The Week in AgriFoodTech
This week, several companies in the AgriFoodTech sector raised significant capital, including Wild Bioscience, Starship, and Ascribe Bio.
- Wild Bioscience, an Oxford University spinout, raised a $60 million Series A round to develop climate-smart crops using AI to analyze plant genomes.
- Starship, a robot-maker known for food delivery, secured $50 million in fresh funding.
- Ascribe Bio, a crop protection platform, received $12 million to expand its operations.
The European Union also announced new 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's summary: AgriFoodTech companies raise funds.