Hazel Technologies, Inc., a Chicago, IL-based USDA-funded agricultural technology company delivering new solutions to combat food waste, raised $70m in Series C financing.
The round, which brought cumulative total raised to over $87m, was co-led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (Pontifax AgTech), and Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with participation from S2G Ventures, Pangaea Ventures, Rhapsody Venture Partners, Asahi Kasai Ventures, Jordan Park Group, and the Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust.
The company intends to use the funds to build global operations in major agricultural production areas, expanding into new markets such as Southeast Asia, Africa, the EU, and beyond.