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Precision-Fermented Egg Protein Orders Jump 550%, and EU Rewrites Gene-Editing Rules
Also: Döhler acquires cocoa-free chocolate startup, Rainbow Crops raises €9.7M for AI-guided multiplex editing, and Singapore's new synbio lab to speed…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
$23M for Ag Knowledge AI Can't Skip, and $23M to Turn Eggs Into Biologics Factories
Also: Bayer's bioinsecticide deal with Aphea.Bio, Lacto Japan locks in Leaft's Rubisco protein, and Tate & Lyle widens its sweetener book weeks before a…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Nestlé Bets on Biotech for Infant Formula, and €300M to Boost Europe’s Agricultural Independence
Also: $36M for an AI that measures how materials behave, Syngenta brings a rice biofungicide to Southeast Asia, and Ingredion buys a carrot-pomace…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
$533M Doing What Ag Tech VCs Won't
Also: $24M for precision-fermented dyes ahead of the synthetic ban, Infinite Roots buys Bosque, and China’s first open-source AI model for crop…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
$13M for Full-Stack Fermentation, and $10M to Rewire Plant Immunity
Also: China is about to do to global agriculture what it did to solar and EVs.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Why 2026 Is the Great Shakeout Year for Food and Ag Tech
EcoTech Capital's Adam Bergman on the 2026 bankruptcy wave, the death of investor FOMO, and where the next cycle of returns in food and ag comes from
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Agtech's Real Bottleneck Is the Translational Layer, Not the Technology
Beanstalk AgTech's Justin Ahmed on the partnerships, capital, and commercial pathways that turn ag tech innovation into ag tech businesses.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Legibility Is the New Shelf Space: What Happens When AI Filters Food Before You See It
The shift from persuasion to proof is clear. The question is who captures value inside it.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Agritech Didn't Fail in Southeast and South Asia. The Capital Did.
Lessons from ‘The Opportunity for AgriTech Investment in Southeast and South Asia’ report by Beanstalk AgTech and Briter Bridges.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
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