| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.12.2024 | StrongSoil’s 80% yield increase success rate shows potential to restore soil health at scale | This article is sponsored by Alabama-based biologicals company CHONEX.
As agricultural challenges mount, farmers worldwide are increasingly prioritizing soil health as a foundation for productivity and sustainability.
It is widely accepted ... |
| 15.08.2024 | Restoring the soil quickly is key to capturing returns in regenerative agriculture | This article is sponsored by Alabama-based biologicals company CHONEX. The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of AgFunderNews.
For Alabama-based row crop grower Todd Stewart, t... |
| 03.07.2024 | Seaya Andromeda: Pioneering Climate-Tech Fund in Southern Europe | Seaya, a Madrid-based investment firm, has made waves by closing Seaya Andromeda, the first Article 9 climate-tech fund in Southern Europe, at a staggering €300 million. This fund, backed by LPs such as Iberdrola, Nortia, and Santander, mar... |
| 02.07.2024 | Seaya closes €300 million climate-tech fund, Southern Europe’s biggest investment vehicle for impact-driven companies | Seaya has closed Seaya Andromeda, the first Article 9 climate-tech fund based in Southern Europe, at €300 million. LPs in the new fund include Iberdrola, Nortia, Santander, BNP Paribas Group, Next Tech Fund, Bpifrance and brings Seaya platf... |
| 03.08.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Konscious Foods snags $26m for alt-seafood, Ocean 14 Capital reels in $33m | Top agrifoodtech news this week was all about the ocean. Plant-based seafood-maker Konscious Foods announced new funding, as did impact investor Ocean 14 Capital. Other funding rounds from the week included coffee tech, agribusiness marketp... |
| 25.05.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pluton Biosciences bags $16.5m, Babylon Micro-Farms secures funds, José Andrés launches climate institute | This week, agtech companies Pluton Biosciences and Babylon Micro-Farms raised funds for microbial cover crops and vertical farms, respectively. Celebrity chef José Andrés teamed up with a university for a new food and climate institute, and... |
| 17.05.2023 | Unlocking the Power of Soil Biology: Biome Makers' BeCrop Technology Redefines Farming | What Biome Makers does
Biome Makers empowers the agri-food ecosystem to connect soil biology to agricultural decision-making, supporting healthy soil and nutrient-dense crops. Biome Makers’ patented BeCrop Technology combines advanced geno... |
| 12.05.2023 | More than 25% of biodiversity is under our feet — but we're destroying it. A biotech startup that's raised $56 million has a plan to help save our soil. | Two scientists at Trace Genomics' lab in Ames, Iowa, prepare soil samples for DNA analysis. Trace Genomics
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| 16.03.2023 | Setting the Standard for Soil Health: Biome Makers Publishes 2022 Impact Report | Biome Makers’ BeCrop Technology Reduces Agrochemical Fertilizers by 20% - An Agriculture Revolution!
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, March 16, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Biome Makers is proud to announce the publication of its 2022 Impact... |
| 16.02.2023 | How Foodbytes evolved into an online hub for foodtech and agtech | For years, Foodbytes, the innovation arm of Rabobank, was best known for its traveling pitch competition that showcased innovative startups in food and agriculture.
But a lot has changed in the food world over the last several years. A glob... |
| 25.08.2021 | Soil biology specialist Biome Makers bags $15m Series B funding | US-based soil testing startup Biome Makers has raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Prosus Ventures – a VC affiliate of South African internet giant Naspers. Other investors joining the round included Spanish firms JME Ventures and... |
| 25.08.2021 | Biome Makers Inc announces $15M Series B round led by Prosus Ventures, and also backed by Seaya, Viking Global, JME Ventures and Pymwymic | 25/08/2021
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BIOME MAKERS INC ANNOUNCES $15M SERIES B ROUND LED BY PROSUS VENTURES, AND ALSO BACKED BY SEAYA VENTURES, VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS, JME VENTURES AND PYMWYMIC.
West Sacramento, CA – Biome Makers Inc., the internati... |
| 24.08.2021 | Prosus N : Biome Makers raises $15m in Series B funding to secure position as a global leader in biological soil analysis | Biome makers raises $15m in Series B funding to secure position asaglobal leader in biological soil analysis
(West Sacramento, CA) - Biome Makers Inc., the international standard-bearer for functional soil biology analysis, today announced ... |
| 24.08.2021 | Why the end of Katerra doesn’t mean the end of construction tech investing | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
The high profile death of Katerra, a construction tech startup that aimed to slice and dice the c... |
| 24.08.2021 | Why the end of Katerra doesn’t mean the end of construction tech investing | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 24.08.2021 | Biome Makers Raises $15 Million To Become The 23andMe Of Soil | Alberto Acedo (left) and Adrián Ferrero (right) are the founders of Biome Makers. Biome Makers. |
| 27.10.2020 | PatternAg raises $15m to crunch soil DNA data | Organisms cluster beneath a field’s surface by the billion. What are they up to down there in the dirt? Which ones help crops grow – and which ones kill them?
