🧬 Series B for Protein Discovery Marketplace

💰 Capagro Fund II secured over €115 million in commitments, boosted by a major investment from Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale’s Environmental and Solidarity Revolution Fund, to support innovative, impact-driven agrifood startups across Europe.

🌾 Berlin-based regenerative agriculture startup Klim raised $22 million Series A funding, marking Germany’s largest Series A round in AgriTech this year. It will use the funds to expand its digital platform, which has so far helped over 3,500 farmers transition to sustainable practices, improve soil health, and reduce emissions, with clients including Nestlé and Kaufland.

🔍 AI-powered startup Shiru secured $16 million in a Series B funding round, led by S2G Ventures, to expand its protein discovery marketplace and ingredient portfolio, bringing its total funding to $36 million.

🪰 French insect ag firm Innovafeed received a grant of $11.8 million from the USDA to build a facility in Illinois producing sustainable fertiliser from black soldier fly larvae manure, aiming to improve soil health with nutrient-rich, slow-release insect frass.

💨 Danish startup NitroVolt raised €3.5 million to further develop its "Nitrolyzer" system, which produces green ammonia directly on farms using air, water, and renewable electricity, offering a carbon-free alternative to traditional ammonia production and reducing supply chain emissions and disruptions.

🦠 Ghent-based Zymofix raised €2 million from investors including HTGF, The Nest Family Office, and VP Capital to scale its solid-state fermentation technology, which converts biomass residues into cost-effective microorganisms aimed at enhancing soil health and crop productivity in a sustainable way.

🇫🇮 Happy Plant Protein, a spinout of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, raised €1.8 million pre-seed funding to advance its patented, low-cost, energy-efficient plant protein production technology, designed to enable local manufacturers to produce high-quality plant proteins without costly infrastructure, import reliance, or regulatory hurdles.

🥤 British wellness drink brand G Spot, founded by actress Gillian Anderson, secured strategic investment from Heineken to expand nationwide distribution and brand presence for its adaptogen and nootropic-infused soft drinks.

🎨 Israeli startup Phytolon secured an undisclosed investment from Rich Products Ventures, the corporate venture arm of food giant Rich Products Corporation, to advance its natural food colors produced via precision fermentation, with Rich Products exploring the use of these colors in its products, pending regulatory approvals.

🥜 Peanut butter brand One Trick Pony raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding, in a round led by the Collaborative Fund and supported by founders of Magic Spoon, immi, and Sweetgreen, to scale production and expand its operations.