Arc-net Raises £2m for Food Supply Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Tech
February 7, 2017
The Northern Irish startup raised the funding from former UK Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Five Trends in Agritech Innovation in India to Watch Out for in 2017
February 6, 2017
Hemendra Mathur, agribusiness investment lead and venture partner at Bharat Innovations Fund in India, writes about five trends in agritech innovation
Ag Industry Brief: Agtech Accelerators Launch & Expand, Syngenta Launches AI Challenge, Vestaron’s New Hire, more
February 3, 2017
Early stage resources for agtech startups continue to grow as Nuritas founder named Women of the Year and Syngenta launches a new challenge for artificial intelligence.
The Yield Lab Invests $300k in Latest Agritech Cohort Taking Total to $1.8m
February 1, 2017
The Yield Lab has made three new investments of $100k each in agritech startups joining its 2017 cohort in St Louis.
4 Things You Should Know about Remote Sensing in Agriculture
February 1, 2017
Geosys’ Matthieu Hyrien explains four key concepts in remote sensing in agriculture from a recently released a whitepaper on the topic.
A Year of Contrasts: Agtech Funding Dips to $3.2bn while Deal Activity Rises 10% in 2016
January 31, 2017
Agtech funding in 2016 was a tale of two halves as the number of deals closed increased 10% to 580 due to an uptick in seed stage activity, while investment dollars fell 30% to $3.2bn.
The Opportunities and Challenges of Insect Farming for Feed
January 30, 2017
Nolet is an advisor to Australian insect-for-feed startup, GoTerra, and here writes about the challenges and opportunities for GoTerra and others in the space.
Ag Industry Brief: Farmers Edge, Ynsect, AgriProtein on Global Cleantech 100, Terravion Partners with FarmSolutions, Pegasus Ag to Invest in Indoor Ag Hub, more
January 27, 2017
It was a busy week for agtech startups with new partnerships and awards, while regulations around gene-editing make slow progress.
ICYMI: 3 Things You Missed at the Rothamsted Open Innovation Forum for Agritech
January 26, 2017
The aim of ROIF 2017 was to foster collaboration between industry, research, and the agritech startup community to solve agriculture’s biggest challenges.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Insect Farming, Big Data, Soil Health Tech, Crowdfund a Cow Platform, more
January 26, 2017
Insect farming, Big Data technology, soil health products, and a Crowdfund a cow platform are just a few of this week’s agtech fundings.
Catalina Sea Ranch Raises $2m for Innovative Offshore Aquaculture Project
January 25, 2017
Catalina Sea Ranch, the first offshore shellfish ranch in US federal waters, has raised funding for its mussel farm off the coast of Southern California, and for research into growing environmentally-beneficial giant kelp.
Gates Foundation Awards $6.1m Grant to Danforth Center for Sorghum Research
January 25, 2017
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a three-year, $6.1 million grant to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to expand and accelerate the development and deployment of improved varieties of sorghum for smallholder farmers.
How to Make Latin America an Agtech Powerhouse
January 24, 2017
Ciro Echesortu, director of Latin America’s first agtech accelerator NXTP Labs, reflects on the development of the region’s agtech market and what to expect in 2017.
Agriculture Industry Brief: AgFunder Awards, Trump’s USDA Pick, Climate Ventures 2.0 & Yield Lab Open, more
January 23, 2017
President Trump nominated former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to head the US Department of Agriculture, while Mastercard launched an East Africa agtech platform, and applications opened for two new accelerators.
Agtech Funding Sheet: TellusLab Raises $3.1m Seed to Compete with Descartes Labs, Measure Raises $15m for Drones-as-a-Service, more
January 19, 2017
A bumper week of fundings includes startups offering satellite imagery analysis, drones-as-a-software, milk products, wine e-commerce and more.
AgFunder Innovation Awards 2016 Winners Announced
January 19, 2017
Your nominations were counted and verified, and the top five companies in each category are…
Why Feeding the World is Not the Only Important Agtech Message For Investors
January 18, 2017
Santiago Tenorio from Cascade Global, a multi-family office based investing in agtech, writes about the financial return potential of the space.
Farm Management Software Will Be Key to Food Traceability
January 17, 2017
Remi Schmaltz, CEO of Decisive Farming, writes about the role software tools will play in enabling transparency in the food chain.
Ag Industry Brief, Amber Agriculture Wins Best Startup At CES, Agribotix Partners with SenseFly, Larta Wins SBA Tibbetts Award, more
January 16, 2017
Awards, partnerships and agtech product trials dominate this week’s industry brief.
Hacker Unit Launches Remote Agtech Accelerator with AgFunder Alumni Mentors
January 13, 2017
The multi-sector accelerator program is launching its first agtech program alongside one for robotics and employs a different model to most.
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