Motivo Engineering Acquires Food Robotics Startup Robodondo
June 7, 2017
A Californian product design and engineering group called Motivo Engineering has acquired Robodondo, a robotics startup focused on the food industry.
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Agtech Funding Sheet: Startups Raise Nearly $130m in 2 Weeks
May 11, 2017
Solyent, Thymox, Propel, Hectare Agritech, Smart Earth Seeds, Taranis, Abundant, Calysta, Ceres, and Territory have all raised funding in the past two weeks.
Abundant Robotics Raises $10m Series A for Apple Picking Robot Led by GV
May 3, 2017
Abundant will use the proceeds to commercialize its first product, aimed at reducing the $200 billion orchard farming industry’s reliance on seasonal labor.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Leonardo DiCaprio invests in LoveTheWild, ProducePay raises $7m
March 16, 2017
LoveTheWild, the Boulder-based frozen seafood brand that only sources farmed fish, has closed an undisclosed Series A round of funding with Leonardo DiCaprio and seafood-focused
AgFunder Innovation Awards 2016 Winners Announced
January 19, 2017
Your nominations were counted and verified, and the top five companies in each category are…
Hacker Unit Launches Remote Agtech Accelerator with AgFunder Alumni Mentors
January 13, 2017
The multi-sector accelerator program is launching its first agtech program alongside one for robotics and employs a different model to most.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Otto Robotics Raises $1.5m, Organic Chicken Processor Raises $2.7m, Diet to Go Raises $500k, more
January 12, 2017
A busy week of fundings saw $89m raised by startups offering technologies from farm-to-fork.
Agriculture Producers Can’t Sit on the Sidelines Waiting for Farm Robotics to Come to Them
December 22, 2016
Nathan Dorn shares his key takeaways from RoboUniverse in San Diego earlier this month and general views on the advent of farm robotics.
How Machine Learning and Big Data Are Driving Progress in Indoor Agriculture
December 5, 2016
Comet Labs and Orange Silicon Valley recently partnered on a report entitled: Bringing Digital Intelligence to Indoor Farming — urban agriculture in the age of AI. Here are their key learnings.
4 Possible Trump Policies That Could Impact Agtech
November 16, 2016
Analysts and media sources argue that it’s still too early to know what actions President-elect Trump will take in the food and ag sector, but his rhetoric and campaign pointed to 4 potential policies on trade, immigration, USDA, and regulation.
Agtech Funding Sheet: Singapore State Fund Temasek Invests in Seed Tech Company, ClearPath Robotics Raises $30m, more
October 6, 2016
This is Temasek’s 3rd agtech investment in a year.
Robotics Startups Find Renewed Opportunity In California’s Farmworker Overtime Law
September 26, 2016
The developing farm labor dynamic in California, where Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed historic farmworker overtime pay legislation, spells good news for agriculture robotics startups.
More Technological Innovation Needed to Meet Labor Challenges in Californian Agriculture
July 14, 2016
Labor supply is not just decreasing as workers, but it’s becoming more expensive, putting some fruit and vegetable farmers under pressure to find alternative solutions, speakers told the Forbes AgTech Summit today.
How Design Thinking and Lean Startup Approaches Are Fostering Agtech Innovation
June 23, 2016
Rob Trice, founder of The Mixing Bowl, shares his thoughts on how agtech entrepreneurs are building their businesses and how it compares to other sectors.
FarmBot Founder Aronson on Open Source Tech and Encouraging Consumers to Farm
May 11, 2016
Rory Aronson wants you to steal his idea. Seriously. In founding FarmBot, he decided none of his ideas would be proprietary.
5 Agtech Startups Present at Y Combinator’s Demo Day as Sector Moves Further into Mainstream
April 5, 2016
Leading seed accelerator Y Combinator featured five agtech startups at its recent Demo Day. Here some of them discuss the benefits of the program.
UK University Launches Government-Backed Agtech Innovation Hub
March 16, 2016
Harper Adams University’s innovation hub is the latest initiative aimed at fostering growth in the UK’s slow-growing commercial agtech sector.
ATC Finalizes First eDrive Retrofit in Step Toward Achieving True Tractor Autonomy
March 3, 2016
ATC, which is currently raising $5 million on AgFunder, will soon deliver the first retrofit of a tractor with its commercial product eDrive to FamilyFarms Group.
6 Questions with Ex-Khosla Partner Andrew Chung on his New $200m VC Fund
February 24, 2016
Former partner at Khosla Ventures Andrew Chung today launched 1955 Capital, which will invest in the energy, food and agriculture, education and health sectors.
Agriculture Technology Investment Storms to $4.6bn in 2015 as Global Investors Take Note
February 17, 2016
2015 surpassed our mid-year expectations raising $4.6bn across 527 deals and representing 94% year over year growth.
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