Tag: drone

XAG get its drones upgraded with tie-ups with Bayer and Huawei

September 25, 2019

What is dronemaker XAG working on with Bayer and Huawei? Its co-founder Justin Gong gives us the details, along with his outlook for China.

The Amazon is being decimated. How could tech have prevented it?

August 28, 2019

The Amazon Rainforest is being whittled away by one of the most massive blazes in history. Could tech have prevented it?

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s Google’s Wing Aviation Drone Carrying your Dinner

April 25, 2019

Watch your six, Amazon. Google’s Wing Aviation, the first company to receive FAA clearance for drone delivery, is starting trials in Virginia on tech that’s “safer than cars.”

Israeli drone startup SeeTree comes out of stealth with $15m Series A for perm crop service

January 16, 2019

Until now, the Tel Aviv-based startup has been operating in stealth mode, honing its technology and accelerating adoption of its service with a clandestine list of clients including large-scale citrus growers.

UPDATE: AgFunder Opens New Food Tech/AgTech Fund to Investors, Commitments Reach $4m in 1 Week

November 1, 2018

On our mission to democratize venture capital and increase investment in the food and agriculture industry, our fund is open to accredited investors as well as institutional investors, and we already have commitments from both.

Skyx & Advanced Tactics Partner to Take Crop Spraying Drones to the Next Level

October 8, 2018

Israel-based drone software company Skyx and US-based drone hardware designer Advanced Tactics (AT) have partnered to take crop spraying drones to the next level.

Deveron Acquires Veritas to Add Agronomic Expertise and Data Analytics to Drone Service

August 30, 2018

Deveron, which sends pilots to fly drones over farmland on request, will gain precision agriculture capabilities by bringing Veritas’s team of agronomists, plant scientists, and data scientists onto its staff.

Ag Industry Brief: Climate Corp Integrates 3 Aerial Imagery Startups into FieldView, more

June 2, 2017

The Yield Lab Galway has announced its new, Irish cohort, while Maryland bans routine use of antibiotics in animal agriculture.

American Robotics Raises $1.1m Seed for Turn-Key Ag Drone Solution Still in Stealth

May 25, 2017

The round was led by angel investors and included Brain Robotics Capital, a fund focused on AI, robotics, and IoT.

Ag Industry Brief: Land O’Lakes Drone Challenge, Ag Innovation Showcase Expands to UC Davis, Almond Board Invests $5m in Innovation, Broad Wins CRISPR Fight, more

February 17, 2017

Land O’Lakes, the major US dairy cooperative, is calling on innovators from the tech industry to enter the Land O’Lakes Prize.

Agtech Funding Sheet: Clear Labs Raises $13m Series B from GV, Khosla, Soros-Linked Fund Invests in Arya Collateral, more

December 15, 2016

A busy week of fundings as the year draws to a close includes food safety technology, insect farming, food waste technology, Indian supply chain technology and more.

Airware’s Commercial Drone Fund Invests in Raptor Maps

December 7, 2016

This funding marks Commercial Drone Fund’s fourth investment, but its first foray into ag-focused drone technologies.

Agtech Funding Catch Up: Summer’s Top 10 Deals

September 1, 2016

While it’s certainly been slow during the summer, there have been some notable fundings and we don’t want you to have missed them!

DroneDeploy Adds to 2016’s Drone Funding Total with $20m Series B

August 25, 2016

Software for drones provider DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by tech investment firm Scale Venture Partners and ExactTarget co-founder Scott Dorsey’s fund.

Fundings-in-Brief: Antimicrobial Startup Raises $1.3m, Food E-Commerce Raises $131m, Farmers Edge Raises $3m, more

May 26, 2016

This week, PURE Bioscience raises $1.27 million, while Farmers Edge gets another $3.2m, hyperspectral drone imagery company Gamaya raises $3m, and five food e-commerce startups from the Europe, Asia and the US raise $131m collectively. Impossible Foods is also on the road for $200m.