Agtech Veteran Cultivian Sandbox Leads Agrivida’s $23M Series D
August 20, 2015
Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers and Cultivian Sandbox are among a hot list of VCs backing animal nutrition biotech company Agrivida.
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Horizons Ventures Leads Infant Probiotic Maker Evolve BioSystems to $9m Series A
August 19, 2015
The company, which is developing a probiotic formula to resolve a microbial imbalance in some babies’ microbiome, also raised capital from Tate & Lyle Ventures and angel investors.
3 Ways New Drone Service HUVR is Helping Farmers with Precision Agriculture
August 18, 2015
The recipient of $2m in angel financing last week, HUVRData, drone-based data analytics company, has now officially launched as a service for agriculture, wind farms, solar farms and the oil and gas sector.
Fundings in Brief: Agri PE Fund Invests in Fruit & Veg, Drone Service Raises $2m
August 13, 2015
This week’s fundings include a private equity fund investment into a fruit and veg multinational, a $2m angel investment into a U.S. drone service and $4m into an Indian e-commerce service for farmers.
Indian E-Grocer BigBasket.com Becomes Unicorn in $50m Series C Funding
August 13, 2015
The Bangalore company has achieved unicorn status after building out its online service across India and making acquisitions in the sector.
Precision Irrigation Company AgSmarts Raising Follow-on Seed Round As Revenues Grow
August 11, 2015
AgSmarts is raising $750k – $1m in a follow-on seed round led by a new strategic investor. Brett Norman, CEO, tells AgFunderNews about the company’s progress since its first seed round last year.
Green Smoothie Delivery Service Brings in Seed Capital in Wake of Good Eggs Downsize
August 10, 2015
Green Blender, the DIY green smoothie kit service, is an alumnus of Food-X and the latest in a string of food e-commerce investments in the wake of an operational downsizing by Good Eggs last week.
USDA-backed Advantage Capital Agri Fund Invests $7m in Crop Residue Company
August 6, 2015
Pacific Ag is the fourth investment for Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners, the $154.5m Rural Business Investment Company, since it launched in April.
Why MLS Capital Fund II Invested in Provivi & GreenLight Biosciences
August 6, 2015
Ganesh Kishore, managing partner of Spruce Capital Partners, co-manager of MLS Capital Fund II alongside Xeraya Capital, caught up with AgFunderNews to discuss the fund’s first investments and how it identifies opportunities.
Investors are Starting to See How a Little Bug May Help Solve the Big Sustainable Protein Problem
August 5, 2015
Next Millennium Farms and Exo have raised capital for their cricket protein production projects as investors and consumer become more comfortable with the concept.
Fundings in Brief: Pension Fund Commitments and Food E-commerce Deals
August 1, 2015
Deals from the week include a private equity-backed Australian producer’s A$550m IPO, an agriculture fund commitment by Merced County and the Accel Partners-led Series A round of grocery delivery company Opinio in Bangalore.
Moving to mainstream: Agtech gathers $2.1bn in the first half of 2015
July 31, 2015
What a start to the year! Today AgFunder releases its Midyear AgTech Investing Report (Free Download) and 2015 has already lived up to expectations. Nearly surpassing
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Updates AFN on the Rural Opportunity Investment Fund’s First Year
July 28, 2015
The USDA has announced the first investments from the $10bn Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks to AgFunderNews about the fund’s development.
News in Brief: AgTech Sectors that Scored Funds this Week
July 24, 2015
Biotech investor MLS Capital Fund II, cannabis greenhouse developer GrowCo, Inc, Canadian investment firm Fairfax, Inter-American Development Bank and Cargill all feature in this week’s News in Brief.
Why Uber-backer Tao Capital invested in Granular alongside Andreessen and Khosla
July 23, 2015
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.
Home-cooked Meal Kit Delivery Company Serves Up $35m Series B
July 22, 2015
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.
Spoon University Takes Food Back to School with $2.76m Seed Round
July 20, 2015
Two college graduates are looking to cash in on social media’s buzz around food by carving out a food-centric blog geared towards delivering edible news to today’s college crowd.
Egg White Replacement Start-Up Raises $1.7m in Seed Funding
July 17, 2015
Clara Foods differs from plant protein-focused Hampton Creek by genetically modifying yeast to produce egg white liquid for cooking. The company attracted an impressive line-up of angel investors.
Healthy Office Catering Service Secures $17m Series A
July 16, 2015
Zesty, the online healthy food delivery service, will use the proceeds for expansion beyond San Francisco after attracting investment from Founders Fund and Index Ventures.
Shedd Aquarium Receives $2M in Quest to Unravel Microbiomes’ Mysteries
July 7, 2015
Microbiomes are all around us—and even inside us. According to The Human Microbiome Project, tens of trillions of the little cells live on and
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