Corteva has named its seed business spinoff Vylor, targeting a fourth-quarter 2026 separation. The agricultural giant’s announcement comes amid significant agrifood industry activity, including AI grocery startup Vori securing $22 million to help independent retailers compete with major chains like Walmart and Amazon. London-based Meatly raised £10.4 million to construct Europe’s largest cultivated meat bioreactor facility, while Biosphere obtained Pentagon funding for portable “protein from air” bioreactors. Crystal Crop Protection acquired FMC’s India business operations. General Mills appointed Dana McNabb as chief operating officer.
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AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and indusattempt buzz in agtech and foodtech.
Funding news
🇬🇧 Meatly raises £10.4M to build Europe’s largest cultivated meat bioreactor facility in London Tech.eu
🇬🇧 Corvera lands $4.2M to automate CPG operations with AI agents Vest Bee
🇬🇧 SugaROx raises £2.5M in funding FinSMEs
🇩🇪 vGreens raises two million euros for AI-controlled plant cultivation Vertical Farm Daily
🇺🇸 Cattler raises $2M led by Homegrown Capital to scale AI cattle operations platform Dealroom
🇮🇳 India’s Prithu raises $1.1M to scale carbon removal platform for compactholder farmers Carbon Herald
🇩🇰 Denmark’s Decameal raises Seed funding to turn invasive shore crabs into sustainable feed ingredients EU Startups
M&A, IPOs & partnerships
🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Crystal Crop Protection purchases FMC India business India Times
🇧🇷 Brazil Potash announces closing of $63.3 million public offering Brazil Potash
🇺🇸 🇳🇴 PepsiCo inks 10-year renewable energy deal to cut emissions across Europe Food Dive
🇺🇸 Bel Group acquires Ingenuity Foods’ brands Food Business News
🇺🇸 🇩🇰 Oterra to scale natural alternative to Red 40 food dye in new partnership Food Dive
🇺🇸 Suterra acquires Vestaron’s product lines, active ingredients, and R&D portfolio Fresh Plaza
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 Bayer and bp form strategic alliance to scale camelina for biofuels iGrow News
Funds, grants & accelerators
🇺🇸 Solum Partners raises $130m for Fund III Agri Investor
🇨🇮 🇸🇩 AfDB approves US$87 million grant to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods in Sudan African Business News
🇺🇸 Biosphere lands Pentagon funding to build portable “protein from air” bioreactors AgFunderNews
People shifts
🇺🇸 Moti Beharav joins Agtonomy as chief revenue officer LinkedIn
🇺🇸 General Mills names Dana McNabb chief operating officer General Mills
🇬🇧 Climate analytics provider Risilience appoints Angela Brown as new CEO ESG Today
Other news
🇺🇸 Corteva names seed spinoff Vylor, tarreceives Q4 2026 separation DTN Progressive Farmer
🇪🇺 European commission releases ‘simplified’ deforestation regulation Forbes
🇦🇺 Eden Brew receives US GRAS clearance for animal-free casein & eyes supplements indusattempt Green Queen
🇺🇸 AeroFarms avoids shutdown Vertical Farm Daily
🇺🇸 Judge tosses Onego Bio lawsuit vs EVERY Co in Wisconsin, parallel case in Delaware still in motion AgFunderNews
🇦🇺 Vegan Groups representing 130,000 people pressure Woolworths to reverse plant-based retreat Vegconomist
