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Climate Week: 230 investors worth $16.2T call for aggressive corporate action to combat deforestation

September 21, 2019

The statement calls asks corporations to tackle the financial risks associated with ongoing deforestation along their operations and global supply chains.

Why technology could make animals obsolete

September 20, 2019

Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors. Cars replaced horses, petroleum replaced whales, tractors replaced oxen, telecommunications replaced carrier pigeons. Food may be next.

Front Range Biosciences raises $8.5m to expand cannabis clean stock & breeding program

September 18, 2019

The startup supports the breeding and production of new plant varieties and seeds in hemp, coffee, and regulated cannabis.

BREAKING: Cannalysis raises $22.6m Series A to automate cannabis compliance testing

September 18, 2019

The startup has developed an automated service that helps eliminate human error in the legally required cannabis lab testing industry.

Rockstart reveals first agri-foodtech cohort with €15m to invest in 10 startups

September 18, 2019

The 10 startups yield from Europe, India, and Chile, and will be making the most of the €15 million Rockstart recently raised to invest in them from early through to late stage.

BREAKING: FarmWise raises $14.5m Series A to expand its weeding robot service

September 17, 2019

The robotics-as-a-service company helps farmers weed their crops and hopes to move into other applications in the future like plant health and monitoring.

BRIEF: Picterra raises $3.3m to democratize AI-based geospatial mapping

September 17, 2019

The Swiss company's software that can be programmed to identify and map objects in satellite and drone images for a wide range of uses, from precision agriculture to humanitarian aid.

BREAKING: Trigo Vision raises $22m Series A for the checkout-free future of grocery

September 16, 2019

The Israeli computer vision company uses AI to track the items shoppers place in their cart for a frictionless checkout experience.

As Minneapolis tries to ban drive-thrus, McDonald’s tries to automate them

September 12, 2019

Using different languages to order your food could soon become a moot point at McDonald’s drive-thrus, with the company's acquisition of Apprente — a two-year-old startup that's been making impressive strides in voice recognition software.

Bellwether Coffee checks sustainability, fair wage boxes for impact fund DBL

September 12, 2019

“Bellwether Coffee has a dream team of sustainability and coffee experts and is addressing a large market ripe for improvement,” Nancy Pfund, managing partner at DBL Partners, tells AFN.

4 reasons why the food & agtech boom is no false dawn

September 11, 2019

As the industry attracts more and more attention from mainstream investors, is this investment category here to stay, asks Danny O'Brien from Idea2Scale.

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” – how crop tech startups like Lavie Bio chart the market

September 10, 2019

The Tel Aviv-based biologicals startup is leveraging an investment from Corteva to introduce and market a new line of biological crop treatments.

BRIEF: Kraft Heinz’s VC invests in New Culture $3.5m seed round for cell-grown cheese

September 10, 2019

New Culture is making dairy cheese without animals instead using fermentation, the addition plant-based fats, sugars and traditional cheesemaking process.

ZeaKal clinches $15 million Series C funding, hires veteran DuPont exec

September 10, 2019

Totaling $15 million, the round includes the $10 million strategic investment from Canopy Rivers announced earlier this year. Existing investors Finistere Ventures and Middleland Capital participated in the round, which was oversubscribed.

PepsiCo says North American potatoes are now 100% sustainably-sourced

September 9, 2019

The global giant has chosen a farmer-to-farmer, business-minded approach for inspiring its proprietary potato growing partners to adopt more sustainable practices.

UK’s Cannaray raises £7.8m Series A in major European CBD gambit

September 9, 2019

Cannaray plans to hit the European market with medical marijuana and CBD products in the next few months with various “novel formulations” such as CBD-infused pet food.

Packaging tech TIPA raises $25m to fuel European, Australian, US growth

September 9, 2019

The Israeli startup sells compostable packaging solutions that breakdown within 180 days to packaging manufacturers and retailers

UPDATE: CNH Industrial acquires AgDNA to ‘enable 20% productivity gains throughout crop cycle’

September 5, 2019

The deal comes after the companies formed a partnership to give Cash IH farm equipment owners access to AgDNA’s AI platform in September 2018.

Why Fieldin stood out in crowded farm management software space

September 5, 2019

You’d be forgiven for finding the growing farm management software space overwhelming; there are now hundreds of different software tools for farmers across crop types globally. At AgFunder, we’ve reviewed many of them so it takes something special to capture our attention.

Former dairy yogurt guy raises $11m Series A to convert dairy facility to plant-based factory

September 5, 2019

For former yogurt maker and company co-owner Tom Moffitt, if you can’t beat the plant-based dairy alternatives, it’s best to join them.

AgFunder Network Partners

Category: Investment News

Climate Week: 230 investors worth $16.2T call for aggressive corporate action to combat deforestation

Why technology could make animals obsolete

Front Range Biosciences raises $8.5m to expand cannabis clean stock & breeding program

BREAKING: Cannalysis raises $22.6m Series A to automate cannabis compliance testing

Rockstart reveals first agri-foodtech cohort with €15m to invest in 10 startups

BREAKING: FarmWise raises $14.5m Series A to expand its weeding robot service

BRIEF: Picterra raises $3.3m to democratize AI-based geospatial mapping

BREAKING: Trigo Vision raises $22m Series A for the checkout-free future of grocery

As Minneapolis tries to ban drive-thrus, McDonald’s tries to automate them

Bellwether Coffee checks sustainability, fair wage boxes for impact fund DBL

4 reasons why the food & agtech boom is no false dawn

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” – how crop tech startups like Lavie Bio chart the market

BRIEF: Kraft Heinz’s VC invests in New Culture $3.5m seed round for cell-grown cheese

ZeaKal clinches $15 million Series C funding, hires veteran DuPont exec

PepsiCo says North American potatoes are now 100% sustainably-sourced

UK’s Cannaray raises £7.8m Series A in major European CBD gambit

Packaging tech TIPA raises $25m to fuel European, Australian, US growth

UPDATE: CNH Industrial acquires AgDNA to ‘enable 20% productivity gains throughout crop cycle’

Why Fieldin stood out in crowded farm management software space

Former dairy yogurt guy raises $11m Series A to convert dairy facility to plant-based factory

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