Reflecting on 10 Years of AgFunder
AgFunder partner Michael Dean on discovering the huge opportunity for new technology development and deployment across the food system.
AgFunder partner Michael Dean on discovering the huge opportunity for new technology development and deployment across the food system.
Three of the top five venture capital deals in Indiana in 2022 were from agtech companies – a first for the state.
NewLeaf will expand development of its microbial-based technology for biological crop protection and stimulant products.
More than a century in the making, Indiana’s innovation track record encompasses human health, plant science and animal health.
Agrela makes a monitoring platform that to monitor soil, moisture and other elements of cropland and other environments.
Invaio and Peptyde Bio will be able to speed up development of and access to reliable, more sustainable crop protection.
Oishii’s RubÄ« Tomato is grown in the company’s state-of-the-art vertical farm and available now in select Whole Foods stores in the US.
US-based AgroSpheres has a novel delivery system that both encapsulates and delivers pesticides to plants in a more targeted approach.
Channeling his farm upbringing and biotechnology studies, Kyle Mohler founded Insignum to help farmers better detect stress signals in crops.
“This is probably the fundamental platform that can enable sustainability at scale in the commodities,” says FBN’s Charles Baron.
“We’re the really the first ag robotics that I’ve seen that relies on solar as the primary energy source,” says ag robotics company Aigen.
The FoodShot Global team looks back on half a decade of agrifoodtech investment and hints at what’s in store for the next five years.
Tyson will take a minority stake in Protix and fund further expansion of the latter’s insect protein business for animal feed and pet food.
AgriNovus Indiana launched its HungerTech Innovation Challenge to address food insecurity through technology.
The annual Farm Robotics Challenge sets university students to work on solving real-world agricultural issues with robotics-based solutions.
Ag biotech startup Tropic and Corteva Agriscience are partnering to develop stronger disease resistance traits in corn and soybeans.
The company has also hired food and ag vet Molly Montgomery as acting CEO as it focuses all efforts on its Danville, Virginia farm.
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
Longtime AppHarvest backer Equilibrium submitted the lone bid for the former’s 60-acre greenhouse facilities.
US farmers now use the Pivot Bio microbe-based, nitrogen-fixing product in place of synthetic nitrogen on 5 million acres of corn.
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