Tag: drones

Commercial UAV Expo Americas

October 28, 2019

Commercial UAV Expo Americas is North America’s leading trade show and conference focusing on the integration and operation of commercial UAS with more exhibitors than any other commercial drone event. Industries covered include Construction; Energy & Utilities; Forestry & Agriculture; Infrastructure & Transportation; Mining & Aggregates; Public Safety & Emergency Services; Security; and Surveying & Mapping.

Commercial UAV Expo Americas

October 28, 2019

CORRECTION: Hummingbird Tech closes Series B on $10m with BASF, Telus joining SALIC-led round

October 15, 2019

UK startup Hummingbird Technologies tells us it plans to expand into North America with its fresh injection of funds from BASF VC and TELUS Ventures.

Checking in with Aerobotics

October 1, 2019

Word has been getting around about Aerobotics' incredible decision support technology for tree crops. Rob Leclerc shares some facts and figures about the startup's rapid growth to-date.

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.

Aker Technologies scores $2.6m for automated crop scouting tech

September 4, 2019

The St. Louis-based company is on a mission to boost precision farming with a remote monitoring and analytics platform that gives growers, retailers and suppliers better in-field insights.

Partnerships May Be the Recipe for Success in Post-Hype Ag Drone Space

May 3, 2019

As still-skeptical farmers demand more value and less labor input from drones, many companies are answering the call through strategic partnerships and acquisitions

Commercial UAV Expo Europe

April 8, 2019

Commercial UAV Expo Europe is the leading trade fair and conference focusing on the integration and operation of commercial UAS throughout Europe and internationally. Industries covered include Process, Power & Utilities; Civil Infrastructure; Construction; Aggregates & Mining; Surveying & Mapping; Public Safety and Security; and Precision Agriculture.

AgriFood Tech Spotlight: Dropcopter is Pollinating Orchards with Drones as Bee Colonies Decline

February 18, 2019

Pollination is one of the biggest concerns for specialty crop growers, especially as bee populations continue to decline.

8 Transformational Food Tech Startups

November 22, 2018

This Thanksgiving, we at AgFunder are thankful for our portfolio companies. Over the last year, we have invested in transformational food system companies, operating across the supply chain, from farm to fork.

Taranis Lands $20m Series B to Expand Imagery Analytics Platform for Farmers

November 6, 2018

Israeli imagery analytics for ag platform Taranis has closed a $20 million Series B round of funding led by Viola Ventures, an Israeli venture firm making its first investment into agtech.

PrecisionHawk Partners with FAA on Blueprint for Flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight

May 1, 2018

Flying drones BVLOS will enable agricultural operations to capture all of their fields in one go, increasing the efficiency of the technology, according to Thomas Haun, VP Agriculture Solutions at PrecisionHawk.

Ag Industry Brief: Drones and Ag Inputs See M&A, Indoor Growers Form Safety Working Group, Corporate VC Staff Shift, more

March 30, 2018

One agrifood tech VC vet heads from Monsanto Growth Ventures to Temasek while indoor growers get together to develop industry safety standards, plus agtech M&A in this week's brief.

American Robotics Raises $2m to Bring Fully Autonomous Drones to Market

February 5, 2018

American Robotics CEO Mozer said that the decision to raise a second seed round followed an overwhelming response from growers when the company released a video of its autonomous drone, Scout, in 2017.

PrecisionHawk Raises $75m Series D from Big Tech and Big Ag

January 24, 2018

Drone-enabled aerial data and safety platform provider PrecisionHawk has raised a $75 million Series D round from a laundry list of major tech and agriculture players.

Best of 2017: AgFunder’s 10 Most Read Stories in 2017

December 26, 2017

Twenty Seventeen has been quite the year for the agrifood technology startup scene, with some of the largest-ever funding announcements on record. And we've been pretty busy at AgFunderNews too, nearly doubling our member and subscriber base to 55,000 and posting over 450 original articles.