On the heels of the Federal Aviation Administration’s recently proposed regulations on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), California-based 3D Robotics successfully raised $50 million Wednesday led
Move over drones and Oculus Rift. There’s a new technology disrupting … the beekeeping industry. Flow Hive, with its patented beehive design, has raised $2M
Editors note: Vonnie Estes is an executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles commercializing biotechnologies. This article originally appeared in BioFuels Digest. Having spent
Blume Distillation, which produced biorefinery equipment for bioethanol and other ethanol based end products, announced a $1 million Series B round led by GreenTech seed, and
Despite current regulations keeping drones grounded, $86 million was invested into the burgeoning UAV industry last year.
Sacramento-based Arcadia BioSciences, a plant trait biotech company, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed $86 million IPO led by Credit
Add Snoop Dogg to the growing list of investors entering the pot industry. According to TechCrunch, Snoop plans to raise a $25 million fund to
Village Capital just wrapped up demo day for Batch 2 of their Agtech accelerator program (Ag Global Program), and have announced the the peer-selected recipients
SEC filings report that Berkeley-based Earth Equity Farms has raised an additional $267k, bringing their total round to $822k, which they launched last year. According to the companies website,
The Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE), a publicly traded diversified agribusiness with operations in crops, commodity trading, ethanol, fertilizer, crop insurance, and logistics has thrown its hat into
Green Biologics, a UK-based renewable chemical company, raised $76M to help support their recent plant acquisition in Minnesota. Green Biologics received $42 million in equity,
India-based Villgro Innovation which has developed a rural distribution model for agriculture and dairy produces has raised $3.4 million from Startup Education and the Michael and
Yield Lab, a new St.Louis-based ag tech accelerator program launched in September, announced its first class of five startups. More than 100 companies applied to the program from
Planet Labs, which operates the largest fleet of earth-imaging satellites, has announced the first closing of their $70 million Series C, with continued backing from some
Despite oil prices below $50, it looks like there’s still life in cleantech investing. Edeniq, a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, has announced they they’ve
New Mexico-based EcoPesticides which is developing ‘green’ biologic pesticides with has announced the completion of its $400,000 Series A from the New Mexico Startup Factory, the New
Chicago-based Chromatin, which produces sorghum seed for food and feedstock for both animals and biofuels, announced last week that they had raised another $12 million
An SEC filing is showing that GrowLife has added another $68,000 of investment to the $14.5 million in equity and debt financing they raised in 2014 over
Village Capital is seeking early-stage fintech ventures for its FinTech for Agriculture: East Africa 2015 Accelerator. Selected innovators will participate in a three-month accelerator program,
Gladstone (Nasdaq:LAND) announced that it closed on the acquisition of a 331-acre strawberry farm in Salinas, California, for approximately $17.0 million. The Company won the
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