🍫 $75,000,000 for a protein bar startup

🐶 Fresh pet food startup Butternut Box raised over €75 million in debt financing from Liquidity to support the development of a second manufacturing facility in Poland, as it expands its mission to deliver freshly prepared, human-quality meals to pets across Europe.

🍫 Protein bar brand David secured $75 million in a Series A funding round led by Greenoaks to fund its rapid growth and acquire Epogee, maker of low-calorie plant-based fat alternative EPG, thus securing a key ingredient for its high-protein, low-fat products.

🇮🇳 Farmley, a fast-growing healthy snacking brand based in India, raised $42 million in a Series C funding round led by L Catterton to expand its presence in the country’s booming dried fruits and nuts market.

💰Nordic Foodtech VC announced the first close of its second fund at €40 million. It will use the funds to back early-stage B2B agrifoodtech startups across Europe, focusing on scalable, commercially viable technologies, especially in precision fermentation and biomanufacturing.

🦟 Finnish biotech firm Volare secured €26 million to build its Volare 01 insect protein plant and scale its zero-waste technology that upcycles food industry byproducts into sustainable protein, oil, and fertiliser.

🇪🇸 Spanish startup Heura Foods secured a €20 million loan from the European Investment Bank to expand beyond plant-based meat into new product categories, as it targets profitability by the end of this year.

💵 Australian dining app EatClub raised $18.2 million in a Series A funding round led by Co:Act to fuel its UK expansion. It offers real-time restaurant discounts to nearby diners while helping venues fill empty tables and boost demand.

🇨🇦 Protein Industries Canada received $15 million from the Government of Canada to boost agrifood innovation through genomics-driven crop breeding and AI-powered efficiencies across the food production value chain.

🍳 Israeli food tech Beyond Oil raised CAD 10.64 million to accelerate its global expansion and product distribution, with a focus on improving the quality and sustainability of fried food by extending the lifespan of frying oil.

🇫🇮 Finnish foodtech company Foodiq secured €10 million to scale its patented Multi-Layer Cooker technology, designed to offer food producers a flexible, sustainable platform for creating clean-label, additive-free products—especially in the dairy and plant-based sectors.

🐾 Munich-based startup Vegdog, Germany’s first developer of a fully vegan, gluten-free dog food range, raised €9 million to expand internationally and launch Vegcat, a new vegan food line for cats.

🛒 Berlin-based Freshflow raised €6.5 million to expand its AI-powered, waste-reducing fresh food supply chain ordering platform into new categories and markets after strong commercial traction, including partnerships with major retailers.

🍽️ Wada FoodTech secured $5 million Pre-A3 funding to scale its patented hot-chain foodservice platform globally, enabling rapid, decentralised delivery of hot bentos via vending machines while helping restaurants cut costs and expand without new storefronts.

💲AI-powered agronomic advisory platform FarmQA closed its seed funding round with $4 million. It will use the funds to expand its platform with new AI tools, scale operations, and pursue acquisitions, building on its rapid growth to 37 million acres under management.

🌾 ClearLeaf secured $3.5 million seed funding to expand global access to its non-toxic crop protection solutions like GotaBlanca, designed to support regenerative agriculture and enhance plant health without harming farmers, consumers, or biodiversity.

🦠 Queensland-based Bovotica raised $3.4 million seed funding to commercialise a microbiome-targeting feed supplement and oral drench that aim to cut cattle methane emissions by up to 50% while boosting meat and milk production efficiency.

🏭 Millow, based in Sweden, is repurposing a former Lego factory to scale production of its oat and mycelium protein, supported by a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council.

🇸🇪 Swedish agrifood giant Lantmännen acquired a 10% stake in pea milk maker Sproud as part of a $2.2 million funding round, supporting the fast-growing startup’s expansion and aligning with Lantmännen’s broader push into pea protein.

🇪🇸 Voltrac, based in Valencia raised €2 million to launch its autonomous electric tractor platform, which has a software-first, drivetrain-free design and reinforcement learning for adaptability to new crops, climates, and terrains.

🍄 Oslo-based NoMy raised €1.25 million, including backing from Nippon Beet Sugar, to scale its sustainable mycoprotein fermentation technology, which transforms food industry side streams into high-value protein ingredients.

🐟 Revo Foods launched a crowdfunding campaign on FunderNation—raising €1.2 million so far—to support the scaling of its 3D-printed, mycoprotein-based seafood alternatives and expand its reach in the plant-based protein market.

🚀 The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded $1.2 million in Phase I grants to 24 projects under its AI Grand Challenge for Climate and Nature, including Cornell University and Wageningen University, to explore AI-driven solutions in areas like sustainable proteins, biodiversity conservation, and power grid optimisation.

☕️ Paris-based CHERICO raised €1 million to expand its chicory-based hot drink brand across France and internationally, offering a sustainable, caffeine-free alternative to coffee.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland has launched its first open-access 300-liter fermenter at Heriot-Watt University’s FlexBIO facility, significantly expanding scale-up support for early-stage biotech companies thanks to an £847,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise.

🌾 Calgary-based agtech startup Brilliant Harvest secured a $500,000 investment from SVG Ventures’ Pioneer Fund to scale its AI-powered solutions that enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability by optimising crop management.

🇨🇦 The Canadian Food Innovation Network awarded nearly $50,000 to five student-led ventures through its NextGen Food Innovators program, supporting early-stage food technologies that tackle challenges like safety, waste, and sustainability in the country’s food sector.

🇹🇭 Bangkok-based Muu secured strategic investment from VCs and a Japanese food conglomerate to scale its precision-fermented, animal-free dairy proteins and accelerate market entry in Asia’s growing alt-protein sector.

🧫 Opo Bio, based in New Zealand, secured funding from Epic Angels and others to expand its R&D and business development. It specialises in scalable cell line manufacturing for cultivated meat and related sectors.

🍰 Singapore-based plant-based dessert brand Kind Kones also secured funding from Epic Angels and other investors to expand across Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with a focus on launching stores in Dubai.

💰 Mondelez International has expanded its Sustainable Futures platform with new investments in regenerative agriculture (eAgronom), inclusive financing (ZIRO), and circular packaging (Pack2Earth), as part of its broader sustainability and growth strategy.