Tag: computer vision

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.

Ocado spends $287m in retail robotics double-swoop

November 3, 2020

The UK firm is buying two US startups, with CEO Tim Steiner seeing “significant opportunities” in robotic manipulation solutions for online retail and logistics.

Color and quality control in fresh produce: Traditional solutions vs AI

September 4, 2020

Variations in color mean that defining quality parameters for fresh produce has traditionally been a complex affair. But AI is changing that.

The Greeneye team testing their AI weed detect and spray platform

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.

AFN introduces… Intello Labs, the computer visionaries of food quality control

February 27, 2020

IntelloLabs is working to solve the logistical and potentially brand-busting challenge of quality control in the high-value crops industry using computer vision.

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.

SoftBank-backed Accel Robotics is blending online & physical with check-out free technology

December 5, 2019

So far, checkout-free technologies appear to be using the same recipe of technology: will they be forced to diversify or die?

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.

BRIEF: Commercial kitchen food waste startup Winnow raises $12m Series B

October 17, 2019

The UK startup has developed a smart kitchen tool that helps restaurants account for their food waste to see where they can improve.

Tesco invests in frictionless checkout startup Trigo

October 17, 2019

Trigo’s technology uses computer vision and AI to see what shoppers put in their carts, charging their accounts when they walk out the door. Tesco invested just after its Series A round.

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.

iUNU raises $7.5m for greenhouse ‘system-as-a-service’ using computer vision

February 28, 2019

iUNU hopes to take some of the manual data-entry aspects of greenhouse operation into the 21st century by automating as much of the process as possible.

Cainthus Appoints New CEO Aidan Connolly, Former Alltech Innovation Head

January 30, 2019

Connolly, who worked at Alltech for over 25 years, has often been referred to as the fourth founder of Cainthus.

Bowery Raises $90m Series B from GV, Temasek

December 12, 2018

Bowery Farming, the New York-based indoor farming group, has closed a $90 million Series B round of funding in a round led by Google’s venture

AgFunder Starts Investing in FoodTech and Agtech

February 22, 2018

The AgFunder platform has built a powerful, global network and we’ve had the good fortune to get to know some of the industry’s most successful entrepreneurs from the beginning of their journeys. Going forward, we will be leveraging the AgFunder platform to invest in other bold and exceptional founders who are committed to building the next generation of agrifood tech companies that will transform our food and agriculture system.