NEW TECH FOODS

EIT Food has awarded a total of €600,000 in Tech Validation Funding to 18 start-ups across Europe, supporting early-stage AgriFoodTech innovators in validating their technologies and preparing for market entry.

StartLife and EIT Food have announced a strategic partnership aimed at supporting early-stage agrifood start-ups across Europe.

Ecorobotix has raised a total of $150 million across its recent Series C and D funding rounds to accelerate the global rollout of its AI-powered Ultra-High Precision (UHP) spraying technology.

UK agritech firm Straw Innovations has launched a rice farming machine designed to boost yields, cut emissions and strengthen food security in Asia.

DSM-Firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health has entered a strategic partnership with FarmTrace, a global farm connection and analytics platform, to simplify the way environmental data is collected and processed on farms.

US climate tech company Nitricity has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round to accelerate production of its organic nitrogen fertilizer and expand operations into Europe.

The CRAFT Consortium has begun designing what it says will be the world’s first cultivated meat farm, aiming to integrate the technology directly into working farms.

Miranda Stahn, New Harvest’s programme manager for Western Canada, and Yadira Tejeda Saldana, the organisation’s Canadian director of responsible research and innovation, explain how CAPE plans to help farmers create new income streams, make better use of agricultural sidestreams and build a strong, sustainable food innovation hub in the Prairies.