| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.08.2026 | Diffraqtion Closes Pre-Seed Funding | Diffraqtion, a Somerville, MA-based provider of quantum camera platforms for defense and space sensing, closed a Pre-Seed funding round bringing total funding to over $10M.
Backers included Lockheed Martin Ventures, Presidio Ventures, SBI U... |
| 11.07.2026 | Hippo Harvest Secures $30M: Robotic Farms Expand Organic Greens | Hippo Harvest secured $30M Series C funding, led by Cox Farms. This capital fuels a major 30-acre expansion at a new Hollister, CA facility. It also advances their proprietary robotic growing systems. The goal: scale USDA-certified organic ... |
| 10.07.2026 | Hippo Harvest Raises $30M to Expand Robotic Greenhouse Farming | Hippo Harvest Raises $30M to Scale Robotic Greenhouse Production
Hippo Harvest has raised $30 million in Series C funding to expand its robotics-powered greenhouse operations and increase production of organic leafy greens. The funding roun... |
| 10.07.2026 | Hippo Harvest Raises $30 Million Series C To Scale Robotic Organic Greenhouses And Launch Indoor‑Grown Spinach | Hippo Harvest, a Pescadero, California–based leafy greens grower using robotics and machine learning–powered greenhouses to produce USDA‑certified organic greens, has closed a $30 million Series C round led by Cox Farms, North America’s lar... |
| 09.07.2026 | Hippo Harvest Pulls In $30M Series C Round |
PESCADERO, CA, Hippo Harvest, a leafy greens grower whose robotics- and machine learning-powered greenhouses produce USDA-certified organic greens, today announced a $30 million Series C funding round.
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| 16.06.2026 | Fuse boss attacks planning rules as a ‘self-imposed bottleneck for growth’ | Alan Chang believes Britain’s energy crisis is largely self-inflicted. The founder of Fuse Energy, the $5bn (£3.72bn) energy supplier and infrastructure developer, argues that the UK already has the ingredients needed to drive investment in... |
| 08.05.2026 | NextLadder Ventures: $1 Billion Initiative Launched To Build Navigation Technology Market | NextLadder Ventures announced leadership appointments and investment priorities for its more than $1 billion initiative focused on building a new market category called Navigation Technology, or NavTech, designed to help Americans navigate ... |
| 24.04.2026 | Era: $11 Million Raised To Build The Intelligence Layer For A New Ecosystem Of AI-Powered Devices | Era, a startup building a platform that enables any device manufacturer, brand, designer, or creator to make intelligent objects with their own distinct style and behavior, has raised $11 million in seed funding and launched publicly. The r... |
| 07.04.2026 | WHOOP attracts Gulf sovereign funds and global athletes in $575 M round | Round Includes Strong Participation from Regional Investors Including 2PointZero Group, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Mubadala Investment Company, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karen Wazen, Highlighting the GCC as a Key Strategic Growth Market
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| 06.04.2026 | Популярный среди спортсменов фитнес-сервис Whoop привлек $575 млн при оценке $10,1 млрд | Компания Whoop, разрабатывающая носимые фитнес-устройства и подписочную платформу для анализа физиологических данных, объявила во вторник о привлечении $575 млн в рамках раунда Series G при оценке $10,1 млрд. Это значительно выше оценки $3,... |
| 01.04.2026 | WHOOP Valuation Soars to $10.1 Billion, Fuels Global AI Health Expansion | WHOOP secured $575 million in Series G funding. Its valuation now hits $10.1 billion. This massive investment fuels ambitious global expansion. Global sports icons and major institutional players backed the round. WHOOP leverages AI for per... |
| 01.04.2026 | WHOOP: $575 Million At $10.1 Billion Valuation Raised For Wearable Health Platform Expansion | WHOOP announced it has raised $575 million in Series G funding at a $10.1 billion valuation, marking a major step forward in its efforts to build a global personalized health platform.
The funding round was led by Collaborative Fund and inc... |
| 31.03.2026 | Whoop Raises $575M in Series G Funding | Whoop, a Boston, MA-based human performance company, raised $575M in Series G funding, at a $10.1 Billion valuation.
