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
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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
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.
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.
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