Jacqueline Heard discusses a new discovery capability for the Enko platform and what should happen next to progress crop protection.
VCs need to think longer term and more realistically for future agtech investments, said panelists at World Agri-Tech London.
Expect fewer agtech-specific funds, more corporate involvement and lots of generative AI.
Generate Capital recently invested $50 million in Grow Up Farms, which runs a renewable-energy-powered vertical farm in the UK.
“Materials are much more forgiving than protein isolates for food,” Brett Cotten tells AgFunderNews.
Fashol aims to stabilize food prices for farmers and reduce supply chain waste through its agribusiness marketplace.
IIF founder Nathan MacPheeon how his company’s investment platform for farm assets lowers risks for farmers and gets them paid faster.
Hungary- and London-based Scoutlabs is betting on a direct-to-grower distribution model for its digital trap management system.
In the race to digitize agriculture we must remember to keep growers and producers at the center of operations and innovations.
“I’m proud to look back on the differences compared to the R&D project that it was six years earlier.”
Syntopa co-founder Hans Holtan discusses the promise of enhanced rock weathering for carbon removal in agriculture.
The team recounts its days from university students to founding Agrospheres, a startup delivering novel encapsulation tech for biologicals.
“You need to engage with deep tech to support the green transition,” says longtime investor and biomaterials champion Nicolaj Reffstrup.
The CEO and co-founder of soil-carbon startup Agreena talks agrifinance, regenerative agriculture, and how to help small farmers.
Pivot Bio said it has paid $6 million to growers participating in the company’s N-OVATOR program that rewards farmers for using nitrogen management practices.
Fresh off a fundraise, Denmark-based NitroVolt CEO and cofounder discusses the path from PhD student to CEO of a climate tech startup.
Fresh off a $38 million fundraise, ProducePay chats about problems and solutions in the fresh produce supply chain.
Bluewhite’s “IKEA” approach to autonomy outfits existing machines with its system to tackle everything from seeding to mowing.
Three of the top five venture capital deals in Indiana in 2022 were from agtech companies – a first for the state.
Joraanstad unpacks the last decade spent trying to digitize agriculture, and what to look forward to in the next decade.
