This is the second part of Raghavan Sampathkumar’s article on the prospects and challenges of agtech development in India. In part two he discusses realistic scenarios in the country’s agriculture sector, and offers recommendations to agtech entrepreneurs.
India’s growing class of passionate and young entrepreneurs holds promise for the development of the country’s agriculture sector, which supports nearly two-thirds of the population, writes Raghavan Sampathkumar, founder of SMARTAgBiz.
Next Millennium Farms and Exo have raised capital for their cricket protein production projects as investors and consumer become more comfortable with the concept.
The new farmland value index provider is using publicly available transaction data to compile monthly indices in a move away from other quarterly and survey-dominated indices.
A group of venture capitalists, previously active in other digital technologies, are now turning their attention to agriculture technology with a new a $40m to $50m fund.
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.
Oregon state’s clean tech funding and research collaboration arm OregonBEST has invested in a range of agtech start-ups, most recently a drought defending biodegradable superabsorbent polymer.
For many agtech entrepreneurs and innovators, finding the cash flow to get their idea off the ground is the most important step. Here are some of the grants and programs available in the US.
AgTech entrepreneurs! Find out how to apply here and be in with a chance of making 4.5 times more revenue and raising 20 times more capital than ventures that do not make it onto an accelerator programme.
The Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad business school, has selected eight food and agriculture technology start-ups to take part
Dale Artho’s family has been farming Texas’ panhandle region for three generations. As a result, Artho has unique insight on how agtech has changed the
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
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
Aerobotic Innovations, a drone control and safety application, announced recently that it has partnered with Packet Digital LLC to offer new products that will combine
Interest in agtech is heating up more than ever. Earlier this week, Austin, TX’s Chamber of Commerce announced its annual list of the top 12
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.
Long known as the “start-up nation,” the country is now emerging as a global pioneer in the agriculture technology sector.
Editors note: Vonnie Estes is an executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles commercializing biotechnologies. This article originally appeared in BioFuels Digest. Having spent
World Ag Expo announced the winners of its Top-10 New Products competition, and it’s clear that farm precision is the primary motivator for Ag innovation right now.
