💵 First 11 Fundraises of 2026

🇮🇳 Indian agritech company Arya.ag raised $81 million in an all-equity Series D round led by GEF Capital Partners to scale its tech-enabled farm-gate storage and secured lending platform, expand digital and blockchain infrastructure, and support growth toward IPO readiness.

💊 Bactolife, based in Denmark, raised €30 million Series B funding in a round led by Cross Border Impact Ventures and EIFO to clinically validate, scale and launch its precision-fermented gut-health binding proteins in the US, including the debut of its Helm ingredient brand.

🧫 Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat secured €15 million from existing investors including Invest-NL, LIOF, PHW Group and Jitse Groen to extend its runway to 2028, advance regulatory approvals and prepare for market entry, as it brings its hybrid cultivated–plant-based beef burgers to near-commercial pricing after cutting production costs by around 100,000-fold since 2013.

💳 Amsterdam-based Klearly, which is building an in-person, POS-integrated payment platform purpose-built for restaurants, bars and clubs, raised €12 million in a Series A funding round led by PayPal Ventures with participation from Italian Founders Fund and existing investors Global PayTech Ventures, Antler Elevate and Shapers, to accelerate its European expansion.

🐟 California’s BlueNalu raised around $11 million in convertible notes and preferred stock led by Agronomics, Siddhi Capital and Lewis & Clark AgriFood, with participation from strategic partners including Griffith Foods, Pulmuone and Rich Products, to scale production and support the commercialisation of its cultivated bluefin tuna toro for premium US sushi and fine-dining markets pending regulatory approval.

🌾 London-based agtech startup Biographica raised a £7 million seed funding round led by Faber VC to scale its AI-powered platform that identifies high-value gene-editing targets for crop traits, and deepen commercial partnerships across the global seed industry, including a new collaboration with BASF Nunhems.

🇩🇰 Danish industrial biotech EvodiaBio secured €6 million in a funding round led by RA Capital Management’s Planetary Health Fund with participation from Wild Radicals, Francis Family Funds and existing investors including EIFO, Ananke Ventures, Newtree Impact and PINC. It will use the funds to scale its yeast-based fermentation platform for producing sustainable natural aroma compounds.

🍝 US-based clean-label pasta sauce brand Hoboken Farms raised $4 million in a Series A funding round led by brand-loyal investors, to drive nationwide distribution, scale production, and accelerate product innovation as it grows into a national CPG brand.

🍄 Dutch startup The Protein Brewery has been awarded a €2.3 million EU climate grant to commercialise its fungi-derived ingredient Fermotein for dairy alternatives, following an additional €570,000 award from EIT Food to support expansion into health and wellness markets.

🧀 Good Culture secured a majority investment from private equity firm L Catterton to expand production and accelerate growth of its cultured dairy portfolio, including cottage cheese, sour cream and cream cheese.

👩🏻‍🌾 Nebraska-based agtech venture firm Grit Road Partners launched and completed the first close of its second fund, targeting $35 million to make larger seed-stage investments and play a lead role in backing Midwest-focused startups across the agriculture and food value chain.