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AgriFood Signals: SAP & Syngenta partner, BASF buys biocontrol startup, Microsoft's record deal with Indigo

Weekly agtech and foodtech roundup: several startup raises, BASF's purchase of AgBiTech, three new funds, a Bühler CEO appointment, Microsoft carbon-credit deals, and company shutdowns.

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Grid Connections: Who’s going where in Australia’s energy transition

A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.

Welcome, New Blackbirds

Blackbird introduces seven new team members for 2020 across legal, operations and investment roles, while recalling a $100 million GP-led secondary, a raised New Zealand fund, and its earlier Startmate investment in Perx.

Also Blackbird Ventures portfolio

K-tig relists on stock market after raising $7m

A welding technology developer has returned to the ASX through a backdoor listing, raising seven million dollars and reaching a market capitalisation near twenty-nine million, with two fund managers among backers.

Compressed air energy storage company secures $55m in finance

Canadian compressed-air storage developer Hydrostor has raised US$37 million from Baker Hughes and Meridiam to advance its South Australian Angas project, which earlier received grants from ARENA and the state government.

Profiles of success: the manufacturer making dumb machines smarter

Profile of Movus, a condition-monitoring technology venture, recalling its $4.8 million Series A backed by Blackbird Ventures, Skip Capital and Telstra Ventures, and charting its growth, partnerships and assembly arrangements since.

Also SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing