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Startup · $29m raised

CH4 Global

Coverage

Stories naming CH4 Global. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

10 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Colossal Biosciences raises $200m, Chipotle invests in methane reduction

Weekly agrifoodtech digest: Colossal Biosciences' mammoth-de-extinction raise, Formo's venture debt, NatureMetrics' Series B, Chipotle's corporate bets, two agri fund closes, two acquisitions, and a cultivated-meat startup's layoffs.

8 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: THIS bags $25m & Tender scoops up $11m for meat alternatives, Farmbot scores $4.6m

Weekly agri-foodtech roundup: raises at THIS, Tender, Ever After Foods, Farmbot and Beta Bugs; two acquisitions; Proterra's rural fund raise; grants; and AgriFORCE appointing Jolie Kahn CEO.

Funding announcement

Red seaweed was billed as a gamechanger for livestock methane reduction… so when will it deliver?

Q&A with FutureFeed's chief executive on Asparagopsis seaweed as a livestock methane-cutting feed additive: its licensing business, backers, licensees' progress, regulation, research and scaling hurdles.

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Data snapshot: From insect ag and vertical farming to aquaculture… the top 20 deals in Novel Farming Systems in 2023

AgFunderNews reviews 2023's largest Novel Farming Systems funding rounds, showing sector investment fell to $680 million from $2.8 billion, and notes bankruptcies including Lemnature AquaFarms.

Funding announcement

Provectus Algae seeks to disrupt livestock methane reduction space with tech delivering 'a step-change in the cost of goods'

Queensland algae startup Provectus Algae launches a seaweed-based livestock methane additive, touting cheaper production; founder Nusqe Spanton recently took strategic backing from Korea's CJ Bio.

5 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toyota does indoor farming, Bayer & Pairwise ink deal, cultivated seafood gets big in Japan

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: funding rounds led by CH4 Global's $29 million Series B close, acquisitions of Aitme and The Weather Company, SoftBank selling Zomato shares, partnerships, an IPO filing and Toyota's greenhouse trial.

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News

Methane-reducing seaweed additive now commercially available for beef producers

Asparagopsis seaweed feed supplement reaches commercial phase in Australia as CH4 Global records first feedlot sales. FutureFeed licenses CSIRO-discovered technology, with Sea Forest and SeaStock also taking orders from beef producers.

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