How Sustainable Is Agritech Investment?
August 24, 2016
There’s no doubt that agriculture technology, as a sector of innovation, is having a moment. But how will agritech investment play out over the long term?
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Category: Series A
How Tinder for Tractors is Shaking Up the Agriculture Industry
August 18, 2016
We thought that might get your attention! No, it’s not quite what you think. But it’s close. HarvestPort is matchmaking farmers to farm equipment that they don’t own and they don’t want to buy.
Agriculture Technology Trends: Agtech Captures More Attention but Investment Falls in H1
August 11, 2016
Investment into agriculture technology startups fell 20% year-over-year in the first half of 2016, as 307 funding deals collected $1.75 billion. At the same time, deal activity increased 7% and the number of unique investors increased 52% year-over-year.
Fundings-in-Brief: Startup Manufacturing Wine without Grapes Raises $2.7m, Ashton Kutcher Invests in Farm-2-Consumer Startup, Vestaron Raises $18m, lots more
August 11, 2016
A bumper edition of fundings-in-brief includes bioinsecticides, precision ag, cannabis, lots of food e-commerce, and biotech.
Fundings-in-Brief: 2 AI Startups, 3 US Food E-Commerce Deals, 1 Cannabis Funding, 1 Seed Genetics Play, plus more!
July 28, 2016
Israeli Computer Vision Startup Prospera Closes $7m Series A Prospera, an Israeli startup using computer vision, data science, and machine learning to monitor and analyze
Prospera Raises $7m Series A for AI and Computer Vision Ag Data Analysis Technology
July 26, 2016
Prospera, a startup using computer vision, data science, and machine learning to monitor and analyze crops, has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by a leading Israeli VC.
Fundings-in-Brief: Argentina’s S4 Closes $1.2m Seed Round, New Wave Foods Raises Funding for Shrimp Alternative, Indigo’s $100m, more
July 21, 2016
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.
Fundings-in-Brief: Ripple Foods Raises $30m from Google, Khosla, S2G, Tao, Soil Disease Testing Kit Raises $4m, more
July 14, 2016
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.
Fundings-in-Brief: Online Payment Platform for Growers and Satellite Data Company Raise Funding, more
July 8, 2016
ProducePay, Leaf Space, KisanHub, Agrivi, Holachef, and Chefmarket contributed to this week’s fundings-in-brief.
Institutional Investment in Agtech Continues as European Startup Agrivi Raises Funding for Farm-to-Table Software
July 6, 2016
Agrivi’s $1m Series A follows two recent agtech funding rounds that also attracted investment from large institutional investors in as many weeks.
Food Tech Startup Combatting Food Safety Scandals Raises $8.9m for Testing Device
June 30, 2016
Offering both a hardware and software product, Ancera aims to help food companies test products for contaminants such as salmonella.
Fundings-in-Brief: Eaze Closes $8m Series B for Cannabis Delivery, Monsanto Leads Resson Series B, more
June 23, 2016
This week’s fundings-in-brief features over $40m of equity funding into food and ag-related startups.
Raising Capital Was Engender’s Biggest Challenge to Date as New Zealand Looks to Boost Agtech Industry
June 15, 2016
Engender Technologies, a company that has developed a laser-based method for sexing livestock sperm, last week raised a $4.5 million.
Fundings-in-Brief: S2G Invests in Back to the Roots Series A, Ag Drone Company Raises $8m, Aussie Farmland Fund Closes on $200m, more
June 9, 2016
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.
Kite Hill Raises $18m from General Mills’ VC for Plant-Based Dairy Products
June 8, 2016
The startup combines natural ingredients and patented biochemistry with traditional cheese- and dairy-making techniques to create dairy alternatives.
Fundings-in-Brief: Livestock Sex Sorting Tech Raises $4.5m, Inocucor Extends Series A, Food Waste Tech Gets $16m, more
June 2, 2016
Over $60m of agtech fundings this week include Engender Technologies, Inocucor, WiseRG, Planetary Resources, MastiLine, Chef’d and Kazzit.
Bayer Adds to Digital Farming Business with Planetary Resources Partnership as Startup Raises $21m Series A
June 2, 2016
Satellite and sensing startup Planetary Resources raised the funding from a group of high-profile individuals and venture capital investors.
Dutch Startup Building Sensors to Detect Mastisis in Dairy Cows Raises Series A from Impact Investors
June 2, 2016
MastiLine, a Dutch startup, develops and manufactures an automated monitoring system to detect the early signs of mastitis, an infection that impacts milk production for many farmers.
Update: Qualcomm Ventures Invests in $3m Series B for Brazilian Big Data Startup
June 1, 2016
*Update: Strider has disclosed the participation of Qualcomm Ventures and the size of its $3 million Series B funding round. This article was originally published on May 5, 2016.
Nestle Chairman Commits to $3.2m Series A for Hyperspectral Drone Imagery Company Gamaya
May 25, 2016
Swiss drone imagery company Gamaya has raised SFr 3.2 million ($3.2 million) in Series A funding to develop its hyperspectral imaging sensor and analytics software platform.
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