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Category: Startup Funding

SynBio startup Carverr raises $1.9m for microbe-based traceability tech

November 21, 2019

The Brooklyn-based startup will use the funding to test its microbial traceability prototype in a number of pilot projects starting next year.

BREAKING: Crop disease recognition app Plantix raises €6.6m Series A led by RTP Global

November 21, 2019

The €6.6 million Series A was led by the Russian early-stage tech investor RTP Global. The round was joined by Piton Capital with existing investors participating, including Atlantic Labs and Index Ventures.

Bowery CEO: Building tech is expensive, takes time but has direct impact on economics of vertical farming

November 12, 2019

Bowery Farming, the New York-based vertical farming startup that counts Google, First Round Capital, and famous chef Tom Collichio as investors, has just raised an extra $50 million as an extension to its Series B.

Portugal’s Oceano Fresco closes €2.7M Series A to feed Europe native, farmed clams

November 11, 2019

The round, led by Lisbon-based venture capital firm BlueCrow Capital, will be used to develop an off-shore farm to meet local clam demand in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.

BRIEF: Israel’s Agritask closes $8.5m Series A to advance farm data in frontier markets

November 7, 2019

The InsuResilience Investment Fund led Israel-based Agritask’s Series A funding round for its application in expanding farm and crop insurance to smallholder farmers.

EXCLUSIVE: Let there be Lemna! UK’s DryGro secures £1.4m Series A to build out duckweed production

November 7, 2019

A European family office led the round, which requested anonymity, with investment advisors Fonte Capital and EthicalFin both helping to bring in the latest tranche.

AFN has coffee with… Jasmin Hume, founder of alternative protein startup Shiru

November 7, 2019

Hume met with AFN to discuss how Shiru is leveraging technologies used in therapeutics to make alternative proteins for the food sector.

Is climate modeling-as-a-service the next frontier of risk management? UK startup Cervest says yes.

November 6, 2019

The UK startup just raised a £3.7 million ($4.77m) venture round for its climate modeling service aimed at decision-makers in business and government.

Spains’s ec2ce raises seed funding to crunch numbers for predictive ag

October 31, 2019

“Producers, especially in high-value crops, have invested a lot in data gathering. They have a lot of data. But they don’t know what to do with it. They need mathematical insights,” Pedro Carrillo, CEO of ec2ce, tells AFN.

Two food supply chain startups capture $64.5m in funding this week

October 31, 2019

A cold chain logistics automation startup scored $31m in funding while an app-based ingredients ordering platform for restaurants raised $33.5m.

We just invested in the fastest-growing agtech company and farmer network in the world

October 30, 2019

People often ask us if agtech will have a Facebook or Google and we’ve told them to look to marketplaces in emerging markets. It’s also important to us at AgFunder that startups have a clear mission and there’s no more noble mission than uplifting the fortunes of the world’s largest workforce.

BREAKING: India’s Fasal raises $1.6m seed funding to build out precision ag across SE Asia

October 30, 2019

Fasal, a precision agriculture platform, has just raised $1.6 million of seed funding from Omnivore and Wavemaker Partners, AFN can confirm.

Twiga’s $30m Goldman Sachs-led Series B towers over African agri-food tech like a friendly giraffe

October 29, 2019

The Kenyan B2B food distribution company's combined Series B equity and debt round represents the largest early stage investment in African agrifood tech in 2019 to date.

Flowhub, Bespoke Financial bring $30m in VC funding to cannabis sector this week

October 24, 2019

Flowhub provides a dispensary management software solution while Bespoke Financial claims to be a first of its kind short-term lender focusing on the cannabis sector.

Swiss-based Planted secures SFr7m for alternative chicken and pork

October 24, 2019

The company has raised SFr7 million to support entry into other European markets, launch new products and work towards retail distribution at home.

EXCLUSIVE: AgriTech Capital invests in ag.supply, the German ‘Amazon of AgTech’

October 23, 2019

AgriTech Capital has just closed a multi-million dollar investment into Germany's Ag.Supply. The exact amount has not been disclosed on record.

BRIEF: Commercial kitchen food waste startup Winnow raises $12m Series B

October 17, 2019

The UK startup has developed a smart kitchen tool that helps restaurants account for their food waste to see where they can improve.

UPDATE: Vertical Future raises £4m seed round to take vertical farming to Mayfair

October 17, 2019

Vertical Future plans to cut down London's carbon ‘foodprint’ with its latest £4m seed round, led by impact investor Earthworm. Read on to find out more.

Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo

October 17, 2019

Trigo’s technology uses computer vision and AI to see what shoppers put in their carts, charging their accounts when they walk out the door. Tesco invested just after its Series A round.

French poultry tech startup Tibot Technologies raises €3m seed round for health-boosting robot

October 16, 2019

The startup’s robots roam around poultry houses floors to encourage more bird movement and to prevent hens from laying eggs outside designated nest boxes.

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