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On May 5, 2025, a coalition of U.S. biotechnology companies announced the launch of the American Biotech Innovation Alliance (ABIA). ABIA states that it will “focus on a shared objective: to sustain and strengthen America’s...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Gymkhana Fine Foods, an Indian food brand developed by Gymkhana, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in London, announced that it raised $8.5 million in its Series A round....more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Mark Anthony Group, the owner of White Claw, has reached a deal to acquire ready-to-drink brand The Finnish Long Drink for an undisclosed amount....more
Europe’s Tech Horizon: Data-Driven Insights for Strategic Deal-Making Europe’s tech ecosystem is entering a pivotal era. From AI and DeepTech startups to fast-growing startups, Europe is fostering innovation at a record pace...more
The latest artificial intelligence-related transactions show that the center of gravity in AI deal‑making has continued its decisive shift toward infrastructure — power, data centers, optics, and security — rather than...more
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) has opened the online portal for the Venture Capital Company (“VCC”) Reporting Program, allowing covered venture capital firms to register and submit...more
Attorneys from Ballard Spahr’s Life Sciences and Health Care Industry Teams descended upon sunny San Francisco for the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference—#JPM26—January 12 to 15. The favorable weather mirrored the...more
Cooley handled 221 reported venture capital financings in Q4 2025, representing $8.9 billion of invested capital. In Q4, deal volume decreased slightly across Series Seed, B, D and higher rounds, while Series C deal volume...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - NextFoods announced that it raised $10 million in a Series 3 round....more
Cooley handled 217 reported venture capital financings in Q3 2025, representing $23 billion of invested capital. Deal volume decreased slightly since last quarter. In Q3, deal volume decreased across Series Seed, A and C...more
After three challenging years, Venture Capital (VC) funding is finally on the upswing according to data from Q3 of this year. KPMG’s Q3’25 Venture Pulse Report data shows global VC investment in Q3 totaling $120.7 billion...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Agtonomy, a California-based ag robotics company, closed an $18 million Series B round....more
Fintech originators such as alternative lenders, buy-now-pay-later platforms, and payments companies typically fund daily originations through subsidiary-level special purpose vehicle (SPV) warehouse credit facilities. At the...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - SwarmFarm Robotics, an agtech company, has raised $30 million to support US growth of its integrated automation technology....more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Scindo, a U.K.-based startup building an AI-powered enzyme discovery and design platform, has raised a $5.4M seed round....more
Food Venture Financing Trends - The Protein Brewery raised $35.6M in its Series B round to scale its fungi-based food ingredients platform....more
Meatable, a Dutch cultivated meat startup, announced that it acquired the cultivated meat platform of Uncommon Bio. Post Holdings is selling the pasta portion of its recently acquired 8th Avenue Food & Provisions Division to...more
The global carbon credit market is enormous – it is valued between a range in the hundreds of billions to trillions U.S. dollars - and split between two distinct markets, compliance (regulated) and voluntary...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Daring Foods, a vegan chicken brand, announced that it has been acquired by V2food, a large Australian plant-based meat producers....more
Convertible instruments held steady in Q1 2025, but the terms are shifting in favor of investors. Interest rates on convertible notes rose by 200 to 300 basis points, and discount rates climbed as high as 10.5 percentage...more
What do the people behind successful venture studios look like? Are they more like venture capitalists? Are they more like entrepreneurs? Fenwick's Sarah Chambless, Byron Dailey, Jonathan Sagot, and Mark Stevens discuss how...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - In Q1 2024, food tech startup funding fell by 50%, while AI startups captured 70% of venture capital investments....more
A relatively new concept, venture studios can drive immense innovation and value by integrating a stable of startup concepts with financing, resources, and leadership that can scale from ideation to spin-out and beyond. But...more
Food Venture Financing - Trends Lever VC announced that it completed a first close of $50 million for a new fund dedicated to early stage agrifoodtech startups....more
CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund - This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is BRF S.A....more