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Category: Novel Farming Systems

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.

Gotham Greens Raises $29m Series C for Urban Greenhouses

June 20, 2018

Creadev, the private equity arm of the Mulliez family -- founders of the Auchan chain of department stores in France -- contributed to the round.

Indoor Farmers Are “Way Too Complacent” About Food Safety

June 20, 2018

The proclaimed dominance of technology over biology by this category of entrepreneurs has left some food safety experts concerned that consumers could be getting the wrong idea and startups may be drinking their own kool-aid.

AgriFood News Aggregator: Chowbotics Raises $11m, IoT for Food Safety, Millennial Food, Driverless Tractors, more

June 14, 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.

Japan’s Indoor Ag Sector is Becoming More Collaborative

June 14, 2018

We caught up with Eri Hayashi, director of International Relations & Consulting of the Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA), a non-profit organization devoted to academic and business advancements in Japan's indoor ag industry.

Ava Technologies Raises $2m Seed Funding for Smart Indoor Gardens

June 8, 2018

AVA is one of a small number of consumer tech-enabled grow systems on the market, which collectively raised just over $4 million in funding in 2017, according to AgFunder data.

AgriProtein Raises $105m for Insect Farms

June 4, 2018

AgriProtein is constructing insect factories across the Middle East, Asia and South Africa that use municipal waste as feedstock.

4 Reasons Why Israel is Now a Developed AgriFood Tech Hub

May 23, 2018

Two weeks ago, our CEO Rob Leclerc went to Israel to attend Food and Ag Week and here's what he discovered.

BIGH Raises €4.3m for Largest Urban Rooftop Farm in Europe

May 16, 2018

BIGH (Building Integrated Greenhouses), a startup based in Brussels, Belgium, has opened its first aquaponic farm on a site spanning 4,000 meters squared above a food hall in the center of the city.

Contain Inc Launches First Insurance Service for Indoor Farmers

May 2, 2018

“When indoor growers go to an insurance broker, they either don’t know what category they should be in or the insurer is unable to meet their needs,” says Nicola Kerslake, founder of Contain Inc.

Insects and Blockchain Win Big at the First Mekong AgriTech Challenge

April 5, 2018

The Mekong AgriTech Challenge (MATCh), the Mekong region's first AgTech pitch competition and market access boot camp, launched for the first time last week.

Wilbur-Ellis Backed Insect Startup Beta Hatch Closes $2.1m Seed Round

April 5, 2018

Beta Hatch cultivates mealworms for animal feed using patent-pending equipment, a trade-secret process and unique genetic stock, developed by entomologist and founder Virginia Emery.

Ag Industry Brief: Drones and Ag Inputs See M&A, Indoor Growers Form Safety Working Group, Corporate VC Staff Shift, more

March 30, 2018

One agrifood tech VC vet heads from Monsanto Growth Ventures to Temasek while indoor growers get together to develop industry safety standards, plus agtech M&A in this week's brief.