Brief: Relex raises $568m to help grocery retailers fight food waste
February 18, 2022
Food retailers need technologies that can automate the supply chain to minimize disruptions and optimize inventory management.
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Tencent, others plow $15m+ into ag automator FJ Dynamics
December 16, 2020
The Shenzhen-based startup – which produces autonomous rice transplanters, among other things – is also backed by drone company DJI and automaker Dongfeng.
Future Food: From software to regen ag, Soilworks says key to better health is in the ground
July 6, 2020
Soilworks’ co-founders formed the regenerative ag-focused investment group after working together at B2B SaaS investor Scaleworks.
AFN Introduces: Wittaya Aqua, a new wave of offshore software
January 8, 2020
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.
11 years on: Conservis’ evolution into a fintech platform
January 8, 2020
“The last decade has been great, yet not without challenges,” Pat Christie, founder of Conservis tells AFN.
FarmlandFinder raises $3m seed round led by Cultivian to make farmland sales fairer
December 5, 2019
The Des Moines-based startup is leveling the playing field by providing all users with comprehensive data about potential farm purchases.
Survey: Which Food & AgTech categories, geographies are investors most excited about?
November 5, 2019
Find out which regions and sectors VCs are most eager to explore in 2020 and tips on how startups can improve their chances of making a deal in this new investor sentiment survey conducted by Idea2Scale and AgFunder.
Spains’s ec2ce raises seed funding to crunch numbers for predictive ag
October 31, 2019
“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, Bespoke Financial bring $30m in VC funding to cannabis sector this week
October 24, 2019
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.
BRIEF: Picterra raises $3.3m to democratize AI-based geospatial mapping
September 17, 2019
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.
UPDATE: CNH Industrial acquires AgDNA to ‘enable 20% productivity gains throughout crop cycle’
September 5, 2019
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.
Agrilyst Raises $8m Series A, Rebrands to Artemis, Sets Sights on Enterprise-Level Indoor Farms
May 22, 2019
The indoor ag software developer has also added former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan to its Board of Directors.
Transforming a 10,000 Year Old industry: Why LocalGlobe Invested in Breedr
March 14, 2019
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.
Digital Agtech Spotlight: Intterra is Integrating Farmers, Suppliers, Advisors, Traders, Bankers on 5m Acres
March 8, 2019
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.
AgTech Spotlight: TheKrishi App Wants to Help Indian Farmers Increase Their Income
March 5, 2019
TheKrishi brings multiple stakeholders of the Indian agri-ecosystem together on a platform.
In the Mooood For Love: UK Startup Launches Tudder, a Tinder For Cows
February 14, 2019
Tudder is a new swipe-led matchmaking app, helping farm animals across the UK find breeding partners in the quest for moo love.
Agritech Startup Spotlight: Wefarm’s 1m+ African Farmer Information Network Extends to Ag Marketplace
December 11, 2018
Wefarm is a mobile phone-based farmer network and collective for smallholders farmers in Africa that’s recently launched an online marketplace for ag products.
Estonia’s eAgronom Raises €1m Seed Funding for Farm Management and ERP Software
November 27, 2018
The web and mobile platform allows grain farmers to manage and oversee their farm in real-time, including employee operations and activities in the field.
UPDATE: AgFunder Opens New Food Tech/AgTech Fund to Investors, Commitments Reach $4m in 1 Week
November 1, 2018
On our mission to democratize venture capital and increase investment in the food and agriculture industry, our fund is open to accredited investors as well as institutional investors, and we already have commitments from both.
Norwegian Aquaculture Feed Optimization Startup CageEye Raises Funding from Aqua-Spark
October 23, 2018
CageEye’s echo-sounder technology uses software and hardware to track acoustic data in a fish cage, while relying on machine learning to measure and analyze biomass movements.
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