Vertoro, a renewable oil company, has announced the first closing of its €17 million Series B round, consisting of €10 million in newly contributed capital and €7 million in converted loan notes. Climate Tech Partners, Invest-NL, and Maersk participated as key investors, with further contributions from Energietransitiefonds Rotterdam, LIOF, SHIFT,
Vivici has secured EUR 12.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Program. The award will support the company's plans to scale the market access and supply of its Vivitein™ Ingredient Portfolio of functional protein ingredients and to accelerate innovation for the customers and consumers it serves.
Seqana, a digital MRV company that quantifies soil health using satellite imagery and machine learning, has announced the close of a EUR 3.2 million funding round led by Pymwymic, with participation from existing investors HTGF and Counteract. The investment will further Seqana's work on soil carbon quantification and extend it
OneSoil, a Swiss agtech company building AI tools for precision agriculture, has launched AI Agronomist, an in-app assistant designed to give farmers a plain-language daily read on what's happening across their fields. The launch follows a €1 million funding round from existing investors.
The European Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to plants developed using new genomic techniques (NGTs) that are climate and pest resistant, offer higher yields, and require fewer pesticides. The amended rules were provisionally agreed between Parliament and Council in December 2025 and mark a shift toward regulating plants
PyroGenesis Inc. (TSX: PYR; OTCQX: PYRGF; FRA: 8PY1), a provider of plasma-based technology to heavy industry and defense, has announced a collaborative project with its client Innofibre — Centre d'innovation des produits cellulosiques, a College Centre for the Transfer of Technologies (CCTT) at the Cégep de Trois-Rivières focused on Quebec's
Case IH has introduced significant updates to its Axial-Flow® 160 series combines for Model Year 2027, bringing factory-fit technology upgrades spanning automation, connectivity, and operator comfort to the Class 6 and 7 combine harvester segments. The update builds on the 2024 launch of the Axial-Flow 160 series, when Case IH
The California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) has announced that California dairy farmers can now apply to the third round of the Dairy Plus Program, a collaborative initiative supporting advanced manure management projects on dairy farms. A total of $34 million is available, with individual projects eligible for up to $1.25
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced $20 million in conservation grants to restore, enhance, and protect longleaf pine forests across nine southern states. The grants will leverage more than $18.6 million in matching contributions, generating a total conservation impact of $38.6 million.
Munters Group AB has announced it is exploring a potential divestment of its FoodTech business area as part of a strategic portfolio review. The FoodTech segment, which operates under the commercial brand Speria, covers climate control and environmental solutions for food production and livestock farming applications. Munters has built FoodTech