Here’s where AI could make the biggest impact in the agrifoodtech sector
May 30, 2023
AI’s biggest potential impact likes in making complex analytics accessible and affordable to agrifood and agribusiness processes.
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Tag: remote sensing
Smells like Salmonella? Sensifi emerges from stealth to disrupt food safety market with artificial nose for contactless bacterial sensing
May 25, 2023
Israeli startup Sensifi is emerging from stealth with a technology it claims could disrupt the food testing market by enabling rapid, on-premise detection of pathogens such as E. Coli and salmonella via an ‘artificial nose.’
Meet the founder: HabiTerre discusses the importance of credibility before commercialization in agtech
February 17, 2023
University professor and startup founder Kaiyu Guan discusses remote sensing, computational modeling and why scientific credibility is critical for agtech’s success.
Brief: Water conservation more of a priority for agriculture companies than reaching net zero – survey
February 9, 2023
A new Inmarsat report notes “improved environmental outcomes” including water conservation from leveraging satellite IoT tools for agriculture.
BREAKING: Alphabet brings agtech startup out of stealth with data from 10% of world’s farmland, 3 major customers
January 10, 2023
Mineral aims to provide foundational and actionable data and analytics for companies across food, agriculture, and technology and it solves for a key issue holding back digital agriculture advancements for years: lacking data.
AgriFutures evokeAG. 2023: a prime opportunity for agrifood tech startups – apply to join now!
October 21, 2022
Australia’s evokeAG Startup Program is instrumental in connecting local and global startups to farmers researchers, corporates, governments and investors.
How St. Louis cultivates collaboration between agtech and geospatial tech to strengthen food security
August 22, 2022
St. Louis is in many ways the point of intersection for the agtech and geospatial sectors when it comes to improving our global food system.
Brief: Agreena acquires Hummingbird Technologies to ‘strengthen the integrity of carbon farming’
July 28, 2022
Agreena will bring Hummingbird’s remote monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) technology in-house to further scale and validate its carbon market.
Brief: Cargill to start paying cotton growers premiums to implement more regen ag practices
June 23, 2022
Cargill will enroll US cotton growers in its RegenConnect program that pays farmers for implementing soil health practices.
Q&A: How Harry Stebbings-backed Pachama is using to tech to improve forest carbon markets
June 3, 2022
Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.
Brief: Soil carbon platform Perennial raises $18m from Temasek, Bloomberg, Microsoft
May 17, 2022
The US company’s soil carbon measurement, reporting, and verification platform could help corporates better meet their emissions reductions targets.
Q&A: Aerobotics co-founder James Paterson on centering the farm in ‘farm tech’
November 29, 2021
The Cape Town-based startup considers itself a farming company enabled by technology, rather than a tech company working in ag, says CEO James Paterson.
For Lentera Africa, remote work is the future of farming on the continent
November 26, 2021
“The potential for remote farming is huge,” says CEO Moses Kimani.
EXCLUSIVE: Intelinair raises $20m to scale digital agronomy product, expand into carbon
September 23, 2021
It has completely overhauled its go-to-market strategy after bringing on a former Dow AgroSciences CEO as an investor and board member.
8 startups reshaping the global food system
May 5, 2021
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.
Complexity, AI & the future of food: Thinking beyond human capabilities
March 24, 2021
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?
Agtech CVC: FMC Ventures on launching a corporate venture group in 2020
March 3, 2021
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.
Grain monitoring startup TeleSense closes $10.2m Series B to ramp up sales
October 22, 2020
California’s TeleSense uses remote sensing to monitor temperature and humidity in grain storage bins, helping to prevent disease and spoilage.
Feed sensor startup BinSentry raises $7.7m in Series A funding
September 16, 2020
The Canadian startup provides solar-powered, self-cleaning sensors that can keep track of livestock feed levels in real time.
Taranis banks $30m Series C with tech giants Hitachi, Micron among new investors
July 21, 2020
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.
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