Derek Norman Takes Over as Head of Syngenta Ventures, as Alex Steel Moves on – exclusive
AgFunderNews can reveal that Syngenta has promoted Derek Norman to head of corporate venture capital at the Swiss agribusiness.
AgFunderNews can reveal that Syngenta has promoted Derek Norman to head of corporate venture capital at the Swiss agribusiness.
AgEagle was one of the first drones companies in the agriculture sector. It’s also the second most popular drone manufacturer for clients of software company DroneDeploy.
Fish traceability, Paine & Partners Verdesian Life Sciences, farmland investment, GMO labeling, and dangerous pesticides make up this week’s Industry-in-Brief.
The American Farm Bureau Federation has launched a new initiative aimed at awarding certain ag data company with an “Ag Data Transparent” seal if they participate in its Ag Data Transparency Evaluator (ADTE).
Willow Hill Ventures will invest in growth stage agtech companies beyond Series B stage taking advantage of IFC’s portfolio of farmland across the US.
We caught up with Anthony Hawes, CEO of AgBiTech, an Australian biopesticide company that’s been operating in the ag biological space for 16 years.
The farm management software platform has opened a new office at WGA’s center in Salinas, while Costco is making loans to organic farmers as demand grows, and find out how many billionaires are getting farm subsidies.
The vertical farming sector is more than just a movement; it’s evolved into an industry and the conversation needs to move on, according to the Association for Vertical Farming.
A group of institutional investors worth $1 billion and led by Coller Capital, has joined forces to lobby 10 publicly-traded food companies over the use of antibiotics in their supply chains.
This year will be the worst year of the commodity price downturn for US row crop farmers as many enter their third year of negative net incomes, according to Rabobank Food & Agriculture.
Kevin Zussman is an agtech investor with Cultivian Sandbox, a venture capital firm that invests in food & agriculture technology startups. Here writes about pivoting into food and agriculture from other industries.
Hillel Milo, one of the pioneers of the venture capital industry in Israel, turned his attention to food and agriculture in the early 2000s. He tells AgFunderNews more about AquAgro Fund.
The Data Store offers farmers a way to sell their agronomic and machine data to third parties and split the proceeds with Farmobile. Plus former White House staff Sam Kass makes move into food tech.
The Dutch investment firm received new investment from Rabobank and Fidelity becoming the world’s largest agtech fund alongside S2G.
On International Women’s Day, AgFunderNews reporter Lauren Manning caught up with three female agtech entrepreneurs to find out what it’s like working in agtech.
A meaty industry-in-brief this week includes news on the GMO labeling debate, Europe’s largest urban farm, the world’s first expired food supermarket, people moves at DuPont, and a data collective for farmers.
The Applegates have been inventing and building farm technology since they were nine years old and have now launched Praxidyn, an agtech startup.
Ahead of a speaking slot at next month’s World Agri-Tech Investment Summit in San Francisco, the secretary for agriculture for California talks about how the state government supports agtech innovation.
FarmLink’s division, rules around healthy eating and food labeling, and updates in the GMO labeling debate make up this week’s Industry-in-Brief.
Steve Pitstick manages Pitstick Farms in Maple Park, Illinois and recently attended and spoke at PrecisionAg Innovation Series. Here he tells us some of his key takeaways from the day.