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| 11.08.2026 | Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund Invests in Animal-Free Dairy Startup All G | 4 Mins Read Australian precision fermentation startup All G has welcomed Xeraya Capital, owned by Malaysia’s state-owned Khazanah Nasional fund, to its list of pre-Series B investors, a month after launching its bovine lactoferrin in the US... |
| 02.07.2026 | From ‘cautiously optimistic’ to ‘hollow words,’ agrifood weighs in on the US regen ag executive order | By now, plenty of agrifood industry folks have weighed in on the Advancing Regenerative Agriculture and Strengthening American Farm Resilience Executive Order, which President Trump signed last week.
Building on the Make America Healthy Aga... |
| 13.05.2026 | US Senate fertilizer hearing: Farmers ‘can’t take much more’ as prices surge | Soaring fertilizer prices are pushing farmers to a “breaking point” but the Iran conflict is only part of the story, witnesses told lawmakers at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry committee this week.
Experts call... |
| 26.11.2025 | Can microbes supply half a crop’s nitrogen? Pivot Bio thinks so | Pivot Bio—which pioneered the use of microbial nitrogen to help farmers reduce their reliance on synthetic fertilizer and improve yields—has brought out a flurry of new products and slashed prices by 30% without denting margins.
“Something ... |
| 03.11.2025 | Inside Ginkgo and Bayer’s quest to rewrite the fertilizer rulebook: The race to create next-gen nitrogen-fixing biologicals | Engineering soil microbes to fix atmospheric nitrogen and reduce the use of synthetic fertilizers in cereal crops is a hot space in ag biologicals. But to truly deliver on their promise, nitrogen-fixing bugs need to up their game, says Mich... |
| 05.06.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: India’s Udaan scores $340m, climate forecaster Jua nabs $11m, FDA launches AI tool | Notable fundraises this week came from Indian B2B trading platform Udaan, Swiss climate-forecasting startup Jua, and Japan-based “hot chain” foodservice startup Wada FoodTech, best known for its automated bento vending machines.
Elsewhere, ... |
| 28.01.2025 | Exclusive: The Modern Acre podcast team launches discovery platform for biologicals: ‘It’s like Yelp for agriculture’ | The team behind The Modern Acre podcast has launched AgList, a new platform to help farmers discover ag biological products and see what other growers are using and recommending.
There are hundreds of companies manufacturing ag biologicals,... |
| 14.11.2024 | Breakthrough Research Presented in Scientific Reports Demonstrates How Gene-Edited Microbes Offer a New Source of Nitrogen to Farmers | Findings are the first, peer-reviewed evidence of gene-edited microbes supplying a material proportion of corn farmers' nitrogen in commercial production
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Peer-reviewed research published today... |
| 04.10.2024 | DCVC Raises Over $700 Million To Invest In A Healthier Planet | DCVC announced it has closed over $700 million in new funds for a healthier planet and lives. The firm has committed to achieving venture-scale returns from companies whose success would bring humanity greater resilience, abundance, and equ... |
| 17.08.2024 | The Organic Illusion: Rethinking Our Food Choices | In the world of food, choices abound. We are often told that organic is the gold standard. But is it really? Paul Shapiro, CEO of The Better Meat Co, challenges this notion. He argues that organic farming may not be the environmental savior... |
| 16.08.2024 | Op Ed: Paul Shapiro, CEO of The Better Meat Co – Plant-Based is Paramount; Organic is Overrated | Paul Shapiro is the CEO of The Better Meat Co, producer of ‘Rhiza’ mycoprotein for blended products which recently received FDA no-questions GRAS approval. In 2018, he wrote the book Clean Meat, on the then-burgeoning subject of what was th... |
| 02.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oishii bags another $15m, BTG launches Betagro Ventures, HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine | This week, Thailand-based food company Betagro (“BTG”) launched its own venture arm to invest in early-stage agtech and foodtech startups. Oishii, which grows high-end berries via vertical farming, nabbed $15 million to build out a new sola... |
| 21.03.2024 | Biological progress or bathtub brews? The state of US crop biologicals in 2024 | Bathtub brew. Snake oil. Bugs in a jug. For years, companies developing biologicals — a form of crop protection derived from naturally occurring substances like microbes, peptides, and plants — have labored under the shadow of these labels,... |
