Farmers Business Network Raises $110m Series D, IPO Likely in 2-5 Years
The round attracted new, lead investment from two large institutional investors: global asset management firm T. Rowe Price and Singapore state fund Temasek.
Category Archives: Series D+
UPDATE: AeroFarms Brings in IKEA and David Chang to Close $40m Series D
US indoor agriculture group AeroFarms has closed a $40 million Series D round.
The State of AgriFood Tech Startups in Europe
There are a number of key areas of opportunity for agrifood tech startups in Europe as the support and resources available
to entrepreneurs increases slowly, write Thomas van den Boezem and Louisa Burwood-Taylor.
Indigo Ag Raises $156m Series D First Close to Expand Product Line Globally
The round takes the startup's total funding to over $300 million after it raised $156 million last year in Series C and D funding.
AgriFood Tech Startups Raise $4.4bn in H1-2017 as Global VC Market Signals End of Downturn
Early stage investment in agrifood tech startups reached $4.4 billion in the first half of 2017, posting a 6% year-over-year increase reversing the downward trend of 2016 when agrifood tech investing dropped 17% to $6.9 billion from $8.3 billion in 2015.
Greenlight Biosciences Raises $18m Series D for RNAi Biopesticide
Biological pesticide firm Greenlight Biosciences has raised an $18 million Series D round led by led by farmland and agtech fund investor Fall Line Capital.
Plant Impact Raises $5m on LSE to Launch New Chemical Crop Enhancers
The raise will support late stage development for several chemical crop enhancement products in the company’s R&D pipeline.
Syngenta Ventures Invests in Premier Crop Systems After Months of Trials with Software
Syngenta Ventures has acquired a minority stake in Premier Crop Systems (PCS), a Des Moines, Iowa based agronomic software tool in a growth equity investment round.
TPG ART Invests in Brazilian Digital Ag Startup Solinftec
Global private equity group TPG has invested in Brazilian digital ag company Solinftec through its Alternative and Renewable Technologies growth equity platform TPG ART.
Protix Raises $50m in Largest Insect Farming Investment on Record
Protix farms insects predominantly for animal and aquaculture feed, and has cracked the scalability challenge, according to new investors.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Startups Raise Nearly $130m in 2 Weeks
Solyent, Thymox, Propel, Hectare Agritech, Smart Earth Seeds, Taranis, Abundant, Calysta, Ceres, and Territory have all raised funding in the past two weeks.
Mini Apple Variety Rockit Launches Ahead as Private Equity Investors Pay 10x Valuation from 2011
The founder of Rockit Global, the New Zealand company that holds the global rights to the mini Rockit apple variety, has sold over 50% of the company to two private equity firms Pioneer Capital and Oriens Capital for around N$25 million ($17 million).
Aquaculture Feed Innovator Calysta Completes $40m Series D With Temasek & Mitsui
The financing will enable the business to achieve commercial scale manufacturing of its FeedKind protein, which is an alternative feed ingredient for fish, livestock and pet nutritional products.
Cool Planet Raises $19.3m to Commercialize Engineered Biochar Product That’s Increasing Crop Yields 14.9%
Cool Planet, the biofuel-turned-biological ag products company, has raised $19.3 million in venture funding from existing investors to drive the commercialization of its first products.
Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: $84m Raised in 2 Weeks (+$400m Instacart Series D), Origin Acquires AgSpace
A bumper two weeks of funding saw 14 startups raise $184m across on-farm biotech, biotech, satellite imagery, India, 3D printing, including Instacart's $400m Series D. There was also an ag data acquisition in the UK.
A Guide to Seafood & Aquaculture Technology: Startups Raise $193m in 2016 but More Innovation Needed
Investment in seafood and aquaculture technology increased 271% compared to the $52 million raised across both 2014 and 2015, but there is still a huge need for technology to bring efficiency and sustainability to the industry.
Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: Observant Acquired by Jain, Winnow Solutions Raises Convertible, more
The year's first exit came from Observant, an early agtech pioneer in the precision water management space. Jain Irrigation acquired the Australian company.
Exclusive: TechAccel Invests in Agrivida Solidifying its Unique Agritech Acceleration Platform
Equity investing in just one way TechAccel, a venture development organization, works to accelerate innovation in agriculture.
A Year of Contrasts: Agtech Funding Dips to $3.2bn while Deal Activity Rises 10% in 2016
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.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Insect Farming, Big Data, Soil Health Tech, Crowdfund a Cow Platform, more
Insect farming, Big Data technology, soil health products, and a Crowdfund a cow platform are just a few of this week's agtech fundings.