The round was led by Collaborative Fund with participation from 2PointZero Group, Qatar Investment Authority, Mubadala Inve... |
| 31.03.2026 | Whoop raises $575 million at a $10 billion valuation on its way to an IPO | Synopsis
Whoop, the maker of popular screenless fitness bands, is now valued at $10.1 billion after raising an additional $575 million, a new milestone on its way to an initial public offering. The Series G round was led by Collaborative Fu... |
| 25.03.2026 | Highlight AI: $40 Million Raised To Build Shared Intelligence Layer For Agentic Work | Highlight AI, an AI software company developing an intelligent operating system for teams and AI agents, announced it has raised $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from 359 Capital, General Ca... |
| 24.03.2026 | Highlight AI Raises $40M in Series A Funding | Highlight AI, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an intelligent operating system for teams and AI agents, raised $40M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from 359 Capital, General Catalyst, Valor... |
| 11.03.2026 | Zendesk announces deal to acquire customer support AI startup Forethought
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| 15.02.2026 | Alva Energy Launches With $33 Million Series A To Unlock 10 GWe Of U.S. Reactor Capacity | Alva Energy launched with $33 million in Series A funding led by Playground Global, positioning itself as a nuclear energy company focused on boosting power output from the existing U.S. reactor fleet to meet rising electricity demand from ... |
| 12.02.2026 | Alva Energy Raises $33M in Funding | Alva Energy, a Cambridge, MA-based nuclear energy company, raised $33M in funding.
The round was led by Playground Global. Other investors included Segra Capital, NGP, Mercator Partners, Alumni Ventures, 8VC, Logos, Simon Holmes à Court, an... |
| 10.02.2026 | YouTube star MrBeast buys youth-focused financial services app Step | Beast Industries acquired Step to expand into youth-focused financial services.
Beast Industries did not disclose the amount it used to acquired Step, which counts major backers such as Stripe.
The deal extended MrBeast’s brand beyond media... |
| 03.02.2026 | Emobi Secures $3.4M: Revolutionizing EV Charging with JustPlug | Emobi, a San Francisco EV charging leader, announced $3.4M in seed funding. This capital fuels the expansion of its revolutionary JustPlug technology. JustPlug provides automated, hardware-free EV charging. It enables seamless "Plug &a... |
| 29.01.2026 | Emobi: $3.4 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale JustPlug And Expand Plug-And-Charge EV Roaming | Emobi announced it has closed a $3.4 million seed round to expand its JustPlug technology and scale its EV charging roaming infrastructure across North America. The company is known as North America’s largest EV charging roaming and JustPlu... |
| 28.01.2026 | Emobi Raises $3.4M in Seed Funding | Emobi, a San Francisco, CA-based EV charging company, raised $3.4M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Florida Funders, with participation from existing investors, including Aves Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Gaingels, Gener8tor, Goodwate... |
| 16.01.2026 | Ammobia Secures $7.5M to Revolutionize Ammonia Production, Drive Decarbonization | Ammobia, a San Francisco innovator, secured $7.5 million in seed funding, elevating total investment to $13.5 million. This capital fuels its transformative "Haber-Bosch 2.0" technology. Ammobia's modular system radically reduces ... |
| 15.01.2026 | Ammobia: $7.5 Million Raised To Scale Low-Cost Ammonia Production Technology Critical To Energy Resilience | Ammobia, a San Francisco-based startup developing modular “Haber-Bosch 2.0” ammonia production plants, has raised a $7.5 million seed round to advance reactor technology it says can materially cut the cost and complexity of ammonia synthesi... |
| 14.01.2026 | Haiqu Secures $11M Seed Funding for Quantum Software Breakthrough | Quantum startup Haiqu recently closed an $11 million seed funding round. The Ukrainian-American firm develops crucial software for quantum computers. Its platform dramatically boosts efficiency and mitigates errors. This capital will fast-t... |
| 13.01.2026 | Украино-американский стартап Haiqu привлек $11 млн на развитие ПО для квантовых компьютеров | Украино-американский стартап Haiqu, разрабатывающий программное обеспечение для квантовых компьютеров, привлек $11 млн инвестиций в seed-раунде. Об этом компания сообщила 13 января. Лид-инвестором раунда выступил американский фонд Primary V... |
| 13.01.2026 | Quantum startup Haiqu raises $11M | A quantum startup based in the UK, Ukraine and the US has raised what it says is one of the largest seed rounds in quantum software, bagging $11m.
