Tag: machine learning

World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

October 20, 2020

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit takes place each year in London, San Francisco and São Paulo . With more than 41 countries represented in London

Supply chain digitizer Silo raises $9m in Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz

September 24, 2020

The San Francisco-based startup aims to streamline the food supply chain and reduce food waste by improving digital linkages between producers, distributors, and retailers.

BeeHero blossoms with $4m seed round to commercialize precision pollination

May 28, 2020

The startup hopes to shake up some long-standing ways of thinking about how to measure pollination while improving bee health.

Could TeakOrigin’s data-based “language” around food quality help ailing supply chains during Covid-19?

April 20, 2020

The startup is using analytical chemistry, optical spectroscopy, and machine learning to create a universal data-based language for evaluating food quality.

SoftBank-backed Accel Robotics is blending online & physical with check-out free technology

December 5, 2019

So far, checkout-free technologies appear to be using the same recipe of technology: will they be forced to diversify or die?

Agri Venture Sweden

November 27, 2019

We invite Swedish agri & agtech entrepreneurs, together with local and global industry experts, investors and business angels. Over two days you will network with

Why Prospera started in greenhouses before taking AI tech into the fields

November 15, 2019

Prospera recently announced its partnership with Valley Irrigation to combine its sensor-based analytics software with Valley’s pivot irrigation systems.

8 key industry trends in AgTech today

November 6, 2019

Sistema_VC recently hosted a conference on agtech and here Dmitry Filatov shares the key industry trends that emerged on the day including tailored food, AI-assistants for farmers, data-driven supply decisions, and more.

How much should you feed fish? UMITRON’s ‘Fish Appetite Index’ can tell you

August 26, 2019

How much do fish need to eat? UMITRON tells us how its tech uses machine learning & IoT for aquaculture. We also interview their co-founder & MD.

Why AgFunder thinks Ai Palette will revolutionize $4T FMCG industry

August 22, 2019

Did you know that 85% of new food products fail within two years? We’ve invested in Ai Palette to reduce that, writes AgFunder founding partner Michael Dean.

Sustainable Beer by 2025? AB InBev Partners with Ag Biotech Startup BHB to Optimize Barley Production

January 29, 2019

Through the partnership with agtech startup Benson Hill Biosystems, AB InBev is hoping to equip farmers with more productive and sustainable barley varieties.

Bowery Raises $90m Series B from GV, Temasek

December 12, 2018

Bowery Farming, the New York-based indoor farming group, has closed a $90 million Series B round of funding in a round led by Google’s venture

How Jain USA Has Quietly Built a High-Tech Irrigation Platform Through Acquisitions

November 29, 2018

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.

8 Transformational Food Tech Startups

November 22, 2018

This Thanksgiving, we at AgFunder are thankful for our portfolio companies. Over the last year, we have invested in transformational food system companies, operating across the supply chain, from farm to fork.

Gastrograph AI Closes $4m Series A to Predict Consumer Flavor Preferences of Food & Beverages

November 12, 2018

Gastrograph AI, a predictive analytics technology for food and beverage companies, closed a $4 million Series A round of funding last week. Gastrograph collects data about

Equinom Raises $4m to Improve Plant Proteins Using Computational Breeding, No Gene Editing

October 17, 2018

Equinom, an Israeli startup using computational biology to breed crops with improved characteristics without any genetic manipulation, has raised $4 million in a bridge funding round.

UPDATE: Umitron Increases Seed Funding Round for Aquaculture Automation Tech to $11m

September 10, 2018

Umitron, an Asian startup using satellite imagery, IoT, and automation to increase the efficiency of offshore aquaculture, raised the funding from the Japanese government and a Japanese venture capital firm.

Forget Self-Driving Tractors; Agriculture’s AI Should be Modeled on Iron Man

June 11, 2018

The Iron Man model of artificial intelligence — combining man and machine — could truly take agriculture into the next era of productivity, writes Joe Byrum.

Indian IoT Platform for Pre and Post Harvest Raises Seed Round Led By Omnivore

April 18, 2018

AgNext has created a suite of tools, including hardware and software, to leverage data to improve the efficiency and profitability of farmers and processors.

Startup Using Deep Learning to Fight Food Waste Raises $2m Seed Round

March 26, 2018

After photographing strawberries, the AgShift app tells the user what the percentage of red is in the photo, which speaks to how much shelf life is left.