Frankly, we only have a tiny fraction of a clue. But crop scientists are getting ... |
| 07.08.2019 | Biome Makers secures $4m Series A in another sign that investors are digging soil science startups | Are you a terroir-ist? If so, you’ll understand — along with almost any winegrower — how sexy soil can be. Beneath any field’s surface, a complex interplay of millions of micro-organisms thrives, defining whether a crop flourishes or wither... |
| 06.08.2019 | Biome Makers is using artificial intelligence to gain insights into soil microbiomes | The company recently raised a $4.5 million round of funding
The human population grew more than 7x in the last 200 years or so, from 1 billion in 1800, to over 7.5 billion in 2018. With that increased number of people, that means more mouth... |
| 02.08.2019 | Daily funding roundup - August 2nd, 2019 | Dumpling raised $3M: Biome Makers closed $4M; Holloway landed $4.6 ; FNA secured $5.5M
Dumpling: Dumpling helps gig workers to run their own, personal franchises. Dumpling has raised $3 million in seed funding from Floodgate and Fuel Capita... |
| 02.08.2019 | Biome Makers closes $4M to assess the quality of the ‘gut bacteria’ of a farm’s soil | The agriculture industry faces huge problems of sustainability. The world’s population is increasing, leading to higher food demand, but this then threatens increasing deforestation, pesticide use and some fertilizers that are responsible f... |
| 31.07.2019 | Biome Makers cierra una ronda de financiación de $4M liderada por Seaya Ventures y JME Ventures, acude LocalGlobe | 31/07/2019
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BIOME MAKERS CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $4 MILLONES LIDERADA POR SEAYA VENTURES Y JME VENTURES, ACUDE LOCALGLOBE.
Biome Makers, una compañía de tecnología que utiliza un análisis avanzado de datos e inteligencia artifi... |
| 05.02.2019 | From Lab-Grown Meat to Blockchain, Alltech Accelerator Selects 10 Global Startups at the Cutting Edge of AgTech | With more than 250 applications from 53 countries, The Pearse Lyons Accelerator, which is now in its third year, continues to attract some of the top AgTech startups from around the world.
“Our class of 2019 startups focus on all aspects of... |
| 22.03.2018 | Head of R&D at Bayer Crop Science Explains Startup Strategy As New Incubation Space Opens in Sacramento | Today Bayer marked the formal start of a collaboration with the Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSEC) to help identify promising startups across the agtech space and offer them a space to develop at Bayer’s biologicals research facilit... |
| 23.02.2018 | Ag Industry Brief: Tyson Partners with Accelerators, CRISPR 3.0 Gets a Patent, Unilever Moves Toward Transparency, more | Tyson Foods Partners With Incubators Plug and Play and 1871
Tyson Foods is partnering with two incubators: Plug and Play, based in Silicon Valley, and Chicago’s 1871. Whether Tyson is eyeing the next disruptor in animal protein or seeking t... |
| 07.02.2018 | DEADLINE APPROACHING: Cast Your Vote in the AgFunder Innovation Awards | ***VOTING CLOSED***
It’s that time of year again to recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward with the AgFunder Innovation Awards. These are peer-selected awards based on votes placed by you, our 45... |
| 19.01.2017 | AgFunder Innovation Awards 2016 Winners Announced | Today we are excited to release the winners of the inaugural AgFunder Innovation Awards.
Startup activity in food and agriculture technology is growing dramatically; at AgFunder we’ve come across over 5k companies since 2014. At the same ti... |
| 20.10.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Valagro raises from Metalmark, Abraaj invests in African fertilizer co | Soil and crop technologies led the week with two crop enhancement technologies raising funding in Italy and Africa, while a startup using bioinformatics to give vineyards intel about their crop also closed a round. It wouldn’t be a funding ... |
| 18.10.2016 | Biome Makers raises $2.2m for vineyard microbe database | Biome Makers, an ag bioinformatics startup for the wine industry, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding from global investment firm Viking Global Investors, genomics company Illumina’s accelerator, and family offices.
The startup offers a... |
| 18.10.2016 | Biome Makers Raises $2.2m for Microbe Database Service for Vineyards | Biome Makers, an ag bioinformatics startup for the wine industry, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding from global investment firm Viking Global Investors, genomics company Illumina’s accelerator, and family offices.
The startup offers a... |
