Tag: agribusiness marketplaces

TaniHub employees chatting at a tomato farm

Indonesian farmer platform TaniHub raises $66m

May 21, 2021

CEO Pamitra Wineka said the funding will help the startup to strengthen its regional presence and boost Indonesian ag’s global competitiveness.

UPDATED: ProducePay scores $43m Series C funding from VCs, development banks

May 21, 2021

The Los Angeles-based startup will use the capital to expand its presence in Latin American markets, while also building out its tech and sales capabilities.

Online ag marketplaces: An entry point for farmers into the tech ecosystem

May 4, 2021

Online ag marketplaces that connect farmers with commodity traders and other buyers can help encourage broader adoption of digital technologies across agriculture, writes Dmytro Lennyi.

Bushel bags $47m Series C funding as it scales up & eyes new fintech offering

April 20, 2021

The North Dakotan startup is on a mission to digitalize the grain supply chain and now plans to add fintech offerings to its app-based trading platform.

Agrim is a B2B online marketplace for ag inputs in India

Indian inputs platform sees shortcut to success with focus on midstream pain point

March 23, 2021

“If I tell suppliers I have 25% of retailers on my platform, that’s a very solid proposition compared to 5% of farmers,” Agrim co-founder Mukul Garg tells AFN.

International Conference on Plant Science in Post Genomics Era (Agri Vision-2021)

March 14, 2021

Evation is hosting the Agri Vision-2021: International Conference on Plant Science in Post Genomics Era during March 14-16, 2021 at the Auditorium of ICAR-National Rice

Wefarm gets $11m Series A+ funding, upgrades SMS service to online platform

March 9, 2021

The UK-based network for smallholders secured funding from new and existing investors including AgFunder, Octopus Ventures, and Rabo Frontier Ventures.

Young pod of soybean plant in an agricultural field against the light. Soybean seeds in a pod on a growing plant. Soybean crops.

Argentine ag blockchain platform ucrop.it raises seed funding

February 17, 2021

The Buenos Aires-based startup helps commodities buyers to find growers that use certain sustainability practices – while getting growers a better price for their efforts.

Ag marketplace DeHaat banks $30m in Naspers-led Series C round

January 19, 2021

The Indian startup plans to build out its lending capabilities, as well as adding insurance and crop spraying to its roster of farmer-focused services.

Tractor Zoom scores $3m Series A to expand ‘transparent’ equipment pricing platform

December 18, 2020

The Iowan startup analyzes transactions involving second-hand farm equipment to provide price transparency through real-time sales comparisons.

World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

October 20, 2020

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit takes place each year in London, San Francisco and São Paulo . With more than 41 countries represented in London

McKinsey: European online farming market could exceed $12bn by 2025

October 12, 2020

Almost 4 million more farmers in Europe are ready to use online agribusiness marketplaces as their main sources of ordering than before Covid-19.

The rise of the reused machines: Germany’s E-Farm raises $5.3m Series A

October 1, 2020

The Hamburg-based startup has built an online marketplace for secondhand agricultural machinery, using AI-powered valuation and offering EU-wide warranties.

Turkish delight as Tarfin raises $5m Series A for its smallholder lending app

September 25, 2020

Istanbul-based Tarfin offers access to extended payments for smallholder farmers, and creates pools of receivables for institutional investors as asset-backed securities.

SMARTAGRIFOOD SUMMIT

September 24, 2020

#Agrifood20, a leading event for the digital transformation of the agri-food sector. Startup Europe’s Smart Agrifood Summit, an industry-leading event for the creation of innovative

Smartagrifood Summit

September 24, 2020

the third year of Startup Europe’s Smart Agrifood Summit, an industry-leading event for the creation of innovative ecosystems within the European agri-food sector. This year

4th International Conference on Agriculture Technology

September 22, 2020

International Conference on Agriculture Technology in Dubai, UAE with theme of “Discovering Natural Resources through Agriculture” scheduled on September 22-23, 2020.

Indigo CEO Perry steps down, replaced by investor board member

September 3, 2020

Indigo says incoming CEO Ron Hovsepian, a partner at its investor Flagship Pioneering, is a “seasoned operational leader rightly suited to lead […] at this critical stage of maturation.”

EXCLUSIVE: Indian farmer marketplace BigHaat scores $2m pre-Series A funding

August 10, 2020

The Bengaluru-based startup provides a platform for smallholders to purchase inputs, secure credit, and engage data-led advisory services.

Here’s how ‘five startups in one’ Indigo Ag plans to use its $360m Series F add-on

August 5, 2020

“Five startups in one” is how Indigo CEO David Perry describes the company, which he says is facing its biggest challenge yet: moving to its next phase of execution.