Agrofy could become the Amazon of agriculture, according to one of its investors who said its potential to scale beyond borders is unparalleled.
“I am woman, hear me roar,” belts Helen Reddy. That bravado reverberates in Chipsafer’s Victoria Alonsoperez & Agrosmart’s Mariana Vasconcelos’ daily lives.
Word has been getting around about Aerobotics’ incredible decision support technology for tree crops. Rob Leclerc shares some facts and figures about the startup’s rapid growth to-date.
GrainChain is linking up Honduras’ disjointed coffee supply chain with blockchain. We speak to its CEO on how it helps coffee’s journey from plant to mug.
The PMA Science and Technology team visited Brazil last month for Fresh Connections: Brazil with 900 participants from the fruit and vegetable industry. They also convened a Science and Technology Dinner, conducted member visits and visited the AgTech Garage in Piracicaba. Here’s 5 things Vonnie Estes heard.
Agrosmart’s CEO says there were many funding options available but finding the right investors was the biggest challenge.
AFN speaks with Matias Peire, founder of Grid Exponential (GridX), a company builder focused on high-impact science and tech ideas in Argentina.
The Yield Lab Latin America (YL) has revealed the startups joining its second cohort based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina where I was lucky enough to meet them during AgTech Week.
BeeFlow just raised $3m for its technology that feeds bees organic molecule compounds to boost their immune systems and to train them to pollinate less-enticing flowers.
Ahead of AgTech Week in Argentina next week, Bernardo Milesy sat down with Federico Trucco, CEO of the country’s most successful agtech startup Bioceres to find out more about the company’s recent New York Stock exchange listing.
Solinftec could be the operating system for the autonomous farm and they’ve just hired a new CEO to rapidly drive the startup’s global expansion, writes AgFunder founding partner Rob Leclerc.
What I witnessed during the recent 2019 Mexico AgTech Competition was inspirational and motivating,” writes Adrian Garcia-Casarrubias.
If global agricultural production needs to grow by 60% by 2050 to meet global demand, Latin America’s production needs to grow by 80%, according to its market participation and growth potential, write Ciro Echesortu.
Ag corporates in Latin America are sitting in the passenger seat instead of behind the wheel when it comes to agtech innovation and investment, writes Emma Cosgrove.
“Trying to be the “new Monsanto” or the “Amazon of Ag” does not work; copying what others have already done is not generally a recipe for disruption,” argues Federico Trucco, CEO of Argentine agtech business Bioceres.
The Yield Lab LATAM will be based in Buenos Aires and will take on six startups in total for the first cohort. Each startup receives up to $100,000 in capital for varying amounts of equity.
Strider was in discussions with Syngenta Ventures about their next funding round, which would have been a Series B, when CEO Luis Tangari Pereira said that it became clear that an acquisition would be the best outcome for both parties.
A major insect farm purchases a CPG startup, Kraft Heinz gets in the startup incubation game and more in this week’s brief.
Since launching in 2015, Agrofy has signed up 5000 companies, including multinational ag players, that have listed more than 65,000 products.
Indoor farming startup Bowery is opening a second farm while chef Dan Barber starts selling seeds and JUST creates a product just for Africa, plus more in our weekly brief.
