The deal is also the first exit for Monsanto Growth Ventures, the agribusiness’s venture arm which has been investing since the beginning of 2013 and led the $1.2 million Series A round for VitalFields in May 2015.
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Monsanto’s CRISPR license comes with restrictions.
Monsanto has made the first move towards building a centralized and open digital platform for farmers to access agronomic data and analysis from a range of providers through its subsidiary Climate Corporation.
Monsanto Growth Ventures has invested in Microsoft Ventures Brazil’s startup accelerator fund, which invests across digital technologies and will now target agriculture technology startups.
Fraley joined representatives of Dow, DuPont and Bayer at the World Agri-Tech Investment Summit to discuss the value of collaboration and investment in agtech innovation.
MGV has revealed its portfolio of agtech investments to AgFunderNews ranging from precision agriculture technologies to life science companies, ag biologicals, and new crops and new business models.
In the first week of COP21, the Paris Climate Change conference, Monsanto announced a carbon neutral crop production plan as a group of food, farming and environmental organizations announced plans to put the agribusiness on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague.
Welcome to another weekly news roundup with AgFunderNews. One of this week’s biggest stories is machinery giant Deere & Company’s purchase of Precision Planting from Monsanto.
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