In This Issue:
- Food Venture Financing Trends
- CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds
Food Venture Financing Trends
- SwarmFarm Robotics, an agtech company, has raised $30 million to support US growth of its integrated automation technology.
- Chickpea, which manufactures organic dried pasta made of chickpeas and yellow peas, raises CAD$4.25 million.
- Terra Robotics, an agtech startup pioneering laser weeding solutions, has raised nearly €1.8 million in its latest funding round.
CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund
This week's food accelerator is Food Centricity.
- Food Centricity, founded in 2012, is an accelerator that supports food businesses' success in Southern California and beyond. Food Centricity primarily assists early and growth stage packaged food companies.
- Some companies that have been assisted by Food Centricity include:
- Solely
- Nut Pods
- Kevita
- Tea Botanics
- Frios
- Foodstirs
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