One of the biggest funding rounds this week went to Lithuanian agrifinance platform HeavyFinance, while Bezos Earth Fund announced a $60 million commitment to improve alt protein. Meanwhile, Impossible Foods unveiled a brand refresh this week with bolder packaging aimed squarely at meat eaters.
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Serenity Kids Closes $52m in Series B Funding FinSMEs
Tierra Biosciences raises $11.4m series A to expand designer protein-to-order platform AgFunderNews
Burcon closes over-subscribed $4.3 million non-brokered private placement to accelerate commercial plans Yahoo Finance
KAS announces $3M funding round to expand astaxanthin production Nutraceutical Business Review
Malaysia-based coffee chain Koppiku brews up $2.5m in funding Startup News
Dutch startup 1-2-Taste closes seed round, aims to simplify ingredient sourcing for F&B companies Silicon Canals
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Lithuania-based HeavyFinance closes €50M fund to decarbonise agriculture Tech Funding News
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Compeer Financial® partners with Bushel® to improve digital experience for ag lending Bushel
Cultivated meat consolidation begins as UMAMI Bioworks to merge with Shiok Meats AgFunderNews
AgEye announces acquisition of HYVE Vertical Farm Daily
iYOTAH Solutions partners with The Dairy Brain to lead a new era of innovation iYOTAH
Wynshop acquires grocery personalization specialist Halla Grocery Dive
Treasure8 and Suja Life forge partnership to deliver organic sidestream technology FoodBev Media
Funds, grants & accelerators
Ireland Announces €9M Funding Initiative to Develop an All-Island Bioeconomy Vegconomist
People moves
EcoCeres latest news: welcomes Matti Lievonen as executive chairman iGrow News
Bon Vivant welcomes Antoine Baule as its new chairman LinkedIn
Liberation Labs taps biotech biomanufacturing veteran Rhys Dale to assist with development & operations of flagship facility Global Newswire
Gelita installs new CEO Gelita
New, “meatier” packaging for alt-meat. Image credit: Impossible Foods Other news
Impossible Foods has always claimed to bleed red, now its label will Food Dive
Danone discontinues 2 plant-based milk options under its Silk and So Delicious brands Food Dive
With $1bn in farm operating lines, FBN sees ‘a greater need for financing’ on the near horizon AgFunderNews
Swiss startup Planted rolls out ‘first of its kind’ fermented plant-based steak AgFunder News
Deere to lay off 150 workers at Iowa plant Agriculture Dive
M2 Ingredients expands with novel cultivation and processing facility Nutraceutical Business Review
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