Modern sensing instruments have advanced far beyond simple photographic film. Today’s devices measure light, radiation, and heat by capturing different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, writes Joe Byrum.
A bumper two weeks of funding saw 14 startups raise $184m across on-farm biotech, biotech, satellite imagery, India, 3D printing, including Instacart’s $400m Series D. There was also an ag data acquisition in the UK.
Cavallo Ventures is not just focused on investing in startups; it also wants to partner with them and distribute new products to its customers.
The round was co-led by Google’s venture arm GV and San Francisco-based impact investor DBL Partners as FBN builds out its procurement, financing and data-driven analytics tools for farmers.
Ahead of the Latin America workshop at Rethink Ag & Food Innovation Week next month, we caught up with Yuri Soares to hear more about his work in agtech at IADB.
While artificial intelligence in agriculture presents many opportunities, there are some inherent challenges when compared to its application in other industries, writes Syngenta’s Joseph Byrum.
FarmDrive is using big data to create credit scores for smallholders farmers, enabling local banks to lend to them.
Brandon Russell, portfolio manager at AgLaunch in Memphis, Tennessee, writes about how the group’s offerings for startups have developed and the benefits of being based in the Mid-South.
Equity investing in just one way TechAccel, a venture development organization, works to accelerate innovation in agriculture.
TerrAvion takes hundreds of low-altitude flights to capture bird’s-eye views of farms and raised funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firms.
Nectar is looking for an experienced hardware engineer seeking for a challenge and motivated by the desire for impact. He will be in charge, with
Geosys’ Matthieu Hyrien explains four key concepts in remote sensing in agriculture from a recently released a whitepaper on the topic.
Insect farming, Big Data technology, soil health products, and a Crowdfund a cow platform are just a few of this week’s agtech fundings.
A bumper week of fundings includes startups offering satellite imagery analysis, drones-as-a-software, milk products, wine e-commerce and more.
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Santiago Tenorio from Cascade Global, a multi-family office based investing in agtech, writes about the financial return potential of the space.
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The South African media group led the round for data analytics and record-keeping tool FarmLogs, joined by existing investors.
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