The Japan-based plant seedling producer’s $4.7m Farm to Table Fund will invest in food and agritech startups to support the food supply chain.

Axel Johnson investment fund Novax co-led a $15.3m round for the vegan protein and dairy substitute developer with Capricorn Partners Sustainable Chemistry Fund.

Cellular Agriculture was spun out of University of Bath in 2016 as the UK’s first startup in the cultured meat space, but its ambitions go far beyond a lab-grown burger.

Prepared by researchers from the Washington University, St Louis on behalf of The Yield Lab, sponsored by Rabo Strategic Ventures

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Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Congruent Ventures is raising a second fund two years after a first $92m vehicle closed with an anchor investment from University of California.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.