π«π·πΎ Elicit Plant, a French startup, raised β¬45M to expand globally its biosolutions which address water stress-reduction technology for crops.
πΊπΈπ§¬ Shiru, a US-based startup, raised $16M to expand its AI-powered ingredient discovery platform.
π«π·π NetZero, a French startup, raised β¬7M to expand its biochar solutions in Africa. Biochar, produced with organic biomass (such as crop residues) can be used for soil amendment instead of chemical fertilisers. It is also a great carbon sequestration solution.
π«π·π UV Boosting, a French startup, raised β¬6.9M from Kubota, a Japanese agricultural machinery leader, to scale its solution to naturally stimulate plantsβ immune systems.
πΊπΈπ± Happy Plant Protein, a US-based startup, raised β¬1.8M for its solution dedicated to plant-based products manufacturers. Its technology can enable them to use existing extrusion machines to produce their own plant proteins, hence reducing their dependency on imports.
π©πͺπ± Klim, a German startup, raised β¬22M for its carbon credits platform that supports farmers with tools and incentives to adopt regenerative agricultural practices.
π«π·π PimpUp, a French startup, raised β¬1.8M for its online platform selling βuglyβ produce (surplus or imperfect items) at a discount.
π«π·π Innovafeed, a French insect protein startup, secured an $11.8M USDA grant to advance insect-based fertiliser production in the US. The use of insect as a fertiliser could be the product that βsavesβ the whole insect production category.
π§πͺΒ π§ͺ ZymoFix, a Belgian startup, raised β¬2M for its solution that converts biomass into microbial products for sustainable agriculture.
