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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.

Yume Food collapses into liquidation after a decade of fighting food waste

The surplus-food marketplace has entered liquidation with its assets for sale; the piece recalls its 2024 seed raise led by Investible vehicles and its founder's next steps.

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Ag marketplace Vegrow lands $46m, Yara acquires fertilizer business, Chipotle invests in ag robotics

Weekly agrifoodtech digest: Vegrow's Series C headlines several raises, alongside two acquisitions, a Swiggy board appointment, Chipotle's accelerator investment and cultivated meat developments.

The founders raking in millions to secure Australia's food future

Profile of four agtech founders tackling food security: Invertigro's modular vertical farms, Regrow Ag's satellite soil-carbon measurement, Lleaf's light-altering greenhouse film, and Sea Forest's methane-reducing seaweed cattle supplement.

Australia’s chance to lead in climate tech: Regrow’s CEO on raising $50 million and Australia’s future

Agtech firm Regrow, once Flurosat, has landed a fresh multi-million-dollar raise on top of last year's Series A, while its co-founder urges Australia to move fast to claim climate technology leadership.

Agriculture carbon reduction startup Regrow Ag plants $50 million Series B

Agtech carbon platform Regrow Ag, founded by Dr Anastasia Volkova, has closed a Series B led by Galvanize Climate Solutions with prior backers returning, to expand regenerative agriculture programs for food companies.

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Investment Notes: Regrow

Tenacious Ventures' investment note explains its backing of Regrow's US$17 million Series A alongside Cargill, covering Regrow's agricultural MRV technology, its FluroSense platform, and its formation from the FluroSat-Dagan merger.

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Interview | Andrew Mellett (Plexus) — The Legal Forecast

A Q&A with the Plexus chief executive covering the company's 2011 founding, its Legal Gateway platform, client pricing reform, emerging legal roles, and his outlook for the profession.