Investor Q&A: Why Toyota Ventures invested in Burro’s farm robots
October 11, 2021
Managing director Jim Adler discusses his firm’s recent investment in farm robots startup Burro and where Toyota plans to look next in agtech.
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BREAKING: FMC, Omnivore lead $5m investment in Indian ag robotics startup TartanSense
August 25, 2021
Founder and CEO Jaisimha Rao claims it’ll have “the world’s largest fleet of agriculture robots in the next 18 months.”
Brief: John Deere acquires AgFunder portfolio company Bear Flag Robotics for $250m
August 5, 2021
This is Deere’s second major automation acquisition in the past four years.
This startup says its new laser-armed weeding robot is already sold out for 2021
April 13, 2021
Carbon Robotics relies on advanced computer vision to distinguish pesky weeds from high-value crops – taking care of one of farmers’ least-favorite jobs.
EXCLUSIVE: Harvest automation startup Tortuga raises $20m Series A to build hundreds of robots
April 8, 2021
Tortuga AgTech is preparing to build hundreds of robots to deploy in 2022 as Covid-19 boosted farmer interest in robotics to address labor shortage issues.
Complexity, AI & the future of food: Toward the age of agrobots
April 8, 2021
Agrobots built around collective computational intelligence could help us better understand the interactions between plant physiology, soil structure, and other environmental factors.
Agtech CVC: FMC Ventures on launching a corporate venture group in 2020
March 3, 2021
FMC Ventures’ Amar Singh speaks with AFN about the advantages and challenges of being the newcomer in agrifood corporate venture investing and its laser-focus on crop protection.
Bear Flag Robotics scores $7.9m seed round extension
January 21, 2021
The Sunnyvale-based startup, which “up-fits” tractors to make them autonomous, will use the funding to expand its fleet in California and Arizona.
‘Drones-as-a-service’ firm Deveron completes $4.56m funding via private placement
January 13, 2021
The Toronto-based company has pivoted from drones as a core business to offering multi-layer analytics as farmers seek the most bang for their data bucks.
SwarmFarm raises $3.2m to grow its open platform for ag robotics
October 8, 2020
SwarmFarm was founded in 2012 by farmer couple Andrew and Jocie Bate, who also run a dryland crop and beef cattle operation in rural Queensland.
Saga Robotics raises $11m to develop robo-strawberry pickers
September 2, 2020
Despite its disastrous impact elsewhere, Covid-19 may have improved the investment outlook for farm robots, according to Saga Robotics’ latest backers.
Root AI raises $7.2m from AgFunder, Calacanis to deploy its ‘cross-crop robot’ workforce
August 13, 2020
The pandemic has created a perfect opportunity for ag robotics startups to flex their muscle, founder and CEO John Lessing tells AFN.
PODCAST: How can robotics startups respond to the urgent need for automation in the food industry?
June 16, 2020
The need for automation in the food and agriculture industry is now. But are the robots ready to be unleashed? Watch our recent webinar to hear from two leading robotics entrepreneurs from RootAI and Bear Flag Robotics.
Why AgFunder invested in Singrow
June 2, 2020
Born out of the National University of Singapore, Singrow is directing its efforts towards local production of temperate-zone fruits and vegetables in tropical areas. And it’s starting with strawberries.
Wisdom (and wallets) of the crowd: Small Robot Company closes crowdfunding campaign at £2.1m
February 13, 2020
The VC firm 7percent Ventures is confirmed as lead investor, having plowed in £200,000. By the time of close, a total of 1,759 investors had backed the round.
Ag robotics startup Tortuga comes out of stealth with Tesla co-founder Tarpenning on board
January 22, 2020
Tortuga is debuting a commercial robotics-as-a-service model this spring after quitely working with farmer partners during stealth mode R&D.
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