Tag: sensors

EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian ag AI startup Adroit Robotics raises seed funding

May 26, 2021

Its LeafSense tech is being used by growers to optimize the productivity of citrus orchards – and coffee and avocados could be next.

Sprout Agritech’s first-ever venture investment was 400m years (+19) in the making

April 9, 2021

New Zealand’s Scentian Bio is using insect olfactory receptors to detect volatile compounds – and it believes its tech could prove invaluable for the food industry.

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?

EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s RapidAIM gets funding to scale real-time pest management

March 11, 2021

The Brisbane-based startup wants to lower the financial and ecological costs of crop pest management with its low-power insect sensor technology.

Anti-mastitis startup SomaDetect raises $6m Series A from Ag Capital Canada, Merck

March 2, 2021

The New Brunswick-based startup is commercializing its mastitis detection technology, starting with beta trials on dairies in Canada.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese precision ag platform Kebai secures Series B funds from Auchan owners

January 14, 2021

The Beijing-based startup will use the funding to accelerate its global expansion, partnering with other agrifood businesses in Creadev’s portfolio.

SeeTree closes $30m Series B round to adapt tree monitoring tech for new crops

December 8, 2020

International Finance Corporation led the round, with Citrosuco – the world’s largest producer of orange juice – and ag machinery giant Kubota joining in.

Vivent is helping plants ‘speak’ to humans by tapping into their electrophysiology

October 2, 2020

Vivent uses AI to detect and interpret electrical biosignals within plants that are linked to stress, helping to diagnose pathogens and pests.

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.

CropX acquires New Zealand precision effluent and smart irrigation decision startup

September 10, 2020

Covid-19 has created new opportunities for acquisitions as startups struggle to fundraise, according to CropX CEO Tomer Tzach.

Pest control sensor startup Spotta raises $1.2m seed funding

August 3, 2020

The team at Spotta wants to enable a lighter use of pesticides by building networks of accurate real-time insect detectors.

Here are the most promising technologies for reducing food waste throughout the supply chain

July 15, 2020

A new report identifies key technologies to fight food waste at six key points of the food supply chain, including coatings, packaging, and sensors.

Digital ag: Why is predicting return on investment per field so hard?

June 16, 2020

Several factors have kept farmers guessing which fields are producing the lion’s share of profit – and which are responsible for making losses, writes Dmytro Lennyi.

Strella Biotech scores $3.3m seed round co-led by Yamaha to track ripeness with IoT

May 6, 2020

The early-stage startup wants to help packers, and eventually retailers, better manage their inventories so that consumers never have to suffer overripe fruit again.

Sensoterra joins network provider to take its soil moisture probes to the world’s most parched farms

March 22, 2020

Starting with its native Australia, NNNCo will roll out the moisture sensing tech across the Asia-Pacific region.

France’s Sencrop acquires sensor maker Visio-Green in start of consolidation play

February 13, 2020

The acquisition will add 1,800 weather stations to the company’s existing European network to support hyper-local weather data for farmers.

Is CropX’s acquisition of CropMetrics a signal of increasing consolidation in digital agtech in 2020?

January 13, 2020

The Israeli startup is hoping the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into the US breadbasket as agtech veterans predict more consolidation in 2020.

xFarm’s Matteo Vanotti on not reinventing the farm data wheel

December 13, 2019

xFarm’s partnership-centric approach to farm data helped it secure €3 million in equity funding from Italy’s United Ventures and Switzerland’s TiVenture.

Kraft Heinz leads $12m Series A for smart checkout startup Zippin

December 12, 2019

What does a CPG company want with smart checkout technology, you ask? Data, and lots of it.

The pressure is on for environmental accounting in ag. Sprout Accelerator wants to help

November 20, 2019

There’s been no greater pressure for the agriculture industry to account for its environmental footprint than there is today. Sprout is looking for startups approaching this challenge to apply for its accelerator.