‘Lab-on-a-chip’ startup Nordetect raises $1.5m, targets indoor farming
Denmark’s Nordetect wants to help CEA startups get a better glimpse of their nutrient use without waiting weeks for a lab test result.
Denmark’s Nordetect wants to help CEA startups get a better glimpse of their nutrient use without waiting weeks for a lab test result.
With backing from Sony and other investors, US-based Oishii grows the berries indoors using ancient Japanese farming practices.
The Canadian startup aims to help farmers optimize equipment usage so they can squeeze more profitability out of their machinery.
Through Arkansas-based AcreTrader, investors can add farmland to their portfolios – while farmers can get financial assistance to purchase new land or infrastructure.
The Nature Conservancy has made a major commitment around advancing soil-smart farming – and it has realized that technology is key to achieving its goal.
The Toronto-based startup is hoping to digitalize an antiquated industry that relies on middlemen to broker deals between buyers and sellers.
Zymoscope is applying its real-time, data-driven fermentation tech to the beer industry. Next stop: Alt-proteins
The New Brunswick-based startup is commercializing its mastitis detection technology, starting with beta trials on dairies in Canada.
Demetria is replacing the antiquated coffee quality assessment process by using AI and near-infrared technology to scan beans before they’re brewed.
Agrisolus captures real-time data about a variety of metrics to optimize poultry production and prevent disease in the flock.
The nonprofit Kroger unit is hoping to address food waste and hunger by supporting startups making novel foods from upcycled ingredients.
Farm Market iD aggregates data from a variety of sources to offer agribusinesses support with marketing and better serving farmers and ranchers.
FBN will help farmers generate carbon credits through personalized agronomic assitance and allow them to control when they sell them.
The new growing center takes six weeks to construct and can produce the equivalent of up to 10,000-square-meters of farmland, according to InFarm.
Provivi will use the funds to sell its pheremone-based pest control products to smallholder farmers in Kenya, Bangladesh, and India at cost.
Consumer Physics will apply its SCiO technology, which uses near-infrared spectrometers and cloud-based software, to Driscoll’s quality measurement process.
Project Well provides at-risk healthcare plan members with nutritonal counseling and tailored meal plans to target chronic disease.
Anuvia is hoping to clean up conventional fertilizer with its bio-basd input that improves yields while also reducing GHG emissions and sequestering carbon.
The pair’s packaging is a micro-perforated compostable film that reduces food waste by extending shelf life while cutting plastic pollution.
It’s a big week for LatAm’s agrifoodtech fund, SP Ventures. The fund will close on around $50 million to $75 million, surpassing the $30 million goal it initially set.