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AgriFood Signals: Danone buys protein maker Huel, Miraterra Soil bags $16m, Grab buys Food Panda Taiwan

AgFunderNews roundup of agrifood deal news: eleven startup funding rounds, Generate Capital selling Equinox Growers, executive appointments including a new FFAR board member, and other industry items.

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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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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.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: THIS bags $25m & Tender scoops up $11m for meat alternatives, Farmbot scores $4.6m

Weekly agri-foodtech roundup: raises at THIS, Tender, Ever After Foods, Farmbot and Beta Bugs; two acquisitions; Proterra's rural fund raise; grants; and AgriFORCE appointing Jolie Kahn CEO.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: EvodiaBio scores $7.5m, Microcaps raises $10m, Aleph Farm lays off 30% of staff

Roundup of agrifoodtech news: raises across Europe, Singapore and Australia, Collaborative Fund wraps a $125m vehicle, Neutral Foods merges with Zeal Creamery, SCiFi Foods shuts down, and Aleph Farms cuts staff.

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Burgers and acquisitions: All G Foods spins out plant-based meats in merger with Fenn Foods

All G Foods spins its Love Buds plant-based range into a merger with Fenn Foods' vEEF, forming a new entity; All G pivots to fermented dairy, with both companies' earlier raises recapped.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pluton Biosciences bags $16.5m, Babylon Micro-Farms secures funds, José Andrés launches climate institute

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for Pluton Biosciences, FLINTpro, eFishery and others, a first close by Big Idea Ventures' fund, Wicked Kitchen's acquisition of Current Foods, plus partnerships and launches.

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Chromologics raises $7.5m, Next Gen Foods dabbles in alt-dairy, Amazon shutters Go stores

Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech news: funding for Chromologics, BelliWelli, Hectare and others, acquisitions by Next Gen Foods and Pessl Instruments, product launches, and Australian cultivated meat firm Vow beginning its regulatory process.

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pure Salmon nabs $507m, FreshToHome bags $104m, more layoffs for agrifood

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering funding rounds for Pure Salmon, FreshToHome, SwarmFarm and others, acquisitions of Delphi and Soylent, layoffs at Impossible Foods and GreenLabs, and plant-based labeling news.

Fable Food Co’s founder on $12 million raise, US expansion, and why shrooms trump all alt meats

Mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co has raised a Series A to fund US and UK expansion, with its founder arguing fungi products beat soy and pea protein rivals on taste, price and health.

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Fable Food lands Series A for its mushroom-based meat alternatives

Australian mushroom-based meat maker Fable Food raised an $8.5 million Series A led by K3, with returning and new backers, to fund product development and expansion into North America, the UK and Singapore.

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The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: funding for FoodByUs, New School Foods, BloomX and others, acquisitions by CropX and Growy, plus layoffs at Impossible Foods and Glovo.

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Bill Gates says there are multiple options for reducing livestock emissions

Gates discussed livestock emissions in a Lowy Institute session, recalling his firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures' investment in Western Australian methane-supplement startup Rumin8, and praised Australian agriculture and climate policy.

The Week in Agrifoodtech: new investments in alternative fat, Kroger buying Albertsons, Beyond Meat cuts 200 jobs

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for alternative fat and agtech startups, acquisitions including Kroger's purchase of Albertsons, and other sector news such as Beyond Meat's job cuts.

The Week in Agrifoodtech: Foodology's $50m for ghost kitchens, quick-commerce consolidation

A weekly roundup reporting agrifoodtech raises including Foodology, klikit, Pulp Culture, Foodini, Isthara, Soli Organic, FlyFeed and AgriWebb, plus Getir's acquisition talks for Gorillas and other sector news.

Why We Invested In Harvest B

Aura Ventures' thesis post explains its plant-based protein outlook and announces co-leading Harvest B's pre-seed round alongside Woolworths' venture arm W23.

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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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The billionaire behind Hungry Jacks is betting on plant burgers for his next fortune

Fast food billionaire Jack Cowin has launched v2food, a plant-based meat joint venture with CSIRO's innovation fund Main Sequence Ventures, seeded by his Competitive Foods Australia and led by ex-PepsiCo research director Nick Hazell.

NZ startup brings chicken-free chicken to Coles as demand for plant-based meat soars

New Zealand plant-based meat maker Sunfed Meats rolls out its chicken-free chicken in Australian Coles stores. The profile recalls its Blackbird-led Series A and notes US peers' funding and listing.

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Katy Perry, Jay-Z and Serena Williams take a bite of Impossible Burger in $300 million investment round

Plant-based food company Impossible Foods has closed a Series E round led by Temasek and Horizon Ventures, with several celebrities also investing, to fund growth and production capacity.

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