Infarm raises $170m in first close of Series C
Infarm says that by 2025 its operations will reach more than 5 million square feet to become the largest distributed vertical farming network in the world.
Infarm says that by 2025 its operations will reach more than 5 million square feet to become the largest distributed vertical farming network in the world.
The Canadian startup provides solar-powered, self-cleaning sensors that can keep track of livestock feed levels in real time.
Two $100-million fund announcements and a spate of deals in August signal growth in sustainable seafood and aquaculture investment opportunities.
The round was led by Gagarin Capital Partners, with Matrix Capital, Impulse VC, IMI.VC, along with various undisclosed business angels joining in.
The Faroese company wants to make sea-bound macroalgae farming less labor intensive, and more able to withstand the elements.
Albertsons reached out to the indoor farming startup amid the Covid-19 pandemic to find a new source of fresh produce to keep up with consumer demand.
Impact investor Astanor Ventures led the round, joined by similarly impact-minded WakeUp Capital
AppHarvest is planning to build the world’s largest greenhouse facility in Kentucky to address Covid-19 produce supply chain woes.
The Korean chemical giant’s Singapore agribiz hub will “pioneer solutions for the world food supply chain through innovation, not just plain food trading,” its CEO tells AFN.
The funding will be used to construct its new headquarters farm in Brooklyn, which will enable the wholesaler to scale up its operations 20x.
Australia is technologically advanced, highly urbanized, and has farmers aplenty – but its urban ag industry is practically non-existent. Sydney startup Blakthumb finds out why.
Kalera recently announced plans to open what it describes as the largest vertical farm in Texas.
There’s space for vertical farming among Chile’s urban populations, where year-round fresh produce is not as abundant as you might think.
With the pursuit of carbon neutrality still looming large over political and corporate agendas, companies across Europe have been searching for new ways to unplug their production lines from petroleum-based products.
The Canadian startup claims to have the only smart LED lighting technology that reproduces the full spectrum of the sun’s natural light.
Singapore Food Bowl is the new online program from GROW, the Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech accelerator by AgFunder. Applications close in 4 days – so hurry!
Former investors in Saturas — Gefen Capital and Hubei Forbon Technology — have committed to the round, alongside the Trendlines Agrifood Fund
Trials already indicate how a precision method like Greeneye’s can reduce a farmer’s herbicide usage by 65‒92%, according to Greeneye.
NextProtein, a French-Tunisian startup working on new ways to produce insect-based animal feed and fertilizer, has raised €10.2 million ($11.2 million) in Series A funding,
The funding will be used to construct what it describes as the largest mealworm facility for animal feed in North America.
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