Insect Food Brand Exo Raises $4m Series A from Nas and Amelia Boone
March 7, 2016
The rapper and endurance athlete are likely to endorse Exo’s products along with their investment.
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Fundings-in-Brief: Self-Heating Packaging Startup Raises $2.4m, Cannabis.net Closes Angel Round, more
March 4, 2016
Heat Genie’s $2.36m funding round through SeedInvest headlines this week’s fundings-in-brief.
UK Ag Chemical Discovery Company Redag Raises $2m in Seed Funding
March 3, 2016
The UK spin out of pharmaceutical company Redx Pharma, is partnering with agrochemical companies to discover new ag chemical compounds.
Hungryroot Raises $3.7m Series A for Gluten-Free, Quick Recipe Meal Kits
March 2, 2016
The New York meal kit delivery service is hoping to differentiate itself in the overheating food e-commerce market.
Indigo CEO David Perry Discusses Re-Branding and Raising $56m Series B
March 1, 2016
Two weeks ago Symbiota, an agtech startup researching beneficial microbes for plant growth, changed its name to Indigo. We caught up with Perry to hear more about this and the startup’s $56m Series B.
Monsanto Takes Hyper-Local Weather Data Startup in New Direction with $7.5m Series A
February 26, 2016
Monsanto Growth Ventures led the $7.5m round for Understory alongside a Madison, Wisconsin VC firm 4490 Ventures.
Israeli Precision Irrigation Sensor Company Saturas Raises $1 million in Seed Funding
February 25, 2016
Israeli startup Saturas has secured $1 million to develop its precision irrigation sensor technology for permanent crops.
Fundings-in-Brief: Monsanto Leads $7.5m Series A for Understory, Symbiota Re-Brands to Raise $56m, more
February 18, 2016
A busy week of fundings brings newly-named Indigo, Understory, American Botanicals and Gaia Herbs to this week’s Fundings-in-Brief
Tiny Farms Raises Seed Round from a Zuckerberg as Cricket Farming Heats Up – exclusive
February 18, 2016
The cricket farming startup is keeping its cards close to its chest when it comes to the technology it’s building but revealed an interesting line-up of investors.
Agriculture Technology Investment Storms to $4.6bn in 2015 as Global Investors Take Note
February 17, 2016
2015 surpassed our mid-year expectations raising $4.6bn across 527 deals and representing 94% year over year growth.
2 Female Agtech Entrepreneurs Raise $75k Each as Village Capital Accelerator Concludes
February 12, 2016
2 Female Agtech Entrepreneurs were selected by their peers to receive investment from VilCap Investments and Radicle Capital.
Fundings-in-Brief: Ag Drone Tech Company Raises $7.4m, Food Traceability Technology Raises $10m Series B
February 11, 2016
MicaSense’s $7.4m investment from a drone company and Label Insight’s $10m Series B investment from a global accounting firm are just two of this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
Memphis Meats Closes Seed Round Oversubscribed on $2.75m, Expects Huge Demand for Cultured Meat
February 11, 2016
Co-founder and CEO of the cultured meat startup Memphis Meats talks to AgFunderNews about the company’s history and challenges ahead.
EpiBiome raises $6m Series A funding for bovine mastitis treatment
February 11, 2016
The biotech startup is tackling one of the biggest bacterial menaces plaguing the global dairy cattle industry.
Cool Planet Raises $9m to Commercialize Co2 Sequestering Biocarbon Soil Input
February 10, 2016
Cool Planet, the biocarbon and biofuel producer, has raised $9 million in extra funding to commercialize its soil amendment product CoolTerra, which just earned a USDA Certified Biobased Product Label.
Edyn Raises $2m Seed Round from Strategic Investors for Precision Ag Hardware Rollout
February 10, 2016
The soil sensor company recently launched its precision irrigation product WaterValve and is expanding into Japan with strategic help.
FaceTime for Farmers Raises $450k Seed Round to Develop Visual Remote Support App – exclusive
February 9, 2016
AgriSync has created a two-way video app with a built-in dashboard to help farmers better communicate with their advisors.
Koch Boosts Ag Biologicals Business with Investment in Pathway BioLogic
February 8, 2016
Koch Industries first turned its attention to ag biologicals in December 2014 when it acquired part of plant science company Mendel Biotechnology.
Back to the Roots “Undoing Food” One Grocery Product at a Time
February 5, 2016
This week, Back to the Roots (BTTR), the maker of grow-your-own herb kits and now cereal, raised $5 million in seed capital to support the expansion of its growing product line.
Fundings-in-Brief: Memphis Meats to Raise $2m Seed Round, FarmDrop Raises $4.3m, more
February 4, 2016
Cultured meat manufacturer Memphis Meat, UK farm-2-consumer company FarmDrop and Syngenta’s acquisition by ChemChina are some of this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
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