The new funding will enable TouchBistro to expand its restaurant management platform into more restaurants, North America and beyond.
Agrifood companies selected for the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding chose Yard Stick as their official carbon measurement partner.
Apeel Sciences and Benchling are among the startups addressing the tools and services needed in the middle of the agrifood value chain.
Some of last year’s top startups for In-Store Retail & Restaurant Tech are struggling to stay relevant in the current tech downturn.
Food retailers need technologies that can automate the supply chain to minimize disruptions and optimize inventory management.
The Shenzhen-based startup – which produces autonomous rice transplanters, among other things – is also backed by drone company DJI and automaker Dongfeng.
Soilworks’ co-founders formed the regenerative ag-focused investment group after working together at B2B SaaS investor Scaleworks.
As global aquaculture grows in scale and intensity, and governments wise up to the need to regulate it more closely, there’s plenty of call for technology that can foster supply chain transparency while boosting yields, improving welfare, and cranking down on costs. Step in Wittaya Aqua.
“The last decade has been great, yet not without challenges,” Pat Christie, founder of Conservis tells AFN.
The Des Moines-based startup is leveling the playing field by providing all users with comprehensive data about potential farm purchases.
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“Producers, especially in high-value crops, have invested a lot in data gathering. They have a lot of data. But they don’t know what to do with it. They need mathematical insights,” Pedro Carrillo, CEO of ec2ce, tells AFN.
Flowhub provides a dispensary management software solution while Bespoke Financial claims to be a first of its kind short-term lender focusing on the cannabis sector.
The Swiss company’s software that can be programmed to identify and map objects in satellite and drone images for a wide range of uses, from precision agriculture to humanitarian aid.
The deal comes after the companies formed a partnership to give Cash IH farm equipment owners access to AgDNA’s AI platform in September 2018.
The indoor ag software developer has also added former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan to its Board of Directors.
Today, LocalGlobe announced its lead role in the £2 million seed round for Breedr, a UK digital ag startup for the animal agriculture sector. Breedr joins Wefarm and Infarm in LocalGlobe’s agtech portfolio. Here Brett tells us more and why they invested.
Earlier this month, a Russian agtech startup called Intterra entered into a partnership with global agribusiness Syngenta to use its digital platform in Russia, connecting more than 100 farmers across 2 million hectares (nearly 5 million acres) of cropland in 2019.
TheKrishi brings multiple stakeholders of the Indian agri-ecosystem together on a platform.
Tudder is a new swipe-led matchmaking app, helping farm animals across the UK find breeding partners in the quest for moo love.
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