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AgriFood Signals: Chipotle’s next agrifood cohort, John Deere settlement, fruit-harvesting robots

Agriculture and food roundup: robotics, crop and fruit-tech raises; Qantas-backed Brisbane aviation-fuel startup; three fund closes; Kimitec majority acquisition; a Hyphen executive hire; and a John Deere repair settlement.

Key takeaways

Tenacious Ventures interviews Bilberry founder Guillaume Jourdain on building the spot-spraying business for sale: its 2021 bridge round, disciplined valuation, and 2022 acquisition by Trimble.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hysata snags $111m for green hydrogen, Ocean 14 launches $200m+ fund

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Hysata's green-hydrogen Series B, Rize's Series A, other raises, Ocean 14 and Peakbridge fund closes, Uber buying Delivery Hero's Taiwan unit, executive hires, and an accelerator's cohort selection.

2023 in Review 💫

Ten13's year-end post recaps nine new portfolio additions, follow-on support for existing holdings, the Mr Yum and Me&U merger, Go1's Blinkist acquisition, Smileyscope's FDA clearance, and community events.

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Agrotoken closes Series A, John Deere & SpaceX team up, MaxAB merges with Wasoko

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering Agrotoken's Series A, raises by Mediterranean Food Lab, Better Juice, Burro, SeeTree and farm-ng, the MaxAB–Wasoko merger, v2food's brand acquisition, a Flashfood CEO change, and Drizly's shutdown.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Keurig Dr Pepper bets $300m on coffee, Simbe Robotics scores $28m

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: robotics and agtech companies across several countries raised funding, Grit Road Partners closed an $11 million fund, John Deere acquired Smart Apply, and new partnerships included BeeHero entering Australia.

Handing over the heavy lifting for assets on your books

Profile of CoaXion, which tracks heavy machinery to value assets in real time for owners, lenders and insurers. Its seed round raised $2.65 million, a pre-Series A is underway, and US expansion is planned.