| 18.03.2024 | Pivot Bio talks insets vs. offsets, paying farmers, and why nitrous oxide is an overlooked emission | Last time AgFunderNews checked in with Pivot Bio, the company had just replaced synthetic nitrogen on 725,000 acres of US farmland via its N-OVATOR pilot, in which growers used Pivot’s microbe-based nitrogen-fixing product to replace synthe... |
| 01.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: New capital for eco-chocolate, Leon co-founder launches fund, Delivery Hero & Deliveroo break up | Two fundraises this week highlight the growing interest in more eco-friendly, ethically produced chocolate, with US-based Voyage Foods and Germany’s Planet A both announcing new rounds. Elsewhere, Henry Dimbleby, best known as the co-founde... |
| 11.01.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Picnic bags $388m, GeoSalmo reels in $14m, Kost Capital launches foodtech fund | The year starts strong for eGrocery with Dutch startup Picnic landing a multi-million round. While the eGrocery sector has struggled throughout the last couple years, Picnic likely stands out to investors thanks to the free delivery, electr... |
| 10.05.2022 | Pow.bio’s continuous fermentation technology might be the key to scaling up food production for a growing population | Fermentation, the process of breaking down sugars using the enzymes of microorganisms, is almost as old as civilization itself. The use of microbial cultures to preserve and improve the nutritional value of foods and produce alcoholic bever... |
| 09.11.2021 | Key takeaways from the SOSV Climate Tech Summit | Benjamin Joffe Contributor
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| 14.10.2021 | 'Grown using no synthetic nitrogen fertilizer...' sustainability claims 2.0: AgTech startup Pivot Bio moves into CPG space with Connect popcorn | Connect Popcorn - initially launching direct to consumer at connectsnacks.com - features the prominent claim, ‘Grown using no synthetic nitrogen fertilizer,’ while Pivot Bio is also in talks with a range of CPG companies interested in m... |
| 06.10.2021 | A focus on sustainability, efficiency & quality drive innovation at Iowa State University Research Park | Editor’s note: This sponsored post has been published in partnership with America’s Cultivation Corridor.
For generations, agricultural innovation has been driven by the need for farmers to increase productivity to feed their families, comm... |
| 19.08.2021 | Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round led by Leaps by Bayer | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series C-extension round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as ... |
| 19.08.2021 | Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series C-extension round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as ... |
| 19.08.2021 | BREAKING: Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round led by Leaps by Bayer | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series D round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as a new back... |
| 12.08.2021 | Data Snapshot: Ag biotech was fastest-growing farm tech funding category in 2020 | AFN‘s parent company AgFunder released the latest edition of its annual Farm Tech Investment Report earlier this month, which showed that funding for agritech startups saw its biggest increase since 2018.
FY 2020 global investment into the ... |
| 04.08.2021 | Farm tech investing is accelerating faster than ever – new report | Editor’s note: A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.
We’ve been watching the surge of investor interest in upstream, close-to-the-farm technologies since the Covid-19 pandemic started. We now have numbers that show just h... |
| 29.07.2021 | Farm Tech Investing Is Accelerating Faster Than Food Tech And General VC - New Report | As devastating as the pandemic has been, some good has emerged from the global health and economic crisis: investment to shore up global food systems has soared. Back in February we confirmed the extent of the boost investors gave entrepren... |
| 20.07.2021 | Pivot Bio rakes in $430M round D as modified microbes prove their worth in agriculture | Pivot Bio makes fertilizer — but not directly. Its modified microorganisms are added to soil and they produce nitrogen that would otherwise have to be trucked in and dumped there. This biotech-powered approach can save farmers money and tim... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio Raises $430M in Series D Funding | Pivot Bio, a Berkeley, CA-based nitrogen innovator in agriculture, closed a $430m Series D funding.
