Gene editing startup Inari bags $124m to ‘unlock the full potential’ of seeds
October 4, 2022
Inari uses gene-editing tools to enhance the natural diversity of seeds while enabling higher crop yields with fewer inputs.
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Bayer & Temasek launch $30m seed genetics business targeting vertical farms
August 12, 2020
Named Unfold, the new venture has received $30 million in funding from the two companies, along with rights to germplasm from Bayer’s vegetable portfolio.
UPDATE: Vertical Future raises £4m seed round to take vertical farming to Mayfair
October 17, 2019
Vertical Future plans to cut down London’s carbon ‘foodprint’ with its latest £4m seed round, led by impact investor Earthworm. Read on to find out more.
Smallholder Farmers Have the Ability to Save and myAgro is Helping Them Do It
November 21, 2016
myAgro is a mobile savings system enabling smallholder farmers in Africa to pay for crucial inputs like seed and fertilizer in pre-paid installments as they prove their ability to save.
Benson Hill Receives NCGA Grant to Drive Corn Seed Competition with Big Ag
November 17, 2016
The grant and partnership with NCGA aims to assist smaller corn breeding programs in developing new hybrid seed varieties to broaden the number of corn seed options on the market.
Fundings-in-Brief: Israeli Seed Breeding Startup Raises $1.25m, Alibaba Invests $2.3bn in Ele.me, more
April 14, 2016
Food delivery, processing and e-commerce fundings dominate this week’s Fundings-in-Brief.
From Hi-Tech to Agtech: Israel’s VC Pioneer Hillel Milo Discusses New Fund
April 11, 2016
Hillel Milo, one of the pioneers of the venture capital industry in Israel, turned his attention to food and agriculture in the early 2000s. He tells AgFunderNews more about AquAgro Fund.
Chromatin, Inc., a Sorghum AgTech Company, Rakes in $70M
January 23, 2014
Sorghum just made a sweet deal. Chromatin, Inc., a Chicago-based agtech company focused on sorghum production, recently closed its Series E round, bringing in $36
Mid-western Startup FarmLogs Raises $4M, Signaling VC Looking Over the Valley
January 16, 2014
Silicon Valley-ers are looking beyond the hills. FarmLogs, a Michigan-based software startup that provides management tools to increase farmer productivity, has raised $4 million in
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