Silent Herdsman, a developer of neck-collar monitoring system for dairy cows was acquired by Afimilk Limited, an Israeli based, global provider of dairy farm management solutions in 2016.
Location: United States, Delaware, Glasgow
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $4.95M
Founded date: 2009
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Albion Cap... | albion.cap... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.03.2014 | - | $4.95M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.03.2020 | “Wearable tech for livestock” Silent Herdsman closes £3m deal led by Scottish Equity Partners | Wearable technology specialist Silent Herdsman, previously trading as Embedded Technology Solution, has raised £3m from an investor syndicate led by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), Albion Ventures and the Scottish Invesment Bank, the invest... |
| 04.12.2018 | A List of Dairy Tech Startups and the Barriers to Adoption | Dairy production is one of the oldest agricultural industries on the planet, but today it is arguably one of the most troubled. Despite the world’s unending appetite for dairy products, dairy farmers are facing one of the toughest economic ... |
| 20.02.2018 | Nine Dairy Farm Tech Startups Seeking to Bolster a Troubled Industry | Whether it be single-cow farms in India or massive commercial dairies in the US, the dairy industry is under pressure in light of changing market forces and consumer preferences. In 2014, India’s dairy industry grew to be larger than that o... |
| 20.02.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 2/20/16 | Amazon bought Emvantage; Fandango picked up Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster; Google acquired Pie Amazon acquired Indian payments company Emvantage. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed. The Emvantage team will be coming to work at Ama... |
| 18.02.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Monsanto Leads $7.5m Series A for Understory, Symbiota Re-Brands to Raise $56m, more | Symbiota Re-Brands to Indigo and Raises $56m from Flagship Ventures Microbial stimulant company Symbiota has re-branded to Indigo to mark a new phase in the company’s development. The re-branding coincides with a $56 million capital raise l... |
| 16.02.2016 | VC-backed UK Dairy Technology Silent Herdsman Acquired by Israel’s Afimilk | Israeli dairy farm management technology provider Afimilk has acquired Silent Herdsman, a private VC-funded company based in the UK. In March 2014, Silent Herdsman raised a $4.3 million venture funding round, according to CrunchBase. Invest... |
| 24.04.2014 | 5 Ag Technologies You Won’t Believe Exist 1. Lights that trick chickens into laying more eggs. 2. Cow fart collectors that make enough energy to power a car or fridge for 24 hours. 3. Plant “pi... | AgTech is an interesting, and at times, smelly, whacky and always awesome field. Here are 5 ag technologies that you can’t believe (but should love to know that they do) exist. 1. Lights that trick chickens into laying more eggs. Hens don’t... |
| 28.03.2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 3/28/14 | Indix, Sprig, CPXi, Nuji, True Ventures, HourlyNerd, Azubu, Ometria, Vectra, GoCoin, Hortonworks Seed stage Restaurant point-of-sale app TouchBistro closed $1.5 million in seed funding round funding from Walden Venture Capital and Kensingto... |
| 24.03.2014 | Silent Herdsman, a Smart Cow-Collar Startup, Raises £3M | Sorry, Miss Bessy—privacy may no longer be yours. Silent Herdsman Limited, a UK-startup that has developed a decision-support platform using high-tech cattle-collars, has raised £3 million of investment to expand its market. Scottish Equity... |
| 24.03.2014 | Silent Herdsman Raises Another £3M For Its Wearable Collars That Keep Tabs On Cows | Wearables aren’t just for humans. Indeed, animals that don’t have a say in whether they wear tracking tech are a far more established market for this sort of remote monitoring. Case in point: U.K. startup, Silent Herdsman, has spent years b... |
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