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Ÿnsect Raises Record-Setting $125M Series C

Paris-based mass-scale breeder and producer Ÿnsect announced it has raised a record breaking $125 million Series C, led by Astanor Ventures, and including Bpifrance, Talis Capital, Idinvest Partners, Finasucre, and Compagnie du Bois Sauvage. Other participating investors were  Crédit Agricole Brie Picardie, Caisse d’Epargne Hauts-de-France, Picardie Investissement, Vis Vires New Protein Ventures, and Singapore-based family […]

Bugfoundation has a New Strategic Investor in Poultry Giant PHW

German poultry giant PHW, an active investor of early stage sustainable protein companies abroad, has become a “strategic investor” in Bugfoundation, the makers of Germany’s “first” insect burger. The shareholder commitment was undisclosed. Bugfoundation’s burger recipe is made with buffalo worms and organic soy, and was first introduced in Belgium in 2015, followed by the […]

JUST and Brinc Partnership Brings New Food Tech Accelerator to Asia

JUST, a San Francisco-based food technology company, and Hong Kong-based global venture accelerator Brinc have formed a partnership for an Asian food tech accelerator that will expedite discovery and prototypes of emerging food products. Brinc will invest more than HK$500,000 (US$63,755) per team for up to 10 teams with two cohorts per year. Additionally, as […]

Toronto-based Trait Biosciences Closes Oversubscribed C$12.3 Million Seed Financing

Toronto-based cannabis industry leader Trait Biosciences Inc. (Trait) announced that it has closed an oversubscribed private placement seed financing totaling C$12.3 million (US$9.5 million), and added to its executive leadership team. Investors in the round include Green Acre Capital, CannaIncome Fund, and  senior executives from many of Canada’s largest licensed producers. Proceeds from the financing […]

$55M Series D Raised by BrightFarms

Greenhouse farming leader BrightFarms has raised a $55 million Series D led by Cox Enterprises, and including Catalysts Investors, WP Global Partners, and NGEN Partners. Based in New York, BrightFarms is tapping into the farm-to-table consumer movement – financing, building, and operating local state-of-the-art commercially scaleable greenhouses farms in partnership with supermarkets, cities, vendors, and […]