NEW TECH FOODS

he Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) has launched a funding initiative offering up to $2 million for projects using geospatial technology to tackle global food security and sustainable agriculture challenges.

Norwegian agtech company Saga Robotics has secured $11.2 million in equity funding to expand the commercial rollout of its autonomous agricultural platform, Thorvald, in the UK and US.

OCOchem, a leader in CO2 electrolysis technology, has entered into a new partnership with ADM.

The Better Meat Co (BMC) has secured $31 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to expand its patented mycoprotein fermentation technology to commercial scale.

Corbion has entered a strategic partnership with US biotech company Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS) to develop and commercialise a natural astaxanthin product made from non-GMO heterotrophic algae.

UK-based biostimulant developer SugaROx has raised £1 million in a seed round extension to accelerate field testing of its Trehalose-6-Phosphate (T6P) product.

Cropin has been awarded a €700,000 contract under EIT Food’s Impact Funding Framework to roll out an AI-powered initiative aimed at promoting regenerative potato farming across Europe.

Prefer has raised $4.2 million in an oversubscribed funding round and launched its first commercial products.