#Sementis: the first of 2024!

#10 - December in LATAM - Sementis

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New year, new plans, challenges and beginnings.

I wish you a year of good health and achievements!

This is the tenth edition of the Sementis Monthly Newsletter and it contains relevant news to start the year well informed!

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Topics we will cover:

• 🌱 Ag

•  🍇 Food

• 🌤️ Climate

• 💡 General News

• 👩🏻‍💻 Publications

• 🗓️ Events

• 💼 Job Openings

• 💬 Quote of the Month

• 👀 Before you go…

• Agrotoken puts sustainability in digital grains to be "largest in the world" in 2024

• Agrosmart advances in round seeking investments of US$5 million

• AIRed Geotechnology plans to raise R$600,000 to innovate in livestock management, in a round led by Criabiz Angels

• Aqua Capital injects R$150 million into Agrogalaxy

• Bayer leads the regenerative agriculture revolution

• Biopest conclui compra de 85% da Biotrop por R$ 2,8 bi

• Bradesco and Farmtech launch Fiagro worth almost R$200 million on B3

• Bunge invests US$4 million in Agrotoken

• CANAC tries to double the area in 2024

• Cocal obtains R$ 135 million from BNDES for biomethane project

• DeepAgro raises $2M for AI-based Agtech expansion to Brazil and the US

• Docket launches new AI that "reads CPR in 30 seconds" and speeds up credit

• EcoTrace raises investment to expand in agriculture

• Interjato Group creates “Climate Waze” for agriculture

• Lavoro raises R$420 million from CRAs and buys retailer in SP

• Morro Verde, from Ore Investments, will invest R$1 billion to “green” fertilizers

• Pulse Hub and 6 years of the Raízen innovation hub

• Radar AgTech Brasil identifies 1,953 agtechs, annual growth of 14.7%

• Raks Agricultural Technology receives ANA 2023 Award for innovation in water sustainability

• Rural Ventures will open a R$50 million fund and announce investment in a startup

• Sol brings internet to 15% of Brazil's agricultural area

• SoluBio reaps the billion-dollar harvest of bio-consumes

• SuperFrio raises R$96 million

• The Yeld Lab debuts in the biotechnology "field" in Brazil

• UISA prepares entry into the carbon fixation market

• Yara announces investment of R$90 million in new research center in Brazil

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• AgTech Investor Profile, Part 2: SP Ventures is bullish on Brazil and Latam

• Fundraising is a challenge for agtechs in Brazil, study shows

• The top 20 agtech deals of 2023

• Yerba mate cultivation now has a carbon calculator

• EIT Food - Global food innovation community will accelerate startups from Campinas (Brazil)

• Futurecow makes its first "milk" in a fermentation tank

• Goomer compra Abrahão e avança no food service

• Hubt creates “do it yourself” solution and relieves restaurants

• Justo signs a partnership with iFood and becomes the app’s official supermarket

• Kuke pivots to SaaS and wants to grow 150%, supported by Nestle

• NotCo and Kraft Heinz launch popular Mac&Cheese plant-based version in the United States

• Papapá expects to earn R$48M and is preparing to open its first physical store

• Usibras buys all of foodtech Cajueiro

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• What were the top 15 foodtech deals of 2023?

• Auren and Vivo create joint venture for free energy market

• B3 is creating a pool for carbon credits. Understand how it will work

• BNDES announces R$1 billion to financial restoration in the Amazon

• BNDES will induce industrialization linked to green hydrogen

• Boticário raises R$2 billion in debentures linked to ESG goals with a target for 100% vegan cosmetics

• IDB will provide exchange rate hedging for green investments in Brazil

• Bezos Earth Fund announces R$16 million in investments in livestock traceability projects and R$90 million to implement agroforestry systems with Belterra

• KKR joins BlackRock and points to decarbonization as a “key theme” in 2024

• Microsoft invests in carbon credits to reforest the Amazon

• Mubadala's R$12 billion project for macaúba biofuel

• Mush packaging: the plastic comes out and the fungi come in

• Passyflora Projetos Agro Sustentáveis is one of the companies selected by the CNA Challenge

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• Against climate change, Rio is the first city in Latin America to create a climate budget

• COP28 result accelerates green investments in Brazil

• COP does not deliver the ‘global market’ for carbon credits

• COP28 ends with historic agreement for fossil transition

• At COP28, "end of oil" and targets for food production

• Energy profile of Latin America: why the region is vital for global transition

• Who are the young climate defenders in Latin America

General:

• Brazil: M&As maintain their average in November, but the year should end with a fall

• Brazil: M&As in agriculture should be fertile in 2024

• Meet the 100 Innovative People in Latin America of 2023

• LatAm business in 2024: what to expect from mergers and acquisitions

• LatAm companies take care of their wallets: mergers and acquisitions fall by double digits

• Where will venture capital go in 2024?

• AgFunder - 10 Years in AgTech and FoodTech

• Brazil Radar AgTech

• Deloitte - Brazil: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) in Organizations 2023

• LAVCA - Top & Energing Women Investors in Latin American Tech 2023

• 🇧🇷 Feb 05-09: Show Rural Coopavel

• 🇲🇽 Feb, 21-23: ExpoAgro Sinaloa

• LATAM: The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - Latin American Regenerative Ranching and Agriculture (R2A) Strategy Associate

• 🇦🇷 Agrihed - Commercial Executive

• 🇦🇷 Syngenta - Process Leader

• 🇧🇷 Aegro - Jop Openings

• 🇧🇷 Aegro - Growth Especialist

• 🇧🇷 Deloitte - Sustainability and Climate Manager | RJ and SP

• 🇧🇷 Ecogen - Carbon Market Specialist (ESG)

• 🇧🇷 Food to Save - Job Openings

• 🇧🇷 Rabobank - Carbon Business Development Specialist

• 🇨🇱 Tridge - Global Sales Manager

• 🇲🇽 Allcot - Senior ALM Consultant (Specialized in carbon projects in the agriculture sector)

• 🇲🇽 Selina - Country Food and Beverage Director

• 🇲🇽 S&P Global - Data Analyst, Sustainability, Agribusiness Research

“The year will not be new if you are the same" — Unknown author

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