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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…
Jun 9
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Eshan Samaranayake
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$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…
Jun 2
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Eshan Samaranayake
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May 2026
$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.
May 26
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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
May 11
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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.
May 5
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Eshan Samaranayake
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April 2026
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.
Apr 23
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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.
Apr 7
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Eshan Samaranayake
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March 2026
What It Takes to Build a Fundable Food Company After “Peak Stupid”
Siddhi Capital's Steven Finn on financing risk, cap table engineering, and where GLP-1 and AI are creating real opportunity in food
Mar 31
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Eshan Samaranayake
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‘Physical AI’ in Agriculture: Real Technical Shift or Just a New Label for Ag Robotics?
It's partly marketing. But underneath the label is a real architectural shift in how robotic intelligence is built and deployed.
Mar 24
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Eshan Samaranayake
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$105M to Save the World's Banana Supply, and A$30M to Decentralise Nitrogen Fertilisers
Also: world's first commercial cell-based chocolate, cultivated dog treats sell out in Australia, and RNA reads crop disease four weeks early
Mar 18
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Eshan Samaranayake
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Agrifood Has Plenty of Tech and Not Enough Systems Thinking
The architecture problem the sector keeps misdiagnosing as a company problem
Mar 10
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Eshan Samaranayake
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The Great Unbundling: Ag Is Breaking Apart at the Top, While Consolidating Within Segments
Lessons from Verdant Partners’ 2025 Global Food & Agribusiness M&A Review & Outlook
Mar 2
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Eshan Samaranayake
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