The funding round in Haiqu was led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from Qudit... |
| 13.01.2026 | Quantum software startup Haiqu raises $11M to launch hardware-aware operating system
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Cookies | Quantum software startup Haiqu Inc. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding to accelerate the launch of its operating system for quantum applications, which will include a hardware-aware quantum software stack for runn... |
| 12.01.2026 | 14 Houston startups starting 2026 with fresh funding | Houston startups closed out the last half of 2025 with major funding news.
Here are 14 Houston companies—from groundbreaking energy leaders to growing space startups—that secured funding in the last six months of the year, according to repo... |
| 14.11.2025 | Teamshares To Go Public Through Live Oak V Merger Backed By $126 Million PIPE Financing | Teamshares announced plans to become a publicly listed company through a merger with Live Oak Acquisition Corp V in a transaction that is expected to accelerate the company’s scale as one of the largest tech-enabled acquirers of small and m... |
| 13.11.2025 | Cafeteria releases beauty index and Next Gen Spenders Report from 2,100+ Gen Z consumers | CeraVe wins Gen Z, with e.l.f., Rare Beauty, Rhode, Fenty and Charlotte Tilbury leading as the most desired brands in beauty.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- For Cafeteria's 2025 Next Gen Spenders: Beauty Edition, the insights... |
| 06.11.2025 | Flux XII: $3.95 Million Raised To Accelerate Commercialization Of Next-Generation Grid Energy Storage | Flux XII, a Madison-based energy storage company focused on advancing aqueous flow battery materials, announced it has raised $3.95 million in seed funding. The round was led by The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment ... |
| 05.11.2025 | Flux XII Raises $3.95M in Seed Funding | Flux XII, a Madison, WI-based energy storage company developing advanced materials for aqueous flow batteries, raised $3.95M in Seed funding.
The round was led by The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment with participat... |
| 07.10.2025 | Phaidra: Over $50 Million Series B Raised For Building AI Agents For AI Factories | Phaidra, a company focused on building AI agents to manage and optimize data centers built for AI workloads, has announced a Series B funding round exceeding $50 million. The round was led by Collaborative Fund, with participation from Hele... |
| 07.10.2025 | Psychology expert: If you live by these 5 rules, you won’t need a lot of money to be happy | When you dream about being happier in the future, you’re probably imagining yourself being content with what you have. Maybe you picture a new house or a luxurious lifestyle. But what you’re really imagining is being satisfied with those th... |
| 03.10.2025 | Phaidra Secures $50M+ Series B Funding to Power Efficient AI Factories | Phaidra, a leader in AI infrastructure, announced a Series B funding round exceeding $50 million. Collaborative Fund led the investment. Key participants included Helena, Index Ventures, NVIDIA, and Sony Innovation Fund. Phaidra develops so... |
| 01.10.2025 | Collaborative Fund Leads Phaidra’s $50M+ Series B to Build the AI Factories of the Future | , the company building AI agents for AI factories, announced a Series B funding round of more than $50 million led by Collaborative Fund, with participation from Helena, Index Ventures, NVIDIA, Sony Innovation Fund, and others. The funding ... |
| 01.10.2025 | Phaidra Raises Over $50M in Series B Funding | Phaidra, a Seattle, WA-based company building AI agents for AI factories, raised more than $50M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Collaborative Fund, with participation from Helena, Index Ventures, NVIDIA, Sony Innovation Fund, and ... |
| 22.09.2025 | MoldCo Fights Invisible Health Crisis with $8M Funding Boost | MoldCo recently secured $8M in seed funding, bringing its total to $11M. This investment targets America's silent mold toxicity epidemic. MoldCo's telehealth platform delivers affordable, expert-led diagnosis and evidence-based treatment fo... |
| 22.09.2025 | MoldCo: $8 Million Closed To Make Mold Detoxification Part Of Preventive Healthcare | MoldCo is a digital health platform led by clinicians that aims to make mold detoxification a standard part of preventive healthcare. Recently, the company announced it has successfully secured $8 million in seed funding, co-led by Cantos a... |
| 18.09.2025 | MoldCo Raises $8M in Seed Funding | MoldCo, a Boston, MA-based provider of a clinician-led digital health platform standardizing mold detox as routine preventative care, raised $8M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Cantos and Collaborative Fund.
