AgFunder Network Partners

Category: AgTech

Growers Rant to discuss AgTech issues

November 8, 2014

The AgTech meetup group is holding an open meeting Next Tuesday on November 11 in Salinas to discuss growers past experience with agriculture technology and

RoyseLaw launches AgTech Incubator

November 6, 2014

A couple of years ago if you were an agtech company there wasn’t much for you in the way of ag-focused incubators or accelerators. Today we can

Council on Foreign Relations meets to discusses the future of food

November 5, 2014

The discussion, Technology on the Menu: Food of the Future, focused on advancements within the AgTech space and how new technologies and methods from each sector might shape the way the global community produces its food in the coming decades.

WISErg raises another $900k to convert grocer’s waste to fertilizer

November 4, 2014

John Cook over at GeekWire has reported that WISErg has added another $900,000 to the $5 million Series B they raised earlier this year for

Announcing 20 companies for TechCon’s Pitchfest

November 4, 2014

SARTA (Sacramento Regional Technology Alliance) just announced 20 companies will be participating in Pitchfests taking place at TechCon Sacramento on November 6, 2014, at the Sacramento

New York gets its own AgTech Meetup

November 4, 2014

The NYC AgTech Meetup Group will be kicking off its first monthly event in New York on Thursday, November 6th, at 7pm. As this was the first

Bioinsecticide maker, Vestaron raises $14M in oversubscribed Series C

November 3, 2014

Vestaron, which designs environmentally friendly insecticides, announced last week that it closed an oversubscribed Series C with an additional $4M investment from Anterra Capital, based in the

AGERpoint designs precision Ag for tree and vine crops

November 3, 2014

Crop monitoring technology and data acquisition systems have been heavily oriented towards row crops, such as grains and vegetables. Now, a new company could help precision agriculture branch out.

GAI and Larta announce GAI AgTech Week conference

October 31, 2014

The world of AgTech has been on fire, seeing $401 million in deals in the first half of this year compared to $277 million in deals

Biowaste fuel company Harvest Power raises $20M

October 29, 2014

Harvest Power, which turns organic biowaste into bioenergy, natural soils, fertilizers and mulches, announced a $20 million financing round. The lead investors were True North Venture Partners,

Kespry raises $10M for commercial-grade drone system

October 27, 2014

Kespry the developer of commercial-grade drone system for aerial data capture, analysis, and visualization systems, announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A

Yield Lab agtech accelerator partners with Arch Grants

October 24, 2014

St. Louis based agtech accelerator Yield Lab and Arch Grants have announced they are developing a partnership to provide resources to AgTech startups in the St. Louis region. Yield Lab

640 Labs raises $2.65M for their big-data farming technology

September 26, 2014

Some how this one slipped by us, and so in the interest of covering the whole spectrum of agtech deals, we’re covering this belated announcement.

AgSmarts named semi-finalist to $1M Global Action Challenge

September 26, 2014

AgSmarts, dubbed the ‘Google Nest’ for agriculture irrigation, has been named as a semi-finalist to the $1M Global Action Challenge. The $1M prize is a competitive

AgReliant Genetics cuts deal with precision ag company, Spensa

September 26, 2014

AgReliant Genetics, the third largest corn seed company in the U.S. and Spensa Technologies, a multiplatform agriculture services company have signed an agreement that will help growers

Biomaterials company, NexSteppe raises $22M Series C

September 25, 2014

NexSteppe, a company delivering the next generation of sustainable feedstock solutions for the biobased industries, announced today it has raised $22M Series C from Total

DroneDeploy, smart drone management system, raises $2M

September 19, 2014

It’s a big year for VCs funding drone companies! DroneDeploy, a smart drone management platform, announced a $2M seed round led by SoftTech VC with participation

Here comes the drones! Precision Hawk raises $10M Series B

September 19, 2014

PrecisionHawk, an information delivery company that uses a small, lightweight UAVs and cloud-based software to collect, process and analyze aerial data, today announced it has

Netherlands launches €4 million AgTech Accelerator

September 16, 2014

The SmartAgriFood accelerator officially launched a €4 million open call for SMEs and web-entrepreneurs to develop a new generation of smart agriculture applications and services building

Newleaf Symbiotics raises $17M for pink bacteria technology

September 15, 2014

NewLeaf Symbiotics, a St Louis, Missouri-based agricultural biotechnology company focused on the commercialization of beneficial plant bacteria, announced today that it has closed a $17