By @agfunder, Jennifer Marston
May 28, 2026
AgriFood Signals: Elbit acquires Bluewhite, more funding for virtual fencing, Anheuser-Busch awards $80k grant
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news 🇮🇱 Phytolon closes $23.6 million Series B to commercialize its innovative natural food colors PR Newswire 🇺🇸 P2 Science closes $23 million round to accelerate commercial momentum and expand green chemistry platform into new markets Lewis & Clark Partners 🇮🇳 StrainX Bioworks nets $13m to scale biomanufacturing platform: ‘India is going to be the fermentation capital of the world’ AgFunderNews 🇳🇴 Monil raises $10M to enter U.S. virtual fencing market Beef Magazine 🇩🇪 Pacifico Biolabs nets $8m, targets alt-meat cost parity with brewery retrofit model AgFunderNews 🇺🇸 Contact BioSolutions secures $5.4m growth capital LinkedIn 🇬🇧 Caudal Energy raises £4.3M to scale fin-inspired tidal power technology Tech.eu 🇧🇪 Brussels-based Borro bags €1.3 million to expand digital deposit system for reusable cups across Europe EU Startups 🇩🇰 Denmark’s Perplant raises €1 million for AI-based precision farming system Arctic Startup From left: Bluewhite founders Ben Alfi (CEO), Yair Shahar (COO) and Aviram Shmueli (CTO). Image credit: Bluewhite. M&A, IPOs & partnerships 🇮🇱 Elbit acquires Bluewhite as it deepens push into AI robotics CTech 🇩🇪 Biotech merger: Infinite Roots acquires Bosque Foods Startup City 🇺🇸 Vireo Growth announces intention to acquire organic supplier Bridgewell Agribusiness for US$40M iGrow News 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Daring Foods brings clean-label plant-based chicken to Australia after v2food acquisition Green Queen Funds, grants & accelerators 🇬🇧 Transition Ventures raises €128 million Fund II for early-stage companies at the intersection of AI and the physical world EU Startups 🇺🇸 Anheuser-Busch awards $80,000 grant to Grand Farm to support agriculture innovation for American farmers Web Wire 🇺🇸 App State’s Rootsii lands US$1.82 million grant to turn surplus sweet potatoes into plant-based milk Protein Production Technology The team at Windfall Bio. Image credit: Windfall Bio Other news 🇺🇸 Pizza robot company Picnic shuts down Nation’s Restaurant News 🇺🇸 Foray Bioscience launches Pando, an intelligent research & development workspace for plant biology Inside Ecology 🇺🇸 Waste methane to fertilizer startup Windfall Bio auctions off assets AgFunderNews 🇦🇹 Austrian legacy meat producer combines plant-based & blended meat under new brand Green Queen
Source: AgFunderNews