Hortau Raises $10m Equity Funding from New Investors for Precision Irrigation – exclusive
Hortau raised the capital from a mix of US and Canadian investors to fund expansion and development.
Hortau raised the capital from a mix of US and Canadian investors to fund expansion and development.
A $110m financing for a refrigerated warehouse, a microbiome research company’s Series B funding and ChemChina’s continued bid for Syngenta contribute to this week’s fundings-in-brief.
Japan’s Planet Table closes $850k Series A, India’s FreshMenu raises $16.5 million, while Lok Capital and Aspada Investment Company invest in supply chain tech.
MGV has revealed its portfolio of agtech investments to AgFunderNews ranging from precision agriculture technologies to life science companies, ag biologicals, and new crops and new business models.
The family office invested in the Series B round of MJ Freeway, a cannabis tracking software provider, as food e-commerce companies in Asia continued to raise funds.
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The Californian startup that is using robots to weed, thin and spray vegetable fields, raised the capital from a heavy-hitting group of agtech-focused and technology venture capital firms.
AeroFarms has plans to build 25 farms over the next five years and expand its reach across four continents, David Rosenberg, CEO, tells AgFunderNews.
Startups focused on food technology, ag biotech, GPS navigation and food e-commerce make up this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
BrightFarms raised the capital from a combination of venture capital firms, family offices and individual investors.
Brooklyn-headquartered Farmigo is offering consumers an opportunity to buy local produce online while India’s PepperTap raised $36m Series B from investors including India’s Amazon, SnapDeal.
Californian startup TerViva has built a business based on growing Pongamia, a tree crop that can be used as an alternative to soybean in animal feed and vegetable oil, on abandoned farmland in Florida and Hawaii.
The biological crop protection startup is the first agtech equity investment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which will look at all technologies that can play a role in increasing productivity for smallholder farmers, a spokesperson told AgFunderNews.
Granular, arguably AgTech’s most developed farm management software, has raised $18.7 million in Series B financing in a round led by new investor and Californian family office Tao Capital Partners.
Food delivery services are continuing to capture the attention of the venture capital community after home cooking meal kit delivery service Plated closed a $35 million Series B round last week.
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Food retailers have been hot on the trail of new ways to help consumers stock their pantries and refrigerators. Using platforms similar to Amazon, many
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