The round, which brought the total equity raised to more than $600m, was led by DCVC and Temasek with participation from Generation Investme... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio Raises $430 Million to Replace Synthetic Fertilizers in Agriculture | |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio, Inc. announced that it has received $430 million in funding from a group of investors | Pivot Bio, Inc. announced that it has received $430,000,000 in a round of funding co-led by returning investors Data Collective and Temasek Capital Management Pte. Ltd. on July 19, 2021. The transaction included participation from new inves... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio, a startup using microbes to replace synthetic fertilizer, raises $430 mln | July 19 (Reuters) - A startup born in the lab of University of California, Berkeley, is aiming to replace synthetic fertilizers that contribute to greenhouse gases and so-called 'dead zones' in the ocean.
Pivot Bio's products use microbes t... |
| 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... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio Raises $430 Million to Replace Synthetic Fertilizers in Agriculture | - |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio Amasses $430M Series D Funding |
BERKELEY, CA, Pivot Bio, a nitrogen innovator in agriculture, has closed a $430 million Series D funding led by DCVC and Temasek.
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| 19.07.2021 | In Five9 deal, Zoom targets growth with customers that cannot afford to get Zoom fatigue | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbofx.
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| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio Nears $2 Billion Valuation As It Raises Whopping $430 Million To Replace Synthetic Fertilizers On Corn And Wheat | - |
| 19.07.2021 | STARTUP PIVOT BIO RAISES $430 MLN FROM DCVC, TEMASEK, AND OTHERS; VALUATION AFTER LATEST ROUND NEARS $2 BLN | STARTUP PIVOT BIO RAISES $430 MLN FROM DCVC, TEMASEK, AND OTHERS; VALUATION AFTER LATEST ROUND NEARS $2 BLN |
| 19.07.2021 | In Five9 deal, Zoom targets growth with customers that cannot afford to get Zoom fatigue | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 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... |
| 14.07.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: France’s Gaïago raises $15m to scale up natural soil solutions | In a sign of soaring interest in farming practices that improve the health of soil and boost its ability to capture carbon, French startup Gaïago has secured €13 million ($15.4 million) in its first funding round. The St Malo-based company ... |
| 28.05.2021 | Climate-conscious sovereign wealth funds opt for energy, transport investments over agrifood: study | Sovereign wealth funds invested close to $2.3 billion in businesses, technologies, and other projects aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change in 2020, more than doubling the previous year’s funding, new research says.
But state-li... |
| 10.03.2021 | Brief: Temasek invests $500m into impact fund LeapFrog | Singapore sovereign fund Temasek has invested $500 million into LeapFrog Investments, an impact-focussed private equity firm.
The pair said Temasek’s commitment will take the form of a “multi-fund investment […] to anchor LeapFrog’s future ... |
| 10.03.2021 | Brief: Temasek invests $500m into impact fund LeapFrog | Singapore sovereign fund Temasek has invested $500 million into LeapFrog Investments, an impact-focussed private equity firm, as part of a wider strategic partnership.
In a joint statement, the pair said Temasek’s commitment will take the f... |
| 11.02.2021 | OPINION: Bill & Melinda Gates can create the world’s biggest agrifoodtech testbed – but they need to win over farmers first | Last month, US land investment magazine The Land Report published research indicating that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda own the largest stock of farmland in the US.
About 242,000 acres of it in fact, and part of a broad... |
| 15.12.2020 | Temasek acquires micro-irrigation firm Rivulis | Temasek has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Israeli irrigation tech company Rivulis. The Singapore sovereign fund now owns approximately 85% of Rivulis, having taken control of stakes previously held by Israel’s FIMI Opport... |
| 15.12.2020 | Temasek acquires micro-irrigation firm Rivulis | Temasek has acquired a majority stake in Israeli irrigation tech company Rivulis. The Singapore sovereign fund now owns approximately 85% of Rivulis, having taken control of stakes previously held by Israel’s FIMI Opportunity Funds and the ... |
| 25.11.2020 | Temasek plans dedicated agrifood unit; partners Singapore science agency on foodtech center | Temasek is setting up a dedicated agrifood vehicle to drive and manage investment into food and agriculture-related businesses, including tech startups.
