Valmont acquires crop analytics startup Prospera for $300m
May 13, 2021
With Prospera on board, Valmont now claims to be the world’s largest, vertically integrated artificial intelligence company in agriculture.
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Brief: Benson Hill to go public in $2bn SPAC merger
May 10, 2021
The deal involving the St Louis-based startup – which is developing gene-edited and selectively bred versions of crops used in alt-protein and animal feed production – is the latest in a string of recent agrifoodtech SPAC mergers.
Complexity, AI & the future of food: AI’s food security impact
April 22, 2021
AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain, writes Joseph Byrum.
Amfora gets $6m Series B injection from Bayer, Spruce Capital to increase protein in crops
March 24, 2021
The US biotech startup is using gene editing to increase the nutritional content of seeds such as soybean, with an eye on the booming plant-based protein market.
FluroSat acquires Dagan, becomes Regrow in ‘resilient ag’ & carbon push
February 22, 2021
The two companies have combined their crop science and soil health chops with an eye on the nascent carbon credits market.
PatternAg raises $15m to crunch soil DNA data
October 27, 2020
The Emeryville, California startup has been developing biological analytics of soil DNA data to offer farmers crop protection insights and forecasts.
Alexandria LaunchLabs opens $100k agtech pitch competition – apply by Jan 31!
January 15, 2020
The competition welcomes agtech startups across many categories including everything from crop enhancement to animal health to supply chain innovations.
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