| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.08.2024 | Superfruit Startup Agrovision Minted Agtech’s Newest Unicorn | 1 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Agtech has been on a little bit of a roll of late when it comes to startups locking up big rounds
Los Angeles-based Agrovision is the latest. The agtech startup locked up a $100 million round at a va... |
| 31.07.2024 | Flush with new funding, Monarch gears up for expansion: ‘It’s more than a matter of selling autonomous tractors’ | Deploying autonomous agtech vehicles at scale requires much more than putting machines in the field, according to Monarch Tractor founder and CEO Praveen Penmetsa. Besides the autonomous tractors themselves, the company has to build up regi... |
| 27.07.2024 | Micropep's Leap: Transforming Agriculture with Micropeptide Innovation | In the world of agriculture, innovation is the lifeblood. It’s the spark that ignites change. Micropep Technologies is a shining example of this principle. Recently, the company secured $29 million in Series B funding, pushing its total fun... |
| 26.07.2024 | The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Space Tech Startup Astranis Tops List | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board.
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| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Electric Farming: Monarch Tractor's Bold Leap into the Future**
** | ** In the heart of California, a revolution is brewing. Monarch Tractor, a pioneer in the agricultural technology sector, has just secured a staggering $133 million in Series C funding. This infusion of capital is not just a financial boost... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: A New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field awakening at dawn, the farm robotics sector is blossoming, even amid economic challenges. In 2024, the sector has raised nearly $399 million, a drop from the previous year but still a ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in 2024**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Farm robotics is at the forefront of this transformation. In 2024, the sector is grappling with funding challenges but is also witnessing a surge in innovation. As labor costs ris... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating a New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field being tilled for the first time, the farm robotics sector is breaking new ground. In 2024, despite a challenging fundraising environment, this sector is showing resilience and innovati... |
| 25.07.2024 | Monarch Tractor: Pioneering the Future of Farming with $133 Million in New Funding** ** | ** In the world of agriculture, change is often slow. But Monarch Tractor is a breath of fresh air. The company recently announced a monumental $133 million in Series C funding, setting a record in agricultural robotics. This isn’t just a n... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Micropep raises $29m, Oceano Fresco reels in $18m, Juicy Marbles serves up edible (plant based) bones | This week saw a greater number of agtech fundraises than normal, which is a bright spot considering how tough the current fundraising environment is. In addition to Monarch Tractor’s mega-raise, Micropep raised new capital to fuel its biope... |
| 24.07.2024 | The 7 biggest farm robotics deals of 2024 so far | The farm robotics sector has shown some resilience in 2024 and continues to bring innovative products to market, despite the challenging year for fundraising.
In the first half of 2024, the AgFunder-defined Farm Robotics, Mechanization, and... |
| 23.07.2024 | Electric autonomous tractor company Monarch Tractor raises $133M
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One click below supports our mission to provide free, de... | Monarch Tractor, the creator of a fully electric driver-optional smart tractor, announced Tuesday it has raised $133 million in fresh funding in the largest fundraiser by an agricultural robotics firm to date to build artificial intelligenc... |
| 23.07.2024 | Monarch Tractor Raises $133 Million In Series C Funding | Monarch Tractor, the creator of the world’s first fully electric, driver-optional smart tractor and Wingspan Ag Intelligence (WingspanAI) farm management platform called MK-V announced $133 million in Series C funding, making it the largest... |
| 22.07.2024 | Brief: Monarch Tractor bags record $133m, eyes global expansion for its all-electric, autonomous machines | California-based Monarch Tractor has raised a $133 million Series C round to support expansion of its all-electric autonomous tractors.
Astanor, which led Monarch’s Series B raise, co-led this fundraising alongside HH-CTBC Partnership, L.P.... |
| 21.06.2023 | Monarch Tractor Expands AI R&D Team in Singapore | Monarch Tractor, maker of the MK-V, the fully electric, driver-optional, connected tractor, announces the expansion of its operations in Singapore, signaling major growth and appetite for the company’s AI, robotics and smart farming technol... |
| 01.12.2022 | Constellation Brands Goes Green With Delivery Of First Monarch Electric Tractors | Monarch MK-V battery electric tractor. Monarch Tractor |
| 30.05.2022 | Тренды в агротехе 2022 | Рынок агротехнологий стремительно развивается год от года. За первые три квартала 2021 года, по данным исследования Future Today Institute, инвестиции в размере более $8,3 млрд получили 441 агротех-стартапов по всему миру.
