UPDATE: AeroFarms Brings in IKEA and David Chang to Close $40m Series D
October 27, 2017
US indoor agriculture group AeroFarms has closed a $40 million Series D round.
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Ag Industry Brief: Soylent’s Canada Ban, Organic Valley 100% Renewable by 2019, China Produces Gene-Edited Pigs, more
October 27, 2017
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency claims that the Soylent meal replacement drink does not fulfill the nutritional requirements of a meal.
Farmobile Raises $18m Series B from Private Investors, Anterra
October 26, 2017
Farmobile produces a small in-cab unit called a PUC that wirelessly shares machine and agronomic data gathered in the field in real time.
Aquaculture Fund Aqua-Spark Moves Beyond Farms and Feed With Two New Investments
October 26, 2017
Aqua-Spark has finalized two investments this week that signal the fund dedicated to the future of aquaculture is moving beyond farms and feed.
Big Data for Ag Platform Gro Intelligence Raises Series A Round from TPG, Data Collective
October 25, 2017
Gro Intelligence is a data product that provides global agricultural data analysis on what CEO Sara Menker says is an unprecedented scale.
Plant-based Peroxide-Maker Solugen Raises $4.4m Seed Round from Y Combinator, Joe Montana’s VC, others
October 24, 2017
Solugen uses plant starch combined with specialized enzymes to manufacture hydrogen peroxide, a common household and industrial chemical used as an oxidizer, bleaching agent, and disinfectant.
French Agrifood Tech VC Capagro Doubles Fund to €124m
October 20, 2017
The fast pace of CapAgro’s portfolio growth caught our attention back in 2015 when the firm made nine investments in 12 months, eight of those in its first three months after the French agrifood tech VC fund was founded.
Japan’s Nileworks raises $7.1m for crop spraying drones
October 17, 2017
Nileworks claims its multi-copter drones are able to see the shape of a field and spray pesticides just 30cm above, reducing drift.
Cargill to Launch Suite of Digital Tools, Considering Startup Acquisitions
October 16, 2017
Cargill has released the first of a suite of digital tools across its animal nutrition business — Dairy Enteligen — and is set to announce at least four more before the second half of next year.
Ag Industry Brief: GrubHub Buys Eat24 for $288m, Mealkit IPO All Over Again, $3.2m Goes to Maize Research, more
October 13, 2017
Acquisitions in restaurant tech keep coming, HelloFresh is undeterred by Blue Apron’s disastrous IPO, new hires, new grants for Danforth, and more in this week’s brief.
Robot-enabled pizza startup raises $48m Series B, bucking decline in restaurant tech
October 11, 2017
Zume is one of just a few startups creating solutions for restaurants to use in-house compared with the rest of the agrifood tech sector, but could the tide by changing as high profile investors come into the space?
Pontifax AgTech Closes Fund I on $105m
October 10, 2017
The fund raised capital predominantly from institutional investors including university endowments, funds of funds, insurance companies, and asset managers.
Ag Industry Brief: Agsolver Gets Acquired, Danforth Working on Biofuel for DOE, Walmart Moves into Same-day Delivery, more
October 6, 2017
Monsanto Growth Ventures portfolio company Agsolver has sold to a Texas-based agricultural software provider, new hires, and more Aussie IPOs in this week’s brief.
How an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Startup Got Acquired by John Deere [podcast]
October 3, 2017
In this episode, I speak to Jorge Heraud, the cofounder and CEO of Blue River Technology, a Silicon Valley startup bringing robotics to the farm. Blue River was recently acquired by John Deere, the world’s largest tractor company, for $305 million.
The State of AgriFood Tech Startups in Europe
September 28, 2017
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
September 26, 2017
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
September 20, 2017
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.
Israel’s Douxmatok Raises $8.1m Series A for Sugar Reduction Technology
September 19, 2017
According to the company, Douxmatok allows food companies to use 40% less sugar in their products while achieving the same level of sweetness, with no aftertaste.
Ag Industry Brief: Israel, China in $300m Agtech Deal, Mistletoe CEO Launches Indian Agtech Accelerator, Protix Acquires Insect Breeder, more
September 15, 2017
High-profile startup hires, a startup IPO, and new startup resources also make up part of this week’s brief.
Bayer Joins Forces with Ginkgo to Launch $100m Microbial Startup
September 14, 2017
Bayer CropScience and Ginkgo Bioworks, a startup genetically engineering microbes for the flavor, fragrance, and food industries, have partnered with hedge fund Viking Global Investors to invest $100 million in a new, as yet unnamed agtech startup.
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