busiest cleantech investors, led by Lowercarbon Capital, and citing large sustainability rounds at Loam Bio, Our Next Energy, Ohmium and Palmetto Clean Technology.

Reddit's co-founder backs $65 million series B into a fake chicken nuggets startup founded by a teen Australian

New York faux-chicken nuggets maker Simulate, founded by Australian Ben Pasternak, raised a US$50 million Series B led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six, with McCain Foods returning; earlier seed and Series A rounds are recalled.

Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian backs 21-year-old Aussie’s chicken-free Nuggs business that will “overhaul” the food system

Plant-based food startup Simulate has raised a $65 million Series B led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six, with Ohanian joining its board, as the Aussie-founded company scales Nuggs and enters Canada.

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Dendra and its 'forest-patrolling drones' close $10m Series A from Airbus, others

Ecosystem restoration startup Dendra Systems has raised a $10 million Series A co-led by Airbus Ventures, At One Ventures, Future Positive Capital and Lowercarbon Capital, with three further investors joining the round.

Using microfungi & melanin, this soil carbon startup just raised $6.9m in a round led by Li Ka-shing's VC

Soil Carbon Co, an Australian startup using fungi to store carbon in soil, raised A$10 million in seed funding led by Horizons Ventures, with Grok Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation participating.

Also RenewEconomy