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Indigo Ag Closes $203m Series D with Dubai Sovereign Fund for Microbial Seed Tech, Innovative Business Model

December 6, 2017

Indigo’s business model, which it is deploying funds to build out across the US, Argentina, and Australia, is as much a part of its offering as its business model, according to agtech insiders.

Reflections of an Agtech VC: Gabriel Wilmoth Leaves Syngenta Ventures to Join Ag Startup

December 5, 2017

We caught up with Gabriel Wilmoth to find out more about his new role and to get some of his key takeaways from his time as an agtech investor.

Why Uber-backer Tao Capital invested in Granular alongside Andreessen and Khosla

July 23, 2015

Granular, arguably AgTech’s most developed farm management software, has raised $18.7 million in Series B financing in a round led by new investor and Californian family office Tao Capital Partners.

How Precision Agriculture is Revolutionizing Black Gold Farm’s 30,000 Acre Operation

July 7, 2015

Editor’s Note: AgFunderNews recently had the chance to speak with Gregg Halverson, President of Black Gold Farms. Halverson will be speaking at the Forbes Reinventing

Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter Sees $20 Billion Future for Salinas Driven by AgTech

July 2, 2015

Editor’s Note: AgFunderNews recently had the opportunity to speak with The Honorable Joe Gunter, Mayor of Salinas, on the relationship between agriculture and technology both in

Zymergen Seals $42M Series A to Continue Mass Production of Microbes Using Robotics

June 18, 2015

Microbial DNA maker Zymergen recently announced a $42M Series A led by Data Collective, with a group of investors participating, including AME Cloud Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurveston,

Crop Protection Product Developer Asilomar Bio Announces $3M Series A Round

June 17, 2015

“Farmers everywhere will tell you that weather and water are the biggest issues,” Travis Bayer, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Asilomar Bio. The company recently closed

Drone Software Developer Botlink and Hardware Developer Packet Digital Announce New Partnership

June 4, 2015

Aerobotic Innovations, a drone control and safety application, announced recently that it has partnered with Packet Digital LLC to offer new products that will combine

Idaho Announces First Statewide AgTech Summit as Global Interest in AgTech Events Continues to Grow

June 4, 2015

Idaho is the latest state to announce a new agtech event, among a slew of local, national and international events cropping up across the globe. On

Syngenta Has $50,000 Contest for Ag-Entrepeneurs

May 28, 2014

Aspiring ag entrepreneurs: Have a good idea but no money to start? Listen up; there’s a contest for you. Syngenta is going to be

Mosaic Company Buys ADM Fertilizer Operation in Brazil and Paraguay

April 16, 2014

The Mosaic Company keeps getting bigger. The Mosaic Company has announced it has acquired a fertilizer distribution business in Brazil and Paraguay for $350

Ag-Biotech Company, BioConsortia, Raises $15M in Series B

April 9, 2014

This week, bacteria are bringing in the big bucks. On Monday, BioConsortia, a New Zealand-based and US-funded ag biotech company, announced it raised $15

The Complex World of Big Land Deals

April 7, 2014

By: Fiona Harvey, Award-winning environment journalist for the Guardian. This post originally appeared on Ensia. “When [the trucks] came through they could not get access

BioFuel and Ag-Product Company, Cool Planet, Raises $100M in Series D

April 4, 2014

Thanks to a recent $100 million investment, you might soon reduce CO2 by driving a car, and increase crop productivity by using a carbon-negative soil.

COFCO to Pay $1.5B for Majority of Ag-sector of Noble Group

April 2, 2014

China’s largest grain trader China National Cereals, Oil and Foodstuffs Corp, or “COFCO,” and mainland private-equity firm Hopu Investment Management Co. have agreed to pay $1.5

Enterra, Canadian Fertilizer Company, Raises $5M with Avrio Capital

March 31, 2014

Enterra Feed Inc., a Vancouver-based fertilizer and animal feed company, has announced it closed a $5 million venture-funding round with Avrio Capital. “It’s particularly