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20.01.2022 | South Korea’s agtech startup Greenlabs raises $140M Series C to accelerate global expansion | Greenlabs, a South Korean agtech startup, announced this week it has closed a $140 million Series C led by BRV Capital Management, with participation from Skylake Incuvest and SK Square.
The startup plans to use the Series C, which brings i... |
18.08.2021 | Carbon software agtech Regrow raises $23.5 million series A | Agtech startup Regrow has raised US$17 million (A$23.5m) in a series A for its carbon measurement software for the agri-food supply chain sector.
The raise was led by new US climate change focused VC Ajax Strategies, Tenacious Ventures and ... |
28.06.2021 | AgTech VC Omnivore Raises US$150M To Help Indian Farmers Boost Yields and Profitability | 1
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Indian agritech venture capital firm Omnivore is preparing to launch a new US$150 million fund, the third since its inception in 2010, focused on tech-driven solutions to help boost yield productivity and profitability... |
12.05.2021 | AgTech Startup Inari Nabs New Funding at $1.2 Billion Valuation
AgTech Startup Inari Nabs New Funding at $1.2 Billion Valuation | - |
29.10.2020 | AgTech startup Apeel Sciences raises US$ 30M in funding | - |
19.10.2020 | Pontifax AgTech Closes $302 Million Fund
Pontifax AgTech Management | Sawtelle-based Pontifax AgTech Management has wrapped a $302 million investment fund, riding the technology wave sweeping the food and agriculture sector. |
20.08.2020 | Helsinki-based agtech startup iFarm raises $4 million to expand vertical farming platform | Agtech startup iFarm, formerly based in Moscow but now headquartered in Helsinki, has raised $4 million in funding to expand its automated indoor farming solutions. The round was led by Gagarin Capital and joined by Matrix Capital, Impulse ... |
12.06.2020 | Pontifax AgTech raises $290m and backs bioscience start-up | - |
22.04.2020 | Agtech startup developing ‘personalized seeds’ raises $45M | Inari Agriculture, a Cambridge-based agtech startup that crafts “personalized seeds” for farmers, raised $45 million in a loan and security agreement with K2 HealthVentures (K2HV), a life sciences-focused investment firm.
This round complem... |
07.01.2020 | Agtech Company Indigo Ag Raises $200M to Double Down on Sustainability | Shutterstock
Boston agtech startup Indigo Ag wants to use technology to make the agriculture industry more sustainable and eco-conscious future. Now the company raised an extra $200 million to make this vision possible.
Indigo announced the... |
30.10.2019 | London-based agtech startup Wefarm secures €11.7 million to scale its smallholder agricultural ecosystem | London-based startup Wefarm, a digital network for global small-scale agriculture, has raised €11.7 million in a Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures with participation from AgFunder and June Fun... |
15.01.2019 | SG’s SEEDS Capital, partners to co-invest $66.6m in agtech startups | Premium
SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, and seven co-investment partners will invest over $66.6 million (S$90 million) in agrifood tech startups in Singapore, according to a statement.
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15.11.2018 | Africa’s agtech wave gets $10 million richer as Twiga Foods raises more capital | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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Nigeria’s Autochek raises ... |
09.10.2018 | The Gaps and Opportunities for Agribusiness Technology in Latin America | Editor’s Note: Ciro Echesortu is the agtech program director of NXTP Labs, an accelerator program for Latin American agribusiness technology startups. Echesortu reflects on the recent AgTech Week in Argentina and the potential for innovatio... |
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... |
11.12.2017 | Eight Agtech Startups Venturing Into Fintech | Just as startups are starting to address the entire food supply chain (hence the term agrifood tech), agtech companies are learning through experience that the financial realities on farms present both challenges and opportunities for innov... |
05.12.2017 | Reflections of an Agtech VC: Gabriel Wilmoth Leaves Syngenta Ventures to Join Ag Startup | Gabriel Wilmoth has left Syngenta Ventures, where he was investment director, to join ag startup Growers, an on-farm service that helps farmers use technology to simplify their business, as the chief operating officer.
Wilmoth joined Syngen... |
11.10.2017 | Pontifax AgTech Management Closes $105 Million Investment Fund | - |
05.09.2017 | Mexico Government Invests $4 million in 3 Local Agtech Funds | The Mexican government has committed $4.1 million to three local agtech venture capital funds. The aim of the fund commitments is to support the country’s fledgling agtech startup ecosystem and give university researchers a clear pathway to... |
09.03.2017 | Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: $84m Raised in 2 Weeks (+$400m Instacart Series D), Origin Acquires AgSpace | AgSpace, a UK ag big data startup, has been acquired by Origin Enterprises, the ag retailer and agronomy company for £11.4 million ($13.9m). A further payment of £4.8m ($5.9m) will be made if the company reaches its profit targets. AgSpace ... |
07.03.2017 | Government announces $151 million in funding for Cooperative Research Centres focused on food, agtech, and transport | Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Arthur Sinodinos has announced funding of $151.5 million to develop four new Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) dealing with food, agtech and transport to fund the development of innovative rese... |
01.02.2017 | The Yield Lab Invests $300k in Latest Agritech Cohort Taking Total to $1.8m | The Yield Lab, the accelerator program based in St Louis, Missouri, has made three new investments of $100k each in agritech startups joining its 2017 cohort. This takes The Yield Lab’s total investment in agtech startups to $1.8 million ac... |
19.01.2017 | Agtech Funding Sheet: TellusLab Raises $3.1m Seed to Compete with Descartes Labs, Measure Raises $15m for Drones-as-a-Service, more | TellusLabs, a satellite imagery and machine learning company, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding led by NY-based early-stage big data investors IA Ventures with participation from Massachusetts-based seed-stage investors Founder Collec... |
22.12.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: HelloFresh Raises $88m Series G, Algrn Bio Raises Seed Round for Hypoallergenic Peanuts, more | Farmers Edge, the precision ag company, raised a new round of capital with Fairfax Financial, the investment company of Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa. The funding provided an exit for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which invested i... |
26.07.2016 | Israeli agtech startup Prospera secures $7 million to scale its farming tech | Israeli agtech startup Prospera has raised $7 million in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners for its AI solutions for farmers and agriculture.
Prospera’s tech uses cameras and sensors and leverages deep learning, computer vision and da... |
21.07.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Argentina’s S4 Closes $1.2m Seed Round, New Wave Foods Raises Funding for Shrimp Alternative, Indigo’s $100m, more | Microbiome-focused Indigo Closes $100m Series C for Cotton Seed Coating
Indigo has raised a $100 million Series C round as it launches its first commercial product, a seed coating promoting water efficiency in cotton. The round was led by t... |
21.12.2015 | Ag Data Sector Raises Further $6.7m in Farmobile and S4 Funding Rounds | Agricultural data and analytics technology companies continued to attract investment capital last week, despite concerns that this segment of the agtech sector is overheating and causing confusion within the farming community.
Recent deals ... |
22.04.2015 | AgTech Industry Takes in $1.04 Billion in Q1 | - |
22.04.2015 | AgTech Industry Takes in $1.04 Billion in Q1 | After the agriculture technology (AgTech) sector raised a total of $2.36 billion in 2014, the big question was whether or not the sector would continue to pick up momentum in 2015. Judging by first quarter performance, we’re feeling optimis... |