DuPont Makes Rare Agtech Venture Investment in PrecisionHawk Series B
April 27, 2016
The agribusiness, which is already a PrecisionHawk customer, has invested a small amount in the drone company’s Series B round.
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Big Tech Gets into Agtech with PrecisionHawk’s $18m Series C
April 21, 2016
The drone technology company is the first ag-related investment for Yamaha Motor Ventures, which was joined by Verizon Ventures, NTT Docomo, and USAA as new investors in PrecisionHawk.
Fundings-in-Brief: Fiddlehead Raises $1.8m Seed Capital, Jungoo Closes $10m Series B, more
April 21, 2016
Capital raisings for predictive food industry forecasting company Fiddlehead, drone tech company PrecisionHawk, and food hyperlocal marketplace contribute to this week’s funding-in-brief.
Update: Canadian Govt Joins PE Investors to Back Semios $8m Seed Round
April 18, 2016
Semios raised the funding to expand its specialty crop-focused sensor and precision ag platform business.
Fundings-in-Brief: Israeli Seed Breeding Startup Raises $1.25m, Alibaba Invests $2.3bn in Ele.me, more
April 14, 2016
Food delivery, processing and e-commerce fundings dominate this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
Food Waste Startups Grab More Attention as WISErg Raises $12.3m
April 14, 2016
Food waste is starting to get the attention it deserves. It remains one of the biggest problems affecting the global food system and is particularly troublesome in the United States.
CropX Closes Out Series A Round on $10m with New Strategic Investors
April 12, 2016
CropX, the Israeli irrigation and sensor technology company, has raised a further $1 million towards its Series A round from strategic investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital and the Flextronics technology accelerator Lab IX.
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April 11, 2016
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4 Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs from the Food + Enterprise Summit
April 8, 2016
There was no lack of new innovations and ideas at the conference in Brooklyn, New York today, but there were clear challenges in scaling sustainable, local food products and technologies.
Food-X Picks 10 Food Tech Startups for Fourth Cohort and $500k of Investment
April 8, 2016
FreshSurety, which is using IoT to report real-time freshness, location, and temperature of food, and Plasma Nutrition are two startups receiving $50k each.
Fundings-in-Brief: Food E-commerce Startups Raise $58m, Israeli Precision Ag Player Acquires Agam, more
April 7, 2016
An organic, vegan food delivery service, a Spanish e-grocer, and a social impact-focused meal delivery company are some of this week’s fundings as the food e-commerce segment shows no signs of slowing.
Juicero Raises $70m for High-End Juicing Device and Fresh Produce Pack Delivery Service
April 7, 2016
The Californian start-up raised the Series B funding from names such as Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures and Campbell Soup Company.
Meadow Brings Silicon Valley Investors to Growing Cannabis Software Market
April 6, 2016
Meadow is a Y Combinator alumnus and raised the funding from an impressive line-up of mainstream tech entrepreneurs and investors.
5 Agtech Startups Present at Y Combinator’s Demo Day as Sector Moves Further into Mainstream
April 5, 2016
Leading seed accelerator Y Combinator featured five agtech startups at its recent Demo Day. Here some of them discuss the benefits of the program.
Fundings-in-Brief: Clearas Water Raises $4m Series B, Drone Tech Startup Raises $1m Seed, Planet OS Raises $5m, more
March 31, 2016
A busy week of fundings includes wastewater treatment tech, drones, satellite imagery, food e-commerce, precision agriculture, and biopesticide startups.
Salesforce CEO Joins $2m Seed Round of Crop Disease Prediction Software Taranis
March 30, 2016
Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce joined the round led by OurCrowd and Eshbol Investments.
Abraaj Leads $150m Series D for BigBasket as Bubble Grows and Instacart Finds Profit
March 24, 2016
The round takes BigBasket’s total funding to over $230m as investors question the unit economics of the food e-commerce sector overall.
Fundings-in-Brief: Microbiome Startup Pivot Bio in $16m Series A, Drones Companies Raise Funding, more
March 24, 2016
Microbiome Innovation Startup Pivot Bio Raises $16m Series A The microbiome is a hot topic among agtech entrepreneurs and investors at the moment as research
New Crop Capital Closes $25m Fund, Invests in Beyond Meat
March 17, 2016
A new venture capital firm focused on investing in plant and culture-based meat, egg and dairy alternatives has closed a $25 million fund.
Fundings-in-Brief: Whole Foods Invests in Instacart, Indian Food Tech Raises Seed Round, more
March 17, 2016
Whole Foods and Instacart have also extended their partnership on the platform, as Indian food tech company Jolly Good Fellow aims to close the gap between vendors and consumers.
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