News and Analysis on Global Agri-Tech Innovation, Investment and Regulation
Oxford spinout Wild Bioscience has raised £45m in new funding and expanded its operations as it accelerates its route to market for its first improved crop varieties, starting with precision‑bred wheat designed to withstand climate volatility
With £3 million in new funding secured, UK-based Fieldwork Robotics says it is entering the most critical phase in its development: moving autonomous raspberry harvesting out of controlled trials and into growers’ core operations, where cost, uptime and...
French agtech Agriodor has raised €15m to scale a novel class of crop protection products that use the natural scents emitted by plants to attract, repel or disrupt insect pests – offering a potential alternative to conventional insecticides at a time of...
Olam Group is to divest its IT and digital services business Mindsprint, which serves multiple clients across the food and agri-sectors, to technology services and consulting company Wipro for US$375 million.
New grants aim to raise farmer incomes, strengthen producer organisations and build resilience to climate and economic shocks
South Korea will inject KRW40bn (U$26.75m) over two years to push artificial intelligence solutions out of the lab and into real‑world as part of a national move to build a globally competitive marine and fisheries industry.
Deep Science Ventures and Renaissance Philanthropy unveil a new venture creation project aimed at building a generation of field‑ready crop‑resilience technologies backed not by traditional VC capital, but by high‑ambition philanthropic funding willing...
With greenhouse labour availability collapsing across Europe, Eternal.ag says its AI‑driven Harvester can keep production running 22 hours a day
New Zealand’s AI-enabled livestock tech unicorn hits US$2bn valuation and prepares for major UK, Ireland and South America launch
Investor profile
The world’s only wine‑focused tech investment fund says vineyards are facing agricultural challenges sooner – and more severely – than other sectors. Xinomavro Ventures believes that makes them the ideal proving ground for new ag innovations
Paris-Berkeley-based start-up unveils BOTANIC, an open‑weight genomic transformer trained on 43 plant species, and says its approach could cut years from the seed development cycle
VP PJ Amini says the updated Ag Playbook 2.0 framework is meant to equip founders, not deter them, with clearer data on timelines, costs and development hurdles
UK agri‑biotech Tropic has closed an oversubscribed $105m Series C, the biggest raise yet for a gene‑edited tropical crops company, as investors double down on CRISPR‑enabled tools to boost yield, fight disease and strengthen climate resilience across...
Paris‑based start-up Amatera has raised €6 million to accelerate its high‑throughput, cell‑level breeding platform, aiming to slash the time and cost of developing climate‑resilient crop varieties
UK spinout says its organelle‑engineering platform could unlock traits not possible to achieve with nuclear genome editing, as investors back new crop development programmes across Europe and North America
UK start‑up claims competitive edge in race for sustainable crop protection as it accelerates gene‑edited traits for soy, corn, wheat, potato, tomato, spinach – and soon cotton and canola
Wine Australia is reforming innovation funding by combining government matching, private investment and strategic partnerships to strengthen the sector’s competitiveness, sustainability, and long-term resilience.
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Japan’s Nihon Agri has raised JPY1.3bn (US$8.26m) to optimise its value chain as it scales its business for future growth.
University of Oxford spinout expects precision‑bred wheat to reach UK farms within around five years, following the launch of a new consortium with seed giant KWS and Dyson Farming, the UK’s largest commercial farming operation
SP Ventures is attracting global investors into its third fund – a tough fund for venture capitalists
Divestment to CVC highlights how volatility is reshaping capital allocation in animal nutrition, while specialist investors continue to see upside in value‑add animal health plays
Millennial Potash Corp. has secured $18.3 million in fresh funding to accelerate development of its Banio Potash Project in Gabon, as investors increasingly seek exposure to new fertiliser supply sources amid ongoing geopolitical shocks
DEFRA and Innovate UK target methane‑cutting feed, climate‑smart crops, biochar fertilisers and advanced waste-to-energy solutions across 15 projects
Heritable Agriculture, the AI-powered crop improvement start‑up spun out of Google X, has secured a $4.98 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance climate‑resilient crops for smallholder farmers across Africa and other low- and...
Agtech startups in emerging markets are developing along divergent paths as funding differences determine which solutions attract capital and achieve viable exits.
BASF started 2026 by scooping up a biological insect control company, as the chemical giant prepares to spin-off a portion of its agriculture business in 2027
UK ag-biotech Wild Bioscience and US-based The Traits Company announce a strategic collaboration to fast-track differentiated soybean varieties – validating demand for Wild Bio’s AI-powered trait design platform
Superorganism is on a mission to address biodiversity loss with a portfolio of technology companies tackling the drivers of biodiversity loss
The UK-based herbicide innovator has joined forces with Certis Belchim to co-develop next-generation Moa Amplifier™ solutions, reinforcing growing industry demand for next-gen crop protection technologies
An agtech funding renaissance did not materialize in 2025, but venture capitalists are hopeful a new floor is firmly established this year, with AI and robotics leading the sector to its next growth stage
COP30 was a major branding event for Brazil’s sustainable ag sector, fueling investor interest in regen ag, AI, and digital farming
German chemical company to sharpen focus on vitamins and carotenoids
French start-up Agreenculture has raised €6 million to industrialise its certified, retrofit autonomy kit for tractors and implements. By emphasising quick payback and a simple integration path for OEMs, the company says it can turn autonomy from a...
Chile’s past with ecological disasters is spurring interest in sustainable aquaculture and the use of technology — like Oxzo — to secure the country’s food system
Australian agricultural R&D funding is seeing more funding from the private sector as government pulls back investments, says new report.
The flight to quality continues in agtech, as interest in robotics picks up fueled by general interest in AI and automation
Proveye wins European Space Agency funding to deploy ProvVari – a precision fertiliser platform designed to cut costs, boost yields, and curb emissions across Europe’s pasture-based dairy and beef systems
Scottish biotech Rhizocore Technologies is using tailored fungal networks to boost tree survival and growth. With fresh funding, the company plans to scale production and expand into North America’s vast forestry market
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The Gates Foundation was one of many organizations making large commitments to support farmers and the agrifood system at COP30
After a tumultuous 12 months, French ag robotics pioneer Naïo Technologies is charting a gradual reintroduction to the market as it adapts to the ongoing crisis in wine production
Ginkgo Bioworks and Bayer have extended their multi-year partnership to develop microbial nitrogen fixation technology that could reduce reliance on synthetic fertilisers
Backed by strategic investors including Enza Zaden and Harvest House, Netherlands-based Source.ag’s latest funding round highlights demand for AI tools that deliver measurable, daily value to greenhouse operators
Newly announced Alternate Futures Innovation Centre aims to connect ideas and technologies to address complex challenges that are too often tackled in isolation.
Swedish start-up Arevo hopes to launch in Brazil in 2027 thanks to a €7.3 million funding round to expand its arginine-powered fertiliser and launch into global markets
New financing model aims to catalyze $200M in private sector lending across five African nations
Agtonomy is expanding into new markets and geographies with the support of a Series B round and a disciplined capital approach
Asia Pacific’s agrifood sector is at a critical juncture as investors streamline priorities to focus on food security, supply chain stability, climate resilience, and adaptation
€10bn unit to gain autonomy as BASF reshapes its agribusiness strategy under “Winning Ways”
The Reservoir continues its venture capital (VC) discipline with a new fund targeted at early-stage agtech start-ups