Cultivation Capital Leads $1.2m Round in Data Analytics Startup S4, New Wave Foods Closes Seed Round for Seafood Alternative, and Innit Raises $18m for Connected Food Platform in this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
Indigo has raised $100 million in Series C funding as it launches its first commercial product, a microbial seed coating promoting water efficiency in cotton.
New Wave Foods CEO is confident about the potential for her shrimp alternative to sustainably disrupt the conventional shrimp market at affordable prices.
Motorleaf has built a smart and automated indoor farming operating system, consisting of hardware devices and software analytics, for cannabis and produce growers.
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has invested in UK startup Hectare Agritech, which is the manager of two agriculture trading platforms: SellMyLivestock, and Graindex.
Dairy-free milk maker Ripple Foods raised its Series B funding round from a who’s who in venture capital, while a microbiome testing company Trace Genomics raised $4m.
Supreme Pharmaceuticals, a listed Canadian company producing medical cannabis in a hybrid greenhouse, has raised $3.6 million in a private placement.
AGERpoint was one of the first big data startups to target the permanent crops sector, giving it a headstart and competitive edge today.
ProducePay, Leaf Space, KisanHub, Agrivi, Holachef, and Chefmarket contributed to this week’s fundings-in-brief.
Monsanto Growth Ventures has invested in Microsoft Ventures Brazil’s startup accelerator fund, which invests across digital technologies and will now target agriculture technology startups.
KisanHub has a rare route to market and does not target farmers directly like other precision ag services.
Agrivi’s $1m Series A follows two recent agtech funding rounds that also attracted investment from large institutional investors in as many weeks.
Cellular agriculture is the process of cultivating meat, eggs, and leather in cell culture rather than raising and slaughtering livestock.
Offering both a hardware and software product, Ancera aims to help food companies test products for contaminants such as salmonella.
The private sector is increasingly taking note of the food waste space, and one startup has raised $50m to scale its offering.
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board has invested in Allflex, a global animal intelligence and monitoring systems provider.
We caught up with Ryan Rakeshaw, venture principal at MGV, to hear more about the Resson investment.
This week’s fundings-in-brief features over $40m of equity funding into food and ag-related startups.
Engender Technologies, a company that has developed a laser-based method for sexing livestock sperm, last week raised a $4.5 million.
An Australian farmland fund joined a drone company, microbe manufacturer, consumer products, and food e-commerce startup to raise funding and highlighting the diversity of the ag investment space.
