Why is Eaze the Best Funded Cannabis Tech Startup?
November 8, 2016
EAZE is set to account for a large portion of 2016’s funding total for cannabis tech startups after raising $13 million at Series B last month.
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It’s ON: Connecting Science and Entrepreneurship in Australia
November 8, 2016
Australia’s national body for science and innovation CSIRO is trying to change the country’s poor record for collaboration between research and industry with its innovation accelerator ON.
How Decisive Farming Hopes to Differentiate Itself in Frothy Digital Ag Space
November 3, 2016
Decisive Farming recently raised $6 million in Series A funding and focuses on one key area to keep the competition at bay.
Agtech Funding Sheet: TPG ART Invests in Anuvia, Nuritas Receives EU Grant, Omnivore Invests in FR8, more
November 3, 2016
A varied week of agtech fundings includes a food waste-to-biofertilizer company, a leading global private equity firm, an Irish startup using artificial intelligence to find healthy peptides, a precision ag software startup, and more.
Seven Ways to Get Funding for Your Indoor Farm
November 2, 2016
Finding funding for your indoor farm is tough, but there are a range of options available that you may not know about.
AgTech Accelerator Brings in Elanco for $20m First Close, Eyes First Investments
November 2, 2016
AgTech Accelerator is still targeting a final close on $25 million to $30 million and is casting a wide net in its search for its first few investments, according to John Dombrosky, CEO of the organization.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Habit Raises $32m from Campbells Soup for DNA Testing Nutrition Kit, Eaze Raises $13m Series B, more
October 27, 2016
A bumper week for agtech fundings includes a diverse mix of cannabis tech, nutrition tech, food e-commerce, weather monitoring, and indoor agriculture.
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.
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.
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