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AgriFood Signals: Uber’s $14.8bn bid for Delivery Hero, Hippo Harvest banks $30m, agentic AI for ag

AgFunderNews roundup of agtech and foodtech items: several venture raises and EU grants, Uber's agreed takeover of Delivery Hero, Winnow's purchase of Lumitics, Norrsken Evolve's fund close, and Goterra's liquidation.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hysata snags $111m for green hydrogen, Ocean 14 launches $200m+ fund

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Hysata's green-hydrogen Series B, Rize's Series A, other raises, Ocean 14 and Peakbridge fund closes, Uber buying Delivery Hero's Taiwan unit, executive hires, and an accelerator's cohort selection.

Uber Eats to Acquire Delivery Hero's foodpanda Delivery Business in Taiwan

Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero's foodpanda Taiwan operation for $950 million, alongside a $300 million subscription of new Delivery Hero shares; completion is targeted for the first half of 2025.

Dutch VC invests in Kismet's $8.2M round to connect caregivers, health insurance and care providers

Kismet, an Australian startup linking caregivers, insurers and care providers, raised $8.2 million in seed funding led by Prosus Ventures with Airtree Ventures, lifting its total raised to $10.8 million.

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Paine Schwartz launches $1.7bn agrifood fund, Cricket One unveils new plant, Infarm ‘declared bankrupt’

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Paine Schwartz closes its $1.7bn food-and-ag fund; several seed and Series A rounds; Tangelo acquires Diet ID; Infarm declared bankrupt; layoffs and partnerships across the sector.

Dutch VC invests in $24M funding round of this Australian AI startup for expansion in Europe and US

Sydney AI infrastructure-modelling firm Neara extended its Series B by $10M, with Prosus Ventures joining backers Skip Capital and Square Peg, lifting the round to $24M for expansion into Europe and the US.

The week in agrifoodtech: BigBasket bags $200m, Kodama's forestry funding, more restaurant tech layoffs

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering several food and agtech funding rounds, a research grant for Crop One, a grocery delivery partnership, and the closure of Australian startup YourGrocer.

Zip expands into Europe and the Middle East

ASX-listed payments firm Zip Co has agreed to buy the outstanding shares of European BNPL provider Twisto and UAE rival Spotii, extending its buy-now-pay-later reach across Europe and the Middle East.

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