Tag: software

Tech can fight food waste, but it’s ‘just one part of the solution’

May 24, 2023

Ending food waste may calls for bolder action (and thinking) than any one behavioral change or technology can provide.

Brief: KKR & L Catterton co-lead $135m funding for Restaurant365’s back-office management software

May 22, 2023

Restaurant365 aims to simplify the back office for restaurants bring businesses more granular data about the cost of their operations.

Soil carbon startup Agreena lands $50m to tear down the financial barriers to regen ag

March 30, 2023

Danish startup Agreena aims to help farmers build a meaningful revenue stream by implementing, tracking and measuring regenerative farming practices.

Brief: TouchBistro raises $110m for its one-stop-shop restaurant management platform

November 1, 2022

The new funding will enable TouchBistro to expand its restaurant management platform into more restaurants, North America and beyond.

Yard Stick lands $18m to equip agrifood with faster, cheaper soil carbon measurement tools

September 28, 2022

Agrifood companies selected for the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding chose Yard Stick as their official carbon measurement partner.

Midstream Tech startups continue to bolster food supply chains navigating uncertain times

August 31, 2022

Apeel Sciences and Benchling are among the startups addressing the tools and services needed in the middle of the agrifood value chain.

Data snapshot: The downturn is testing the value of In-Store Retail & Restaurant Tech

August 24, 2022

Some of last year’s top startups for In-Store Retail & Restaurant Tech are struggling to stay relevant in the current tech downturn.

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.

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.