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ETF Partners has invested £5m in UK start-up The Modern Milkman to support its plastic-free grocery delivery service.

Personalised sports nutrition brand Gainful has raised $7.5m in new funding to support product and market expansion.

Bkon, creator of a patented extraction process for beverage production, has secured a $3m Series A investment led by GoodWest Industries.

Swedish better-for-you snack brand Nick’s has raised $30m in its largest investment round to date, as the company aims to accelerate its overseas expansion.

Food technology start-up, Air Protein, has announced a $32 million Series A funding round led by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).

Mondelēz International and JAB majority-owned subsidiary Maple Holdings are selling a total of 60 million shares held in Keurig Dr Pepper.

Mondelēz International has bought a minority stake in Uplift Food, an early-stage start-up that produces prebiotic functional food supplements.

To capitalise on escalating demand for potable water, Boston-based Oasys Water has raised $10m to pilot a technology it says could halve the cost of desalination and wastewater treatment. The funding will be used to create a test facility and pursue licensing and partnership deals with water treatment providers.