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| 12.03.2026 | foodforecast – und Lebensmittel bleiben frisch | Zu den vielen Startups, die man unbedingt im Blick behalten sollte, gehört das millionenschwere Kölner Startup foodforecast. Das Kölner Startup, 2018 von Justus Lauten als werksta.tt gegründet, setzt Künstliche Intelligenz zur Reduzierung v... |
| 28.02.2026 | Foodforecast: €8 Million Raised For AI Food Waste Forecasting Platform | Cologne-based AI foodtech company Foodforecast has raised €8 million in a Series A funding round to expand its artificial-intelligence-driven demand and production forecasting platform across European markets. The round was co-led by SHIFT ... |
| 27.02.2026 | European Innovation Drives AI Health Tech, Food Sustainability | European innovators leverage AI for critical global challenges. Health tech startups secure major funding. They revolutionize chronic disease management and preventative care. Food tech pioneers use AI to drastically cut waste in ultra-fres... |
| 26.02.2026 | German AI FoodTech startup Foodforecast raises €8 million to tackle ultra-fresh food wastage | Foodforecast, a Cologne-based AI FoodTech startup specialising in demand and production forecasting for ultra-fresh food supply chains, today announced that it has secured €8 million in Series A funding to fuel international growth and ente... |
| 24.02.2026 | +++ OroraTech +++ OpenOcean +++ Kombo +++ NRW.Venture EU Tech&Scale +++ HealthTech +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 24. Februar). #STARTUPLAND: Noch 22 Tage!
STARTUPLAND – where the future begins.
+++ Am 18. März f... |
| 10.12.2025 | Wakuli raises €5M from ECBF and Rabobank | Amsterdam-based coffee company Wakuli has closed a Series A round of €5 million in debt and equity from ECBF and Rabobank. Including earlier participation from the ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund and Icecat Capital, the company has now rai... |
| 05.11.2025 | +++ Save the Date +++ May Ventures +++ Ampeers Energy +++ octonomy +++ OroraTech +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 5. November). #STARTUPLAND: SAVE THE DATE
The next unicorn? You’ll meet it at STARUPLAND
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| 18.10.2025 | +++ Ecorobotix +++ HyImpulse +++ Arbio +++ enspired +++ Flexpower +++ AirConsole +++ Lilium +++ Impect +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker-Wochenrückblick liefern wir einen schnellen Überblick darüber, was in der deutschsprachigen Startup-Szene zuletzt wirklich wichtig war! #STARTUPLAND
SAVE THE DATE: Am 5. November findet unsere zwe... |
| 14.10.2025 | Ecorobotix erhält 105 Millionen – Arbio sammelt 36 Millionen ein – Afori bekommt 4 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 14. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-... |
| 13.10.2025 | Ecorobotix Raises $150M in Funding | Ecorobotix, an Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland-based agtech company, raised $150m in Series C ($45m, 2024) and Series D ($105m, 2025.)
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| 13.10.2025 | Ecorobotix secures USD 150 million to accelerate growth |
Central to Ecorobotix’s momentum is its Plant-by-Plant AI technology, which can distinguish and treat each individual plant with unmatched precision, using a spray footprint of just a few centimeters. This approach reduces the use of pesti... |
| 26.09.2025 | “Wir sind schneller gewachsen, als unsere Strukturen es erlauben” | Vegdog aus München, 2015 von Tessa Zaune-Figlar und Valerie Henssen ins Leben gerufen, positioniert sich als Shop für veganes Hundefutter. Der Bonner Impact-Investor European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), Green Generation Fund (GGF), Sel... |
| 17.09.2025 | Nofence: Over $35 Million Series B Secured For Virtual Fencing Technology | Nofence has closed its Series B funding round with over €30 million (more than $35 million), making it the most significant agtech investment in Europe in 2025. Lead investor European Circular Bioeconomy Fund was joined by Capagro, Nysnø Cl... |
| 09.07.2025 | Belgian BioTech developer AmphiStar secures €12.5 million for clean biosurfactants | Gent-based biosurfactants developer AmphiStar has secured €12.5 million in funding following the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) latest evaluation round, in order to speed up the production of sustainable microbial biosurfactants, upcyc... |
| 18.04.2024 | AmphiStar raises €6M to recycle waste | Ghent-based Bioengineering startup Amphistar has raised €6M from European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), Qbic III and Flanders Future Tech Fund (FFTF) to derive surfactants from waste.
Surfactants play a pivotal role in everyday products ... |
| 09.04.2024 | Sustainable Packaging Innovator watttron Secures €12M in Series B Funding | Germany-based watttron, a pioneer in digital temperature control systems for sustainable packaging solutions, has successfully raised €12M in a Series B funding round. The investment, led by Circular Innovation Fund (CIF) and European Circu... |
| 29.03.2024 | Germany-based watttron raises €12M to expand its sustainable packaging solutions | Read this article in:
Germany-based watttron, a company that claims to be a leader in digital temperature control systems, announced that it has secured €12M in a Series B round of funding.
