Innovafeed raises €51M and consolidates insect production in Nesle
· Funding · France
French insect-protein leader Innovafeed closed a €51M (≈$59M) round and is consolidating activity at its commercial-scale BSF larvae plant in Nesle, France.
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Marble Technologies raises $30M Series A for meatpacking automation
· Robotics · United States
Nebraska-based Marble Technologies secured a $30M Series A to build AI-driven robotics for meat-processing plants — one of the largest US food-automation rounds of the quarter.
EIC Impact Report 2026: Europe strengthens position as global deep-tech scaling hub
· Policy · Europe
The European Innovation Council published its Impact Report 2026, showing EIC Fund investments across 26 countries and cross-border activity in 80% of deals.
Apeel founder plots second act in post-harvest technology
· Sustainability · United States
Apeel Sciences co-founder James Rogers reflects on rebuilding after the company shrank from 450 staff and a $2B+ valuation to ~50 staff following a coordinated misinformation campaign.
Q1 2026 agtech venture capital: $1.89B across 163 startups
· Funding · Global
Crunchbase data analysed by CropLife shows 163 agtech startups raised $1.89B in Q1 2026, down 9% in capital and 8% in deals versus Q4 2025, with an average round size of $11.6M.
Windfall Bio ceases operations and auctions bioreactor assets
· Biologicals · United States
California's Windfall Bio — which turned waste methane from farms and landfills into organic fertilizer and raised $37M from backers including Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund — has shut down after a DOE grant was terminated.
NanoStruct raises €2.6M seed for same-day pathogen detection
· AgTech AI · Germany
German deeptech startup NanoStruct raised a €2.6M seed round to bring same-day pathogen detection — based on nanostructured surfaces — to the food industry.
Resurrect Bio expands Series A to $10.3M for plant-immunity tech
· Biologicals · United Kingdom
UK startup Resurrect Bio extended its Series A to $10.3M to scale technology that reactivates disabled plant immune receptors, helping crops defend themselves against pathogens without chemical inputs.
Oishii closes $150M Series C for vertical strawberry farming
· CEA / Vertical Farming · United States
US-Japanese vertical strawberry grower Oishii closed $150M in Series C financing — a notable counter-signal in the otherwise struggling novel-farming-systems category.
S2G Investments raises $1B for food, ag and climate strategies
· Funding · United States
S2G Investments secured $1B in new capital — one of the largest pools of dedicated agrifood and climate investment capital announced in 2026 — while Corteva chose its new crop-protection headquarters.
Crunchbase: agtech funding at $1.4B year-to-date as AI turns agentic
· AgTech AI · Global
Crunchbase reports agtech startups raised $1.4B through 7 May 2026, tracking slightly below 2025's $4.4B full-year total — with a clear shift from predictive analytics to agentic AI in agriculture.
USDA signs Palantir deal as Afresh raises $34M for AI grocery platform
· Policy · United States
The USDA entered a data partnership with Palantir while Afresh secured $34M for its AI-driven fresh-food supply-chain platform; Amazon launched a $30M carbon-credit program for rice farming.
Halter closes $220M Series E for virtual fencing and animal health
· Precision Ag · New Zealand
New Zealand-founded Halter raised a $220M Series E — the stand-out agtech mega-deal of Q1 2026 — almost matching the Animal Health category's entire 2025 funding.
Reservoir Farms expands living-lab network for agricultural robotics
· Robotics · United States
Nonprofit incubator Reservoir Farms hosts 12 international robotics startups at its Salinas, California site in 2026 and breaks ground on Reservoir Farms Central Valley in Merced this June.
AgFunder 2026 report: agrifoodtech funding flat, but upstream and climate-tech grow
· Funding · Global
AgFunder's Global AgriFoodTech Investment Report 2026 shows upstream startups attracting $9B in 2025 (+7% YoY) and climate-tech in agrifood recovering to $3.9B.