The company intends to use... |
| 04.09.2025 | Copper: $28 Million Funding Raised For Scaling Battery-Equipped Induction Range | Copper is a company that launched its award-winning induction range last fall, which marked the beginning of a new category of home appliances equipped with internal batteries. These batteries not only provide impressive performance enhance... |
| 11.08.2025 | One home at a time – Swedish CleanTech Aira announces €150 million to accelerate the electrification of residential heating in Europe | Stockholm-based Aira has raised €150 million in equity financing to scale operations, expand its clean energy-tech range, boost R&D in Sweden, increase production in Poland, grow market presence, and strengthen industry partnerships.
Th... |
| 31.07.2025 | Houston's Innovation Ascends: A Tech Hub Emerges | Houston's tech landscape transforms. Innovation drives economic expansion. Clean energy, space exploration, and healthcare define its future. Substantial investments fuel this growth. Groundbreaking research propels new industries forward. ... |
| 31.07.2025 | Solidec Raises $2M+ in Pre-Seed Funding | Solidec, a Houston, TX-based clean chemical manufacturing company, raised $2M+ in Pre-Seed funding.
The round was led by New Climate Ventures (NCV), with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Ecosphere Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Saf... |
| 29.07.2025 | [cafeteria] Closes $3M Growth Funding | [cafeteria], a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a consumer insights platform that enables Gen Z and Alpha (aka “Generation Next”) to earn for direct and private brand insights, raised $3M in growth funding, at $22M valuation.
Backers inclu... |
| 14.07.2025 | Unblock: $13.5 Million Raised For Converting Wasted Energy To Computing Power | Unblock, an energy infrastructure company that converts stranded energy into computing power, announced it has secured $13.5 million in funding led by Goldcrest Capital and Collaborative Fund. This round also includes investments from Pampa... |
| 02.05.2025 | Blooming Health: A New Dawn for Social Care Through AI | In a world where social care often feels like a maze, Blooming Health is lighting the way. The company recently secured $26 million in Series A funding, bringing its total to $32.5 million. This investment is not just a financial boost; it’... |
| 02.05.2025 | Electra: $186 Million Series B Raised For Clean Iron Platform | Electra, a clean iron company, announced a $186 million Series B funding round, co-led by Capricorn Investment Group and Temasek Holdings. This brings Electra’s total funding to date to $214 million, cementing its position as one of the lea... |
| 28.04.2025 | Conviction, Early: VC4 Announces Investment in Dream Capital | VC4 x Dream Capital
VC4 deepens its commitment to top emerging managers with an investment in Dream Capital Fund I.
MADRID, Spain, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In 2019, IDC Ventures made an investment in a company that has become a ... |
| 16.04.2025 | Parallel Systems Powers Up with $38 Million Series B Funding | In the world of transportation, innovation is the engine that drives progress. Parallel Systems, a trailblazer in autonomous battery-electric rail technology, has just shifted into high gear. The Los Angeles-based company has secured $38 mi... |
| 14.04.2025 | Parallel Systems: $38 Million (Series B) Closed For Autonomous Battery-Electric Rail System | Parallel Systems, which is the world’s first autonomous battery-electric rail system, will launch the first commercial pilot in April after securing approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to deploy its railcars along a 160-... |
| 10.03.2025 | Floodbase: $5 Million Raised For Parametric Platform For Insuring Uncovered Flood Risk | Floodbase, a parametric platform for insuring uncovered flood risk, announced a $5 million investment led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF) with participation from Pulse Fund. The investment will enable Floodbase to accelerate the developme... |
| 28.02.2025 | Porosity: $2.9 Million Secured For Field Automation Workflow Platform | Porosity is a field workflow automation company that addresses the uncertain pricing environment and increased investor pressure to maximize efficiency in the oil and gas industry. The company raised $2.9 million and named Philip Richard it... |
| 08.02.2025 | Modern Synthesis: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Textiles | In a world increasingly aware of its environmental footprint, Modern Synthesis emerges as a beacon of innovation. The London-based biotechnology company recently secured $5.5 million in funding, a testament to its potential to reshape the t... |
| 06.02.2025 | Modern Synthesis secures $5.5M for bio-based alternatives to animal and plastic-based textiles | Biomaterials company Modern Synthesis today announces the successful close of a $5.5 million funding round.
