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In a space where drawn-out IP battles can derail fundraising and spook potential partners, the legal spat between Onego Bio and The EVERY Co is attracting intense interest. This week, EVERY won the first round, but Onego Bio says the fight is only just beginning.

Elsewhere, investment is starting to follow deeptech startups into agrifood. In 2021, deeptech deal share accounted for 34% of investment. By 2025, it was 59%, new data from AgFunder show.

Plus:

• Precision ag: TerraBlaster nears launch, Niqo Robotics eyes profitability​
• Carbon removal: Boomitra gains momentum in Mexico​
• Casein... in soybeans? Mozza Foods gears up for late 2028 launch​
• Beyond glyphosate: What are the alternatives?​
• Beyond Meat: "We're a beverage company in hiding"​
• Protein from air: Biosphere bags DoD grant​
• David Protein: Endgame looms in antitrust fight​

And finally... One of the most abundant proteins on the planet, RuBisCO can match egg and whey on digestibility and functionality, but is not (yet) the plant protein of choice for formulators. That could be about to change, says one new market entrant.​

Have a fantastic week! Louisa, Jenn, and Elaine

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​Environmental and geopolitical pressures are driving deeptech's steady growth in agrifood​

At the 2021 peak, deeptech deal share accounted for 34% of agrifoodtech investment. By 2025, it was 59%. Jennifer Marston

​Judge tosses Onego Bio lawsuit vs EVERY Co in Wisconsin, parallel case in Delaware still in motion​

"This ruling is a clear sign that the lawsuit was baseless from the onset," claims EVERY Co, while Onego insists the battle is "just beginning." Elaine Watson

​TerraBlaster aims for late 2026 launch with real-time NPK soil mapping at tractor speed​

Right now, TerraBlaster's tech works at 5mph, a speed CEO Jorge Heraud reckons he can double to 10mph “pretty soon.” Elaine Watson

​Niqo Robotics expands reach, targets profitability in 2026/7: ‘Farmers don’t want AI hype—they want ROI’ ​

"Farmers just want to know when it will pay off, what's the maintenance like, and how it will make or save me money," says CEO Jaisimha Rao. Elaine Watson

​Beyond Meat fleshes out beverage launch plans for New York retail debut after grim Q1​

Beyond Meat’s new beverage will hit stores in New York this summer, while Beyond Steak will launch in select retailers later this year. Elaine Watson

​Mozza Foods targets late 2028 launch for soybean-grown casein​

“We're a molecular farming company because that's the only path we see that gets us to cost parity without having to build hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure," says cofounder and CEO Adam Tarshis. Elaine Watson

​Boomitra hits major milestone as ranchers reap real financial gains from regenerative grazing in Mexico​

The carbon removal project developer has begun payments following Verra’s issuance of 3m credits from the grasslands project in Mexico. Jennifer Marston

​Guest article: The future of glyphosate may rest with innovators, not lawyers​

"The way beyond glyphosate is not to wish it away. It is to outperform it." By guest contributor Dan Blaustein-Rejto

​Biosphere lands Pentagon funding to build portable “protein from air” bioreactors​

By sterilizing bioreactors with UV light instead of complex steam-in-place systems, firms can slash capex and opex costs, claims Biosphere. Elaine Watson

​Endgame looms in EPG antitrust fight as David Protein urges judge to toss case for good​

Plaintiffs “have now tried four times to plead a viable complaint,” says David Protein. Elaine Watson

​Former Eat Just exec bets on alfalfa to unlock ‘holy grail’ RuBisCO protein​

“We're leveraging a community of investors as we prepare to raise a larger institutional round," says Udi Lazimy at Fudi Protein. Elaine Watson

​AgriFood Signals: Corteva names seed spinout, Vori bags $22m for AI grocery, FMC sells India biz​

Plus: Pepsi's renewable energy deal in Europe. Jennifer Marston

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​CamoAg builds data layer for ag sales teams, reaches profitability​

"We last raised money in 2022, and we do not think we will need to raise money again," says Corbett Kull. Elaine Watson

​5 key investor lessons on blended capital for agrifood​

A new report from FAO Investment Centre lays out the "dos and dont's" of working with blended finance for sustainable development. Jennifer Marston

​Pam Marrone targets resistant weeds with cocktails of microbial metabolites as bioherbicide space heats up​

The Holy Grail, she says, is a long-lasting, broad-spectrum bioherbicide with pre- and post-emergent activity vs resistant weeds. Elaine Watson

​What makes a winning bet in agtech? PitchBook crunches the numbers​

Key failures in the sector have been less about technology than financing mismatches and broken unit economics, claims Pitchbook. Elaine Watson

​Uviquity announces the world's first chip-scale deep-UV laser at 229 nm - Featuring Uviquity!

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​Agriculture is important. That does not make it investable. Lessons learned​

Ryan Rakestraw, Medium

​Iran war may cause food shortages in Africa, world’s largest fertilizer firm says​

The Guardian

​Can Arevo reinvent fertilizer for a volatile world?​

AgTechNavigator

​‘Alternative COP’ must drive real, cooperative change in climate action​

Nature

​Food industry sees a threat in Kennedy’s push to define ‘ultraprocessed’ food​

The New York Times

​Diesel prices squeeze US farmers ‘barely getting by’ amid tariffs and drought​

The Guardian

​Why your biologicals portfolio might already be obsolete​

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