Lauren Stine, Author at AgFunderNews

Lauren Stine

Lauren is a contributing writer for AFN, a lawyer, an adjunct law professor and raises cattle, sheep, and goats in Northwest Arkansas. You can contact her at [email protected] or on twitter @whitehoofacres

AgTech Exits: Raven Industries acquires two driverless tractor startups

November 7, 2019

Smart AG offers a driverless tractor technology to help farmers upgrade existing equipment to tackle time and labor challenges while DOT designs and manufactures ready-made autonomous equipment.

Is climate modeling-as-a-service the next frontier of risk management? UK startup Cervest says yes.

November 6, 2019

The UK startup just raised a £3.7 million ($4.77m) venture round for its climate modeling service aimed at decision-makers in business and government.

Survey: Which Food & AgTech categories, geographies are investors most excited about?

November 5, 2019

Find out which regions and sectors VCs are most eager to explore in 2020 and tips on how startups can improve their chances of making a deal in this new investor sentiment survey conducted by Idea2Scale and AgFunder.

DuPont introduces lactose-free enzyme ingredient to lower sugar content in dairy products

November 4, 2019

Consumers are keeping a careful eye on sugar intake and DuPont is hoping to help the dairy industry meet rising demand for low-sugar products.

Startup Spotlight: BeeHero is using tech to make pollination-as-a-service a bit sweeter for farmers and bees

November 1, 2019

The startup tracks pollination quality in real-time to provide farmers reliant on bees with hyper-efficient pollination.

Two food supply chain startups capture $64.5m in funding this week

October 31, 2019

A cold chain logistics automation startup scored $31m in funding while an app-based ingredients ordering platform for restaurants raised $33.5m.

Indigo launches new service to help farmers adopt regenerative ag practices

October 31, 2019

Indigo Acres is a multi-tiered tool connecting Indigo’s Carbon and Marketplace platforms while providing data-driven agronomic insights to help farmers capture more profit through regen practices.

Adama acquires Peruvian crop protection company AgroKlinge to target large-scale farmers in the region

October 30, 2019

Adama is hoping to gain a stronger foothold in Peru’s agricultural market and to target large-scale industrial farmers with the acquisition.

EXCLUSIVE: Former USDA Sec’y & UNICEF director Ann Veneman joins board of Full Harvest

October 29, 2019

Ann Venemean tells AFN her thoughts on where agri-foodtech can improve, plant-based protein, and one of the biggest takeaways from her career to date.

Startup Spotlight: How Treasure8 is using tech & ingredients to fight food waste

October 28, 2019

The San Francisco-based food waste startup is tackling the global issue from different angles through what it describes as its early-investment platform.

Flowhub, Bespoke Financial bring $30m in VC funding to cannabis sector this week

October 24, 2019

Flowhub provides a dispensary management software solution while Bespoke Financial claims to be a first of its kind short-term lender focusing on the cannabis sector.

‘The lunacy of Blockchain’ drove commodities veterans to launch new technology association

October 23, 2019

It's too soon for Blockchain, according to a new trade assocation that says the industry first needs to convert paper documents in envelopes to a unified digital system.

Regen Ag Renegade: How an investment banker turned farmer is making regenerative ag happen in Germany

October 22, 2019

Benedikt Bosel is regenerating his family’s farm in East Germany and inspiring other farmers in the region to do the same.

Does the US agtech industry agree with Sonny Perdue’s ‘the big get bigger and the small go out?’

October 21, 2019

Recent comments from the Sec’y of Agriculture have rallied small farmers across the country who aren’t going out without a fight. But does the tech industry feel the same?

BRIEF: Commercial kitchen food waste startup Winnow raises $12m Series B

October 17, 2019

The UK startup has developed a smart kitchen tool that helps restaurants account for their food waste to see where they can improve.

Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo

October 17, 2019

Trigo’s technology uses computer vision and AI to see what shoppers put in their carts, charging their accounts when they walk out the door. Tesco invested just after its Series A round.

9 questions with FoodBytes! Chicago pitch company Agremo

October 16, 2019

Serbian startup Agremo pitched its farm data management software last month to a panel of judges and audience.

French poultry tech startup Tibot Technologies raises €3m seed round for health-boosting robot

October 16, 2019

The startup’s robots roam around poultry houses floors to encourage more bird movement and to prevent hens from laying eggs outside designated nest boxes.