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Category: Novel Farming Systems

For Indoor Ag Startup Freight Farms, Competing with the Mass Market Produce Industry was Never the Plan

March 27, 2019

The Boston startup just unveiled its newest container farm, Greenery, with 70% more growing space and updated IoT technology

Abu Dhabi’s $272m AgTech Commitment: Where Is All That Money Going to Go?

March 25, 2019

AgFunderNews contacted Elham Al Qasim, acting CEO of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), to discuss the ins and outs.

These London Vegetables Can Survive A Bomb Blast

March 11, 2019

Two urban farmer-founders have been using a Second World War air-raid shelter as their first controlled environment agriculture site for their London-based agtech startup Growing Underground.

iUNU Raises $7.5m for Greenhouse “System-as-a-Service” Tech Platform Using Computer Vision

February 28, 2019

iUNU hopes to take some of the old school manual data entry aspects of greenhouse operation into the 21st century by automating as much of the greenhouse maintenance process as possible.

French Insect Farming Startup Ynsect Raises $125m Series C Breaking European Agtech Record

February 20, 2019

This is the largest early-stage agtech funding deal on record in Europe.

What is the Future of Container Farming?

February 7, 2019

Growing in retrofit shipping containers has received significant buzz over the past five to 10 years as produce is grown hyper-locally on a small footprint. But how viable is this form of growing in the long term?

Why 2019 is The Year of the Mushroom

February 6, 2019

One month into 2019, it’s clear that this year’s “it” produce is gourmet mushrooms. Smallhold's Andrew Carter tell us why.

80 Acres Farms Raises $40m to Complete ‘First Fully Automated Vertical Farm’

January 17, 2019

The new facility will be automated from seeding to growing to harvesting featuring handling robotics, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and around-the-clock monitoring sensors and control systems to optimize every aspect of growing produce indoors.

Canadian Automated Vertical Farm Systems Developer Inno-3B Raises C$6m Seed Funding

December 18, 2018

Canadian vertical farming systems developer Inno-3B has completed its first seed round of financing at nearly C$6 million ($4.45m).

Located in Quebec and Ontario, the company provides turnkey vertical farming systems for a variety of customers, from researchers, biotechnologists, and small-scale farmers, to regional and multinational producers.

Bowery Raises $90m Series B from GV, Temasek

December 12, 2018

Bowery Farming, the New York-based indoor farming group, has closed a $90 million Series B round of funding in a round led by Google’s venture arm GV, an existing investor in the startup.

What Do Investors Need to Know About the Future of LED Grow Light Technology?

November 16, 2018

Patrick Flynn, founder of Urbanvine.co, asks Jeff Mastin, director of R&D at Total Grow LED Lighting, to discuss what the future of LED grow light technology for agriculture looks like.

Norway AgriTech: Punching Above its Weight

October 24, 2018

During this year’s World Agritech Innovation Summit in London, five out of the 13 startups showcased were Norwegian. Why does this small mountain nation have so many technology ideas?

Norwegian Aquaculture Feed Optimization Startup CageEye Raises Funding from Aqua-Spark

October 23, 2018

CageEye’s echo-sounder technology uses software and hardware to track acoustic data in a fish cage, while relying on machine learning to measure and analyze biomass movements.

New Hydroponics Approach Draws £500k Seed Funding for Welsh Startup Phytoponics

October 16, 2018

A new deep-water approach to hydroponics has earned Welsh agtech startup, Phytoponics, $650,000 of seed funding support over the last two years.

UPDATE: Umitron Increases Seed Funding Round for Aquaculture Automation Tech to $11m

September 10, 2018

Umitron, an Asian startup using satellite imagery, IoT, and automation to increase the efficiency of offshore aquaculture, raised the funding from the Japanese government and a Japanese venture capital firm.

Enterra Feed Eyes World’s Largest Insect Farm in Wake of Series B Raise

August 28, 2018

Last week, Enterra Feed Corporation, an insect farming business from Canada, announced its latest round of funding and plans to construct three new insect factories in Canada and the US.

AgriFood News: Olio Raises £6M Series A, Nutreco invests in ViAqua, Farming as a Career, more

July 12, 2018

The AgriFood News Aggregator features headlines from around the globe collected on AgFunder’s news sharing platform #feedit each week. Have news to share? Post it here and engage, share, and debate with your peers.

BrightFarms Doubles Funding with $55m Series D

June 28, 2018

Though Bright Farms' funding hasn't quite caught up to its higher raising counterparts in AeroFarms and Plenty, the greenhouse grower appears to be the closest to being a national brand.

The World’s Most High Tech Indoor Farm Doesn’t Grow Food or Cannabis

June 27, 2018

iBio uses highly automated indoor farming methods to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs and, according to Barry Holtz, president, it already has much of the technology that today’s food-growing indoor farms are just starting to develop.

Crop One Signs $40m JV with Emirates to Build World’s Largest Vertical Farm

June 26, 2018

The JV with Emirates Flight Catering will involve the construction of a 130,000 square foot facility in Dubai to service all airlines and lounges operational out of Dubai International Airport.