How Purdue Foundry is Supporting Agtech Innovation
February 13, 2017
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Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: Observant Acquired by Jain, Winnow Solutions Raises Convertible, more
February 9, 2017
The year’s first exit came from Observant, an early agtech pioneer in the precision water management space. Jain Irrigation acquired the Australian company.
TechAccel Invests in Agrivida Solidifying its Unique Agritech Acceleration Platform
February 8, 2017
Equity investing in just one way TechAccel, a venture development organization, works to accelerate innovation in agriculture.
TerrAvion Raises $10m Series A from Tech VCs to Expand Aerial Imaging Business
February 7, 2017
TerrAvion takes hundreds of low-altitude flights to capture bird’s-eye views of farms and raised funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firms.
Arc-net Raises £2m for Food Supply Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Tech
February 7, 2017
The Northern Irish startup raised the funding from former UK Entrepreneur of the Year.
The Yield Lab Invests $300k in Latest Agritech Cohort Taking Total to $1.8m
February 1, 2017
The Yield Lab has made three new investments of $100k each in agritech startups joining its 2017 cohort in St Louis.
A Year of Contrasts: Agtech Funding Dips to $3.2bn while Deal Activity Rises 10% in 2016
January 31, 2017
Agtech funding in 2016 was a tale of two halves as the number of deals closed increased 10% to 580 due to an uptick in seed stage activity, while investment dollars fell 30% to $3.2bn.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Insect Farming, Big Data, Soil Health Tech, Crowdfund a Cow Platform, more
January 26, 2017
Insect farming, Big Data technology, soil health products, and a Crowdfund a cow platform are just a few of this week’s agtech fundings.
Catalina Sea Ranch Raises $2m for Innovative Offshore Aquaculture Project
January 25, 2017
Catalina Sea Ranch, the first offshore shellfish ranch in US federal waters, has raised funding for its mussel farm off the coast of Southern California, and for research into growing environmentally-beneficial giant kelp.
Gates Foundation Awards $6.1m Grant to Danforth Center for Sorghum Research
January 25, 2017
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a three-year, $6.1 million grant to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to expand and accelerate the development and deployment of improved varieties of sorghum for smallholder farmers.
How to Make Latin America an Agtech Powerhouse
January 24, 2017
Ciro Echesortu, director of Latin America’s first agtech accelerator NXTP Labs, reflects on the development of the region’s agtech market and what to expect in 2017.
Agtech Funding Sheet: TellusLab Raises $3.1m Seed to Compete with Descartes Labs, Measure Raises $15m for Drones-as-a-Service, more
January 19, 2017
A bumper week of fundings includes startups offering satellite imagery analysis, drones-as-a-software, milk products, wine e-commerce and more.
AgFunder Innovation Awards 2016 Winners Announced
January 19, 2017
Your nominations were counted and verified, and the top five companies in each category are…
Food-X Reveals the 8 Startups Taking Part in its Latest Cohort – exclusive
January 18, 2017
The accelerator, which is based in New York, selected eight startups from over 500 applications to take part in its 14-week program.
Q&A: One Family Office’s Approach to Investing in Agritech
January 12, 2017
John Kim, managing partner of Amasia, a multi-family office and cross-border venture capital firm based in Singapore, tells us how he got into agritech investing and his different approach to sourcing investments.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Otto Robotics Raises $1.5m, Organic Chicken Processor Raises $2.7m, Diet to Go Raises $500k, more
January 12, 2017
A busy week of fundings saw $89m raised by startups offering technologies from farm-to-fork.
Kellogg’s VC 1894 Capital Makes First Investment in AgFunder Alum Kuli Kuli
January 11, 2017
Kuli Kuli is the leading manufacturer and distributor of moringa-based products in the US.
FarmLogs Raises $22m Series C as CEO Vows Never to Exit to Agribusiness
January 11, 2017
The South African media group led the round for data analytics and record-keeping tool FarmLogs, joined by existing investors.
How One Startup is Deploying Agtech in Developing Markets
January 9, 2017
Smallholder farmers have limited cash flow to be able to purchase new agtech, so SunCulture, and other agtech startups operating in the African region, have had to get creative in how they sell their wares.
AgriMetis Raises $23.5m Series B for Natural Products-Derived Crop Protection Research – exclusive
January 5, 2017
AgriMetis, the crop protection spin-off from healthcare innovation firm Acidophil, has raised $23.5 million in Series B funding in an oversubscribed round led by Anterra Capital.
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