Bowery bags ‘biggest-ever’ vertical farming raise with $300m Series C
Bowery will use the funding to fuel R&D efforts around new crop varieties like cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, root vegetables, and tubers.
Bowery will use the funding to fuel R&D efforts around new crop varieties like cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, root vegetables, and tubers.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup combines active ingredients, a 3D-printed delivery system, and motor-function tech to combat pests and disease in orchards.
The Los Angeles-based startup will use the capital to expand its presence in Latin American markets, while also building out its tech and sales capabilities.
The Suzhou-based startup is targeting the 34% of China’s farmland which is in mountainous areas, much of which is dedicated to fruit, nut, and tea cultivation.
Agrolend is aiming to offer better financing options for Brazilian farmers who have faced challenges like depreciation of the country’s currency.
The North Dakotan startup is on a mission to digitalize the grain supply chain and now plans to add fintech offerings to its app-based trading platform.
The USDA-backed startup produces vapor-releasing sachets that extend the life of fresh produce when it’s in transit from the farm.
This latest injection follows a $182 million round late last year which was co-led by Baidu Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund II.
Infarm CEO Erez Galonska declined to comment on rumors that the startup has retained perennial IPO underwriter Goldman Sachs to help it raise more funds.
Provivi will use the funds to sell its pheremone-based pest control products to smallholder farmers in Kenya, Bangladesh, and India at cost.
Anuvia is hoping to clean up conventional fertilizer with its bio-basd input that improves yields while also reducing GHG emissions and sequestering carbon.
The Indian startup plans to build out its lending capabilities, as well as adding insurance and crop spraying to its roster of farmer-focused services.
The Indian company will use the Series C funding to expand its global presence and provide its AI-driven agronomy and financing solutions to more customers.
It’s the fourth fundraise of 2020 for the Chinese startup, which allows end customers and businesses to team up and purchase produce in bulk from farmers.
The Bengaluru-based startup claims to be “the world’s largest fully integrated online brand in fresh fish and meat e-commerce.”
The French startup – which farms mealworms to produce ingredients for fish feed, pet food, and crop fertilizers – claims it’s the biggest insect protein round ever.
Infarm says that by 2025 its operations will reach more than 5 million square feet to become the largest distributed vertical farming network in the world.
The Richmond, Virginia-based startup is ramping up production to meet the surge in demand for meal kits and other food e-commerce offerings amid Covid-19.
AppHarvest is planning to build the world’s largest greenhouse facility in Kentucky to address Covid-19 produce supply chain woes.
It’s one of several online group-buying platforms for fresh produce in China that has raised major funding from investors in recent months.
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