Farm software startup Agrivi raises $4.8m for major expansion
November 20, 2020
The London-based startup has users in 100 countries, and counts major players like Driscoll’s, Kimberly-Clark, and Nestlé among its clients.
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BREAKING: KisanHub raises $1.5m to bring farm-to-factory visibility to supply chains
November 18, 2020
The UK-based startup aggregates data from cropfields, on-farm sensors, stores, shipments, and satellites to drive efficiency across the entire agrifood supply chain.
Startup Spotlight: With Numnuts, sheep tail docking and castration may not be so baaaad
November 9, 2020
Getting the device through regulatory approvals required the team behind it to jump through more than a few hoops – and across a few continents.
Ocado spends $287m in retail robotics double-swoop
November 3, 2020
The UK firm is buying two US startups, with CEO Tim Steiner seeing “significant opportunities” in robotic manipulation solutions for online retail and logistics.
UK government earmarks $13m for industrial insect farm
October 7, 2020
London insect farming startup Entocycle will lead the project, which will aim to build a facility that rears black soldier flies by the millions.
Dendra and its ‘forest-patrolling drones’ close $10m Series A from Airbus, others
September 16, 2020
The UK-Australian startup uses AI, data analytics, drones, and ecological expertise to restore carbon and biodiversity to degraded land.
Saga Robotics raises $11m to develop robo-strawberry pickers
September 2, 2020
Despite its disastrous impact elsewhere, Covid-19 may have improved the investment outlook for farm robots, according to Saga Robotics’ latest backers.
Pivot East: the new program from GROW and Farm491 bringing UK and EU agrifood startups to Asia
August 13, 2020
Focused on food resilience, sustainability, and health, Pivot East will help UK and EU startups test-run their entry into Asia Pacific using Singapore as a springboard.
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.
Has the UK’s latest $31m agrifoodtech shellout gone anywhere useful?
July 27, 2020
UK Research & Innovation, the UK government’s tech grant body, has upped the amount handed out for its latest food production challenge. But grant success isn’t just about money.
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