AgriFood Signals: Edonia raises funds to scale spirulina protein, AI agents for restaurants, PepsiCo does VR Jennifer Marston | Published on: Oct 8, 2026 AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news ???? Edonia raises €15M to scale microalgae protein as an alternative to meat Tech.eu ???? Kutlerri.ai raises $4M to expand AI agents for restaurant sales, costs Fast Casual ???? Berlin agtech hexafarms raises €4.8M to sell greenhouse sensors and scouting robots by subscription Tech Funding news ???? German female-founded startup Finches raises €2 million to bring AI early warnings to agricultural sourcing EU Startups ???? BioLinker raises $1.7M to build automated biotech lab in the Amazon Latamlist ???? Myca raises $1.3m pre-seed to put AI agents in charge of agribusiness field operations AgFunderNews A rendering of Grand Farm after Phase II completion. Image credit: Grand Farm M&A, IPOs & partnerships ???? Uber Eats to buy ezCater for $2.3B Restaurant Dive ???? Amazon and Microsoft back 750 million-litre water restoration project in Germany EME Outlook ???? How PepsiCo & Grimme are cutting supplier waste with VR Procurement Mag ???? Beam Global to acquire drone tech firm ScoutDI for approx. $24 Mln RTT News Funds, grants & accelerators ???? NFWF launches $18 million fund to protect US great plains grasslands ESG News ???? Grand Farm lands $5M federal grant for year-round indoor AgTech test track Dealroom ???? More funding available for farmers through USDA’s Regenerative Pilot Program in 2027 Brownfield Ag News People moves ???? Vonnie Estes to retire from IFPA after years connecting fresh produce with innovation LinkedIn ???? Biotalys appoints Christine Berwaerts and Ioana Tudor as independent directors iGrow News ???? Brijesh Krishnaswamy joins Beyond Meat as COO LinkedIn Enko CEO Tony Klemm Other news ???? Vylor completes separation from Corteva, created to ‘reimagine agriculture’ Michigan Farmer News ???? Farmer sentiment drops as concerns about input costs increase Purdue ???? China to foster 10,000 ‘high-potential’ agtech firms in drive towards self-reliance in farm science AgNavigator ???? Enko Chem announces research expansion to new crop pests Hartford Business The post AgriFood Signals: Edonia raises funds to scale spirulina protein, AI agents for restaurants, PepsiCo does VR appeared first on AgFunderNews. Email this Story to a Friend Please provide your name * Please provide an email Please provide your friend's name
