Tag: satellite

The top 5 misconceptions about satellite imagery for agriculture

June 29, 2021

From Landsat through to modern-day providers like Planet, satellite imagery has had a role to play in agriculture. But many misconceptions persist.

Satellite floating above an Earth cosatline to illustrate satellite imaging

India’s Pixxel scores $7.3m to bring hyperspectral imaging to ag & beyond

March 17, 2021

Today, Earthbound agriculture. Tomorrow, mining asteroids in outer space…

Earth Day: Hotter, wetter, drought, fires – using satellite imagery to see climate change’s impact on global agriculture

April 22, 2020

For Earth Day, we asked satellite imagery analytics company Geosys to provide an overview of how climate change has impacted agriculture industries all over the world using data from its 2019 Climate & Crop Report.

EXCLUSIVE: Calculating soil moisture from space earns VanderSat fresh funding from impact investor

April 2, 2020

Dutch company VanderSat’s technology is kind of out of this world; measuring and mapping the soil’s moisture from a constellation of satellites in space using “passive microwave” technology, accompanied by a lot of complex mathematics to make sense of the data.

The Amazon is being decimated. How could tech have prevented it?

August 28, 2019

The Amazon Rainforest is being whittled away by one of the most massive blazes in history. Could tech have prevented it?

The Yield Lab LatAm reveals 2nd cohort and increasing diversification among LatAm agrifood entrepreneurs

August 8, 2019

The Yield Lab Latin America (YL) has revealed the startups joining its second cohort based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina where I was lucky enough to meet them during AgTech Week.

Indigo Acquires Satellite Imagery Startup TellusLabs for ‘Living Map of World’s Food Supply’

December 13, 2018

Indigo Agriculture, the microbial ag products startup-cum-agribusiness marketplace has acquired TellusLabs, a startup using satellite imagery to monitors the world’s croplands.

Taranis Lands $20m Series B to Expand Imagery Analytics Platform for Farmers

November 6, 2018

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.

VanderSat Comes out of Stealth with Satellite Data for Ag Unhindered by Cloud Cover

January 4, 2018

VanderSat, which joins a growing number of remote sensing startups targeting the agriculture sector, is taking a different approach to others, namely in its use of microwave sensors.

Cargill Invests in Predictive Ag ‘Data Refinery’ Descartes Labs’ $30m Series B

August 24, 2017

Descartes Labs has raised an oversubscribed $30 million Series B round led by new investor March Capital, with Cargill, Crosslink Capital, and Cultivian Sandbox also participating.

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.

How Remote Sensing Powers Precision Agriculture

March 14, 2017

Modern sensing instruments have advanced far beyond simple photographic film. Today’s devices measure light, radiation, and heat by capturing different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, writes Joe Byrum.

Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: $84m Raised in 2 Weeks (+$400m Instacart Series D), Origin Acquires AgSpace

March 9, 2017

A bumper two weeks of funding saw 14 startups raise $184m across on-farm biotech, biotech, satellite imagery, India, 3D printing, including Instacart’s $400m Series D. There was also an ag data acquisition in the UK.

Astro Digital Raises $16.65m Series A for Aggressive Satellite Launch Plan

March 2, 2017

The startup will use the funding to accelerate the launch of Astro Digital’s Landmapper constellation – it is planning eight launches for 2017 – and its analytics platform.

4 Things You Should Know about Remote Sensing in Agriculture

February 1, 2017

Geosys’ Matthieu Hyrien explains four key concepts in remote sensing in agriculture from a recently released a whitepaper on the topic.

Agtech Funding Sheet: TellusLab Raises $3.1m Seed to Compete with Descartes Labs, Measure Raises $15m for Drones-as-a-Service, more

January 19, 2017

A bumper week of fundings includes startups offering satellite imagery analysis, drones-as-a-software, milk products, wine e-commerce and more.

FarmLogs Raises $22m Series C as CEO Vows Never to Exit to Agribusiness

January 11, 2017

The South African media group led the round for data analytics and record-keeping tool FarmLogs, joined by existing investors.

Ag Industry Brief: ‘Google Glass’ of Drones Launches, IntelinAir Connects to John Deere, AgriMetis Named Startup to Watch, more

November 7, 2016

Sperm sexing technology, hi-tech glasses for drones, and an aerial imagery company working with John Deere make up a very diverse and exciting Ag Industry Brief this week!

IntelinAir CEO Al Eisaian on the Future of Aerial Imagery in Agriculture

October 10, 2016

IntelinAir, the aerial imagery analysis company for the agriculture industry, yesterday announced the addition of two board members and some agronomy and robotics experts to its advisory committee.

Agtech Funding Sheet: FarmShots Raises Seed Round – exclusive

August 25, 2016

FarmShots Raises Seed Round After just completing the Y Combinator accelerator program, North Carolina-based satellite imagery startup FarmShots has closed a seed round after attracting