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Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter Sees $20 Billion Future for Salinas Driven by AgTech
Editor’s Note: AgFunderNews recently had the opportunity to speak with The Honorable Joe Gunter, Mayor of Salinas, on the relationship between agriculture and technology both in his home town and around the world.
Idaho Announces First Statewide AgTech Summit as Global Interest in AgTech Events Continues to Grow
Idaho is the latest state to announce a new agtech event, among a slew of local, national and international events cropping up across the globe.
On June 16, 2015, Idaho will host its first-ever AgriTech summit featuring local agricultural and technology sector leaders.
Farmers Business Network Seals $15M Funding Deal with Google Ventures
On May 19, 2015, Farmers Business Network (FBN) announced that it raised $15 million in funding towards the development of its precision agriculture technologies. The Series B funding round was led by Google Ventures with prior investors Kleiner Perkins and DBL, an impact invest firm, returning.
Mid-western Startup FarmLogs Raises $4M, Signaling VC Looking Over the Valley
Silicon Valley-ers are looking beyond the hills.
FarmLogs, a Michigan-based software startup that provides management tools to increase farmer productivity, has raised $4 million in venture capital. The Series A investment led by Drive Capital was announced on Wednesday, and comes just one year after Farmlogs raised $1 million in seed capital.
AgFunder Featured in SeedStock.com
We’ve always been big fans of SeedStock.com, so we’re excited to be featured this week on their blog! We were thrilled to see an article in SeedStock in mid-October about TerViva, one of our listed companies, and we encourage you to take a look!