Tag: seeds

The Crop Trust Raises $300m of $850m Target to Safeguard Global Biodiversity

May 17, 2016

AgFunderNews caught up with Cierra Martin and Hannes Dempewolf of The Crop Trust, an international organization working to safeguard crop diversity forever, to find out more about its work, and its fundraising initiative.

Syngenta Crop Challenge Winners Emphasize Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Agtech

May 2, 2016

Swiss agribusiness Syngenta has announced the winners of its first ever Syngenta Crop Challenge, which challenged entrants to develop a model that predicts the seed varieties farmers should plant next season to maximize yield.

Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies Raises $3.4m Series A on AgFunder

January 21, 2016

The seed treatment company raised the majority of the funding from an Australian agriculture producer.

Syngenta Crop Challenge Aims to Bring Science of Data Analytics to Agriculture with Award

November 2, 2015

Syngenta is teaming up with the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) to create a new joint award: The Syngenta Crop Challenge.

Paine & Partners Invests in Suba Seeds from $893m Fund IV

October 29, 2015

The agribusiness private equity fund has made the second investment from the newly-closed Fund IV in a busy year of divestments, IPOs and investment for the firm.

Fundings-in-Brief: Syngenta Sells Triticale Business to PE-backed Northern Seed, Origine Raises $10.3m, more

October 29, 2015

Welcome to another week of Fundings in Brief with AgFunderNews, with news from Syngenta, Lariat Partners and an interesting fact about bats in ag.

Fundings-in-Brief: Syngenta Acquires Ag Connections as Yuanda Injects $180m into Smart Irrigation and PE Activity Rises

October 20, 2015

Private equity and M&A activity in the ag industry continues as a Chinese conglomerate invests into an Israeli agtech company, and Syngenta acquires a farm management software tool.

Kaiima Raises $65 Million, Aiming for Food Sustainability

December 16, 2013

When your company’s name translates as “sustainability,” you’d better have promise. One agro-biotech company has just that; in fact, it’s got about $65 million worth.

Kaiima, a agro-biotech company based in Moshav Sharona, Israel, announced it raised over $65 million dollars from investors.

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Tag: seeds

The Crop Trust Raises $300m of $850m Target to Safeguard Global Biodiversity

Syngenta Crop Challenge Winners Emphasize Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Agtech

Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies Raises $3.4m Series A on AgFunder

Syngenta Crop Challenge Aims to Bring Science of Data Analytics to Agriculture with Award

Paine & Partners Invests in Suba Seeds from $893m Fund IV

Fundings-in-Brief: Syngenta Sells Triticale Business to PE-backed Northern Seed, Origine Raises $10.3m, more

Fundings-in-Brief: Syngenta Acquires Ag Connections as Yuanda Injects $180m into Smart Irrigation and PE Activity Rises

Kaiima Raises $65 Million, Aiming for Food Sustainability

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