New Innovation is Key to Growth in the Food Sector
October 24, 2016
Ahead of FoodBytes! in Boulder and Sydney, Rabobank’s Manuel Gonzalez and Nick Fereday write about the increasing role of innovation in our food chain today.
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Category: Startup Funding
Agtech Funding Sheet: Valagro raises from Metalmark, Abraaj invests in African fertilizer co
October 20, 2016
Soil and crop technologies led the week with two crop enhancement technologies raising funding in Italy and Africa.
Biome Makers raises $2.2m for vineyard microbe database
October 18, 2016
The ag bioinformatics startup for the wine industry will be hiring new staff at its San Francisco and Spain locations to build out its microbial database and global service.
Agtech Funding Sheet: AnelloTech Raises $1.5m, ZymoChem Raises Seed Round, more
October 13, 2016
Microbe manufacturing was the name of the game this week with two fundings in the space alongside alternative protein and non-food biomass technologies.
Microbe Engineering Startup Zymergen Raises $130m Series B
October 13, 2016
Zymergen is engineering microbes for use across a range of industries including agriculture, and has raised one of agtech’s largest funding rounds to-date.
Beyond Meat Raises Series F Round from Tyson Foods and Humane Society of the US
October 11, 2016
Tyson’s investment comes just a couple of weeks after an investor coalition worth over $1.2 trillion put pressure on some leading food companies to incorporate more plant-based meat alternatives into their supply chains and consumer products.
A Guide to the Investors Funding the Next Agricultural Revolution
October 6, 2016
The next agricultural revolution is upon us. Entrepreneurs from a wide range of disciplines are innovating at a pace never seen before in the industry. But who’s funding this innovation?
Agtech Funding Sheet: Singapore State Fund Temasek Invests in Seed Tech Company, ClearPath Robotics Raises $30m, more
October 6, 2016
This is Temasek’s 3rd agtech investment in a year.
Agtech Funding Sheet: FreshDirect to Expand with $189m PE Deal, European and Argentinian Startups Raise, more
September 29, 2016
FreshDirect was the week’s biggest deal, followed by startups from Europe, Israel, and Argentina also raising capital, making this a very diverse week for agtech funding.
BrightFarms Funding Success: It’s All In The Business Model
September 29, 2016
Last week, greenhouse operator BrightFarms announced it raised $30 million in Series C funding, the largest US-based controlled environment agriculture investment round on record. But how did it get there?
Indoor Farms: Where Venture Capital Doesn’t Always Make Sense
September 22, 2016
Indoor agriculture is one of agtech’s smallest subsectors by venture capital funding, but has had some of the market’s biggest deals to-date. What does this say about access to funding?
Agtech Funding Sheet: IKEA Invests in Terramera, AST (AgFunder Alum), Brightfarms, Farmers Edge, Cool Planet, more
September 22, 2016
Brightfarms, the greenhouse operator, closed a $30.1 million Series C led by growth equity firm Catalyst Investors and joined by existing investors WP Global Partners
1955 Capital Makes First Investment into Startup Combatting Pests in Developing Countries
September 13, 2016
Crop Enhancement, a startup using what it dubs “sustainable chemistry” to combat crop pests and increase crop yields in the tropics, has raised $8.5 million in Series B funding.
S2G Leads $6m Series A for Gluten-Free Flour Alternative Blue Prairie Under New CEO
September 9, 2016
Blue Prairie Brands, a startup producing chicory flour to replace white flour in food, has raised $6 million in Series A funding.
Gotham Analytics Provides Power & Connectivity to Any Rural Farm in the World
September 8, 2016
Internet and cellular connectivity, and power are not always luxuries the world’s farmers can rely upon, whether in the US or in Indonesia. Gotham Analytics has a one-stop solution.
Agtech Funding Sheet: UTIMCO Leads $20.4m Series E First Close for Agrivida
September 8, 2016
The only deal in a quiet week for agtech fundings is Agrivida, a biotech startup in the animal nutrition industry. The startup has raised $20.4
Agtech Funding Catch Up: Summer’s Top 10 Deals
September 1, 2016
While it’s certainly been slow during the summer, there have been some notable fundings and we don’t want you to have missed them!
Where Are They Now? AgBiome, One-Year On From Series B, Nears First Product Launch
August 31, 2016
One of 2015’s most notable deals, AgBiome’s Series B attracted investment from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We caught up with John Rabby and Tracy Raines to get an update.
DroneDeploy Adds to 2016’s Drone Funding Total with $20m Series B
August 25, 2016
Software for drones provider DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by tech investment firm Scale Venture Partners and ExactTarget co-founder Scott Dorsey’s fund.
Agtech Funding Sheet: FarmShots Raises Seed Round – exclusive
August 25, 2016
FarmShots Raises Seed Round After just completing the Y Combinator accelerator program, North Carolina-based satellite imagery startup FarmShots has closed a seed round after attracting
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