Tag Archives: Investment
7 Questions with AgLink CEO Bill Dowdle and Tech Manager Phil Hoult on Aussie AgTech over the Last Decade
Ag Producers and Marketers Call For Industry ‘Coopetition’ in the Development of Agtech
Tyton Brings New Future to Tobacco as Sustainable Biofuel
Autonomous Tractor Corporation Aims to be the Tesla for Tractors
How to Invest in the Agtech Revolution
Moving to Mainstream: AgTech Gathers $2.06bn in the First Half of 2015
What a start to the year! Today AgFunder releases its Midyear AgTech Investing Report (Free Download) and 2015 has already lived up to expectations. Nearly surpassing investment volumes captured during the whole of 2014, the first half of 2015 brought in $2.06 billion of capital across 228 deals.
Organic Baby Food Pouch Maker Scores Private Equity Deal
Spoon University Takes Food Back to School with $2.76m Seed Round
Healthy Office Catering Service Secures $17m Series A
5 Observations from GAI AgTech Week in San Francisco
Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter Sees $20 Billion Future for Salinas Driven by AgTech
Maritime Data Powerhouse Spire Announces Close of $40M Series B Round
According to the American Association of Port Authorities, “The United States is served by some 360 commercial ports that provide approximately 3,200 cargo and passenger handling facilities.” Food and farm products, including wheat and wheat flour, corn, soybeans, rice, cotton, and coffee are listed among the leading commodities shipped for domestic and foreign trade through U.S.
Futuristic Jellyfish Barge Offers Floating Food Scarcity Solution to Farming-Challenged Regions
Revised SEC Regulation A+ Opens New Door to Funding
Smart Irrigation Provider CropX Nabs $9M Series A Marking Farm2050’s First Investment
Smart irrigation company CropX has announced a $9 million Series A round led by Innovation Endeavors, Finistere Ventures, GreenSoil Investments. Prior backer OurCrowd also participated in the round. CropX uses wireless sensors and big data to help farmers conserve water used in crop growing operations.
Zymergen Seals $42M Series A to Continue Mass Production of Microbes Using Robotics
Pop-Up Food Market Facilitator La Ruche Announces $9M Series B Round
Crop Protection Product Developer Asilomar Bio Announces $3M Series A Round
“Farmers everywhere will tell you that weather and water are the biggest issues,” Travis Bayer, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Asilomar Bio. The company recently closed a $3 million Series A round co-lead by Cultivian Sandbox Ventures and Fall Line Capital.
Private Equity Investors Set Their Sights on Food & Agriculture
Editors Note: AgFunderNews recently had the opportunity to speak with Mitchell Presser, a GAI Innovation Advisory Board Member and Head of U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, regarding his perspective on the relationship between private equity investment and the growth of agtech, a topic that he will be speaking on at the upcoming GAI Conference in San Francisco, running from Monday June 22 to Wednesday June 24.