With this funding, watttron aims to transform sust... |
| 01.03.2024 | Meet the founder: Protix’s Kees Arts on insect ag… ‘You can’t come in with a Silicon Valley playbook and outcompete a legacy industry in 3 years’ | An agtech startup, as many starry-eyed founders—and jaundiced investors—have learned to their cost, is not a SaaS startup. Whether you’re growing lettuce or insects at scale in a controlled environment, notes Protix cofounder and CEO Kees A... |
| 06.02.2024 | Spain’s Heura Foods closes €40M Series B round to propel net-positive food system and protein transition | Read this article in:
Barcelona-based Heura Foods, a company that claims to be a leading player in the foodtech industry, announced that it has closed its €40M Series B funding round. This marks the largest plant-based funding round in 2023... |
| 23.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Matsmart-Motatos grabs $43m to save food waste, RED Horticulture bags $18m, TômTex makes leather from fish | This week, Matsmart-Motatos scored new funding for its e-commerce business that sells overstock dry goods to stop food waste. RED Horticulture raised capital for its LED greenhouse lighting tech, and alternative leather startup TômTex bagge... |
| 21.11.2023 | RED horticulture secures $17M in Series A funding for dynamic greenhouse lighting | Today dynamic lighting company RED Horticulture closed a 17 million Series A funding round.
Based in the Netherlands and France, the company has developed a dynamic lighting solution for high-tech greenhouse operations.
RED Horticulture's s... |
| 07.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toray’s $8bn foray into biomass tech, Paptic lands $25m, Israeli agrifoodtech heats up The Kitchen | This week, materials manufacturer Toray announced a mega-investment in cellulosic sugar and Finland’s Paptic secured funds to expand its sustainable materials portfolio. Meanwhile, Israeli agrifoodtech startups were all over the news this w... |
| 04.09.2023 | Finnish startup Paptic raises €23M to accelerate the development of packaging materials | Finnish startup Paptic raises €23M to accelerate the development of packaging materials
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| 19.08.2023 | Navigating the German Venture Capital Landscape: Unveiling 15 Innovative Startups | Embark on a journey through Germany’s dynamic startup landscape, where venture capital fuels innovation. Join us as we delve into the realm of Venture Capital and uncover 15 startups that are reshaping industries by supporting and nurturing... |
| 20.06.2023 | Financial Frontiers: Germany’s Top 15 Startups Shaping the Finance Industry | Table of Contents show
1 Qontigo – Advancing Financial Intelligence
2 Traxpay – Enabling Sustainable Working Capital
3 Deep Neuron Lab – Leveraging AI for Financial Data
4 Ventury Analytics – Optimizing Investment Decision Making
5 Sin... |
| 16.06.2023 | AWS Startup Loft Accelerator and Vestbee Announce Climate Tech Program | AWS Startup Loft Accelerator and Vestbee team up to support climate tech startups in EMEA All eligible startups are welcome to apply for the coming AWS Climate Tech Accelerator until July 7th Cohort participants, as well as all applicants, ... |
| 22.09.2022 | Slovenian agritech Trapview raises €10M to develop sustainable farming | Slovenian agritech Trapview raises €10M to develop sustainable farming
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| 22.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiftly bags $100m for grocery tech, Pano’s $20m to fight wildfires with AI | This week, retail and grocery tech startup Swiftly bagged a mega-round while front-of-house restaurant software startup Zenchef cooked up new financing to expand its presence. In agtech, Pano raised funds to fight wildfires with AI and Land... |
| 20.09.2022 | By reducing pesticides, Trapview traps €10 million to speed up transition to more sustainable farming practices | Slovenia-based pest insect monitoring and forecasting platform Trapview has raised €10 million in a Series B funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its digital insect monitoring and forecasting solutions. The round was led by Europe... |
| 09.05.2022 | Wolves Summit Welcomes Startups and Investors Once More in Wrocław | Wolves Summit is back with a new edition in Wrocław on May 24-27 As usual, the Summit gathers top speakers and a massive audience The event is both on-site and online and lasts four days Startup movement in Ukraine will be one of the focal ... |
| 23.02.2022 | The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund is oversubscribed at €300 million to fuel the Bio Revolution | Targeted at an initial volume of €250 million, the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) is oversubscribed at about €300 million. The EU-backed fund will finance growth companies in the bioeconomy and biobased circular economy.
According... |
| 23.02.2022 | EU-initiated impact fund closes at €300 million to finance firms in bio-based circular economy | After digitalisation, the next global wave of transformation is rolling in - the Bio Revolution. To bring in a change from a linear, fossil-based economy to a sustainable, bio-based economy within which the European bioeconomy will play a d... |
| 11.11.2021 | Nuritas raises $45m to scale its plant-based peptides discovery platform | Irish biotech company Nuritas has closed a $45 million Series B round led by Chicago-based Cleveland Avenue. The funding will be used to scale up Nuritas’ discovery platform for plant-based peptides that could be used to create healthier fo... |
| 18.12.2020 | Nestlé invests in European Bioeconomy Venture Fund | The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), the first venture fund exclusively dedicated to the bioeconomy in Europe, closes its second round with €93 million in commitments. New investors include Nestlé, the world's largest food and beve... |
| 18.12.2020 | Nestlé invests in European Bioeconomy Venture Fund | |
| - | Dr. Michael Brandkamp is leaving the HTGF to establish the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund | On December 31, 2019, Dr. Michael Brandkamp is leaving the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) after 14 very successful years in order to set up the new European growth fund (ECBF) as a general partner. |
| - | EU-initiated impact fund closes at €300 million to finance firms in bio-based circular economy | After digitalisation, the next global wave of transformation is rolling in - the Bio Revolution. To bring in a change from a linear, fossil-based economy to a sustainable, bio-based economy within which the European bioeconomy will play a d... |
| - | Under pressure, biotech and pharma grapple with how to take climate action | As the health impacts of climate change become harder to ignore, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies are facing increasing pressure from investors, employees, and government regulators to reduce their carbon emissions, and to make en... |
