Q&A: SupraSensor Founder 9 Months On from Climate Corp Acquisition
March 30, 2017
We caught up with SupraSensor founder Calden Carroll to find out a bit more about the acquisition and how the startup merged with Climate Corp.
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If You’re Marketing a Product to a Farmer, Show Them Where and How it Will Work
March 29, 2017
Farmers are often unaware of what new tech is coming down the pipe, or how it will perform. Karen Chapman and EDF have found a solution.
How to Encourage the Adoption of Agtech Innovation in India
March 16, 2017
The Indian farmer needs agtech innovation to address some of their key challenges, writes Hemendra Mathur.
How Clean Seed’s Wireless Smart Seeder is Set to Disrupt Agriculture
March 13, 2017
Air seeding technology brought new scale and efficiencies to farming when it was first introduced, but there are several drawbacks, according to Graeme Lempriere, CEO of Clean Seed.
Farmer Business Network Raises $40m Series C to Transform the Farm Economy Through Data
March 8, 2017
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.
The challenges for artificial intelligence in agriculture
February 20, 2017
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.
VP of Global Business Development
February 17, 2017
Founded by Dr. David Soane, a renowned serial entrepreneur and inventor in the field of materials science and surface chemistry, our company is developing formulations
A Guide to Seafood & Aquaculture Technology: Startups Raise $193m in 2016 but More Innovation Needed
February 16, 2017
Investment in seafood and aquaculture technology increased 271% compared to the $52 million raised across both 2014 and 2015, but there is still a huge need for technology to bring efficiency and sustainability to the industry.
FarmDrive Raises Funding to Help Africa’s Smallholder Farmers Get Finance with Credit Scoring Algorithm
February 16, 2017
FarmDrive is using big data to create credit scores for smallholders farmers, enabling local banks to lend to them.
The Opportunities and Challenges of Insect Farming for Feed
January 30, 2017
Nolet is an advisor to Australian insect-for-feed startup, GoTerra, and here writes about the challenges and opportunities for GoTerra and others in the space.
AgFunder Innovation Awards 2016 Winners Announced
January 19, 2017
Your nominations were counted and verified, and the top five companies in each category are…
Ag Industry Brief, Amber Agriculture Wins Best Startup At CES, Agribotix Partners with SenseFly, Larta Wins SBA Tibbetts Award, more
January 16, 2017
Awards, partnerships and agtech product trials dominate this week’s industry brief.
Geospatial Engineer
January 12, 2017
Who You Are You enjoy taking initiative and getting things done, rather than sitting back and waiting for direction. You have experience identifying innovative ways
Data Engineer
January 12, 2017
Who You Are You have experience deploying robust, efficient web services and data pipelines. Equally important is your ability to ensure the served data is
FarmLogs Raises $22m Series C as CEO Vows Never to Exit to Agribusiness
January 11, 2017
The South African media group led the round for data analytics and record-keeping tool FarmLogs, joined by existing investors.
Associate, Field Agronomy
January 9, 2017
Terviva is a California-based start-up that is commercializing Pongamia pinnata as a new horticultural tree crop. Pongamia is a legume tree producing an annual crop
How One Startup is Deploying Agtech in Developing Markets
January 9, 2017
Smallholder farmers have limited cash flow to be able to purchase new agtech, so SunCulture, and other agtech startups operating in the African region, have had to get creative in how they sell their wares.
The Carbon Contract: How Ag Data Can Enable Robust Carbon Markets
December 30, 2016
Wade Barnes writes about the role precision ag technologies can play in offsetting carbon emissions and participating in the carbon market in Canada.
Suits (or Hoodies) and Boots: What Corporates and Farmers Can Learn from Each Other
December 29, 2016
Kate Burke, founder of Think Agri, a consultancy firm based in Melbourne, Australia, is on a mission to fill the education gap between investors and agribusinesses.
Kleiner Perkins Exits Farmers Edge as ‘Canada’s Warren Buffet’ Buys Stake – exclusive
December 20, 2016
Fairfax Financial, the investment company of Prem Watsa, has invested in Canadian digital precision agriculture company Farmers Edge, injecting new capital into the company as well as buying stock from existing investors.
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