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Santiago Tenorio from Cascade Global, a multi-family office based investing in agtech, writes about the financial return potential of the space.
Remi Schmaltz, CEO of Decisive Farming, writes about the role software tools will play in enabling transparency in the food chain.
Awards, partnerships and agtech product trials dominate this week’s industry brief.
John Kim, managing partner of Amasia, a multi-family office and cross-border venture capital firm based in Singapore, tells us how he got into agritech investing and his different approach to sourcing investments.
A busy week of fundings saw $89m raised by startups offering technologies from farm-to-fork.
The South African media group led the round for data analytics and record-keeping tool FarmLogs, joined by existing investors.
The White House, FDA, and NOAA made key moves that could impact the food & ag industry during the first few days of 2017.
Wade Barnes writes about the role precision ag technologies can play in offsetting carbon emissions and participating in the carbon market in Canada.
We are very proud of the coverage we’ve given the food and agriculture technology market over the year, but there are always, of course, stories in other publications that we wish we’d written!
Nathan Dorn shares his key takeaways from RoboUniverse in San Diego earlier this month and general views on the advent of farm robotics.
Fairfax Financial, the investment company of Prem Watsa, has invested in Canadian digital precision agriculture company Farmers Edge, injecting new capital into the company as well as buying stock from existing investors.
It’s been a rough ride for Oso Tech and its investors from its founding in 2011 in Urbana, Illinois until now. But the journey culminated in an exit and sale to Scotts Miracle-Gro.
There is a slowly growing ecosystem of agriculture technology startups across South America, but innovation will also come from abroad, according to a new report.
This funding marks Commercial Drone Fund’s fourth investment, but its first foray into ag-focused drone technologies.
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.
Weather data company Pessl Instruments is collaborating with Huawei on releasing new products in 2017. Find out more and how Phytech is being deployed in Australia in this week’s Ag Industry Brief.
It was a busy week for the agriculture sector including anti-Trump CEOs, cannabis legalization, organic farmland increases and GMO bans.
Decisive Farming recently raised $6 million in Series A funding and focuses on one key area to keep the competition at bay.
AgTech Accelerator is still targeting a final close on $25 million to $30 million and is casting a wide net in its search for its first few investments, according to John Dombrosky, CEO of the organization.
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