Tag: data analytics

Climate Corp’s Jeremy Williams on geospatial imaging

September 15, 2021

Jeremy Williams is a panellist at the AgTech NEXT conference on 6 October, where he’ll be speaking about geospatial imaging’s role in ag.

EXCLUSIVE: Ai Palette raises $4.4m to help brands predict the food trends of the future

August 24, 2021

The Singapore-based startup secured the Series A funding from Exfinity Venture Partners, pi Ventures, and AgFunder, among others.

India’s AgNext banks $21m Series A funding, delivers 5x return for exiting investor

August 20, 2021

The startup will use the capital to cement its presence in India and expand its food quality assessment platform to the Middle East and Europe.

Sentera closes $25m Series C round to scale its digital platform for agronomists

June 9, 2021

The Minnesotan startup sees partnerships as the best route to expanding its footprint, rather than developing ancillary solutions and services in-house.

American Robotics drone Scout emerging from ScoutBase

Ondas acquires American Robotics for its ‘rugged, real-world’ drones that can fly by themselves

May 19, 2021

The startup claims to be the first to receive approval from the US Federal Aviation Authority for drone flights beyond the visual line of sight.

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.

Brief: Data analytics company DTN acquires on-farm data startup Farm Market iD

February 25, 2021

Farm Market iD aggregates data from a variety of sources to offer agribusinesses support with marketing and better serving farmers and ranchers.

Thai precision ag startup ListenField gets strategic backing from Kubota

February 16, 2021

ListenField’s API ecosystem combines satellite, weather, and in-field data with crop modeling, phenology, and genotype selection to improve yields for rice and other crops.

Record-breaking female founder warns of food inflation risk amid Covid-19 & climate change

February 2, 2021

Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker thinks that Covid-19’s continuing effects will see a ramping up of food protectionism this year – while climate change will also take a toll.

7 questions with Kate Campbell, Organic Valley’s new data science chief

January 28, 2021

After 17 years with Organic Valley, Kate Campbell is moving into an executive leadership position to milk the most out of the dairy co-op’s data.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese precision ag platform Kebai secures Series B funds from Auchan owners

January 14, 2021

The Beijing-based startup will use the funding to accelerate its global expansion, partnering with other agrifood businesses in Creadev’s portfolio.

‘Drones-as-a-service’ firm Deveron completes $4.56m funding via private placement

January 13, 2021

The Toronto-based company has pivoted from drones as a core business to offering multi-layer analytics as farmers seek the most bang for their data bucks.

Leveraging big data for better sweet potatoes

October 28, 2020

When it comes to growing sweet potatoes, North Carolina is a superstar. Now it’s turning to tech to get even better at it.

Australian insurance giant IAG invests in CSIRO-backed ag and climate platform

May 28, 2020

Melbourne-based DAS is partnering with IAG to speed up risk assessment for rural insurance customers and provide them with ag, climate, and real estate insights.

The Yield bags $7.13m from Yamaha, others in ongoing round; Bosch converts notes

May 11, 2020

The Yield – an AgFunder portfolio company – is “poised to be The Climate Corp of horticulture,” said Yamaha Motor Ventures’ Nolan Paul.

Zoetis’ acquisition of Performance Livestock Analytics is major milestone for livestock tech space

April 28, 2020

PLA’s platform helps beef producers run their businesses more efficiently through the power of data analytics and connection to animal health companies and the founder thinks Covid-19 will accelerate farmer interest in such livestock tech.

Is CropX’s acquisition of CropMetrics a signal of increasing consolidation in digital agtech in 2020?

January 13, 2020

The Israeli startup is hoping the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into the US breadbasket as agtech veterans predict more consolidation in 2020.

Analyzing 2019’s wild weather year: could technology have helped?

December 23, 2019

Weather events have plagued US crop production throughout the year, including severe floods and an early freeze. Using Indigo’s GeoInnovation platform, we take a deeper look and ask, could technology have helped farmers weather the storms better?

xFarm’s Matteo Vanotti on not reinventing the farm data wheel

December 13, 2019

xFarm’s partnership-centric approach to farm data helped it secure €3 million in equity funding from Italy’s United Ventures and Switzerland’s TiVenture.