News Commentary | May 10, 2021
Valor Equity Partners led Crusoe's Series B, in which several new and existing venture investors participated. This brings Crusoe's total amount of equity funding to more than $220 million to date. In addition, the company received $40 million for project financing from Upper90, which provided ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | May 19, 2021
Bright Machines continues the trend of startups following the novel funding route of merging with a public special‑purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The company is among the first to bring an industrial automation platform to the SPAC market, following 3DP companies Velo3D and Desktop Metal. ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | February 17, 2022
Next Gen Foods raised USD 100 million in the largest Series A for a plant‑based company to date. The funding round included a number of key investors, such as MPL Ventures, Temasek's Asia Sustainable Foods Platform, and GGV Capital, bringing total funding to USD 150 million. Next Gen also announced ... Not part of subscription
by Joshua Haslun
London VC Atomico joined the round with existing investors Balderton Capital, Astanor Ventures, and Cherry Ventures. Infarm develops in-store leafy green vertical farming systems for the food retail space that leverage IoT, sensors, and cloud analytics to optimize growth. This particular investment follows Lux's predictions from the 2019 Lux Executive Summit that technologies bringing consumers closer to personalized food production are poised to gain momentum. The large funding undoubtedly provides Infarm with an early innovator advantage, and thus, it will grow globally. Clients, this funding signals similar rounds to come. Identify opportunities in regions looking to improve food accessibility and food quality, like Singapore.
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