The Singapore sovereign fund’s managing director for agribusiness, Anuj Maheshwari, tol... |
| 29.10.2020 | Arable raises $20m Series B funding for global expansion, starting with Brazil | San Francisco-based crop management platform Arable has raised $20 million in a Series B round led by local VC firm Prelude Ventures.
The round also included participation from new investors such as M20 and Nassau Street Ventures, as well a... |
| 08.09.2020 | How to spot opportunities and land funding in agriculture tech, the multibillion-dollar industry that's only becoming more crucial with population growth | Tortuga AgTech robots. Tortuga AgTech This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 02.05.2020 | Microbial Nitrogen Fertilizer Company Pivot Bio Raises $100 Million | Microbial nitrogen fertilizer company Pivot Bio announced that it raised $100 million in Series C funding
Microbial nitrogen fertilizer company Pivot Bio announced that it raised $100 million in Series C funding co-led by existing investors... |
| 30.04.2020 | Pivot Bio raises $100m Series C to meet demand for sold-out nitrogen-fixing microbe product | Agriculture has a big nitrogen problem. As farmers spread synthetic nitrogen fertilizer on fields, runoff carries it into adjacent waterways where it wreaks havoc on aquatic ecosystems. Algae thrives on the excess nitrogen leading to algal ... |
| 30.04.2020 | With fresh support from its billionaire backers Pivot Bio is ushering in a farming revolution | In the first decade of the twentieth century two German chemists, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, invented fertilizer — the nitrogen compound which ushered in modern agriculture and saved the world from potential starvation.
Now, over a century... |
| 30.04.2020 | Pivot Bio Scores $100M Series C |
BERKELEY, CA, Pivot Bio announced the close of its $100 million Series C funding round co-led by return investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures and global investment company Temasek.
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| 30.04.2020 | Pivot Bio Raises $100 Million To Transform Agriculture Economics | BERKELEY, CA – APRIL 30, 2020 – Pivot Bio announced today the close of its $100 million Series C funding round co-led by return investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures and global investment company Temasek. Seed and Series A lead and Series ... |
| 30.04.2020 | Agtech Startup Pivot Bio Lands $100M | 26 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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| 30.04.2020 | Pivot Bio Raises $100M in Series C Funding | Pivot Bio, a Berkeley, Calif.-based developer of microbial nitrogen tech for increasing crop yields, raised $100m in Series C funding.
The round was co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Temasek with participation from DCVC, Prelude Ve... |
| 05.12.2019 | Rabobank Presents 2019 Food and Agribusiness Industry Leadership Awards | The Rabobank Award for Emerging Leadership in Innovation is given to a fast-growing young company that is addressing challenges and market gaps in F&A with a novel and disruptive business model. The 2019 award is presented to Berkeley, ... |
| 27.09.2019 | How To Spot A Synthetic Biology Unicorn | Biotech is projected to reach $775 billion by 2024, but dozens of companies in the field of ... [+] synthetic biology are creating magical tools to go beyond that. Look here for the next unicorn. Jelena Trmčić for SynBioBeta |
| 06.03.2019 | Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires are betting on a bacteria that could change the way we grow food | Bill Gates speaking at an event in Washington, 2014. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
An energy startup called Pivot Bio raised $70 million for its gene-edited bacteria, which help cut down on the use of nitrogen fertilizer.
In addition to usi... |
| 26.02.2019 | With $90 million in funding, the Ginkgo spinoff Motif joins the fight for the future of food | Continuing its quest to become the Amazon Web Services for biomanufacturing, Ginkgo Bioworks has launched a new spinoff called Motif Ingredients with $90 million in funding to develop proteins that can serve as meat and dairy replacements.
... |
| 12.02.2019 | Two former members of Google’s skunkworks division have launched a biomanufacturing company | Biomanufacturing technologies — taking modified versions of existing organisms and bending them to the will of humans — has moved from the world of science fiction to becoming a new reality.
