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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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Over $1 million pledged to Australian women-led businesses at Sister Pitch 2024

Global Sisters' Sister Pitch event with Dentsu steered $1m-plus to a dozen Australian ventures led by women; GTAB Parfum, Soni Health and Chocolate On Purpose were standouts, and Google.org funded a 2023 pilot.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: URB-E pivots to last-mile delivery, GoodBytz bags $12m, a new fund for regen ag

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: raises for Overstory, FarmInsect, GoodBytz and others; Ever.Ag buys Austin Data Labs; grants for Wadhwani AI and Notpla; SLM and Impact Ag roll out a carbon fund; URB-E rebrands.

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Aussie climate startup fires up with $8m from Google

Melbourne climate startup Climasens and its ClimateIQ partners have received a Google.org Impact Challenge grant, reported at $8 million, funding expansion of the hazard-mapping platform to cities including New York, Phoenix, Berlin and Barcelona.

Melbourne startup Climasens bags $5 million Google.org grant for AI-driven climate risk tool

Melbourne climate-risk startup Climasens has received a $5 million Google.org award to develop its ClimateIQ tool with New York's Urban Systems Lab, supporting expansion into the US and EU.

Eight Aussie startups that raised $85.6 million this week

Weekly roundup reporting eight Australian startups together raised $85.6 million across mining tech, cybersecurity, waste, energy storage, health and micromobility, plus a Google.org grant for Global Sisters.

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