Slantrange has raised the funding from a wide range of investors including venture capital firms, angel syndicates, and a farming organization.
The vertical farming sector is more than just a movement; it’s evolved into an industry and the conversation needs to move on, according to the Association for Vertical Farming.
The $10m Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund is the first step in developing a co-investment platform as the Israeli incubator eyes launching another $30m fund.
Semios raised the funding to expand its specialty crop-focused sensor and precision ag platform business.
Food delivery, processing and e-commerce fundings dominate this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
Food waste is starting to get the attention it deserves. It remains one of the biggest problems affecting the global food system and is particularly troublesome in the United States.
CropX, the Israeli irrigation and sensor technology company, has raised a further $1 million towards its Series A round from strategic investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital and the Flextronics technology accelerator Lab IX.
The International Food Policy Research Institute’s 2016 Global Food Policy Report examines major food policy developments and events over the past 12 months and looks at the key challenges and opportunities for the upcoming year.
Three industry mergers & acquisitions top this week’s Industry-in-Brief as the debate over GM salmon and food labeling continues, and a Saudi Arabian dairy company’s purchase of alfalfa land in California causes concern.
How three new startups are approaching satellite imagery for the agriculture industry in slightly different ways.
Thrive Accelerator, the Salinas, CA-based food and agriculture startup program, has chosen 12 startups to take part in its 8-week program this year.
Microbiome Innovation Startup Pivot Bio Raises $16m Series A The microbiome is a hot topic among agtech entrepreneurs and investors at the moment as research
Food waste costs the US economy over $200bn a year, but there’s lots of opportunity to get involved in its reduction, according to a new report instigated by the Fink Family Foundation.
We speak to three of the most established ag data companies to find out more about their methods of data collection and how they think their data will set them apart from others.
General Mills has decided to label GMO foods in the wake of the GMO bill’s demise, while satellite imagery company Geosys partners with a precision ag platform and a weather station company, and Farmers Edge teams up with The Weather Company.
Surterra’s willingness to take on some risk by building its first facility before getting initial license approval last November is one of the main reasons it is the first to start growing cannabis.
Last week Bayer acquired proPlant, a health diagnosis and infection level warning software. We speak to CEO James Blome about M&A and commercializing microbiome research.
Ahead of speaking at the World Agri-Tech Investment Summit in San Francisco next week, Vishal Vasishth, co-founder of Obvious Ventures, talks about the firm’s approach to agtech investing.
The UK spin out of pharmaceutical company Redx Pharma, is partnering with agrochemical companies to discover new ag chemical compounds.
Agricultural development is one of the biggest initiatives for the foundation. Here Vipula Shukla, senior program officer for agriculture, speak about the foundation’s approach to agtech investing.
