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Peter Rosholm-owned Pictor Biotech, plans to retain Solar Biotech 's US staff and invest a “substantial” sum to expand capacity... #biomanufacturing #microbialfermentation #syntheticbiology #synbio #precisionfermentation #fermentation #foodtech #PictorBiotech Noblegen Inc | Ken Yager | Alex Berlin ?

SOLASTA Bio’s bioinsecticide products are based on naturally occurring peptides, an approach that a handful of companies now use to develop crop protection products... #agbiotech #biopesticides #cropprotection #biologicals #peptides #bioinsecticide #cropyields #USA

Brazil is already a leader in some areas of agtech, and something of a global superpower when it comes to no-till farming, but has much work to do around curbing deforestation and addressing the impacts of industrial agriculture, according to a new report by Atlantic Council... #regenerativeagriculture #foodsecurity #foodsystem #biologicals #cropbiologicals #agriculture #food #crops #notillfarming #agtech #foodbowl

Ceres Greenhouse Solutions is enabling commercial growers and researchers to tap into the cutting edge of agricultural innovation, designing controlled environment greenhouse facilities that maximise operational precision and yields while using less energy... #greenhouse #controlledenvironmentagriculture #seeds #specialtycrops #cropresearch #biologicaltesting #nutraceuticaltesting #agresearch #agriculturalresearch #growers #agriculture #sponsoredpost

Motif FoodWorks, which raised a staggering?$226 million series B round?in 2021 when money was cheap and interest in alternative proteins was sky-high, has since struggled to navigate a challenging sales and investment environment... #altdairy #alternativeprotein #foodtech #meatalternatives #precisionfermentation #protein #syntheticbiology #synbio #heme #hemeprotein

In agrifoodtech news this week... ?????Biotec startup Cellva Ingredients raises $1.5M ?????Plant-based cheesemaker Climax Foods secures bridge funding, plans restructuring ?????Lab-Grown cotton startup GALY closes $33M Series B round led by Bill Gates ?????Trill Impact Ventures leads Soil Capital’s EUR 15m Series B financing round ?????CeresAI closes Series D funding ?????Belgium-based Ventory raises €1.75 million to revolutionise field inventory management ?????Matt Crisp joins Alpine Bio board ?????Impossible Foods and Motif FoodWorks bury the legal hatchet in IP dispute ?? Read The Week In AgriFoodTech ? https://lnkd.in/guhbh6E2 ? Subscribe to get The Week In AgriFoodTech in your inbox ? https://lnkd.in/gazfFNTV

Around two dozen people in the US are killed each year in grain entrapment incidents. Inspired by the movie Silo, about a teenager trapped in a grain silo, Chad Johnson and the team at Grain Weevil, are committed to their mission: ‘no boots in the grain’. #automation #farmrobotics #robotics #grain #mechanization #farmequipment #rowcrops #MidWest #USA

British ag biotech company Legume Technologies is leveraging microbial biofertilizers - proven to increase crop yield - to address the causes of soil health degeneration including acidification due to over-dependence on chemical nitrogen inputs like DAP, CAN and urea. #biologicalnitrogenfixers #bfns #cropprotection #biologicalinputs #biologicals #agbiotech #Africa?

The global dairy sector saw slower revenue growth in 2023 but could undergo a major shift thanks to upcoming M&A activity, with sustainability targets a big driver for these deals and others according to the RaboResearch Global Dairy Top 20 report. #corporatesustainability #dairy #manda #sustainability #sustainabledairy #RaboResearch

In agrifoodtech news this week... ?????ZBiotics raises $12m Series A for its ‘proudly GMO’ probiotics targeting gut health, hangovers and more ?????Plant-based seafood co New School Foods lands additional funding from IKEA & others ahead of commercial launch ?????US Defense Department backs The Better Meat Co. with $1.4m for advanced biotech development ?????London-based Sunswap secures over €20 million aiming to decarbonise cold chain logistics ?????Deere leads HabiTerre’s $10m Series A first close to build ‘the global standard’ for sustainability metrics ?????Agtech startup Inform Ag harvests $7 million after 12 years of bootstrapping ?????Nordic SeaFarm gains €2.1 million backing from EIT InnoEnergy and Inter IKEA Group to advance seaweed-based solutions and R&D ?????Miyoko Schinner joins University of California, Berkeley’s Plant Futures Challenge Lab as co-instructor ?? Read The Week In AgriFoodTech ? https://lnkd.in/gUiTscqF ? Subscribe to get The Week In AgriFoodTech in your inbox ? https://lnkd.in/gazfFNTV