Tag: fintech

Flowhub, Bespoke Financial bring $30m in VC funding to cannabis sector this week

October 24, 2019

Flowhub provides a dispensary management software solution while Bespoke Financial claims to be a first of its kind short-term lender focusing on the cannabis sector.

The Yield Lab LatAm reveals 2nd cohort and increasing diversification among LatAm agrifood entrepreneurs

August 8, 2019

The Yield Lab Latin America (YL) has revealed the startups joining its second cohort based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina where I was lucky enough to meet them during AgTech Week.

India’s DeHaat Raises $2.87m Venture Debt to Launch Financial Services Pilot

May 28, 2019

Farming is expensive and the payout isn’t always guaranteed, but DeHaat hopes to soften the financial stress for its members with new offerings like credit and insurance.

DecisionNext Raises $7m Series A to Forecast Agricultural Commodities Pricing

May 23, 2019

The startup has an SaaS platform that provides users with forward-looking views of commodity markets that they can translate into actionable business decisions.

Tillable’s ‘Hassle-Free Lease’ Offers Landowners Full Upfront Payment in Bid to Modernize Farmland Leasing

May 8, 2019

Farmland owners can now put the headache - and potential financial heartache - in the hands of Tillable with its first-of-its-kind lease arrangement service.

Stable Raises $6m Seed Round to Help Farmers, Traders and Insurers Manage Food Price Risk with FinTech

March 5, 2019

Price volatility is a major risk for producers, buyers, and insurers of agricultural products. Prices can swing by as much as 20% or 30% per year, making it difficult for farmers to manage and plan their businesses and for commodities investors to gauge investment decisions.

FarmLogs Launches AutoHedge App to Help Farmers Market Their Grain Before Harvest

January 23, 2019

The free app is aimed at helping overstretched and frustrated farmers take advantage of futures markets, which are complex and time-consuming, using research-based software and automation.

A European View: Real Potential at Startupbootcamp FoodTech Demo Day in Paris

December 4, 2018

We’re talking early stage, but there was real quality in the room, writes Johan Jorgensen from Sweden FoodTech.

Turkish Fintech for Farmers Raises $1.3m Seed Round, Targets 2019 Expansion

November 20, 2018

Tarfin, the Turkish digital platform that enables farmers to access agriculture inputs through instant financing solutions, recently completed a $1.3 million seed round.

Collective Spark Fund, a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology startups in fintech, consumer tech, and SaaS, led the round with a co-investment from Wamda Capital, a multistage VC focused on digital disruption.

Produce Pay Raises $14m Series B to Help Farmers Get Paid

October 18, 2018

Agribusiness marketplaces are a hot trend in agrifood tech at the moment as entrepreneurs look to create more options for farmers than existing distribution channels to give them more flexibility and hopefully more money in their pockets.

Tulaa Raises $627k Seed Round for Smallholder Fintech

July 23, 2018

Tulaa, a Kenyan fintech startup for smallholder farmers, has raised $627k in seed funding in a round led by AHL Venture Partners, one of the largest impact-focused venture capital firms in Africa.

Q&A: Blockchain Traceability Startup CEO On Selling Blockchain to the Food System

April 2, 2018

We caught up with Emma Weston, cofounder and CEO of AgriDigital, on the sidelines of the recent World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit to discuss how she sells blockchain technology to different rungs in the supply chain with various levels of fluency, and where new traceability technologies should ultimately be headed.