Connecting demand and supply for agricultural spray drone services with a turnkey service platform.
Location: United States, Iowa, Iowa City
Total raised: $13.5M
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Fulcrum Gl... | fgcvc.com |
| - | Ag Venture... | agventures... |
| - | Fall Line ... | fall-line-... |
| - | Innova Mem... | innovamemp... |
| - | Lewis &... | lewisandcl... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 03.10.2023 | Series A | $6M | - |
| 02.12.2020 | Series A | $7.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.07.2024 | Ray of hope for farmers using DJI ag spray drones following release of Senate version of defense spending bill | The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has released the full text of its marked up version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Unlike the version that passed in the House of Representatives last month, it does not inc... |
| 04.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Rohlik raises $170m, eAgronom bags new capital for carbon | This week, Rohlik, which runs automated robotic fulfillment centers and 15-minute delivery, scored a new round of funding and agtech startup eAgronom raised capital for its carbon program. Plus: Tyson’s backpedaling on its beef pledge and a... |
| 19.06.2024 | Ag spray drones battle heats up as US lawmakers target Chinese drone maker DJI: ‘This will be a job killer in rural America’ | Proposed legislation targeting Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies could have a devastating effect on the US agricultural sector, claimed opponents this week as an amendment designed to curb DJI’s activities in the US was tagged onto a def... |
| 05.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Umiami raises $34.7m for plant-based whole cuts, Bonsai Robotics bags $13.5m, Blue Apron to sell for$103m | This week, French plant-based meat startup Umiami snagged €32.5m ($34.7m) to take its whole cuts platform to the US; Australian precision fermentation startup Eden Brew raised A$24.4m ($15.3m) to scale up animal-free casein production; and ... |
| 03.10.2023 | Rantizo Raises Over $6M in Series A Funding | Rentizo, a Iowa City, IA-based operator network for spray drone services, raised over $6M in Series A funding. The round was led by Leaps by Bayer, with participation from Fulcrum Global Capital and Innova Memphis. The company intends to us... |
| 02.10.2023 | Rantizo raises $6m series A expansion for spray drone services; enjoys ‘exponential growth’ | Spray drone services provider Rantizo has raised a $6 million expansion of its series A round (adding to the $7.5 million announced in 2020) led by Leaps by Bayer, and supported by Fulcrum Global Capital and Innova Memphis. The capital inje... |
| 28.06.2023 | Exclusive: Innova Memphis raises $40m to bring the rural US ‘innovations farmers actually want’ | US-based venture capital firm Innova Memphis has announced a $40 million first close of its Innova Ag Innovation Fund VI. The fund will invest in pre-seed, seed and early-stage startups addressing the evolution of agriculture through automa... |
| 09.02.2022 | Global agtech startups seeking US entry praise Cultivo’s personal connections and real-world advice | Designed specifically for global startup and scaleup companies that are planning to enter the US marketplace in the next one to three years, Cultivo Virtual Academy has provided a valuable jump-start for founders and leaders who completed t... |
| 19.07.2021 | UPDATE: Innovative program offers better approach for ag startups seeking US market entry | UPDATED: August 3, 2021, 12:23 Eastern time. *Cultivo has extended the deadline for its Global Ag Innovation Program to August 27, 2021, so there’s still plenty of time to apply!* A novel technology and compelling value proposition is the f... |
| 02.12.2020 | Bayer backs drone spraying platform Rantizo in $7.5m Series A round | The ag drone hype may have dwindled a few years ago. But that didn’t stop Iowa City-based startup Rantizo, which uses the vehicles to spray crops, from going full steam ahead. “There was a lot of enthusiasm about what drones could do and th... |
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