Indoor farming's harshest lesson yet, dealmaking across three continents, and $263 million flowing into grid storage.

80 Acres Farms raised $390 million across six rounds and became one of the largest vertical farms in the United States. This week it began winding down, unable to line up fresh capital — a blunt reminder that indoor-growing economics remain brutal.

That's the lead story in the very first iGrow Digest: energy, water and agriculture in one quick listen. Also this week — Farmmi moves on Brazil's soybean and sugar trade with an all-stock bid for Four Seasons Holding Group; Aquatech extends into Middle East water treatment by acquiring Metito Chemical Solutions; Boralex clears its final approvals to go private at $37.25 a share; Frontier Power raises $263 million and picks up an 800 megawatt-hour battery project in Texas; and Ørsted switches on 500 megawatt-hours of storage in Needville, Texas.

Want the deeper numbers? This week's premium edition, Seed Capital, breaks down agriculture's inputs layer — seeds, genetics, biologicals and fertilizer — with a full year-over-year read on 6 M&A deals, 23 funding rounds, 33 partnerships and 17 product launches. Read the full edition.

In this episode:

(00:00) Cold Open

(00:25) The Scorecard

(01:15) The Big Deals

(02:21) Powering Down

(02:55) Follow the Money

(04:03) Around the Sectors

(06:28) Quick Hits

(07:19) Close

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