Across the startup landscape companies are launch... |
| 07.02.2019 | Pivot Bio’s PROVEN Microbes Can Reduce Negative Impacts of Fertilizer Overuse and Leaching | Nitrogen fertilizer is widely used in row crop production and is a key expense farmers face each year. But often that fertilizer is wasted, washing away after heavy rains or leaching due to irrigation or poor soil quality. The impact of thi... |
| 06.10.2018 | Pivot Bio Raises $70 Million To Strengthen The Launch Of Its Nitrogen-Producing Microbes | Pivot Bio has announced that it has raised $70 million in Series B funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Singapore-based investments company Temasek also participated in this round. In conjunction with the funding, Cooper Rinzler of ... |
| 03.10.2018 | Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires are betting on a bacteria that could change the way we grow food | Nitrogen-fixing bacteria may not sound like the most alluring topic, but it's capturing the attention of the world's most influential billionaires, who see it as a concrete way to help save the planet...In its latest round of funding, Calif... |
| 02.10.2018 | Agritech startup PivotBio raises $70 million to deliver nitrogen-producing microbes and drastically cut greenhouse-gas emissions from farming | Pivot Bio, a pioneer game-changing advances in crop nutrition using microbes, today announced it has raised $70 million in a new Series B funding round to deliver first and only clean alternative to synthetic nitrogen fertilizer for U.S. co... |
| 02.10.2018 | Billionaire-Backed Fund Invests in Pivot Bio’s $70m Series B to Address ‘One of Largest Sources of GHGs on Planet’ | Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the $1 billion fund focused on accelerating the world’s transition to clean energy, has invested in the $70 million Series B round for Pivot Bio. Pivot Bio is an agtech startup producing microbes that are appli... |
| 02.10.2018 | Pivot Bio Closes $70M Series B Financing | Pivot Bio, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an alternative to synthetic nitrogen fertilizer for U.S. corn farmers, raised $70m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, with participation from Temasek. In ... |
| 02.10.2018 | Pivot Bio Closes $70 Million Series B Financing to Deliver First and Only Clean Alternative to Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer for U.S. Corn Farmers | SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 4:30 a.m. PT – Pivot Bio announced today $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and includes Singapore-headquartered investment company, Temasek. This funding... |
| 02.10.2018 | Pivot Bio Raises $70M Series B Funding |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Pivot Bio announced today $70 million in a Series B funding round.
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| 26.04.2018 | Monsanto’s Venture Arm Could Be Winding Down, Sources Suggest, As Company Looks for New Talent | *Updated April 27, 2018, 15:35 to add more context around future of MGV.*
Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the venture arm of Monsanto, has lost all of its dedicated staff after former managing director John Hamer, former investment director... |
| 23.03.2018 | Ag Industry Brief: Y Combinator Sweet On Cultured Meat, Granular Partners with Planet, Another Startup Pays for Data, more | Granular Partners with Analytics Company Planet
Granular, the digital arm of DowDuPont’s agriculture vision has partnered with Planet, an integrated aerospace and data analytics company to incorporate its global satellite imagery data into ... |
| 07.02.2018 | DEADLINE APPROACHING: Cast Your Vote in the AgFunder Innovation Awards | ***VOTING CLOSED***
It’s that time of year again to recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward with the AgFunder Innovation Awards. These are peer-selected awards based on votes placed by you, our 45... |
| 30.11.2017 | UPDATE: Arzeda Closes Series A on $15.2m for Plant-Based Computational Protein Production, Led by OS Fund | *First published July 27, 2017. Updated November 30 to reflect final close on $15.2 million
Seattle-based Arzeda has raised a $15.2 million Series A round to expand the capacity of its synthetic protein and enzyme development operation. The... |
| 24.03.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Microbiome Startup Pivot Bio in $16m Series A, Drones Companies Raise Funding, more | Microbiome Innovation Startup Pivot Bio Raises $16m Series A
The microbiome is a hot topic among agtech entrepreneurs and investors at the moment as research points to the potential to improve productivity at the soil and plant level. Pivot... |
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