Ag-biotech and biologicals took center stage at this year’s Ag Innovation Showcase in St Louis and the event highlighted how biotech and agriculture have morphed into a diverse and exciting area of innovation.
Growing food was not the initial motivation for vertical farming company TruLeaf. It was a desire to find solutions to chronic disease through clean, nutritious food, Gregg Curwin, chief executive tells AgFunderNews.
This week’s news includes an at-the-market offering from Farmland Partners, two food e-commerce fundings, a drone funding and drone acquisition, Tate & Lyle’s recent exit
Last October, the Sumas Regional Consortium for High Tech (SRCTec), a Canadian non-profit organization, launched one of the country’s first agtech-focused accelerators: the Agri-Food
Groundwork BioAg recently announced the close of a Series B round with previous investors ICV in addition to Middleland Capital’s agriculture technology venture fund, SRK
For Michell Zappa, living in the future is an everyday reality. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based researcher spends most of his days writing, thinking, and discussing
Read about the public and private funding of two Indian dairy operations, a farmer relief program in France and the cancellation of a private equity seafood deal.
Zulal Oasis, the joint venture subsidiary of Hassad Food, recently held an open day for local farmers, investors and agriculture specialists.
AgTech Insight, a Salinas-based consultancy firm, held an educational event for farmers last week to learn about investing into agriculture technology.
The Ag Innovation Showcase, one of agtech’s first conferences, is in its seventh year, and will feature presentations from its highest number of women-owned startups.
The agribusiness has created a nutrition system for livestock producers and has donated to an educational project at a dairy farm pursuing innovative and sustainable practices.
Read about Japanese farm management tool Farmnote, two M&A deals with Indian animal health companies and a $6m Series A for IoT company LinkLabs.
AgFunderNews catches up with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to discuss Advantage Capital Partners’ latest investment in organic herb business Shenandoah Growers, and USDA plans to invest in other parts of rural America.
Middleland Capital was joined by public-private venture organization Invest Nebraska in the $750,000 seed round for Blue Prairie, which is developing prebiotic flour from chicory root.
Illumitex has launched a program to help growers take advantage of the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which provides grants to agricultural entities using energy-efficient improvements or a renewable energy system.
Tel Aviv-based Farm Dog is creating precision agriculture hardware and software tools suitable for small and medium-sized farms in Europe and the U.S.
Benson Hill Biosystems is developing crop traits to improve photosynthesis using a platform developed out of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center designed to improve the pace of discovery and implementation.
Read about Aqua Capital investing in Brazilian tilapia, precision ag tool Farmers Edge adding to investor roster and a UK-based fund of funds manager launching an agriculture investment product in this week’s Fundings in Brief.
Californian startup TerViva has built a business based on growing Pongamia, a tree crop that can be used as an alternative to soybean in animal feed and vegetable oil, on abandoned farmland in Florida and Hawaii.
Technology veteran John Hartnett talks to AgFunderNews about why he got involved in ag, his firm’s $100m agtech fund and establishing links between Silicon Valley and farmers in Salinas Valley.
