SwarmFarm combines autonomous vehicles with an open network to help farmers customize equipment based on their individual needs.
Ongoing labor shortages and a need to cut costs are fueling a new class of foodservice robotics, from ‘bots that mix drinks to burger vending machines.
Vertical farms in Calgary and Montreal will enable GoodLeaf Farms to serve Canadian customers coast to coast starting in 2023.
The FlyFeed founder describes his journey from working at SaaS startups to building his own insect protein company to combat global hunger.
Verdant technology can spray for weeds, fertilize and treat plants for pests while simultaneously scanning a field and collection data.
Employees say every part of the indoor farm robotics company was impacted, from engineering to learning and talent to the robotics team itself.
A shift has occurred in the farm robotics category and The Mixing Bowl and Better Food Ventures have put together a market map detailing nearly 250 startups automating various activities on crop farms operating both indoors and outdoors to highlight its depth.
Deere is investing in not one company but an entirely new way of doing crop protection and, ultimately, commodity farming.
With its regulatory process now complete, California’s LahakX readies its drone swarming and spot spraying tech for fields in California.
The Solix Sprayer can help farms reduce their chemical inputs and deliver a lower carbon footprint and environmental impact.
Apeel Sciences and Benchling are among the startups addressing the tools and services needed in the middle of the agrifood value chain.
Sustainable Farming is both under-funded and a major opportunity for investors wishing to get involved with climate tech.
Fyto’s automated grow environments for aquatic plants promise to provide a more sustainable protein base for animal feed, human food, and soil amendments.
Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.
Brazil- and US-based Solinftec will expand availability of its precision ag farm management platform to additional growers in North and South America.
Cultivate Next will invest in early-stage restaurant tech that can enhance both guest and employee experiences.
Food retailers need technologies that can automate the supply chain to minimize disruptions and optimize inventory management.
The US company’s e-commerce portal provides a more efficient way to source proteins for novel food ingredients, drug discovery, and more.
Many of big deals during H1 involved startups automating simple, everyday tasks within broader agricultural operations.
“When we invested, what I loved about Bear Flag was that they were solving the right problem,” writes AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc about his firm’s exit from the ag automation startup.
