Finally Foods—a molecular farming startup producing dairy proteins in potatoes—is gearing up for its first field trial in southern Israel next week, less than a year after launch. “One of the key ...

US-based 80 Acres Farms has raised an additional $115 million, bringing its total funding to more than $370 million; the company will also focus on plant genetics for indoor agriculture with the ...

MeliBio, a California-based startup developing honey without bees, says it is on course to reach profitability by the year end as it ramps up sales in the US market. “In 2024 we went from 10 stores to ...

ProFuse Technology—an Israeli startup best-known for media supplements that increase the speed and efficiency of muscle tissue formation in cultivated meat—has launched a high throughput screening ...

If 2024 was a year of market corrections and recalibration, 2025 could be a year of “chaos,” “uncertainty” and “short-term decision making,” predict agrifoodtech investors quizzed by AgFunderNews at ...

College students from Tulane University and Louisiana State University plan to save literal truckloads of food this Super Bowl Sunday in New Orleans via their work with nonprofit the Food Recovery ...

Edacious—a startup developing a rapid testing and data insights platform to measure and map nutrient density in whole foods from meat and milk to fresh produce—has closed an $8.1 million seed round ...

This week, Norwegian vertical farming startup Avisomo secured $5.2 million, Belgian sustainable crop protection startup BiocSol snapped up $4.6 million, and US-based PlantBaby raised $4 million for ...

Canada’s foodtech sector needs “a larger and more engaged” investor base in order to live up to its untapped potential, argues a new report from the Canadian Food Innovation Network: Foodtech in ...

Attempts to undermine consumer confidence in seed oils—which Trump cabinet pick RFK Jr says are “poisoning” Americans—could seriously damage US soybean farmers, who are already “deeply concerned” ...

Modern Synthesis—a London-based startup developing biomaterials for high-end fashion brands—has closed a $5.5 million round led by Extantia Capital. Founded by ex-Adidas designer Jen Keane (CEO) and ...

Farmers Business Network (FBN) has launched a pilot, the Regenerative Agriculture Financing (RAF) Land Loan program, to reward farmers financially for implementing regenerative agriculture practices.