Founded by ex-Adidas designer Jen Keane and synthetic biologist Dr Ben Reeve, the company uses material science to transform nanocel... |
| 18.12.2024 | The Fiber Revolution: How One Bio and Conagra Brands Are Shaping the Future of Food | In the world of food, change is a constant. Today, two players are at the forefront of a fiber revolution: One Bio and Conagra Brands. Both companies are tapping into the growing awareness of health and nutrition, specifically focusing on f... |
| 17.12.2024 | Brightly: Climate Tech Company Raises $2.3 Million (Seed) | Brightly, a climate-tech company transforming food waste into high-integrity carbon credits to fund food rescue organizations, announced it has closed an oversubscribed $2.3 million seed round. The funding round was led by Schreiber Foods, ... |
| 16.12.2024 | One Bio Snaps Up $27M for GLP-1-Friendly Plant Fibres That Prevent Food Waste | 5 Mins Read Californian food tech startup One Bio has closed a $27M Series A round to advance its short-chain fibres derived from agricultural waste.
Fibre isn’t fibre – it’s fibres.
That’s the fundamental finding of One Bio, a Sacramento-b... |
| 24.10.2024 | Media industry leaders unveil [cafeteria] to enable generation teen with funding led by Collaborative Fund and Imaginary Ventures | [cafeteria] iOS App Screens
Bertelsmann and Guy Oseary also participated in a multimillion dollar seed round for the culture-tech platform, enabling teens to shape the brands they love and earn for their insights.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2024 /P... |
| 28.09.2024 | You Don’t Learn, Then Start. You Start, Then Learn | Most people who want to start a business or a project or anything of significance suffer from fear paralysis. The fear stems from two sources: one, a perceived uncertainty. Humans are terrible at dealing with uncertainty. And people think b... |
| 24.09.2024 | Ephos: Pioneering the Future of Quantum Computing with Glass-Based Photonic Chips | In the heart of Milan, a technological revolution is brewing. Ephos, a trailblazer in the realm of glass-based photonic chips, has secured €7.6 million in seed funding. This investment is not just a financial boost; it’s a launchpad for inn... |
| 24.09.2024 | Dandelion Energy Closes $40M Series C Funding | Dandelion Energy, an Arlington, VA-based home geothermal company, raised $40M in Series C funding.
The round was led by GV (Google Ventures) and supported by Collaborative Fund, LenX, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and NGP.
The company inten... |
| 23.09.2024 | NATO-backed Ephos raises $8.5M Seed for glass-based photonic chips | Ephos, a producer of glass-based photonic chips, has raised an $8.5M seed funding round and will open a research and manufacturing facility in Milan, the world's first dedicated to producing glass-based quantum photonic circuits. In additio... |
| 23.09.2024 | Milan-based Ephos raises €7.6 million to deliver glass-based quantum photonic chips | Ephos, a Europe-founded producer of glass-based photonic chips, announced a major expansion of its operations: an €7.6 million seed funding round and the opening of a state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facility in Milan, the world’... |
| 16.09.2024 | Baselane Survey Reveals Strong Investor Sentiment Despite Rising Costs | Real estate investor sentiment remains bullish in the face of challenging headwinds, with an overwhelming majority planning to expand their real estate portfolios over the next 12-24 months.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Wh... |
| 16.08.2024 | Cala Systems: Intelligent Heat Pump Water Heater Company Closes $5.6 Million (Seed) | Cala Systems, a creator of highly intelligent heat pump water heaters that ensure comfort, save energy, reduce emissions, and integrate with the home, today announced $5.6 million in seed funding and the commercial launch of its product. Th... |
| 10.06.2024 | After raising €145M, Sweden’s Aira secures €200M to remove this one huge barrier to heat pump adoption | Read this article in:
Stockholm-based Aira, a clean energy tech company, recently announced that it has secured €200M in debt commitments from BNP Paribas to facilitate the installation of Aira Heat Pumps in thousands of homes across German... |
| 11.05.2024 | Voyage Foods: Leading the Way in Sustainable Food Innovation | Voyage Foods, a cutting-edge food innovation company based in California, has recently secured a substantial $52 million in funding, bringing their total raise to an impressive $94 million. This funding round, co-led by Level One Fund and H... |
| 09.05.2024 | Voyage Foods Closes $52M Series A+ Round After Notching Cargill Partnership | 4 Mins Read Ethical pantry company Voyage Foods, famous for its cocoa-free chocolate and nut-free spreads, has secured $52M in a Series A+ funding round, weeks after signing a commercial deal with Cargill.
