Tag: IoT

5 crucial agtech tools for sustainable and productive farming

September 22, 2023

As artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics continue to evolve, smart farms will become even smarter.

Shrimp farming platform Tepbac lands $2.25m from Aqua-Spark, AgFunder, Son-Tech

April 20, 2023

Tepbac will use the funding scale its hardware-software system that promises to equip shrimp farmers with more efficient, sustainable tools.

Why AgFunder invested in Tablepointer

April 18, 2023

Tablepointer aims to be the partner of small-to medium-sized businesses, helping them optimise energy usage and increase profitability.

Energy management platform TablePointer scoops $3m From Wavemaker, AgFunder & others

April 10, 2023

With its plug-and-play system, TablePointer hopes to enable small- and medium-sized enterprises to manage their energy cheaply and more efficiently.

Why it is important to evolve from precision farming to Agriculture 4.0

November 5, 2021

Agriculture 4.0 will give farmers the opportunity to diversify their businesses like never before, increasing both profitability and sustainability.

Norway’s OptoScale nets $4.1m to grow its fish farm monitoring tech

October 13, 2021

The Trondheim-based startup believes it’s differentiated by its use of on-site edge processing, rather than relying on cloud computing.

India’s AgNext banks $21m Series A funding, delivers 5x return for exiting investor

August 20, 2021

The startup will use the capital to cement its presence in India and expand its food quality assessment platform to the Middle East and Europe.

EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s RapidAIM gets funding to scale real-time pest management

March 11, 2021

The Brisbane-based startup wants to lower the financial and ecological costs of crop pest management with its low-power insect sensor technology.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese precision ag platform Kebai secures Series B funds from Auchan owners

January 14, 2021

The Beijing-based startup will use the funding to accelerate its global expansion, partnering with other agrifood businesses in Creadev’s portfolio.

Grain monitoring startup TeleSense closes $10.2m Series B to ramp up sales

October 22, 2020

California’s TeleSense uses remote sensing to monitor temperature and humidity in grain storage bins, helping to prevent disease and spoilage.

Strella Biotech scores $3.3m seed round co-led by Yamaha to track ripeness with IoT

May 6, 2020

The early-stage startup wants to help packers, and eventually retailers, better manage their inventories so that consumers never have to suffer overripe fruit again.

Sensoterra joins network provider to take its soil moisture probes to the world’s most parched farms

March 22, 2020

Starting with its native Australia, NNNCo will roll out the moisture sensing tech across the Asia-Pacific region.

GrainChain scores $5m more from Overstock.com’s blockchain-focused Medici Ventures

March 6, 2020

“GrainChain has quietly become one of the most successful blockchain-meets-agriculture platforms on the market,” said Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson.

xFarm’s Matteo Vanotti on not reinventing the farm data wheel

December 13, 2019

xFarm’s partnership-centric approach to farm data helped it secure €3 million in equity funding from Italy’s United Ventures and Switzerland’s TiVenture.

The pressure is on for environmental accounting in ag. Sprout Accelerator wants to help

November 20, 2019

There’s been no greater pressure for the agriculture industry to account for its environmental footprint than there is today. Sprout is looking for startups approaching this challenge to apply for its accelerator.

Survey: Which Food & AgTech categories, geographies are investors most excited about?

November 5, 2019

Find out which regions and sectors VCs are most eager to explore in 2020 and tips on how startups can improve their chances of making a deal in this new investor sentiment survey conducted by Idea2Scale and AgFunder.