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AgriFood Signals: Uber’s $14.8bn bid for Delivery Hero, Hippo Harvest banks $30m, agentic AI for ag

AgFunderNews roundup of agtech and foodtech items: several venture raises and EU grants, Uber's agreed takeover of Delivery Hero, Winnow's purchase of Lumitics, Norrsken Evolve's fund close, and Goterra's liquidation.

AgriFood Signals: SAP & Syngenta partner, BASF buys biocontrol startup, Microsoft's record deal with Indigo

Weekly agtech and foodtech roundup: several startup raises, BASF's purchase of AgBiTech, three new funds, a Bühler CEO appointment, Microsoft carbon-credit deals, and company shutdowns.

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Cauldron awarded $2.8m to advance continuous fermentation tech, appoints CTO

Precision fermentation firm Cauldron wins an Australian government grant for its continuous fermentation platform and appoints David Weiner chief technology officer, alongside mentions of fellow grant recipients and its Horizons Ventures-led Series A.

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Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, May 6 – May 10, 2024

Roundup of the week's top stories: Hysata's Series B with bp Ventures and Templewater, grants for Tasmanian makers Xanderware and Jayben Group, an ASC pay dispute, and chemistry sector awards.

New battery technologies tested at regional WA microgrids

ARENA grants $2.85 million toward Horizon Power's trial of Redflow zinc-bromine and BASF sodium-sulphur batteries at two remote Western Australian microgrids, within a $5.7 million storage project.

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