Startup news and deals
🇨🇭💧 BE WTR, a Swiss startup, raised €40M for its home and foodservice solutions to provide high-quality water.
🍫 Blue Stripes, an American startup, raised $20M (notably from Hershey) for its products that use upcycled cacao shells, fruits and beans.
🌿 🦠 Algiecel, a Danish startup, raised €6.5M to scale its microalgae-based carbon capture technology (which turns them into valuable by-products such as omega-3 and proteins).
🇧🇪🦠 Biotalys, a Belgian agtech startup, raised €15M to advance its bio-fungicide and biopesticide solutions.
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🇵🇱 🐜 Protéine Resources, a Polish startup, raised €1.36M for its insect-based animal feed.
🇧🇩 🌾 Agroshift, a Bangladeshi startup, raised $1.8M for its digital marketplace connecting farmers to buyers.
🇺🇸 🏭 Liberation Labs, an American startup, raised an additional $3.5M for its fermentation-based food production facilities.
🇨🇭🥩 Sallea, a Swiss startup, raised €2.6M for its plant-based scaffolds for cultivated meat and whole cuts.
🇺🇸🚜 Agtonomy, an American startup, raised $32.8M for its autonomous solutions for farming equipment.
🇩🇰 🧃 BeMakers, a Danish startup, raised €3.5M for its European distribution platform for alcohol brands.
🇦🇺🍔 The Aussie Plant-Based Co, an Australian plant-based food startup (which was already the result of a merger of two brands), is liquidating due to financial struggles.