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The Week in AgriFoodTech: URB-E pivots to last-mile delivery, GoodBytz bags $12m, a new fund for regen ag

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: raises for Overstory, FarmInsect, GoodBytz and others; Ever.Ag buys Austin Data Labs; grants for Wadhwani AI and Notpla; SLM and Impact Ag roll out a carbon fund; URB-E rebrands.

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Beyond net zero: Ex Patagonia boss leads push into “regenerative” technologies

New VC firm ReGen Ventures, with ex-Patagonia chief Rose Marcario and other cleantech figures, has committed $20 million toward a $50 million fund targeting regenerative technologies.

Byron Bay VC ReGen Ventures raises $67 million to back tech startups that help heal the planet

Climate-focused VC ReGen Ventures, based in Byron Bay, has completed a US$20 million first close toward its US$50 million debut fund and added ex-Patagonia chief Rose Marcario as partner to back regenerative technology startups.

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Carbon software agtech Regrow raises $23.5 million series A

Regrow secured a US$17 million Series A led by Ajax Strategies, Tenacious Ventures and Cargill to scale its carbon measurement platform for agri-food supply chains, having earlier acquired soil analysis firm Dagan.

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Investment Notes: Regrow

Tenacious Ventures' investment note explains its backing of Regrow's US$17 million Series A alongside Cargill, covering Regrow's agricultural MRV technology, its FluroSense platform, and its formation from the FluroSat-Dagan merger.

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Tenacious Ventures closes first agrifood tech fund, oversubscribed at $35m

Tenacious Ventures closed its debut agrifood tech fund oversubscribed at A$35 million, after a March 2020 first close of just over $20 million backed by the CEFC's Clean Energy Innovation Fund and Grok Ventures.

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The Nature Conservancy invests in 5 soil health startups

US nonprofit The Nature Conservancy has taken undisclosed stakes in five soil-health startups through iSelect's fund. The piece also recaps earlier raises by Growers Edge, PatternAg, Stony Creek Colors, SwarmFarm and Kula Bio.

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