Cox Enterprises now holds a majority stake in BrightFarms, which will use the new funding to construct three new greenhouses in North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Texas.
California’s TeleSense uses remote sensing to monitor temperature and humidity in grain storage bins, helping to prevent disease and spoilage.
Remote sensing startups like France’s SpaceSense generate satellite data insights for precision agriculture by developing pattern recognition algorithms.
The Australian startup uses lighting, robotics, and AI to ‘program’ algae strains so they can more efficiently produce specialty ingredients for the food and ag sectors.
FBN’s recently unveiled Biological On-Farm R&D Network will connect developers of biological ag inputs directly with farmers to perform trials in full-scale testing environments.
The Californian startup is also working to break down language and technology barriers for US agricultural workers by offering a Spanish version of its app.
Our visual market map includes 78 South and Central American agrifoodtech startups that cover the value chain from farm inputs to consumer-facing solutions.
IBM, JPMorgan, Shopify, and Barclays are among the big-name buyers purchasing carbon credits from Indigo’s marketplace.
Agricultural logistics management software can help reduce food loss and waste, while also offering transparency for stakeholders throughout the value chain.
Ninjacart, which helps farms sell produce directly to restaurants and retailers, previously received investment from the pair in December last year.
Almost 4 million more farmers in Europe are ready to use online agribusiness marketplaces as their main sources of ordering than before Covid-19.
In the last of our series profiling the first-ever Food Bowl cohort, AFN speaks to four startups offering solutions to make farming more sustainable.
Farmers Edge will assist growers in tracking and verifying production data, while Radicle will help them identify opportunities to qualify for credits.
Fund II is timely given “scarcity of sector-focused growth capital and challenges and opportunities created by Covid-19,” managing partner Phil Erlanger told AFN.
The funding will enable the Indian startup to take its rapid soil testing kit and analytics services to the country’s 130 million smallholder farmers.
Singapore Food Bowl is our fully-online impact accelerator program aimed at building a more resilient, sustainable, and decentralized agrifood system.
SwarmFarm was founded in 2012 by farmer couple Andrew and Jocie Bate, who also run a dryland crop and beef cattle operation in rural Queensland.
Minnesota’s Revol Greens has plans to build new greenhouse facilities in California and Texas – the latter of which could be the world’s largest to date.
London insect farming startup Entocycle will lead the project, which will aim to build a facility that rears black soldier flies by the millions.
The Australian government has released its annual budget, featuring several leg-ups for the ag industry. But more tech investment is key for longer term security.
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