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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.
India’s Fasal raises $1.6m seed funding to build out precision ag across SE Asia
October 30, 2019
Fasal, a precision agriculture platform, has just raised $1.6 million of seed funding from Omnivore and Wavemaker Partners, AFN can confirm.
9 questions with FoodBytes! Chicago pitch company Agremo
October 16, 2019
Serbian startup Agremo pitched its farm data management software last month to a panel of judges and audience.
BRIEF: Alibaba and Bayer to create Blockchain-based Ag Tracking System
October 2, 2019
Alibaba’s Ant Financial teams up with Bayer Crop Science to create blockchain-based tech to improve the lives of farmers. Read on for details.
Can tech save our bacon as ASF spreads?
September 30, 2019
As the deadly African Swine Fever keeps spreading, we identify tech that could potentially help farmers win in the battle against it.
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