UK Food Waste Meter Technology Startup Winnow Raises $3.3m at Series A
Food waste is becoming a serious problem globally. Winnow is just one of a growing number of startups hoping to mitigate its effects.
Food waste is becoming a serious problem globally. Winnow is just one of a growing number of startups hoping to mitigate its effects.
The UK-based agtech business competition is organized by Agri-Tech East, a cluster organization for the sector. Initial expressions of interest are due March 7, 2016.
Last year, we saw a surge in the number of policy shifts and regulatory moves affecting food and agriculture in the US. Here’s five from 2015 that will likely have a ripple effect into the new year.
Asian demand for ‘clean food’ amid rising pollution, food scandals and increasing discomfort around the use of pesticides, is driving the region’s indoor agriculture sector, according to a new whitepaper from Newbean Capital.
Japan’s Planet Table closes $850k Series A, India’s FreshMenu raises $16.5 million, while Lok Capital and Aspada Investment Company invest in supply chain tech.
Farmland fund manager SLM Partners argues that ecological farming provides an alternative way to produce more with less, through deeply science-based and knowledge-intensive farming systems.
Barfoots of Botley grows, processes, and packs a range of semi-exotic produce grown in the UK, Spain, Senegal, and Peru, and is currently undertaking 30 innovation projects. MD Julian Marks presented three at the Oxford Farming Conference.
The Israeli sensor and data analysis startup is one of few using dendrometers to measure water stress in plants.
A group of producers and agribusinesses has called for collaboration in the industry to ensure the development of effective agriculture technology.
AeroFarms has plans to build 25 farms over the next five years and expand its reach across four continents, David Rosenberg, CEO, tells AgFunderNews.
The Center for Innovation and Technology is being sponsored by Bayer CropSciences, Farm Credit, Monsanto, Prophet North America, Toro Micro-Irrigation, Taylor Farms and JV Smith Companies, and is still open for applications.
It’s been a long road since 1998 to get AquaSpy technology into the hands 3,000 subscribing farmers and agribusinesses, CEO Bruce Moeller tells AgFunderNews.
In the first week of COP21, the Paris Climate Change conference, Monsanto announced a carbon neutral crop production plan as a group of food, farming and environmental organizations announced plans to put the agribusiness on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague.
This week’s news-in-brief covers the launch of a new crop-spraying drone, a $20m commitment by New Zealand to combat agricultural emissions, and agribusiness PE fund Arlon leads sugar business M&A.
The need to engage more effectively with ag scientists and other agtech stakeholders was one of the main challenges cited by UK farmers speaking at the Realizing our Economic and Agricultural Potential conference in Cambridge last month.
Harvest Power wants to develop the organic food waste sector in the US through the expansion of its anaerobic digesters and consumer-facing soil supplement products.
This week’s industry news brief includes M&A news, a food e-commerce IPO, weather technology capital raising, a $46m farmland sale, and regulatory developments for the US food industry.
Cultivian Sandbox led the round as Descartes Labs focuses on providing agriculture insights and global crop production forecasts to a range of stakeholders.
The agtech investor’s journey to exit is still unclear. Here are four routes to exit and their challenges as discussed at the World Agri-Tech Investment Summit.
SVG Partners’ THRIVE Accelerator is officially open for its second year. AgFunderNews speaks with SVG Partners’ chief technology officer Chris Boody.