Drones across industries raised this funding, according to CB Insights, while growers debate the efficiency of the technology for agriculture.
AgFunderNews speaks to a fruit grower, a precision farming technology company and producer of the Precision Farming Expo about developments in the space.
The firm’s fourth fund is expecting to announce a first close on $75m in early 2016.
Welcome to another addition of AgFunderNews’ weekly roundup. Drones are back in the news, PE investors exited a Scottish shellfish company and an organic frozen fruit brand for $600m, and the World Bank’s IFC has invested in BigBasket.com
Drones are a hot commodity for many farmers and agribusinesses, but the regulations surrounding their use commercially are still murky and cause for confusion.
The recipient of $2m in angel financing last week, HUVRData, drone-based data analytics company, has now officially launched as a service for agriculture, wind farms, solar farms and the oil and gas sector.
Aerobotic Innovations, a drone control and safety application, announced recently that it has partnered with Packet Digital LLC to offer new products that will combine
Drone technology developer DJI recently announced a $75 million investment deal with Accel, a global venture capital firm. The deal constitutes one of Accel’s
Portland, Oregon based drone company, Skyward, announced a $4.1 million seed round on April 28. This latest round of funding was led by Founders Co-Op,
Berkeley-based drone company, 3D Robotics, announced an expansion of their Series C round on April 23. The company reported an additional $14 million dollars, bringing their
Big day in the drone sphere as Airware, the most heavily venture backed drone company in Silicon Valley, made it known it had received an
Fargo, ND based startup, Botlink, just announced a $500,000 seed investment that closed in Q1 of this year. The company creates a cloud-based drone control
March 31st – DroneDeploy went skyward today with $9 million in first round Series A financing. The company, which provides cloud-based user-friendly software platforms for
Editors note: Lia Reich is the Director of Marketing for PrecisionHawk. Founded in 2010, PrecisionHawk offers an end-to-end solution for aerial data gathering, processing and analysis.
On the heels of the Federal Aviation Administration’s recently proposed regulations on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), California-based 3D Robotics successfully raised $50 million Wednesday led
Despite current regulations keeping drones grounded, $86 million was invested into the burgeoning UAV industry last year.
Drone advocates are impatient as the market roars on, but the FAA remains flightless. This week, 33 drone-advocacy groups sent a letter to FAA
While California remained thirsty, innovators, entrepreneurs and judges from ag-industry corporate leaders gathered in San Fransisco, CA, to share their water-saving ideas. At its
