
Temasek acquires micro-irrigation firm Rivulis
The Singapore sovereign fund’s acquisition of a majority stake in the Israeli company is just the latest sign of its increasingly hard focus on agrifoodtech.
The Singapore sovereign fund’s acquisition of a majority stake in the Israeli company is just the latest sign of its increasingly hard focus on agrifoodtech.
Customized technology in areas like irrigation and soil mapping can decrease wasted resources and streamline time-consuming, complex operations.
The acquisition will add 1,800 weather stations to the company’s existing European network to support hyper-local weather data for farmers.
The Israeli startup is hoping the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into the US breadbasket as agtech veterans predict more consolidation in 2020.
Fasal, a precision agriculture platform, has just raised $1.6 million of seed funding from Omnivore and Wavemaker Partners, AFN can confirm.
I caught up with Aric Olsen, president of Jain USA, are his most recent acquisition of ETWater, a weather data analytics and sprinkler control company using machine learning to measure the evapotranspiration rate of grass.
WaterBit’s autonomous irrigation solution takes into account the stage of the plant, soil conditions and weather.
After several successful trials in citrus, apple, and almond orchards in Spain and Israel, Saturas cofounder and CEO Anat Halgoa Solomon told AgFunderNews that will the company use the new funds to bring its first products to market along with continuing development of a modified version of the company’s original sensor for use on vineyards.
Smallholder farmers have limited cash flow to be able to purchase new agtech, so SunCulture, and other agtech startups operating in the African region, have had to get creative in how they sell their wares.
Hortau raised the capital from a mix of US and Canadian investors to fund expansion and development.
SunCulture, a company creating solar-powered irrigation kits for smallholder farmers, discusses the challenges of getting startup funding in Africa.
AgSmarts is raising $750k – $1m in a follow-on seed round led by a new strategic investor. Brett Norman, CEO, tells AgFunderNews about the company’s progress since its first seed round last year.
AgFunderNews recently had the chance to attend the Forbes Reinventing America: The AgTech Summit in Salinas, CA from July 8-9. The summit brought together
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
“I haven’t met a grower yet that wastes water on purpose,” says Oliver Jerphagnon, founder of PowWow Energy, a California based company aiming to leverage
Precision irrigation management provider Hortau announced earlier this week that it has secured $5 million in funding from Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners (ACAP). ACAP, which
Netafim, the world’s largest provider of drip irrigation services announced a $500 million debt financing on March 6th from Israel Discount Bank, Union Bank of Israel,
Surya Power Magic, an early-stage Coimbatore-based company designing solar powered irrigation pumps, has raised nearly $500,000 from angel investor fund Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I-cube-N)
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