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.
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How Design Thinking and Lean Startup Approaches Are Fostering Agtech Innovation
June 23, 2016
Rob Trice, founder of The Mixing Bowl, shares his thoughts on how agtech entrepreneurs are building their businesses and how it compares to other sectors.
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.
NXTP Labs Launches First Latin American Agtech Accelerator
June 7, 2016
NXTP Labs, one of the most active early stage investment funds in Latin America, is launching the region’s first agtech accelerator.
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.
Institutional Investors Unite in Fight Against Antibiotic Use in Meat Production
April 19, 2016
A group of institutional investors worth $1 billion and led by Coller Capital, has joined forces to lobby 10 publicly-traded food companies over the use of antibiotics in their supply chains.
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.
ZeaKal Raises $5.3m Series B for ‘Blockbuster’ GM Seeds
February 18, 2016
ZeaKal, which is enhancing the photosynthetic capacity of soybeans, attracted funding from two agtech VC heavyweights.
How a UK Sheep Farmer is Using Precision Agriculture Technology
January 11, 2016
Since Neil Perkins, a sheep farmer from West Wales in the UK, made significant, technological changes to his farming practices, he has become one of the biggest ram breeders in the UK.
Prequin: Agriculture Funds to Raise over $3.9bn in 2015 Surpassing 2014 Volumes
November 25, 2015
A further 36 funds, across farmland, agribusiness and agriculture technology, are still in the market targeting $7.5 billion collectively, according to Prequin.
Village Capital Selects 13 Businesses for 3rd Agtech Accelerator Program
October 12, 2015
The Louisville, Kentucky-based entrepreneur community will hold workshops in Louisville and New Orleans before a peer-to-peer selection process awards two businesses the final funding prize.
Farmland Investment Platform to Offer Rare Returns Data for Investors, Farmers – exclusive
August 25, 2015
Collecting farmland performance data globally has been a bugbear for many investors for a long time. Map of Agriculture hopes to fill the information gap with a global resource for investors, and possibly farmers too.
Fundings in Brief: Food E-Commerce Delivers $4.7m as TIAA-CREF Breaks Farmland Fund Record
August 6, 2015
This week saw two food e-commerce related fundings, two new agriculture funds, and a big play on chocolate.
How Genetic Engineering is Helping Farmers Combat their Biggest Pests
July 29, 2015
UK-based research group Oxitec has started genetically engineering moths to make them infertile to help farmers control and reduce the destruction of their crops.
Smart Irrigation Provider CropX Nabs $9M Series A Marking Farm2050’s First Investment
June 22, 2015
Smart irrigation company CropX has announced a $9 million Series A round led by Innovation Endeavors, Finistere Ventures, GreenSoil Investments. Prior backer OurCrowd also participated in
Six Mega-Trends in Indoor Agriculture
March 23, 2015
Editors note: Nicola Kerslake is the founder of Newbean Capital, a registered investment adviser that manages early stage venture capital mandates for institutional investors. The
Finistere Opens $150M Agtech Fund
February 27, 2015
California-based Finistere Ventures announced that it opened a new agtech fund targeting $150M, in collaboration with Bayer Cropscience, AVAC and other partners. The Finistere II
TGP earns $550M on sale of poultry assets
November 25, 2014
FarmOnline reports that private investment group TGP with $66 billion AUM sold AU$171.4 million of assets in Inghams Enterprises (an extensive portfolio of chicken production facilities in
Waikato Uni Launches AgTech Fund to Disrupt NZ Agri-Business
July 2, 2014
Agtech funds are cropping up everywhere, and growing like weeds. New Zealand’s University of Waikato has launched a new agtech seed-fund through their commercial
Green Roof Company, LiveRoof China, Inc., Looks East
June 11, 2014
Breathing in China isn’t easy but that might change soon, one green-roof at a time. Just days after the EPA’s announcement of strong initiatives
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