The Week in AgriFoodTech
Wild Bioscience raised $60m, Starship lands $50m, and new EU agrifood grants were announced.
- Wild Bioscience, an Oxford University spinout, raised a $60 million Series A round to develop climate-smart crops using AI.
- Robot-maker Starship netted $50 million in fresh funding for its food delivery services.
- Ascribe Bio picked up $12 million to expand its crop protection platform.
- The European Union announced new agrifood grants, and EcoEnterprises closed its fourth Latam-focused fund.
to develop climate smart crops by using AI to “better understand the lessons learned over millions of years of evolution encoded in plant genomes.”
Author summary: AgriFoodTech companies raise funds and EU announces grants.