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Category: Guest Commentary

Draper Nexus: Why We Are Investing in Agtech

October 15, 2015

Tomer Poran and Deepak Jagannathan talk us through why Draper Nexus has decided to invest in agtech, despite the challenges it presents as a sector.

How an Indian Agtech Startup’s Partnership with Milking Equipment Giant Highlights Emerging Trend in India

August 26, 2015

There is an emerging trend building in India for young startup businesses to partner with large, local corporates. Sickle Innovations, a business focused on designing efficient agri equipment for agriculture in India, as entered into one such partnership.

Part Two: Is Indian Agriculture Ready for “Gadgetization”?

August 17, 2015

This is the second part of Raghavan Sampathkumar’s article on the prospects and challenges of agtech development in India. In part two he discusses realistic scenarios in the country’s agriculture sector, and offers recommendations to agtech entrepreneurs.

Is Indian Agriculture Ready for “Gadgetization”?

August 7, 2015

India’s growing class of passionate and young entrepreneurs holds promise for the development of the country’s agriculture sector, which supports nearly two-thirds of the population, writes Raghavan Sampathkumar, founder of SMARTAgBiz.

InfoAg Conference Reveals Lessons for AgTech Investors

August 4, 2015

These are good days to be a precision agriculture company, but with so many new technologies coming to market, it’s getting tough to discern which are poised to become “must haves” for growers, writes Gabriel Wilmoth of Syngenta Ventures who attended InfoAg last week.