12 FoodTech news to know this week (2024 – week #43)

Startup news and deals

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­πŸ’§ 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).

πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ🦠 Biotalys, a Belgian agtech startup, raised €15M to advance its bio-fungicide and biopesticide solutions.

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πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±Β πŸœ ProtΓ©ine Resources, a Polish startup, raised €1.36M for its insect-based animal feed.

πŸ‡§πŸ‡©Β πŸŒΎ Agroshift, a Bangladeshi startup, raised $1.8M for its digital marketplace connecting farmers to buyers.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈΒ πŸ­ Liberation Labs, an American startup, raised an additional $3.5M for its fermentation-based food production facilities.

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­πŸ₯© Sallea, a Swiss startup, raised €2.6M for its plant-based scaffolds for cultivated meat and whole cuts.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸšœ Agtonomy, an American startup, raised $32.8M for its Β autonomous solutions for farming equipment.

πŸ‡©πŸ‡°Β πŸ§ƒ BeMakers, a Danish startup, raised €3.5M for its European distribution platform for alcohol brands.

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ” 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.

 

 

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