The vertical farmer best known for its strawberries is also gearing up for its first international expansion via a new R&D center in Tokyo.
The newly announced AgTech Advisory Collective aims to provide a broad range of expertise and services to the agtech industry.
Factors like age and attitude towards sustainable farming practices influence farmers’ purchasing decisions, says Boston Consulting Group.
SAYeTECH combines hardware and Internet of Things (IoT) embedded systems to build tools specific to Africa’s smallholder farming communities.
In addition to honey and ancient grains, the company has now launched a coffee product that’s being distributed in the US and Europe.
Plus: chatbots for cultivated meat are here.
CommonGround is staying laser-focused on its farmland marketplace and its recently launched insurance business.
“Cautious optimism” is warranted as deal values have increased for two consecutive quarters,” say PitchBook analysts.
Germany-based Klim will introduce a financial services layer to its insetting platform to aid in the transition to regenerative agriculture.
“Fulcrum maybe isn’t the most trendy investor, but we care a lot about what has real impact on the farm.”
High-tech shrimp farming company Oceanloop reels in a fresh round of capital.
Phytoform utilizes gene editing to accelerate changes that might naturally occur through traditional breeding methods.
The industry is moving in the right direction, said various growers, startups, agribusinesses and investors polled by AgFunderNews.
“The opportunistic nature of cyber attacks, especially ransomware, means a company of any size is at risk.”
Plus: Australia firm banks new funds for biopackaging innovations.
Winners of the GLOCAL challenge highlight the role of AI, data science and fintech in kickstarting change across Latin America agrifoodtech.
FIRA attendees agreed that ag robotics and automation will create more jobs for the industry, and typically better ones, too.
Metablify officially launched this week out of the Danforth Technology Company, a subsidiary of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Plus: More funding deals for ag robotics and automation.
Series D funding will go to a few different areas, including expanding availability of the LaserWeeder into new geographies.
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