Scarce natural resources have promoted the development of a thriving, local ecosystem for agricultural technologies, and BIRD Foundation is helping take these technologies to the US, writes Maya Vardi-Shoshani.
Working with universities and research organizations can be tough, but Copia believes it’s found an effective and scalable solution for agriculture technology investment.
The $10m Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund is the first step in developing a co-investment platform as the Israeli incubator eyes launching another $30m fund.
CropX, the Israeli irrigation and sensor technology company, has raised a further $1 million towards its Series A round from strategic investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital and the Flextronics technology accelerator Lab IX.
Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce joined the round led by OurCrowd and Eshbol Investments.
Pontifax Food and Agriculture Technology Fund, a private equity fund targeting $200m overall, has launched under the umbrella of Israeli life sciences venture capital firm Pontifax.
Agrinnovation will invest in 10 technologies coming out of research done by Hebrew University’s professors, and is likely to raise a further $2m for the fund.
A group of venture capitalists, previously active in other digital technologies, are now turning their attention to agriculture technology with a new a $40m to $50m fund.
Earlier today, Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group announced the launch of a broad scale agricultural partnership between Israel and China. Founded in 1998, Kingenta is a
Israeli investment firm Impact First Investments (IFI) announced today that it has invested an undisclosed amount in Catalyst AgTech, a company dedicated to developing technologies
Long known as the “start-up nation,” the country is now emerging as a global pioneer in the agriculture technology sector.
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