Barely five years after its establishment in Toulouse and three years after the initial collection of 500,000 euros through the crowdfunding platform Sowefund, Abelio has just completed a new collection of 4 million euros. The operation is supported by regional investment funds and the Occitanie region. The Agricultural Cooperative Plaine de l’Ariège (CAPA), based … Read more

  “35% of what we find on our plates is influenced by pollinators,” insists Christophe Pilcher, Marketing Manager for France at 3Bee. The expansion completes a five million euro fundraising effort that will be used to expand into France, Germany, Austria and Spain. “Our mission is to protect pollinators, especially bees, through technology.” In this … Read more

  Agdatahub develops the API-Agro SaaS platform, a multi-sector agricultural data catalog, as well as Agritrust, a mobile app for verifying and managing farmer consents. The French start-up announced on March 2, 2023 that it had completed a second fundraising of 4.8 million euros. In January 2021, it received 3.2 million euros. The round table … Read more

Today, Circularity Capital led a €40 million growth capital round in Swedish company Matsmart-Motatos, a D2C e-commerce retailer of dry food and consumer goods, with additional support from existing shareholders. Matsmart solves the problem of waste in the food supply chain by buying and reselling surplus goods that cannot be bought by traditional retailers. Since … Read more

  Technique Solaire, a French company engaged in the distribution of photovoltaic energy for individuals and businesses, has raised 200 million euros in a new round of financing. The investment is provided by existing backers Bpifrance and Groupe Crédit Agricole and is aimed at helping the 15-year-old company expand its operations, R&D efforts and strengthen … Read more

  An agritech startup in Germany uses insects as a sustainable livestock feed option. The aptly named FarmInsect has secured an €8 million Series A funding round that will enable the company to scale up commercially and further develop its technology. The round was led by Sandwater along with Bayern Kapital Growth Fund, Minderoo Foundation … Read more

  This week, Supernova Invest and Crédit Agricole Group announced the launch of a deep-tech investment fund focused on agro-agritech, with a first close of €60 million from a target size of €100 million. It will be open to third-party investors (industrialists, institutional investors) to support French and European champions in agriculture and food. The … Read more