Semios raises $100m to scale precision ag platform with more acquisitions likely
September 29, 2021
“You will probably see more strategic partnerships and acquisitions from Semios,” Michael Gilbert tells AFN.
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Tag: decision support technology
11 years on: Conservis’ evolution into a fintech platform
January 8, 2020
“The last decade has been great, yet not without challenges,” Pat Christie, founder of Conservis tells AFN.
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.
AgFunder Invests in Trace Genomics $13m Series A for First Scalable Soil Microbiome Test
November 15, 2018
Trace Genomics has built the first scalable soil microbiome test to help farmers predict soil disease, soil health, and crop quality, using high-throughput DNA sequencing and machine learning.
Farmers Edge v. Farmobile Update: US Federal Court Rules in Favor of Farmers Edge in Counterclaim Trial
August 23, 2018
The legal battle over which company owns the right to a technology that gathers data from farm machinery took an unexpected turn this week when a federal court in Nebraska ruled in favor of Canadian precision agtech company Farmers Edge.
AgriWebb raises $10m Series A funding, acquires FarmWizard from Wheatsheaf
August 20, 2018
The deal includes the acquisition of FarmWizard, an established UK livestock management software company from Wheatsheaf the previous owner; the investment was part cash and part equity transfer.
Forget Self-Driving Tractors; Agriculture’s AI Should be Modeled on Iron Man
June 11, 2018
The Iron Man model of artificial intelligence — combining man and machine — could truly take agriculture into the next era of productivity, writes Joe Byrum.
RML Agtech: India’s Farmers Business Network?
July 12, 2017
RML Agtech is hoping to alleviate some of the pressures faced by India’s farmers with its multi-function, online agtech platform with some similarities to American startup Farmers Business Network.
How Decisive Farming Hopes to Differentiate Itself in Frothy Digital Ag Space
November 3, 2016
Decisive Farming recently raised $6 million in Series A funding and focuses on one key area to keep the competition at bay.
The Most Successful Agtech Startup You’ve Never Heard Of
October 19, 2016
Agworld, a farm management software company out of Western Australia, has been on the agtech scene since 2012 and has 65 million paid acres under management.
What do Monsanto’s Plans to Open Up its Digital Platform Mean for the Agriculture Industry?
August 18, 2016
Monsanto has made the first move towards building a centralized and open digital platform for farmers to access agronomic data and analysis from a range of providers through its subsidiary Climate Corporation.
AgriWebb Raises $3m Seed Round for Livestock Monitoring and Data Analysis
July 28, 2016
AgriWebb is one of very few big data startups focusing on the livestock sector.
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