| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.06.2026 | Rainbow Crops raises $11.25m to scale AI-guided multiplex gene editing | Rainbow Crops, a Belgium-based startup using AI and multiplex gene editing to improve yield, drought tolerance and other complex traits in corn and other key crops, has raised a €9.7 million ($11.25 million) seed round.
The round was led by... |
| 31.03.2026 | Foreverland Fuels European Cocoa-Free Chocolate Revolution with €6M Investment | Foreverland, an Italian foodtech firm, recently secured €6 million in new funding. This significant investment propels its innovative cocoa-free chocolate alternative, Choruba, toward broad European expansion. The company directly addresses... |
| 24.03.2026 | Foreverland lands €6M to tackle cocoa supply with alternatives | Foreverland, a Milan-based foodtech company developing cocoa-free chocolate alternatives, has secured €6 million in a new funding round, bringing its total capital raised to €9.4 million. The round includes follow-on investment from Kost Ca... |
| 14.10.2025 | Maia Ventures Launches €55M Fund for Early-Stage Agrifoodtech Entrepreneurs | Italian early-stage agrifoodtech fund Maia Ventures has announced the launch of its first fund at €55 million.
With six investments to date and a final closing expected in the coming months, the fund is already fully operational. It will ba... |
| 14.10.2025 | Presenting Maia Ventures and their €55 million fund looking to connect Italy’s world-class food industry with innovation | Maia Ventures, an early-stage Milan-based AgriFoodTech fund, today announced the launch of its first fund at €55 million to back 20 to 25 companies, with initial ticket sizes ranging from €0.5 to 1.5 million.
The Limited Partner base brings... |
| 14.10.2025 | Maia Ventures launches €55M Fund to back early-stage agrifood tech entrepreneurs | Italy-based Maia Ventures, an early-stage agrifood tech fund, has launched its first fund valued at €55 million to back 20–25 companies, with initial tickets ranging from €0.5 million to €1.5 million. Limited partners include institutional ... |
| 14.10.2025 | Breaking: Italy’s Maia Ventures launches $64m agrifood fund backed by EIF and others | Italy-based impact fund Maia Ventures has launched its first fund at €55 million ($64 million) that will support early-stage food and ag ventures addressing health, resilience, and efficiency in the food system.
The fund is fully operationa... |
| 10.06.2025 | ‘Pharma is eating Big Food’s lunch…’ Lembas fights back with GLP-1 boosting peptide | Israeli foodtech startup Lembas has emerged from stealth with “GLP-1 Edge,” a bioactive peptide that triggers the production of GLP-1 and other gut hormones that regulate appetite and metabolism.
Founded in 2024 by Shay Hilel (CEO), Dr. Zoh... |
