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Startup Spotlight: Forager wants to help local food digitalize by connecting farmers and buyers
October 13, 2020
Forager was dedicated to growing local food economies well before Covid-19 but is seeing a new bout of opportunity as consumer habits change.
FBN launches free membership – and its answer to ag carbon credit markets
September 21, 2020
FBN members can now receive a farm-level sustainability score for their grain products and capture premiums for using regenreative ag practices.
Here’s how ‘five startups in one’ Indigo Ag plans to use its $360m Series F add-on
August 5, 2020
“Five startups in one” is how Indigo CEO David Perry describes the company, which he says is facing its biggest challenge yet: moving to its next phase of execution.
Old corporates, new tricks: Scoular launches app to take the paper out of the grain shipping industry
June 23, 2020
Called Roger, the app allows truck drivers to scan documents using smart phones and facilitates prompter payment timelines.
Russian digital marketplace Agro.Club raises $1.5m seed round to expand through Europe, US
June 3, 2020
After gaining momentum in the Black Sea market, the digital marketplace is hoping to woo players across North America with its multi-offering platform.
Carbon marketplace Nori and LocusAg partner to attempt Co2 drawdown on croplands
February 26, 2020
There’s been talk about incentivizing grazing management to sequester carbon but Nori is targeting crop growers through approved practices like Locus’ microbial input
Analyzing 2019’s wild weather year: could technology have helped?
December 23, 2019
Weather events have plagued US crop production throughout the year, including severe floods and an early freeze. Using Indigo’s GeoInnovation platform, we take a deeper look and ask, could technology have helped farmers weather the storms better?
Bushel wants to enhance, not disrupt, grain trading with $19.5m Series B
December 17, 2019
The new funding will be used to help the North Dakota-based company launch new product features and make additional hires.
Two food supply chain startups capture $64.5m in funding this week
October 31, 2019
A cold chain logistics automation startup scored $31m in funding while an app-based ingredients ordering platform for restaurants raised $33.5m.
FoodMaven Raises $10m with Tao Capital and Walton Family for Food Waste Tech
January 24, 2019
The Colorado-based startup is targeting big players in the food system to recapture lost food at scale while offering end-to-end logistics. It closed this top-up ahead of a larger Series B in the near future.
FBN Launches Online Grain Trading Tool to Replace “Outdated and Painful” Crop Marketing Practices
June 8, 2017
FBN says the tool offers a new future for crop marketing, using networks and data to increase profits and level out what it describes as an uneven playing field for farmers.
Five Startups Win Accelerator Backing to Fight Food Insecurity, Waste, and Unsustainable Food Systems
May 25, 2017
The Good Kitchen, launched last year as Europe’s first accelerator program for social startup businesses tackling food issues, will award low-interest loans to the startups to get their businesses off the ground.
Agtech Funding Sheet: SEC Filing Reveals Freight Farms Has Raised $5.7m Towards Larger Series B
April 13, 2017
AgShift, an ag data startup helping farms automate their compliance reporting, also closed a pre-seed round. Online office catering service Platterz and pivoted Indian agri-marketing platform Ninjacart also raised funding.
Farmstr, an Online Marketplace for Local Produce, Raises $1.3M
June 20, 2014
It’s not always easy for farmers to get their produce, eggs, milk and products right to their customers. A new startup called Farmstr is hoping
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