Voyage Foods, which says it makes ... |
| 04.04.2024 | Jobs for the Future’s new $50M fund looks to invest in underrepresented founders | Two years ago, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a non-profit dedicated to helping low-wage workers attain upward mobility, established a venture arm, JFFVentures, to back innovative employment tech.
In a move implying that the launch went well, J... |
| 17.04.2023 | You don’t learn, then start. You start, then learn | Most people who want to start a business or a project or anything of significance suffer from fear paralysis. This debacle stems from two sources: one, a perceived uncertainty. Humans are terrible at dealing with uncertainty. And people thi... |
| 18.08.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Oatside secures $65m for Singapore’s first oat milk, input supplier iProcure scores $10m | Singapore’s first-ever oat milk brand Oatside made headlines this week with news of its sizable Series A round while iProduce landed funds to expand its input distribution tech across Africa. Fashion designer Stella McCartney is helping lau... |
| 28.07.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: FreshRealm, Kitchen United score mega-deals in a downturn, Arable raises $40m | Despite the current downturn in tech, FreshRealm landed a mega-deal recently, as did ghost kitchen network Kitchen United. In agtech, Normative bagged funds for its carbon reporting platform and old favorites like donuts and avocados are go... |
| 19.07.2022 | So. Many. New. Venture. Funds. | Further proving that venture investors have more dry powder than ever before, this week started with a flurry of venture capital fund close announcements across sectors and stages. It tells that LPs are staying active amid this dissonant mo... |
| 30.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Eclipse scoops $40m for animal-free ice cream, Current Foods nets $18m | This week, Eclipse — best known for its animal-free ice creams — closed its Series B round, while another plant-based protein startup, Current Foods, raised capital for its vegan salmon analog.
Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado scored big from a pu... |
| 29.06.2022 | BREAKING: Seaweed biomaterials startup AlgiKnit nets $13m Series A funding | AlgiKnit, a US startup developing sustainable textiles from seaweed, has raised $13 million in Series A funding, it announced today.
Collaborative Fund led the round.
New investors included H&M CO:LAB, the investment arm of Swedish clot... |
| 13.06.2022 | Modern Synthesis raises $4.1 million to increase fashion sustainability with textiles grown from microbes | UK-based biomaterials start-up Modern Synthesis has raised $4.1 million in seed funding to develop its microbial textile platform which could help the fashion sector to lower its carbon footprint and reduce waste.
Operating in much the same... |
| 09.06.2022 | Brief: Cell cultured milk startup Brown Foods raises $2.36m from Y Combinator, AgFunder & others | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Brown Foods. US- and India-based Brown Foods has raised a $2.36 million seed round to further develop its milk alternative made using mammalian cell culture technology. TechCrunc... |
| 01.06.2022 | BREAKING: Modern Synthesis raises $4.1m from AgFunder, others to grow textiles from microbes | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Modern Synthesis.
UK-based biomaterials startup Modern Synthesis has raised $4.1 million in seed funding to support its microbial textile platform that aims to make the fashion i... |
| 29.05.2022 | Impact VC Firm Launches Shared Future Fund To Jumpstart Climate Startups | If anything has reached a state of emergency, it’s climate change. So figured venture capitalist Craig Shapiro as he watched the orange skies of San Francisco during 2020’s raging wildfires. For that reason, earlier this year, he launched S... |
| 18.05.2022 | BREAKING: Imagindairy raises $15m in seed extension, set to launch alt-milk products in 2023 | Imagindairy, an Israeli producer of animal-free milk proteins, has just raised an additional $15 million for its extended seed round.
