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Argentina-based startup BioClé is tackling a key challenge in nutraceuticals with a novel delivery system designed to protect bioactives from degradation in the digestive tract and deliver them to their target cells. agfundernews.com/biocle-tack…

BioClé tackles bioactives' bioavailability challenge with novel delivery tech

The tech utilizes tiny bacterial extracellular vesicles, which have a natural affinity for intestinal cells and can be loaded with bioactives

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Primient’s iPROOF facility aims to bridge biotech’s valley of death agfundernews.com/primients-i…

Primient's iPROOF facility aims to bridge biotech's valley of death

The iPROOF site in Decatur, IL, opens next May, and feature fermenters ranging from 1,500 to 10,000 liters alongside flexible DSP equipment.

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Finnish insect ag firm Volare opens 5,000-ton protein factory in Finland, explores 2nd plant agfundernews.com/finnish-ins…

Finnish insect ag firm Volare opens 5,000-ton protein factory in Finland, explores 2nd plant

"When it comes to product quality, it’s about digestibility, palatability, and health benefits as well as price and availability," says Volare CEO Jarna Hyvönen.

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‘No acceptable offers’ for Liberation Bioindustries as firm seeks to plug $25m funding gap agfundernews.com/no-acceptab…

'No acceptable offers' for Liberation Bioindustries as firm seeks to plug $25m funding gap

“Despite a strategic review and negotiations for a sale or joint venture,” Liberation Bioindustries has not received any “acceptable offers," says Agronomics.

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Unnamed bidder submits letter of intent to acquire Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat site agfundernews.com/unnamed-bid…

Unnamed bidder submits letter of intent to acquire Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat site

The receiver has also received a draft asset purchase agreement from creditor Gray Construction, which filed a lawsuit last year alleging it was owed $36.4m for design and construction work at the...

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Earth Rover bets on pulsed light to tackle weeds without chemicals #agrobotics #agtech @WorldAgriTech @earth_rover 👉Read the full story @AgFunder News: agfundernews.com/%f0%9f%8e%a…
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ORTH bridges the gap between raw agronomic data and execution. Discover how Citri&Co is transforming daily field intelligence into high-certainty decisions across 70+ countries. #SponsoredPost askorth.com/citrico?utm_sour…

Citri&Co and ORTH partner to bring AI agronomy to global fruit operations | ORTH

Citri&Co and ORTH announce a partnership bringing AI into the daily decisions behind global fruit production, following a successful pilot at Safresco in Peru.

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Lumi AI finds new home at Newforma as agentic analytics gathers pace agfundernews.com/lumi-ai-fin…

Lumi AI finds new home at Newforma as agentic analytics gathers pace

By teaming up with Lumi AI, Newforma clients will be able to extract actionable insights from the 20+ years of structured data Newforma has built up.

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Israeli startup Brevel teams up with The Wave Group to scale ‘illuminated fermentation’ in India #microalgae #fermentation #plantcellculture agfundernews.com/brevel-team…

Brevel teams up with The Wave Group to scale 'illuminated fermentation' in India

Construction at the 300,000-L site will begin later this year, with full-scale production set to commence in 2028, says Brevel.

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Layoffs at Carbon Robotics as firm “realigns costs due to broader economic conditions” agfundernews.com/layoffs-at-…

Layoffs at Carbon Robotics as firm “realigns costs due to broader economic conditions”

One ex-employee claimed Carbon Robotics had “rapidly scaled headcount only to issue a sudden massive layoff months later, with some employees let go just weeks after starting.”

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.@reservoirfarms expands to Pacific Northwest to accelerate physical AI #agrobotics #agtech #robotics agfundernews.com/reservoir-f…

Reservoir Farms expands to Pacific Northwest to accelerate physical AI

“This year Reservoir Farms is profitable. We'll do $5m+ ARR in 2026 and could be higher with a few major opportunities in the pipeline" says Danny Bernstein.

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IMIO raises $12m to unlock nutrients trapped in crop residues with new generation of ‘dependable ag biologicals’ agfundernews.com/imio-raises…

IMIO raises $12m to unlock nutrients trapped in crop residues with new generation of 'dependable ag...

IMIO's freeze-dried biologicals can deliver yield improvements, fertilizer savings, and potentially tillage savings, says CEO Charles Smith.

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.@kodamasystems nets $7m to scale physical AI for ‘intelligent forestry’ @konvoycapital agfundernews.com/kodama-nets…

Kodama nets $7m to scale physical AI for 'intelligent forestry'

Forestry contractors face growing demand for timber, forest management, and wildfire-resilience but struggle to find and retain reliable operators, says Kodama.

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🎥 SenseUP aims to take RNAi pesticides from niche to mainstream agfundernews.com/%f0%9f%8e%a…
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UK Agri-Tech Centre to slash workforce by 60% in strategic pivot to new operating model agfundernews.com/uk-agri-tec…

UK Agri-Tech Centre to slash workforce by 60% in strategic pivot to new operating model

The UK Agri-Tech Centre has completed a consultation that will reduce its workforce by 60% from 130 to 50 staff as part of a restructuring.

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OlsAro raises $5.5m seed round as salt-tolerant wheat nears market agfundernews.com/olsaro-rais…

OlsAro raises $5.5m seed round as salt-tolerant wheat nears market

OlsAro is gearing up for commercial launch in Bangladesh in 2027 for its salt-tolerant wheat variety, says CEO Elén Faxö.

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Molagri raises $5.8m to build ‘updatable’ biopesticides agfundernews.com/molagri-rai…

Molagri raises $5.8m to build 'updatable' biopesticides

“Farmers shouldn’t have to worry about resistance, the same way you don’t think about which flu strain is going around when you get a flu shot," says Molagri.

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Neutralizing the “off switch” for starch production in plants could be the key to unlocking higher yields and boosting resilience across a vast swath of crops, says Israeli startup ClimateCrop at @WorldAgriTech 👉Full details here: agfundernews.com/%f0%9f%8e%a…
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.@SwitchBioworks - a startup engineering nitrogen fixing microbes that colonize plant roots before switching on ammonia production several weeks into the growing season—has entered a strategic collaboration with Bayer Crop Science. agfundernews.com/switch-bio-…

Switch Bio partners with Bayer to advance ‘switchable’ tech for biofertilizers

Switch engineers its microbes to first compete with the native soil microbiome and get established before a genetic switch turns on that triggers ammonia production.

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BREAKING: A court in Delaware has dismissed a high-profile lawsuit filed by Onego Bio against The EVERY Company, ending a protracted and ugly IP dispute between the two firms, which both make egg proteins via precision fermentation. agfundernews.com/breaking-th…

BREAKING: The EVERY Co prevails in legal spat with Onego Bio

A court in Delaware has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Onego Bio vs The EVERY Company, ending a protracted and ugly IP dispute.

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