Planetary
planetary.bio
$20M
Series A
David Brandes
CEO and Co-founder
- David was named a 2025 WIPO Global Awards winner and a WIPO GREEN Ambassador for Switzerland for his patents in low-emission mycoprotein.
Series AClimate TechDeep TechHardware
12 Food & Agriculture companies raised a combined $89M across 2 pre-seed, 6 seed, 4 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- David was named a 2025 WIPO Global Awards winner and a WIPO GREEN Ambassador for Switzerland for his patents in low-emission mycoprotein.
- Giacomo Bastianelli, a Harvard Business School alumnus, co-founded Rainbow Crops to advance precision breeding.
- Dr Cian Duggan holds a doctorate and studied at Imperial College London before co-founding the company.
The Food & Agriculture sector saw 12 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $89M. The median round sits at $9M, with 67% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 33% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 17% of all Food & Agriculture activity in 2026.
Geographically, Food & Agriculture funding is concentrated in Switzerland, which accounts for 3 of the 12 raises (25%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest Food & Agriculture round in 2026 is Planetary's $20M series a, led by David Brandes. Food & Agriculture activity accelerated through Jun, when raises jumped to 3 announcements.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking Food & Agriculture, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aardaia aardaia.com | Seed | €5M | Pádraic Flood CEO & Co-founder | Netherlands | Seed Deep Tech Climate Tech | |
| 2 | Rainbow Crops rainbowcrops.com | Seed | €9.7M | Giacomo Bastianelli Co-founder & CEO | Belgium | Seed Climate Tech Deep Tech | |
| 3 | Sensie sensie.io | Pre-Seed | €500K | Olivier Begerem CEO & Co-founder | Belgium | Pre-Seed Hardware Climate Tech | |
| 4 | Decameal decameal.com | Seed | €1.7M | Leander Hessner Co-founder & CEO | Denmark | Seed Climate Tech Deep Tech | |
| 5 | Resurrect Bio resurrect.bio | Series A | €8.8M | Cian Duggan Co-founder & CEO | United Kingdom | Series A Deep Tech AI-Native | |
| 6 | Melazyme melazyme.com | Seed | $2M | Perumal Gandhi Co-founder & CEO | United States | Seed Deep Tech B2B | |
| 7 | Planetary planetary.bio | Series A | $20M | David Brandes CEO and Co-founder | Switzerland | Series A Climate Tech Deep Tech | |
| 8 | Planetary planetarygroup.ch | Series A | $20M | David Brandes CEO & Co-founder | Switzerland | Series A Climate Tech Hardware | |
| 9 | Planetary planetarybio.com | Series A | $20M | David Brandes CEO & Co-founder | Switzerland | Series A Climate Tech Deep Tech | |
| 10 | Cropcoin Technologies finsmes.com/2026/03/cropcoin-technologies-raises-rs-12-crore-in-pre-series-a-funding.html | Pre-Series A | $1.27M | Uttam Kumar Co-Founder | India | Pre-Seed B2B Marketplace | |
| 11 | Halter halterhq.com | Seed | Undisclosed | Craig Piggott Founder & CEO | Australia | Hardware Deep Tech | |
| 12 | Rumin8 rumin8.com | Seed | Undisclosed | David Messina CEO & Co-Founder | Australia | Climate Tech Deep Tech |