The initial tranche in November 2021 brought in $13 million, taking the round’s total to $28 million.
Germ... |
| 12.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Absolute Foods scores $100m, Mashgin bags $63m | Among this week’s largest funding rounds in agrifoodtech was the $100 million raised by India’s Absolute Foods, which is seeking to vertically integrate the ag value chain. Mashgin, a US maker of contactless self-checkout machines, also sco... |
| 24.02.2022 | The Lowdown: Bowery’s strawberry bot buyout | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Root AI and Tevel.
Last week, New York vertical farming company Bowery announced that it had acquired Mountain View, California-based ag robotics startup Traptic for an undisclos... |
| 22.02.2022 | Aussie e-bike startup vrooms into Europe for expansion with $20 million | The rapid delivery market ( |
| 22.02.2022 | Global utility e-bike innovator Zoomo accelerates growth by adding another $20M to its Series B funding round | The equity raise was led by top-tier US VC Collaborative Fund, with strategic investors, MUFG Innovation Partners, SG Fleet, Akuna Capital and WIND Ventures also joining the round.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomo, the world le... |
| 16.02.2022 | Rubi Laboratories raises $4.5m in seed funding to supply major fashion brands with carbon-negative textiles | "We're at a pivotal moment in time where mature modern technologies and advances in biotech can meet to build a world where human prosperity and economic growth are planet-positive."
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| 01.12.2021 | A rind is a terrible thing to waste: Spoiler Alert leaps to the rescue | We spend such a tremendous amount of our resources growing, processing, transporting and selling food items. In a world where not everyone has enough to eat, it’s a disgrace that in the US, 30%-40% of food that is produced is never consumed... |
| 01.12.2021 | BREAKING: Spoiler Alert raises $11m to help CPGs sell surplus inventory & cut food waste | Boston-based startup Spoiler Alert has raised $11 million in Series A funding to grow its ‘liquidation platform’ that helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies sell surplus and short-dated inventory to discount retailers.
The round was ... |
| 01.12.2021 | Spoiler Alert raises $11m to help CPGs sell surplus inventory & cut food waste | Boston-based startup Spoiler Alert has raised $11 million in Series A funding to grow its ‘liquidation platform’ that helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies sell surplus and short-dated inventory to discount retailers.
The round was ... |
| 26.11.2021 | The Startup Classroom: Abroaden’s Incubator Journey VIII (The Round-Up) | This is the 8th part of a series of posts where Elliott shares his inside track on his experience of going through an incubator program.
Part I (Great Expectations)
Part II (Back To School)
Part III (Design Thinking)
Part IV (Legal & Fu... |
| 17.11.2021 | Israel’s Imagindairy closes $13m seed round to commercialize cow-free milk proteins | Israeli alt-milk startup Imagindairy has raised $13 million in seed funding, it announced today.
MoreVC led the round, with participation from Collaborative Fund, Emerald Technology Ventures, Entrée Capital, Green Circle Foodtech Ventures, ... |
| 14.11.2021 | Future Startup Weekly No. 24 | Message from our Partner: Global Innovation Challenge
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BRAC's Social Innovation Lab is coming online to answer any questions regarding the GLOBAL INNOVATION CHALLENGE. BRAC, H&... |
| 26.07.2021 | Future Startup Weekly 12: Labor Productivity and Startup Success | What kills a far greater number of startups than any other reason is simple productivity loss, not being able to do with sufficient efficiency, what needs to be done. This is precisely why everyone talks about execution over ideas. While we... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today.
The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 19.07.2021 | BREAKING: Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today.
The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 25.05.2021 | Kula Bio banks $10m seed funding to fix nitrogen, carbon in the soil | Disclosure: AgFunder, which is AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Kula Bio.
Kula Bio, a startup developing more sustainable nitrogen fertilizers for crops, has raised $10 million in a seed round led by Collaborative Fund.
Other investo... |
| 02.03.2021 | Ridmik Keyboard’s Path to 50 Million Downloads | Ridmik Keyboard is one of the most popular Bangla language keyboards widely used by millions of Bangla-speaking population online.
Created by Shamim Hasnath, Founder and CEO of Ridmik Labs, Ridmik Keyboard was launched in 2012 as a persona... |
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