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AgFunderNews reports on the evolution of the global food and agriculture system. By going beyond the headlines, we analyze the people, companies and technologies aiming to improve human and planetary health. Publishing daily news, our team of award-winning journalists delivers deeper and multimedia insight on the growing foodtech, agtech and climate tech industries to millions of readers each year.

By backing constraints instead of applications, AgFunder is betting on frontier and deeptech earlier than it may typical...
09/18/2026

By backing constraints instead of applications, AgFunder is betting on frontier and deeptech earlier than it may typically appear in agrifood, at better prices, and in companies that serve multiple downstream markets, making its survival more likely. And it puts us in the deal early enough to make agrifood a target market sooner rather than later, and not an afterthought...



AgFunder invests in companies that solve universal constraints โ€” and arenโ€™t reliant on a single market to succeed.

Don't let the $16.2 billion top-line fool you: the real story in agrifoodtech is a capital rotation toward upstream solu...
03/18/2026

Don't let the $16.2 billion top-line fool you: the real story in agrifoodtech is a capital rotation toward upstream solutions and climate tech.

Generalist investors have left the building, making way for patient, technical capital that just drove deeptech deals to a 10-year high.

Download our FREE 2026 AgriFoodTech Investment Report โžก๏ธ https://agfunder.com/research/agfunder-global-agrifoodtech-investment-report-2026/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=social%20media&utm_campaign=promotion&utm_content=download%20our%20free%20agrifoodtech%20investment%20report



https://agfundernews.com/agrifoodtech-funding-is-flat-the-interesting-part-is-where-it-isnt

Agrifoodtech is not going to produce a banner funding year in 2026, but the composition of capital continues to shift in ways that matter.

Global agrifoodtech is undergoing a capital rotation: while total funding holds at $16.2 billion, upstream technologies ...
03/18/2026

Global agrifoodtech is undergoing a capital rotation: while total funding holds at $16.2 billion, upstream technologies and climate tech are seeing a resurgence as investors ditch growth-at-all-costs for deeptech fundamentals...

๐Ÿ“ฉ Dig deeper: Our 2026 AgriFoodTech Investment Report is ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐——๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—”๐—— ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช โžก๏ธ https://agfunder.com/research/agfunder-global-agrifoodtech-investment-report-2026/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=social%20media&utm_campaign=promotion&utm_content=download%20our%20free%20agrifoodtech%20investment%20report


๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ...๐Ÿ„ Methane pill breakthrough. Ruminant Biotech secures funding to ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ with a slow-release ...
11/28/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ...
๐Ÿ„ Methane pill breakthrough. Ruminant Biotech secures funding to ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ with a slow-release bolus.

โ™ป๏ธ ROC fight. Why the food system needs ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป to beat greenwashing.

๐Ÿฆ  Microbes scale. Pivot Bio eyes a 50% cut in fertilizer use via ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป.

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜…. How founders are navigating the "horrible" investment landscape.

โ„น๏ธ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: https://agfunder.kit.com/posts/regenerative-organic-certification-founder-investor-misalignment-cracking-the-livestock-methane-reduction-code-microbial-nitrogen-traction?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=promotion&utm_content=read

AgFunderNews reports on the evolution of the global food and agriculture system. By going beyond the headlines, we analyze the people, companies and technologies aiming to improve human and planetary health. Publishing daily, our team of award-winning journalists delivers deeper insight on the growi...

๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž... ๐Ÿงˆ Insolvent Miyoko's Creamery has a new owner, but the founder says she ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ. ...
11/21/2025

๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž... ๐Ÿงˆ Insolvent Miyoko's Creamery has a new owner, but the founder says she ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ. ๐ŸŒฑ Plus, are corporates ditching ESG goals, or just reframing them around climate resilience?

๐—”๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ...

๐Ÿšœ Engines are go: Tractor Junction nets $26m to give India's farmers access to used vehicles with affordable loans.

๐Ÿ“ Rise of the machines: DailyRobotics enters the strawberry harvesting race with a 'bot that can pick ๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฏ๐˜… ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€.

๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Space race: The future of sustainable farming isn't on the ground, it's in ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„-๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜, says Planet.

๐Ÿฅ› Dairy + plants: Is '๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜†' a win-win for consumers and retailers... or a solution in search of a problem?

๐Ÿ‘ฐ ...and finally, congratulations to our global agtech editor Jennifer Marston, who is off this week after ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: https://agfunder.kit.com/posts/reframing-net-zero-miyoko-s-new-owner-tractor-junction-bags-26m-dailyrobotics-enters-strawberry-harvesting-race-inside-tate-lyle-s-open-innovation-playbook?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=promotion&utm_content=read

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž: https://agfundernews.com/newsletter?utm_source=AgFunder%20News&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Promotion&utm_content=read%20more

11/16/2025

๐Ÿ’ก ๐†๐‹๐-๐Ÿ & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง: ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค? The GLP-1 trend is fueling a ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง as patients worry about muscle loss. But packing more protein into drinks might not be enough.

๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐†๐‹๐-๐Ÿ ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž (Dr. Ryan Kane, Tufts University)
Protein Alone โ‰  Muscle: Consuming high protein without resistance exercise won't necessarily build muscle; the excess may be stored as fat.

๐Ÿฅฉ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ: The food industry is capitalising on protein as the 'hot nutrient,' but resistance activity is the real key to muscle and bone health.

๐Ÿ“ˆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ: Americans already get enough protein. The actual nutritional gaps are fiber, minimally processed foods, fruits/vegetables, and healthy fats.

โ• ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ž: Fitness is a prerequisite for protein effectiveness on a weight loss journey.

๐Ÿ“บ ๐†๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ: https://agfundernews.com/tufts-md-on-glp-1-and-the-protein-obsession-i-worry-we-might-be-missing-the-mark?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=promotion&utm_content=watch

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๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š... ๐Ÿฅ› Alt dairy bidding war: Miyoko Schinner did not win her bid to reclaim the brand she built. However, the w...
11/14/2025

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š... ๐Ÿฅ› Alt dairy bidding war: Miyoko Schinner did not win her bid to reclaim the brand she built. However, the winning bidder may face challenges as it will own the trademark but not the license to use the founder's name or image...

๐€๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ:

๐Ÿ” Meati is โ€œpoised for growth" insists new owner
Beyond Meat has "๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ" despite grim Q3.

๐Ÿค– 'Human-centeredโ€™ AI is top of mind for foodora, says Jennifer Marston.

๐Ÿšœ Japan's ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , reveals Louisa Burwood-Taylor.

๐Ÿฅ› Do the economics of recombinant dairy stack up? Elaine Watson asks Remilk.

๐Ÿ’ช ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž: Rapid weight loss is frequently accompanied by loss of lean muscle mass. But ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐†๐‹๐-๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค? Elaine quizzed an expert panel.

๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: https://agfunder.kit.com/posts/bidding-war-for-miyoko-s-meati-now-debt-free-japan-s-agrifoodtech-scene-glp-1-and-our-protein-obsession-david-protein-battle-heats-up?utm_source=AgFunder%20News&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Promotion&utm_content=read%20more

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž: https://agfundernews.com/newsletter?utm_source=AgFunder%20News&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Promotion&utm_content=read%20more

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๐Ÿ“ˆ Despite a grim Q3 (-13.3% sales, $110.7M net loss), Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown has announced a fundamental strategic ...
11/12/2025

๐Ÿ“ˆ Despite a grim Q3 (-13.3% sales, $110.7M net loss), Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown has announced a fundamental strategic reset.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Beyond Meat is moving from a 'turnaround phase' to becoming an aggressive "global protein company for tomorrow".

๐Ÿ“Œ Balance Sheet Reset: ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ to reduce financial burden.
๐Ÿ“Œ Strategic Shift: Moving from 'Beyond Meat' to just ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ to "broaden the aperture" of the business.
๐Ÿ“Œ New Plan: Recalibrate production, ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, and aggressively leverage R&D for new products.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ What they're saying: "๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐".

โžก๏ธ ๐†๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ: https://agfundernews.com/beyond-meat-ceo-says-plenty-of-fight-left-in-us-after-grim-q3-unveils-plan-to-build-a-global-protein-company-for-tomorrow?utm_source=AgFunder%20News&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Promotion&utm_content=read%20more

Alt meat co Beyond Meat continues to recalibrate production capacity to match weaker demand, says CEO Ethan Brown.

Calling all agrifood visionaries, disruptors, dreamers and darers looking to shape a sustainable future and build a thri...
10/23/2025

Calling all agrifood visionaries, disruptors, dreamers and darers looking to shape a sustainable future and build a thriving world through the power of collaboration - apply for Zespri International's US$2M Zag Innovation Fund.

Zespri has identified four focus areas that sit close to their purpose and
invites startups, social enterprises, companies, universities and research institutes to explore the challenges and identify areas that they can effectively collaborate on:

๐Ÿˆ Industry & community resilience solutions
๐Ÿˆ Emissions reduction, water management & sustainable packaging solutions
๐Ÿˆ Crop yield, quality & resilience solutions
๐Ÿˆ Healthy lifestyle solutions

Find out more and apply โžก๏ธ https://www.zespri.com/en-NZ/zagfund

AgFunder Principal Sofรญa Ramรญrez will take the stage at IPEM Paris on September 25 at 3pm to talk about the next decade ...
09/14/2025

AgFunder Principal Sofรญa Ramรญrez will take the stage at IPEM Paris on September 25 at 3pm to talk about the next decade of scaling climate opportunities in private markets. Sofia will share insights on key drivers, challenges, and enablers shaping the future of climate investing.

Register โžก๏ธ https://www.ipem-market.com/paris-2025/participate/

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