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
AgFunderNews talks to the US deputy secretary of agriculture Krysta Harden and Brad Doorn, program manager for water resources applications research at NASA, about the recent MOU between the two agencies.
Planet Labs’ acquisition of Blackbridge and its RapidEye satellites last week raised questions about how useful the images are for farming. AgFunderNews speaks to Planet Labs’ client Wilbur-Ellis, engineering consultant Daedulus Systems and Engineering and Ryan McClinko from Planet Labs.
According to the American Association of Port Authorities, “The United States is served by some 360 commercial ports that provide approximately 3,200 cargo and passenger
Canadian-based precision agriculture provider Farmers Edge recently announced a new partnership with Japanese general trading company Mitsui & Co, Ltd. to help develop its product
On May 19, 2015, Farmers Business Network (FBN) announced that it raised $15 million in funding towards the development of its precision agriculture technologies. The
After the agriculture technology (AgTech) sector raised a total of $2.36 billion in 2014, the big question was whether or not the sector would
San Francisco based Planet Labs closed $118 million in Series C financing with $23M coming in at the end of the round from the International
Editors note: Rob Leclerc is the CEO and Melissa Tilney is the Head of Marketing at AgFunder. This article originally appeared in TechCrunch. Before Monsanto acquired Climate Corporation in late
Editors note: Lia Reich is the Director of Marketing for PrecisionHawk. Founded in 2010, PrecisionHawk offers an end-to-end solution for aerial data gathering, processing and analysis.
Taking a page out of Climate Corporation’s playbook, Farmers Edge acquired GranDuke Geomatics of Lethbridge, Alberta. According to an agreement finalized on January 9, the precision
With agtech investment on pace to quadruple in 2014 to nearly $1 billion, Silicon Valley can’t seem to get enough of this super hot sector.
By: Erica Gies, independent journalist. This post originally appeared on Ensia. Grapevines march across wires strung along rolling hills, their little trunks improbably supporting heavy
As many in the agriculture industry are adjusting to a growing population, environmental changes, and other Earthly concerns, German researchers are setting their sights a bit higher.
Drones are causing a stir in agriculture these days, and not in that exciting, disruptive, tech-y way they have before. Today, investigative journalist Will
A recent report from the Cleantech Group paints a broad picture of the corporate arms race for big data investments, the ever-evolving data technology, and the challenges involved in harnessing sophisticated data trends.
In comparison to the rest of the world, American farmers have it made when it comes to access to ag-technology. And in light of the
At any given moment, there are at least four visible satellites orbiting above your head. Chances are, at least two of them (if in low-orbit)
By: Dylan Walsh. This post originally appeared on Ensia. The idea to measure rainfall with cell phone signals arose eight years ago over a cup
