Eight startups presenting at F&A Next’s virtual summit on May 26 exemplify the creativity and ingenuity that has global investors eager to place their bets on the agrifoodtech sector at large.
Many see AI’s ultimate goal as replication of the inner workings of the human brain. But is there another way to look at what AI can do for us?
FMC Ventures’ Amar Singh speaks with AFN about the advantages and challenges of being the newcomer in agrifood corporate venture investing and its laser-focus on crop protection.
California’s TeleSense uses remote sensing to monitor temperature and humidity in grain storage bins, helping to prevent disease and spoilage.
The Canadian startup provides solar-powered, self-cleaning sensors that can keep track of livestock feed levels in real time.
The round’s large close amid Covid-19 further cements Taranis’ reputation as a dogged drone survivor in one of the most scrutinized areas of agtech.
Recent funding for remote-sensing companies like AgroScout could signal a revival for providers of agri-drone technology.
How does an environmentalist become an aerial imagery data analytics and AI entrepreneur?
“We’re the largest beer company in the world and the largest user of malting barley, so when you think about where investment into breeding research or the supporting tech comes from, if we’re not going to do it, who will?”
Starting with its native Australia, NNNCo will roll out the moisture sensing tech across the Asia-Pacific region.
UK startup Hummingbird Technologies tells us it plans to expand into North America with its fresh injection of funds from BASF VC and TELUS Ventures.
The Swiss company’s software that can be programmed to identify and map objects in satellite and drone images for a wide range of uses, from precision agriculture to humanitarian aid.
The St. Louis-based company is on a mission to boost precision farming with a remote monitoring and analytics platform that gives growers, retailers and suppliers better in-field insights.
The Amazon Rainforest is being whittled away by one of the most massive blazes in history. Could tech have prevented it?
Gamaya launched in 2015 to bring high-tech imaging and analytics solutions to industrial-size farms. A new partnership with Indian tractor manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra is going to shift the Swiss company’s focus the other way, to small-scale farms.
Focused on cotton and grain production, FluroSat’s flagship product FluroSense uses hyperspectral imaging to predict disease and support better crop health decision making. Agronomic data
To mobilize the innovative power of the remote sensing sector for cocoa, the Rainforest Alliance recently announced the Ag-tech developer challenge – a call to remote-sensing, high-tech and earth-observation companies.
Many of us take for granted that we can enjoy fresh fruit year-round and probably have no clue just how much of a logistical feat
Indigo Agriculture, the microbial ag products startup-cum-agribusiness marketplace has acquired TellusLabs, a startup using satellite imagery to monitors the world’s croplands.
Israeli imagery analytics for ag platform Taranis has closed a $20 million Series B round of funding led by Viola Ventures, an Israeli venture firm making its first investment into agtech.
Dishing the dirt on ag carbon credits