NXTP Labs Launches First Latin American Agtech Accelerator
June 7, 2016
NXTP Labs, one of the most active early stage investment funds in Latin America, is launching the region’s first agtech accelerator.
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Illumitex and AVF Award Malaysian Community Design First Place in 2016 Vertical Farming Competition
June 6, 2016
The Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) and Illumitex created the 2016 Vertical Farming Award competition to promote innovation and awarded first prize to a Malaysian community project.
Walmart to Launch E-Grocery Service with Uber and Lyft, EpiBiome Wins Award, Antibiotic Resistant E. coli Bacteria Found in US, more
June 3, 2016
Walmart, Sam’s Club to Test “Last-Mile Grocery Delivery” Using Ride Share Services Uber, Lyft Mega grocery retailer Walmart and its wholesale chain Sam’s Club are
aWhere to Host Agtech Hackathon for East African Innovators in Nairobi
June 3, 2016
Agriculture stakeholders, programmers, developers and data scientists are invited to come together in Nairobi, Kenya this July for a two-day hackathon aimed at finding technological solutions for smallholder farmers in East Africa as they adapt to changing conditions.
Fundings-in-Brief: Livestock Sex Sorting Tech Raises $4.5m, Inocucor Extends Series A, Food Waste Tech Gets $16m, more
June 2, 2016
Over $60m of agtech fundings this week include Engender Technologies, Inocucor, WiseRG, Planetary Resources, MastiLine, Chef’d and Kazzit.
Bayer Adds to Digital Farming Business with Planetary Resources Partnership as Startup Raises $21m Series A
June 2, 2016
Satellite and sensing startup Planetary Resources raised the funding from a group of high-profile individuals and venture capital investors.
Dutch Startup Building Sensors to Detect Mastisis in Dairy Cows Raises Series A from Impact Investors
June 2, 2016
MastiLine, a Dutch startup, develops and manufactures an automated monitoring system to detect the early signs of mastitis, an infection that impacts milk production for many farmers.
Update: Qualcomm Ventures Invests in $3m Series B for Brazilian Big Data Startup
June 1, 2016
*Update: Strider has disclosed the participation of Qualcomm Ventures and the size of its $3 million Series B funding round. This article was originally published on May 5, 2016.
[Podcast] Using Machine Learning to Discover Crop Traits and Launching Benson Hill Biosystems
May 26, 2016
Last week, Benson Hill Biosystems announced the launch of CropOS, its data analytics platform, which uses machine learning and cloud biology to tackle agriculture’s biggest challenges.
Fundings-in-Brief: Antimicrobial Startup Raises $1.3m, Food E-Commerce Raises $131m, Farmers Edge Raises $3m, more
May 26, 2016
This week, PURE Bioscience raises $1.27 million, while Farmers Edge gets another $3.2m, hyperspectral drone imagery company Gamaya raises $3m, and five food e-commerce startups from the Europe, Asia and the US raise $131m collectively. Impossible Foods is also on the road for $200m.
Nestle Chairman Commits to $3.2m Series A for Hyperspectral Drone Imagery Company Gamaya
May 25, 2016
Swiss drone imagery company Gamaya has raised SFr 3.2 million ($3.2 million) in Series A funding to develop its hyperspectral imaging sensor and analytics software platform.
Industry-in-Brief: Freight Farms Receives NASA Grant, White House Launches Microbiome Initiative, more
May 23, 2016
Freight Farms will use the NASA funding to build a new type of indoor ag facility based on its shipping container model, while a new report concluded that food products derived from GM crops are not only safe, but beneficial for the environment.
S2G leads $10m round with Sumitomo for Terramera’s biopesticide application technology
May 20, 2016
Terramera, a Canadian startup that’s on a mission to change the fate of many biological ag products, has raised $10 million in venture capital.
Avrio Capital Invests in an Environment Control Technology Company for Livestock Production
May 19, 2016
Avrio Capital has invested in Intelia, an environment controller manufacturer and data collection company for the indoor animal agriculture industry, as well as two food companies.
Fundings-in-Brief: Precision Ag Startups from Outside the US Raise Seed Funding, more
May 19, 2016
Agroptima and Agrosmart are the two non-US startups that raised funding, joining startups in the animal health, gene-editing, and food delivery subsectors.
Connecterra Raises $1.8m for Intelligent Animal Health Monitoring Technology
May 19, 2016
The Dutch connected wearables company serves the dairy industry and attracted a globally diverse set of investors to its seed round.
AgLaunch Accelerator Accepting Applications for 2016 Cohort as Ecosystem Grows
May 18, 2016
There’s a new agtech accelerator in town: the Memphis, Tennessee-based AgLaunch Accelerator is now accepting applications for its Fall 2016 cohort.
6 Ways UC Davis is Supporting and Promoting the Commercialization of Agtech Startups
May 18, 2016
UC Davis is a partner to a range of initiatives supporting agtech innovation and startups in and around Sacramento, California. Here are six of them.
CRISPR Startup Caribou Biosciences Raises $30m Series B as Gene Editing for Ag Picks up Pace
May 16, 2016
In agriculture, Caribou Biosciences is researching the use of CRISPR to promote drought tolerance, disease resistance, increase crop yields, and develop healthier crops.
How to Close the Agtech Adoption Gap
May 12, 2016
A new whitepaper released today tackles the topic of agtech adoption. Entitled ‘Beyond the Hype: How Agricultural Technology Wins Customers and Creates Value’, it offers six suggestions to agtech startups.
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