SupPlant raises $27m to bring irrigation tech to climate-embattled farmers
March 14, 2022
The Israeli company will further develop its smart irrigation tech API for smallholder farmers facing the impacts of climate change.
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Data Snapshot: 2021’s top deals for food waste startups driven by environment & economics
March 2, 2022
Funding for food waste solutions up and down the supply chain reflects the growing importance of the category for businesses, consumers, and investors alike.
Tierra Biosciences launches ‘proteins-on-demand’ platform to speed up synbio engineering
February 2, 2022
The US company’s e-commerce portal provides a more efficient way to source proteins for novel food ingredients, drug discovery, and more.
EXCLUSIVE: ZoomAgri raises $3.3m for ‘vision-as-a-service’ food inspection tech
August 25, 2021
It aims to take the manual labor out of the ag commodities inspection process using computer vision, machine learning, and IoT.
With $1.2m in fresh funding, SpaceSense sees satellite data as agtech’s next frontier
October 22, 2020
Remote sensing startups like France’s SpaceSense generate satellite data insights for precision agriculture by developing pattern recognition algorithms.
Startup Spotlight: Phood is taking the uncertainty out of food waste for kitchens
August 21, 2020
Phood’s B2B product combines hardware and software to offer back-of-house kitchens and other food outlets a tool to measure food waste with precision.
Syngenta invests in $7m seed round for Israeli autonomous chemical reduction tech Greeneye
May 27, 2020
Trials already indicate how a precision method like Greeneye’s can reduce a farmer’s herbicide usage by 65‒92%, according to Greeneye.
CattleEye comes out of stealth with computer vision-based livestock management platform
March 4, 2020
We caught up with Cattle Eye co-founder Terry Canning ahead of the Animal Agtech Innovation Summit where it will be featured in a startup spotlight.
Kraft Heinz leads $12m Series A for smart checkout startup Zippin
December 12, 2019
What does a CPG company want with smart checkout technology, you ask? Data, and lots of it.
Crop disease recognition app Plantix raises €6.6m Series A led by RTP Global
November 21, 2019
The €6.6 million Series A was led by the Russian early-stage tech investor RTP Global. The round was joined by Piton Capital with existing investors participating, including Atlantic Labs and Index Ventures.
Why Prospera started in greenhouses before taking AI tech into the fields
November 15, 2019
Prospera recently announced its partnership with Valley Irrigation to combine its sensor-based analytics software with Valley’s pivot irrigation systems.
What’s holding back tech innovation and adoption in the poultry industry?
November 13, 2019
I’m heading to the second annual Poultry Tech Summit in a few weeks to find out.
Startup Spotlight: Seed-X wants to help farmers find the right seed using AI and computer vision
October 1, 2019
Through its Genetic Traits Detection Platform, the company is hoping to make seed selection more accurate and reliable for farmers.
PathogenDx raises $7.5m Series B for cannabis pathogen testing, eyes food
September 30, 2019
The Arizona-based startup initially developed to test pathogens on cannabis is now preparing to expand into the broader food and beverage space.
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