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Certified Biobarc as a 100% bio-based carbon product
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Investor post profiling Earthodic, whose bio-based coating Biobarc keeps paper packaging recyclable, and describing Significant Ventures' participation in the raise and its board-observer support role.
AgFunderNews weekly roundup: new raises for Udaan, Matteco, Foodsi, Bendi, Revo Foods, Paleo, Tebrio and Earthodic; Blue Evolution and Blu3 merge; USDA and Finnish grants; three executive appointments announced.
Roundup of agrifoodtech news: alternative-chocolate funding for Blue Stripes and Nukoko, new capital for OroraTech and other climate startups, an Australian plant-based firm's liquidation and sale, executive moves, and a forest fund's first close.
Weekly roundup: European climate and food startup raises, an Australian biotech's funding, Rappi buying Fountain9, Motif FoodWorks shutting down, a new Certis CEO, and a letter pressing banks over livestock lending.
A year-end countdown of 2023's twenty largest agtech funding rounds, from biofuels and carbon marketplaces to farm robotics, with EcoCeres' $400 million raise at the top.
Also AgFunderNews
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: raises by Everytable, Bluu Seafood, Hyfe, eFishery, eAgronom and Stacked Farm; fund closes by Omnivore, Innova Memphis and Joyful Ventures; Meituan buys Light Year; Vindara sold; Honest AgTech bankrupt.
Weekly agrifoodtech digest: several venture raises including Uncommon's Series A, Bunge's agreed Viterra purchase, FreshRealm taking over Blue Apron, Nextbite sold, Meatless Farm ceasing trade, and American label approvals for cultivated chicken.
Also TechCrunch Australia
AgriWebb, whose platform digitises livestock and farm records, announced a fresh $6.8 million round co-led by two backers, earmarked for overseas growth; the piece also recalls its 2021 Series B.
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