The city-state’s trade minister predicts “many other companies” will follow Perfect Day and others setting up R&D and manufacturing facilities there.
Minnesota’s Revol Greens has plans to build new greenhouse facilities in California and Texas – the latter of which could be the world’s largest to date.
There’s space for vertical farming among Chile’s urban populations, where year-round fresh produce is not as abundant as you might think.
The Canadian startup claims to have the only smart LED lighting technology that reproduces the full spectrum of the sun’s natural light.
Digital does not mean difficult; the key to branding is authenticity; and how the CARES Act could be relevant to your indoor growing business were some of the takeaways and topics at Artemis’ virtual grower summit, according to CEO Allison Kopf.
Born out of the National University of Singapore, Singrow is directing its efforts towards local production of temperate-zone fruits and vegetables in tropical areas. And it’s starting with strawberries.
Kuwait’s Wafra and UAE’s Abu Dhabi Investment Office have both made commitments to develop agtech in their countries, but are taking different approaches.
Venture capital investment across all industries dropped in 2019 — around 16%, according to the VenturePulse report — against a backdrop of global uncertainty related
The “plug and play” system is designed to let nearly anyone reap the benefits of an indoor farming operation.
As vertical farming moves into its next phase where operating expenses are dropping, Boaz Toledano writes that it will be able to compete with the industry organic industry.
People are recognizing the potential opportunity for indoor growing to address many of the challenges in food and ag. Since the Plenty funding in late 2017, we have seen a surge of funding for both sunless and greenhouse approaches, says The Mixing Bowl releasing its first Indoor AgTech Landscape.
Steve Platt comes from the CPG sector, most recently serving as CEO of yogurt company Icelandic Provisions.
Israel’s MetoMotion has revealed to AFN that it had secured $1.5 million in funding for its slightly zany answer to spotting ripeness in greenhouse-grown tomatoes: a luminous green multipurpose “Greenhouse Robotic Worker” (GRoW).
A household name in the UK, the Grosvenor family can trace its ancestry back to William the Conqueror’s cousin and today Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, is godfather to Prince George. No big deal then. But what’s the link to foodtech?
AeroFarms has now raised over $230 million in total but has been slow to expand, particularly overseas despite plans to do so.
The Census seeks to understand the scale and nature of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) to better determine the roadblocks to accelerating the industry. This includes greenhouses, vertical farms, indoor rooms and hoop or tunnel houses.
We’re excited to announce that Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), a Scottish vertical farming tech provider, has raised £5.4 million in Series A funding. The round
A $100m Series B round for Germany’s Infarm soon eclipsed Ocado’s deal with JCB and 80 Acres. But has the UK eGrocer got a good deal?
Berlin-based portable vertical farm startup InFarm on Tuesday disclosed a vast Series B raise of $100 million, bringing its total funding to over $134 million.
Nanobubbles — yes, that’s teeny tiny bubbles, can boost indoor farming and aquaculture yields, can be used in water treatment, preventing dangerous algal blooms and can aid waste and filtration systems as well as other industries like mining.
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