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| 01.12.2021 | Data Snapshot: Farm robotics startups raised $491m in H1 2021 to automate the basics | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletter to receive alerts about new re... |
| 25.11.2021 | Autonomous tractor maker Monarch raises $61 million | - |
| 18.11.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Monarch Tractor’s $61m round, JBS’s cell meat bet & Bayer-Microsoft match | This week, The Week in Agrifoodtech includes news of a major strategic partnership between one of the world’s biggest agribusiness companies and one of the world’s biggest software companies; while the world’s number one meat processor made... |
| 18.11.2021 | Monarch Tractor Raises $61M in Series B Funding | Monarch Tractor, a Livermore CA-based maker of an electric, driver-optional tractor, raised $61M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Astanor Ventures with participation from CNH Industrial, At One Ventures and Trimble Ventures.
The co... |
| 17.11.2021 | Monarch Tractor Secures $61M in Series B Funding to Accelerate Production and Deployment of Smart, Driver-Optional, Electric Tractor | Monarch Tractor, maker of the world’s first fully electric, driver-optional tractor announced the successful completion of a $61M Series B funding round led by Astanor Ventures, one of the world’s leading sustainable food venture firms, wit... |
| 11.11.2021 | Home, star, trucker | Once I was recovered from the initial surrealism of Amazon launching its own home robot, I immediately thought about iRobot. The company cornered the home robotics market a decade ago, and while there are now countless robot vacuums, they’r... |
| 27.05.2021 | Why Germany’s Amathaon Capital invested in autonomous tractor startup AgXeed | Ag robotics are catching a tailwind as investors start to see promising startups come up with models that can add real value to farming operations at prices farmers can afford.
“We looked at around 60 companies globally,” Borris Foerster, m... |
| 16.03.2021 | BREAKING: Self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch raises $20m Series A funding | Autonomous tractors may seem like a futuristic idea. But if you want to sell one to a farmer, don’t call it a robot, says Monarch Tractor co-founder and CEO Praveen Penmetsa.
“Five years ago we came up with a very futuristic-looking machine... |
| 16.03.2021 | Self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch raises $20m Series A funding | Autonomous tractors may seem like a futuristic idea. But if you want to sell one to a farmer, don’t call it a robot, says Monarch Tractor co-founder and CEO Praveen Penmetsa.
“Five years ago we came up with a very futuristic-looking machine... |
| 16.12.2020 | Boeing’s fired CEO’s next act involves self-driving electric tractors made by a former Tesla executive | Former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is advising a robotic tractor maker, Bloomberg reports.
Monarch Tractors, which launched its first product this month, was cofounded by former Tesla executive.
Unlike some larger applications, Monarch’s s... |
| 10.12.2020 | Electric, self-driving tractor may just be the future of farming as we know it | The world of farming is changing rapidly. Whether it’s CRISPR editing for improving crop yields, smart scarecrows, or robot weeding machines, this sector continues to transform at a breakneck speed.
To add one more technology to this shifti... |
| - | Monarch Tractor Closes $20 Million Series A With Global Partners | LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 16, 2021--
Monarch Tractor, the world’s first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor manufacturer, announced the closing of its $20 million Series A funding round. The round includes global in... |
| - | Тренды в агротехе 2022 | Рынок агротехнологий стремительно развивается год от года. За первые три квартала 2021 года, по данным исследования Future Today Institute, инвестиции в размере более $8,3 млрд получили 441 агротех-стартапов по всему миру.
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| - | Monarch Tractor lands $3M to accelerate electric farm equipment that supplies energy back to grid | Fully-electric, autonomous farm equipment manufacturer Monarch Tractor has announced that the company, alongside its group partners have been awarded a grant of $3 million from the California Energy Commission to accelerate the electrificat... |
| - | Foxconn to manufacture electric tractors for Monarch at newly acquired Lordstown facility | Foxconn has signed its first contract manufacturing agreement since acquiring a Ohio facility from Lordstown Motors. In addition to building EVs for Lordstown and Fisker Inc., Foxconn will now also be manufacturing advanced, driver optional... |
| - | Monarch unveils game-changing new smart electric tractor, driver optional | As if we needed any more evidence that electric vehicles are taking over essentially every form of vehicle, Monarch Tractor is announcing a new all-electric tractor.
However, the term “tractor” doesn’t seem sufficient to describe this techn... |
